4th International Meeting: NanoWires2011: "NanoWires 2011- Structural, electronic and transport properties of quantum wires"The 4th NanoWire meeting "Structural, electronic and transport properties of quantum wires", (NW2011), focusing on nanowire growth, physics and device applications, was successfully organised at the cultural centre of Plomarion Lesvos, with the co-operation of the Prefecture of Lesvos and the community district of Plomari, from June 13th-18th, 2011.

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2011 in BiologyThis year Onassis Summer School in Biology is devoted to: "Basic and Applied Virology", FORTH, Heraklion Crete, Greece, 11 - 15 July 2011

HEALING WITH LIGHT
Why doctors and scientists need to work closerDoctors and scientists need to work closer together, according to a new international group working at the forefront of the use of light in medicine.

"Solar Innovation 2010" - The Grand Challenge in PhotovoltaicsProf. Nikos Pelekanos, Collaborating Faculty Member in IESL-FORTH, is one of the recipients of "Solar-Innovation 2010" for his proposal "III-V nanowires for next generation photovoltaics". The prize is awarded by the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique), after an Open Call and selection among dozens of proposals, and includes funding and technical support to carry out the proposed research for three years.