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New Singapore-French nanotech lab opens at NTU (EurekAlert!)
( Nanyang Technological University ) Just two months after the Nanyang Technological University signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Paris with the National Center for Scientific Research and the Thales Group of Companies to set up a joint research laboratory, the three parties are meeting again in Singapore to inaugurate the CNRS-International-NTU-Thales Research Alliance... »
German-French research camaraderie (EurekAlert!)
( Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ) Eleven German-French research teams headed for the starting line on Oct. 27, 2007, in Paris. Their goal: to build bilateral collaborations and to develop technologies over the next three years that can be realized as industrial products. These efforts are intended to supercharge the competitive engine of both France and Germany. (more... »
Bright Ideas: Designing the future (The New Zealand Herald)
Ross StevensSenior lecturer, Victoria University School of DesignIndustrial designer Ross Stevens has some cool friends. He used to work with Philippe Starck in Paris, designing televisions, and Weta Workshop founder Richard… (more…) Related items Award for turning wool into gold (PhysOrg) Weak Laser Can Ignite Nanoparticles, With Exciting Possibilities (redOrbit) Nanotech Finding: Light Twists Rigid Structures (redOrbit) Engineers: Weak laser... »
Breathalyser detects cancer (Straits Times)
PARIS - SCIENTISTS in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 per cent accuracy, according to a study released on Sunday. The device could provide an early warning system that flags the disease before tumours become visible in X-rays, the researchers reported in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. (read the... »
