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Boise State University and the University of Idaho have acquired high-tech gadgets that could boost the state’s incipient nanotechnology industry by attracting skilled workers who could eventually create their own companies, school officials say. Boise State has a $610,000 super-fast burst, high-intensity laser designed to test and develop nanomaterials. Researchers at the University of Idaho are assembling a $710,000 advanced ... Read More »

Two fully funded PhD Positions in the Department of Physics at Umea University in Sweden – 2011 Study Subject(s) hysics of Materials and Nanotechnology Course Level hD Scholarship Provider: Umea University Scholarship can be taken at: Sweden Eligibility:-The recruitment procedure for the position is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance . -Prerequisites include 240 ECTS credits of higher education ... Read More »

In recent years, various nanotechnology-based approaches have been explored to provide novel solutions to food safety challenges. Such solutions include nanoscale delivery of antimicrobials, novel nano-biomaterials and delivery vehicles, food processing surface modification at the nanoscale level, food polymer packaging, and interactions with food matrices. On Sunday morning from 10:30 am–12:00 pm in Room 383, Session 017 Nanotechnology-Enabled Food Safety ... Read More »

Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices: First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller Than a Pinhead ScienceDaily (June 11, 2011) — IBM Research scientists have announced that they have achieved a milestone in creating a building block for the future of wireless devices. In a paper published in the journal Science, IBM researchers announced the first integrated circuit fabricated from wafer-size graphene, ... Read More »

Nano Science and Technology Consortium (NSTC), India announces the Nanotechnology Training (Certification) Programs for different fields of Science & Technology. With the availability of these kind of training programs in India, NSTC is looking forward to sensitize students, professionals and industries with requisite knowledge of Nanotechnology. The applications of Nanotechnology are now evident in almost each and every field of ... Read More »

Nanochallenge & Polymerchallenge 2011 is an international business plan competition organized by Veneto Nanotech, aiming at attracting the best nanotechnology innovations and business ideas. It offers financial and strategic support to scientists, researchers  and entrepreneurs ready to start a real company in the north east of Italy (Venetian area – nanotechnology category) or in the Campania Region (Polymer based materials ... Read More »

This week featured a “district work period” for the House of Representatives, so no votes were taken in the lower chamber. On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., published a piece on the Huffington Post website calling for the speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. “Our national security demands that we continue to root out al Qaeda, wherever in the ... Read More »