NCN Research in the News
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| 04.25.2008 | CNI Podcast: nanoHUB.org: Future Cyberinfrastructure - An interview with George B. Adams III EducaseConnect - This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 01.04.2008 | Sensor design gets systematic EETimes online - Sensor manufacturers have continued to improve the sensitivity of their designs through engineering innovations derived from trial-and-error experimentation. Electrical engineers have been guided by "black art" principles, which sensor-gurus claim in abundance. Unfortunately, no overarching framework has been available that incorporates these principles into a methodology for new sensor designs. |
| 01.02.2008 | Model is first to compare performance of 'biosensors' Purdue News - Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring. |
| 11.28.2007 | HPC-Powered Science Gateways Open Doors to Discoveries Campus Technology - New technologies in high-performance computing are having a direct effect on scientific research -- outside the traditional thinking of big iron supercomputers that run science jobs. The new technologies are approaching a kind of critical mass, and they are changing how science disciplines do their work. We expect these technologies to serve as science accelerators, and change the pace of new science discoveries in the near future. |
| 10.03.2007 | Grid Computing, Computational Nanotechnology, and Moore's Law Raffy's World: Random Notes, Random Thoughts (The Pisay '77 Blogger) - Researchers in this field are interested in geometries and properties of materials that vary on an atomic length scale; they study quantum states and the relationship between voltages and currents at these scales. But not all nano-device engineers are nuts for computers. Many prefer to let other people worry about the computational end of things. Since this research depends heavily on simulations of nano-device behavior under varying conditions, the door is wide open for the development of accessible and intuitive computational tools.Enter Gerhard Klimeck of Purdue University, technical director of the National Science Foundation Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Klimeck and his colleagues have developed the user-friendly NanoWire computational tool, accessible via the web-based nanoHUB. On nanoHUB, researchers set up a NanoWire simulation through a graphical interface that allows input of device parameters, ranges of voltages to test, and so forth. |
| 10.02.2007 | NSU researchers join five-year project PilotOnline.com - Norfolk State University researchers will be among the partners in a five-year, $18.2 million research project led by Purdue University. |
| 09.27.2007 | Nanotechnology 'Backbone of Development' Expands with Grant midwestbusiness.com - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The scientist regarded by his peers as the architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative calls it “the front of the wave of scientific discovery” for nanotechnology. |
| 09.20.2007 |
Purdue-led network awarded $18.25 million NSF grant to grow users, translate nanoscience into nanotechnology Purdue News - Purdue University's Network for Computational Nanotechnology has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative with expanded capabilities and services for computer simulations, NSF and Purdue officials announced Thursday (Sept. 20). Also featured in Semiconductor International 2007.09.20, Channel 13 Eyewitness News 2007.09.22, Indystar.com 2007.09.23, Diverse 2007.09.23, Chicago Tribune Web Edition 2007.09.24 Source: Purdue University News Service 2007.09.20 |
| 09.14.2007 | nanoHUB brings nanotechnology to the web My Biotech Life - One of the most promising areas of modern science is nanotechnology, with penetration into fields ranging from medicine to material engineering. I recently found this site dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology called nanoHUB. bought to the web by the NCN (Network for Computational Nanotechnology) at Purdue University. |
| 08.28.2007 |
Scientists Connect at the NanoHUB AppScout - Going beyond the traditional band and teen-centric focus of social networking sites, NanoHUB, created by Purdue University researchers and scientists studying nanotechnology, is an informative and well-designed site that's free to join for scientists, educators, and students alike. |
| 08.27.2007 |
Scientists create their own Web 2.0 network with nanoUB GRID Today - nanoHUB.org, a so-called science gateway for nano-science and nanotechnology housed at Purdue University, is taking the tools of Web 2.0 and applying them, along with a few tricks of its own, to further nano-scholarly pursuits. Also featured in Lafayette Online 2007.08.21, Supercomuting Online.com 2007.08.21, EnterTheGrid - PrimuerMonthly 2007.08.21, Nanowerk 2007.08.23, HPC Wire, 2007.08.24 Source: Purdue University News Service 2007.08.21 |
| 08.22.2007 |
