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| FNS Info / Priorities for 2008-2001 | ||
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In the March issue (Nr 9) of the FNS Info - the FNS journal for researchers published 3 times per year - you will find details about the pluriannual programme containing the priorities for the 2008-2011 period. [ PDF - German] [ PDF - French ] Subscribe to the FNS monthly eNewsletter. |
Other subjects covered : Berlin Declaration for Open access to knowledge in the Sciences Highlight on Intellectual Property issues New : a practical Media Training for scientists (also read here) |
| Good to know / A selection of science news and sources | ||
What Tc can teach about superconductivity An article on Arxiv.org by Superconductivity's specialist and member of MaNEP's Review Panel 'Ted' Geballe.Extract : We compare the Tcs found in different families of optimally-doped High-Tc cuprates and find, contrary generally accepted lore, that pairing is not exclusively in the CuO2 layers. Evidence for additional pairing interactions, that Tc place outside the CuO2 layers, is found in two different classes of cuprates, namely the charge reservoir and the chain layer cuprates. (...) [ full text ] Nanoscale boost for superwires A PhysicsWeb comment on a recent Science paper : 'Since high-temperature superconductors were discovered (...), technologists have dreamed of low-loss electrical transmission lines, levitating trains and super-efficient motors. |
But applications (...) have been slow to materialize. Now, Amit Goyal and colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US have introduced nanoscale defects into a "cuprate" superconductor to create short lengths of wire that can carry large currents and work in strong magnetic fields. If the wires can be scaled up to kilometre lengths then they could revolutionize applications of high-temperature superconductivity.' [ full text ] Ref : Science 31 March 2006 : Vol. 311. no. 5769, pp. 1911 - 1914 DOI: 10.1126/science.1124872 More money wanted for Swiss Research What SwissInfo writes after the publication of FNS pluriannual programme (also read above). Extract : (French) Le FNS demande une augmentation annuelle de 10% de son budget pour la période 2008-2011. La Suisse ne consacre pas assez d'argent à la recherche scientifique pour la maintenir à un haut niveau, estime le FNS. Actuellement, le FNS n'arrive plus à |
financer tous les projets qui lui sont soumis. L'an dernier, seuls 280 millions de francs ont pu être accordés, alors que les chercheurs avaient demandé 620 millions au travers de 2000 requêtes, écrit le FNS dans un communiqué (...) [ full text ] Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries. By manipulating a few genes inside these viruses, the team was able to coax the organisms to grow and self-assemble into a functional electronic device. [ more details ] Single photon detector MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that may allow for super-fast broadband communications over interplanetary distances. Currently, even still images from other planets are difficult to retrieve. [ more details ] |
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