"For the NCCR Nanoscale Science the holiday season has started with excellent news: we have just received the information that the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) decided to continue its funding of our NCCR in the second phase (2005-2008). This decision is based on the SNSF’s mid-term evaluation and the excellent scientific assessment of the Review Panel."
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Scanning probe devices will aid surgeons to diagnose diseases and repair the human body
During the past century the average life expectancy has increased by nearly 20 years. While this definitely represents an unprecedented achievement, this gain is still on the expense of numerous diseases that are becoming more prominent in the elderly. In particular, osteoarthritis develops over many years by typically starting with inoffensive non-specific aches and that then often slowly but definitely develop into the full-blown disease ... Read article

List of new NCCR scientists since December 2003.

Issue by issue we introduce members of the NCCR Nanoscale Science. We start with NCCR PhD students.

Javad Farahani

Julien Toquant

Audrius Alkauskas

Adriaan Bredekamp

As we have announced in the recent issue of nanonews, the NCCR Nanoscale Science will receive a new structure. Instead of the original ten projects we will reduce the number to five. The restructuring will increase transparency, cooperation and communication between and within the projects and will finally increase the quality of our research. More ...

Nanotech 2004
From 14-17 July, 2004 about two thousand scientists from all over the world meet in Singapore to learn and discuss major achievements and news in nanoscale science and nanotechnology ...

Common grounds for ethics, social and natural sciences
On July 1, 2004 the NCCR-workshop “Risks, Ethics & Doing Research in Nanosciences” took place in Basel ...

UniNacht 2004 – science, fun and much more
On 18th June 2004 the first UniNacht took place in Basel. Thousands of visitors used this excellent opportunity to inform themselves about research and science at the University of Basel ...

Review Panel Site Visit
On May 24th/25th, 2004 the Review Panel visited the NCCR Nanoscale Science to review scientific results and performance since the beginning of the NCCR in 2001, to examine our plans for the future and to advise the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) whether the NCCR should be further funded ...

Bio- and Nanotechnology Mission to the United Kingdom
The NCCR Nanoscale Science represented Swiss nanoscale science during an official visit to the United Kingdom from 3 to 6 May 2004 by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco), the Swiss Science Agency (SSA) and the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology ...

Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology
On April 20 and 21, 2004 approximately 100 Swiss scientists meet in Lucerne to discuss safety aspects and possible risks associated with nanotechnology ...

20 Years of Nano-Optics
On Aril 6th, 2004 a group of scientists from all over the world gathered in Basel to celebrate the 20th birthday of nano-optics

Nanoscience in the snow
Twenty-nine participants attended the 2004 “Nanoscience in the Snow” meeting in Mürren from March 31st through April 2nd ...

Synergies in the scientific interchange - SPS annual meeting
The NCCR Nanoscale Science held its annual meeting 2004 within the framework of the SPS annual meeting in Neuchâtel on March 3 and 4, 2004 ...

Interfaces between science and society
National centers of competence in research (NCCRs) aiming to provide new impact and ideas in their respective research areas ...

Lord Sainsbury visits NCCR in Basel
Lord Sainsbury, minister for science and technology in the UK, visited the Institute of Physics in Basel and the NCCR Nanoscale Science during his stay in Switzerland in December 2003 ...

Internal and external events in the coming months

Publications by NCCR members from December 2003 - July2004)

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