Social Site of the Very Small Makes It Very Big The Wired Campus - You may be busy with Digg and Facebook. You may even be using them as learning tools. But scientists who focus on the tiniest parts of the universe have their own big Web 2.0 hit, called nanoHUB. |
| 08.09.2007 |
nanoHUB - An Authentic Learning Case Study EducaseConnect - nanoHUB is an online portal for nanotechnology researchers, instructors, and students created by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. It uses cyberinfrastructure to provide access to scientific tools for research, demonstration, and collaboration, as well as instructional materials. Users can run experiments, review research, or download lectures. nanoHUB is a virtual toolkit as well as a community where students and faculty contribute to the science of nanotechnology. Read full article here |
| 07.11.2007 |
Image of the Week: Close the cellular gates International Science Grid This Week - How does a cell in osmotic shock protect itself from bursting? Studies suggest large membrane proteins may act as safety valves, shutting the gateways to the cell. |
| 06.28.2007 |
New tool helps scientists understand biological systems UIUC ECE Headline News - A new computational tool in nanotechnology research has been developed at the University of Illinois for simulating ion transfers in artificial membranes, decreasing time requirements for certain computations from years, in some cases, to days.. Also featured in UIUC College of Engineering 2007.07.24 |
| 02.28.2007 |
Image of the Week: nanoHUB.org International Science Grid This Week - nanoHUB.org offers free online simulation tools and educational material for teaching and research in nanotechnology. |
| 08.29.2006 |
'Nanocantilevers' yield surprises critical for designing new detectors Nanotechnology Now - NCN researchers at Purdue University have made a discovery about the behavior of tiny structures called nanocantilevers that could be crucial in designing a new class of ultra-small sensors for detecting viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. Also featured in the Engineer Online 2006.08.29, Nanotechnology.com 2006.08.28 Source: Purdue University News Service 08.28.2006 |
| 08.29.2006 |
'Nanocantilevers studied for quick pathogen detection NUTRAingredients.com | europe - Nanocantilevers could be crucial in designing a new class of ultra-small sensors for the quick detection of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. |
| 08.10.2006 |
NSF Announces Six New Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials NSF Press Release - NCN partner Norfolk State University (partnered with the Cornell University MRSEC): $2.8 million. In an ongoing effort to enhance diversity in the materials research field, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced awards for six new Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREMs). This PREM, the Partnership for Photonic Metamaterials, central research theme will be the mutual enhancement of (1) optical gain and other optical responses in dielectric media and (2) surface plasmons in metallic particles and aggregates. |
| 07.12.2006 |
Cyberinfrastructure-Enabled Educational Engineering Science Grid This Week - In the same way that cyberinfrastructure is revolutionizing the scientific landscape, it is also set to revolutionize learning in the information age. |
| 06.28.2006 |
BioMOCA: Ion Channel Simulations on the OSG Open Science Grid News - BioMOCA (Biology Monte Carlo) transport Monte Carlo tool is now running on several OSG sites through the nanoHUB. |
| 06.26.2006 |
NSF Director Highlights CI's Role in Building 'Wise Crowd' GRID today - Bement cites the NanoHub at Purdue as an example of a Science Gateway in action, with more than 1,500 students and faculty who use this portal to access applications, databases and collaborative environments related to nanoscience and technology. |
| 06.23.2006 |
Birck nano exhibit provides learning opportunity for students, adults Purdue University News Service - Fresh from a stop at the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge in Tennessee, a Purdue University-created nanotechnology exhibit is now on display at the Birck Nanotechnology Center's atrium in Discovery Park. |
| 06.08.2006 |
Nanotech network aims for diverse audience The NanoTechnology Group - Research, education and nanoHUB, a worldwide nanotechnology network, were some topics discussed. Gerhard Klimeck, the network's technical director, spoke to 15 people about new advancements in online simulation as well as his future plans to engage the community and encourage online interaction. |
| 06.01.2006 |
Birck Nanotechnology Center workshop focuses on nanoHUB Purdue University News Service - Researchers who operate the nanoHUB.org Web site at Purdue University will hold a free workshop on the computer simulation program. |
| 05.22.2006 |
Nano world offers big opportunities for Indiana's economy Lafayette Online - Nanotechnology promises to change the way Hoosiers live, introducing a vast assortment of innovations ranging from the miraculous to the mundane, the profound to the amusing. |
| 05.10.2006 |
