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Phase-change materials are already used to store data on rewritable discs, but their relatively high power requirements make them impractical for use in mobile phones and other portable devices.

Brazil and Cuba have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation projects in science, technology and innovation, according to Cuban Ambassador to Brazil,

The Washington, D.C.-based Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) reports that nanotechnology consumer products continue to grow at a consistent pace.

Researchers at Purdue University, United States, are developing a technology that could make solar cells more affordable and efficient.

The first rare earth ore processing refinery to be built outside of China in nearly 30 years will soon be the world’s largest such refinery.

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, both in the United States, have found that nanoparticles can be used to improve survival after life-threatening blood loss.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nanotechnology Institute has published a new podcast as part of its educational outreach initiative on all aspects of nanotechnology developed by society.

The Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI)’s 6th Annual Greener Nano Conference, “GN11: Advancing Applications and Reducing Risk”, will be held on May 1-3, 2011, in Cupertino, California.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, United States, have developed an innovative device that uses Velcro-like nanoscale technology to identify and “grab” circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood.

This article, by Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., a Washington, D.C. law firm focusing on assisting clients in obtaining regulatory agency approval of their chemical, medical device, and diagnostic products, explores what the absence of reauthorization for the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) means.

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, have developed a new instrument capable of detecting individual nanoparticles with diameters as small as a few tens of nanometers.

Metallic nanowires (NWs) have been one of the most studied families of nanostructures.

Doxorubicin loaded MPEG-PCL (Dox/MPEG-PCL) micelles have been readily prepared by a self-assembly method.

Ge nanocrystals are promising materials for developing nanoscale optoelectronic devices, such as band-gap engineered tandem solar cells, thanks to low processing temperatures and full compatibility with large-scale integrated circuit fabrication.

A team of scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Texas at Dallas are designing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related nanostructures for the targeted thermal ablation of cancer tissue.

Researchers in the US have succeeded in removing single layers of atoms from graphene for the first time.

Researchers at Stanford University in the US have come up with a new way to control the electrical characteristics of organic transistors – something that has been difficult to do in the past.

The ICPC-NanoNet project, which stimulates global networking in nanoscience and nanotechnology, is hosting an online showcase of Latin American biomedical nanotechnology on March 23, 2011 from 13:30-16:00 GMT.

The countries of Chile and Argentina first began their scientific and technological cooperation in 1974. For the first time since they began collaboration, both countries will undertake joint research, beginning with nanotechnology and non-conventional renewable energies.