A researcher from the Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences in the Netherlands has received a Horizon 2020 grant to study the impact of newly developed materials on chemical and physical changes in artwork.

Researchers at Finland’s Aalto University and the Switzerland’s University of Zürich have succeeded in directly imaging how electrons interact within a single molecule.

A team of scientists led by researchers from Germany have measured the time electrons needed to travel through a film consisting of a few layers a of magnesium atoms.

A scientist has been awarded a top grant from the European Research Council for his polymers research proposal.

According to researchers, dangers posed by painting or spraying fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites onto products could be almost eradicated.

An important brokerage event will take place in Brussels on Horizon 2020’s role in Key Enabling Technologies.

A method for producing a specific single-walled carbon nanotube type with a predefined structure has been developed by scientists.

A ‘Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop’ will take place in Rome, Italy from 19-20 June 2014.

The JRC has released the first version of its online platform on nanomaterials.

Researchers have discovered that polymers can behave like insulators, semiconductors, and metals – as well as semimetals.

The director of NanoKTN in the UK, Dr Alec Reader, talks to Horizon2020projects.com about his expectations for the next framework programme, the FET Flagship Projects and encouraging greater SME involvement.

Up to €150,000 of ERC funding to bridge the gap between pioneering ‘blue sky’ research and marketable innovation has been awarded to Trinity College Dublin.

The head of the UK’s Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network has announced his support for Horizon 2020, encouraging SMEs to take part.

A workshop on the role RDI will play in Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials will take place in Poland.

A major conference on nanomedicine will take place in France next month and attended by leading industrial experts, national authorities and the European Commission.

Tessellation patterns can now be seen in the laboratory for the first time thanks to new research carried out at Technische Universität München in Germany.

Scientists have created the first self-integrating nanowires whose position, length and direction can be fully controlled.

The European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine outlines the importance of developing an Open Innovation supply chain in Europe and their thoughts on Horizon 2020.

The European Commission has published a policy report outlining the developments and aspirations of nanotechnology research in the EU.

Ruairí Quinn, Irish Minister for Education and Skills, outlines the importance of nanotechnology to the Irish economy to delegates at the EuroNanoForum 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.