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High school students who have tasted the thrill of scientific research and discovery as part of the Nanotechnology Center at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR have been invited to a Nanotechnology Academy Graduation celebration from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Bailey Alumni Center as part of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Nanotechnology Academy Mentorship.

Alex S. Biris, the director and chief scientist at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Nanotechnology Center, has been named to the Arkansas Business “40 Under 40” group this year, along with 10 other ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR alumni.

Members of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Board of Visitors got a glimpse of the future at their last board meeting of the academic year Thursday – architectural renderings of four new buildings.

Dr. Brian C. Berry, assistant professor of organic chemistry at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s College of Science and Mathematics, has received a National Science Foundation grant of $150,000 over three years to help develop what could be the next generation of memory storage media.

Energizing Arkansas, a publication focusing on sustainable, cutting edge, and renewable energy alternatives, features in its latest edition work being done by ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Nanotechnology Center that is opening new doors in the area of advanced solar cell technology.

Experiments by ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR scientists Mariya Khodakovskaya and Alex Biris have drawn the attention of The Economist, the authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion.

Experiments by ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR plant biologists and nanotechnologists speed up the water intake of seeds with carbon nanotubes. Read more…

Nationally- and internationally-known scientists in the fields of biology, nanotechnology, toxicology, and applications research will convene in Little Rock Oct. 21 to 22 for the 4th BioNanoTox and Applications Research Conference.

Ten graduate students from a French engineering school in Angouleme bid adieu to ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR last week, ending a summer of research and exchange with counterparts at the ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR Nanotechnology Center, the College of Engineering, and the College of Science and Mathematics.

After more than 20 years with the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, Mildred Holley, manager of technology programs at the Arkansas Small Business Technology Development Center, is the new operations director of the University’s Nanotechnology Center.