Nano-needles for cells
Nano-sized needles developed by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim can force medicine into cells, even when the cell membranes offer resistance. The needles will make it easier to study the effects of medicines on cells.
Posted: May 24th, 2013
Read moreBalance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work
MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.
Posted: May 24th, 2013
Read moreA quantum simulator for magnetic materials
Physicists understand perfectly well why a fridge magnet sticks to certain metallic surfaces. But there are more exotic forms of magnetism whose properties remain unclear, despite decades of intense research. An important step towards filling these gaps comes now from Tilman Esslinger and his group at the Department of Physics. The team has developed a new kind of device that uses laser beams and atoms to emulate magnetic materials.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreNew filtration material could make petroleum refining cheaper, more efficient
A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreGraphene - what next after the hype?
Graphene has already come a long way towards commercialisation, despite its short history. Manufacturers are busy closing their second or third round of financing and many are installing multi-tonne production capacities across the world.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreIn the no man's land of nanoscale ice crystals
Simulations allow first insights into the crystallization of tiny water droplets.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreGold nanocrystal vibration captured on billion-frames-per-second film
A billon-frames-per-second film has captured the vibrations of gold nanocrystals in stunning detail for the first time.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreNovel natural nanomaterial spins off from spider-mite genome sequencing
A new, natural nanomaterial, which may prove incredibly beneficial to medical bioengineers, has been discovered by the research team at Western University that successfully sequenced the spider mite genome in 2011.
Posted: May 23rd, 2013
Read moreStitching defects into the world's thinnest semiconductor
In pioneering new research at Columbia University, scientists have grown high-quality crystals of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), the world's thinnest semiconductor, and studied how these crystals stitch together at the atomic scale to form continuous sheets.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreNew type of transparent electrode could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays
Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future optoelectronic circuits for sensors and information processing.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreNanomedicine advance offers promising new approach to treatment of lung cancer
Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic damage done to other organs while significantly improving the treatment of lung tumors.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreWeird science: Crystals melt when they're cooled
Scientists showed that colloidal crystals, which form out of particles suspended in fluid, can exhibit this odd phenomenon of cold melt.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreNew technique may open up an era of atomic-scale semiconductor devices
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating high-quality semiconductor thin films at the atomic scale - meaning the films are only one atom thick. The technique can be used to create these thin films on a large scale, sufficient to coat wafers that are two inches wide, or larger.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreHeinrich Rohrer, co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope, has died
The co-inventor of the scanning tunneling microscope, Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, passed away on the evening of May 16, 2013. He was 79.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreGerm-fighting nanomedicine vaccine system makes great strides in delivery
A novel vaccine study from South Dakota State University (SDSU) will headline the groundbreaking research that will be unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
Read moreAtomic-scale investigations solve key puzzle of LED efficiency
MIT and Brookhaven Lab scientists use electron microscopy imaging techniques to settle a solid-state controversy and raise new experimental possibilities.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013
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