A Simulation Study of Silicon-Nanowire Field-Effect DNA-Sensors International Association of Nanotechnology - International Congress of Nanotechnology (ICNT 2006) highlights Heitzinger and Klimeck's paper. |
| 03.17.2006 |
A Simulation Study of Silicon-Nanowire Field-Effect DNA-Sensors HPC Wire - The nanoHUB is a source of on-line resources including a unique web-based computational user facility that puts research-grade software in the hands users across the globe. The nanoHUB infrastructure is in the process of being redesigned as a gateway into the TeraGrid. |
| 03.17.2006 |
A Simulation Study of Silicon-Nanowire Field-Effect DNA-Sensors HPC Wire - The nanoHUB is a source of on-line resources including a unique web-based computational user facility that puts research-grade software in the hands users across the globe. The nanoHUB infrastructure is in the process of being redesigned as a gateway into the TeraGrid. |
| 02.26.2006 |
TeraGrid Science Gateways to be Topic of March 7 Seminar GRID today - Cyberinfrastructure Seminar Series will focus on "TeraGrid Science Gateways" and will be held from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, March 7, nanoHUB to be highlighted. |
| 01.25.2006 |
Nanoscientists at the Gates NCSA Access Online - Soon to become the nanoscience gateway to the TeraGrid, the nanoHUB is pioneering ways to make the Grid accessible to any user. Also featured in GRID Today 03.20.2006. |
| 01.24.2006 |
Web developer applies talent to nanotech site, his own drawings Inside Purdue - Shawn Rice gives an equal workout to both sides of his brain every day. As a Web developer for the Birck Nanotechnology Center he is as devoted to designing the form of his Web sites as he is to building the code that creates their function. |
| 01.10.2006 |
Purdue center working to speed research in nanoelectronics Purdue News Service - The National Science Foundation and a consortium of companies seeking to accelerate nanoelectronics research announced they are providing $2 million to five university centers, including one based at Purdue University's Discovery Park. |
| 10.19.2005 |
Quantum dot electronic states visualization from the NEMO3D simulator. Science Grid This Week - Nanotechnology researchers harness those behaviors to create new devices and materials, and use the nanoHUB to access simulation tools, educational materials and computing resources necessary to study matter at the nanometer scale. |
| 09.01.2005 |
Simulation Tool Shows How Current Flows Semiconductor International - Engineers at Purdue University have created a nanotech simulation tool that shows how current flows between silicon atoms and individual molecules to help researchers design "molecular electronic" devices for future computers and advanced sensors... |
| 08.16.2005 |
Purdue simulation to help merge molecules with silicon electronics Nanotechnology Now - Engineers at Purdue University have created a nanotech simulation tool that shows how current flows between silicon atoms and individual molecules to help researchers design "molecular electronic" devices for future computers and advanced sensors. |
| 08.10.2005 |
nanoHUB Makes Nanotech Tools Easily Accessible Science Grid This Week - The Network for Computational Nanotechnology, which includes Purdue and six other universities, develops, operates and maintains the nanoHUB through a grant from the National Science Foundation. The simulation tools and applications created by NCN researchers and other groups are made available through the hub. |
| 06.05.2005 |
TeraGrid Science Gateways: NanoHUB TeraGrid.org - Science Gateways are an effort by TeraGrid to extend the use of TeraGrid resources to a much larger set of users than the traditional users of high performance computing. A shining example of this is the NanoHub, developed by the NSF's Network for Computational Nanotechnology based at Purdue University. |
| 01.01.2005 |
Plugging into the Grid Campus Technology - Purdue researchers are redefining how information is shared between scientists, professors, and students. Grid computing is more than a concept. |
| 12.06.2004 |
Unified transistor modeling on tap for IEDM EE Times - A unified model for predicting the long-term reliability of semiconductors will be described next week at the 50th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting. The technique, which simultaneously foretells negative-bias temperature instability and hot-carrier injection, could potentially save chip makers tens of millions of dollars annually. |
| 12.03.2004 |
Nano World: Software to speed nanotech World Peace Herald (no longer available) - New consortia of corporations, universities and federal agencies are seeking to accelerate the development in the wide-open field of nanotechnology software -- programs to create and enhance devices with features on the molecular scale. The potential benefits of nanotechnology software are dramatic for both research and development. Source: United Press International, this article still available at: Spacedaily and Nano Tech Wire |