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Summer just wouldn’t be complete without mosquitoes nipping at exposed skin. Or would it? Research conducted by a Kansas State University team may help solve a problem that scientists and pest controllers have been itching to for years. Kun Yan Zhu, professor of entomology, and teammates Xin Zhang, graduate student in entomology from China, and Jianzhen Zhang, a visiting scientist ... Read More »

CNSE and CMOST Partner to Host Summer NanoCamp as Part of “Girls in Science and Technology” Program Jul 20, 2010 Event Photos The effort to interest young women in the fields of science and technology received a boost on July 20 through a partnership between the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (“CNSE”) of the University at Albany and the ... Read More »

Foresight Research Analyst and Technical Editor James Lewis has tracked the careers of those receiving Foresight’s student award.  Here are his findings on the careers of a few of these gifted young researchers: We at Foresight find it gratifying to track the subsequent careers of those who have won our nanotechnology-related prizes and awards, in this case the Foresight Distinguished ... Read More »

Cornell’s Energy Materials Center (emc²) has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca’s MicroGen Systems LLC to develop “self-charging” batteries, which use background shaking and stirring as their energy source. The battery will look like a microchip, but with a vibrating core, and it will harness energy from almost anything that shakes. Applications for the self-charging batteries include smart ... Read More »

THEME OF THE CONFERENCE • Synthesis & characterisation of Nanomaterials • Nanomaterials for Energy & Environment • Spintronics • Nano-biotechnology and Biomedical applications • Nanocomposites for defence applications • Nanomaterials for Industrial applications viz., harmaceutical, Steel, Petroleum etc. • Advanced materials (Biomaterials, Composite materials, Magnetic materials, Porous materials, Molecular nanostructures) Important Dates * Last date for submission of the abstract ... Read More »

Oregon is host to a production plant that will be the first to produce thin-film printable solar power technology, a photovoltaic company announced. Photovoltaic company Solexant Corp. announced it would set up a plant in Gresham, Ore., that will be the first thin film solar manufacture facility of its kind in the world. Solexant said it developed a new printable ... Read More »

A decade ago, nanoscience shifted into overdrive. Government funding levels were beginning to rise, and the U.S. was setting up its National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Nanomaterials were gaining ground, and venture capitalists were backing dozens of start-up manufacturing companies. The National Science Foundation predicted then that sales of nanotech-related products would reach $1 trillion by 2015 and calculated that it ... Read More »