The 2010 Goodfellow Award for best paper resulting from PhD research in the field of condensed matter physics/materials science was presented to Dr. Lisa Coetsee at the annual South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) conference on October 1 in Pretoria. Dr. Coetsee’s paper, entitled “XPS analysis for degraded Y2SiO5:Ce phosphor thin films,” dealt with the degradation of Y2SiO5:Ce phosphor thin films ablated in Ar gas.
The Swedish Nobel Committee has today awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester, UK, for "two-dimensional material graphene".
Scientists are using Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility, to discover how we can detoxify our electronic gadgets.
During ChemInnovation 2010, (19 – 21 Oct 2010, Houston, Texas) Jeff DeNigris, Sales Manager, Process Systems from Malvern Panalytical will present new collaborative work with the Universidade Federal de Itajuba, Brazil (UNIFEI) demonstrating the value of Insitec, an on-line particle size analyzer, for monitoring the droplet size of oil/water emulsions.
This month in Albuquerque, New Mexico, scientists and engineers from around the world will convene to discuss some of the latest breakthroughs in nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine at th...
ADA Technologies, Inc. received an $80,000 contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research into the development of high performance fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for use in the design and manufacture of robust and reliable submarine and submersible hatches.
Duke University bioengineers have not only figured out a way to sneak molecular spies through the walls of individual cells, they can now slip them into the command center -- or nucleus -- of those cells, where they can report back important information or drop off payloads.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a new $2 million study to help overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation.
Funded by a $2 million gra...
Researchers in the new environmental nanoscience laboratory at Baylor University’s Department of Geology (Texas, USA) hail the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Panalytical as an indispensable laboratory instrument. Run by Dr. Boris Lau, the new laboratory addresses cutting edge research focusing on the fate and transport of nanomaterials in an aquatic environment.
Rice University physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated that plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo by creating tiny, shiny vapor bubb...
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