LCN In The Media

As a centre focusing on cutting-edge research, the LCN and its members are often in the news. You can see a selection of these news stories listed below:

Date published	Media	Item title/subject
17-May-2010	Azonano.com	Nanotechnology Professor Awarded the 2010 Holweck Prize + Medal. Professor Steve Bramwell has won the 2010 Holweck Medal and Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in European Physics. The Holweck prize is awarded jointly by the French and British Physical Societies.
16-May-2010	The Observer	Can a body grow its own spare parts? Nanoscientist Molly Stevens is working on techniques to enable a damaged heart to repair itself or bone tissue to regenerate
10-May-2010	Nanowerk.com	London Centre for Nanotechnology scientist awarded Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize. Dr Christian Ruegg was awarded the 2010 Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize for his pioneering work on quantum phase transitions and novel phases in magnetic materials.
14-Apr-2010	Nanowerk.com	With the alarming rise in drug-resistant ‘super-bugs’ on our hospital wards, nanotechnology could hold the answer to combating these deadly illnesses. Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology are using tiny arrays of nanomechanical sensors, cantilevers, to investigate antibiotics that can be used to combat resistant infections, and pave the way for improved drug development.
07-Feb-2010	Eurekalert.org	New magnetic tuning method enhances data storage. Researchers in Chicago and London have developed a method for controlling the properties of magnets that could be used to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives.
05-Jan-2010	Chemie.de	Are your nanostructures feeling the strain? In collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Marcus Newton of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey and Professor Ian Robinson of the London Centre for Nanotechnology have for the first time mapped strain in three-dimensions in a single nanoscale object.
03-Jan-2010	Innovations-report.com	The impact of its environment on a quantum computer. Scientists have discovered how the performance of a quantum computer can be affected by its surrounding environment.