Flow of tiny bubbles mimics computer circuitry
Work could boost capabilities of labs on a chip.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2007
Read moreUK and India team up on nanotechnology
The UK has joined forces with India to establish a joint Nanotechnology Working Group to speed up the development of new technologies.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2007
Read moreA close look at chirality
Chirality on nanoscopic surfaces can now be seen using optical microscopy.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove
Quick, inexpensive and efficient method to extract single DNA molecules and position them in nanoscale troughs where they can be easily analyzed and sequenced.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2007
Read moreThe weird world of exchange-traded nanotechnology funds
An article in today's Business Week deals with some of the most exotic exchange-traded funds. One of them is the Powershares Lux Nanotechnology Portfolio.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology investing in Germany
Forbes magazine is running an article about nanotechnology investing in Germany.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read moreHow revolutionary nanotechnology will affect commerce
On the Harvard Business Review's list of 20 breakthrough ideas in 2007 is "Business in the nanocosm".
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read moreNanopatterns regulate electricity
Regular arrangements of sodium atoms make sodium cobalt oxide a perfect material for laptop batteries, an efficient cooling material and a superconductor.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read moreMeasurements recast usual view of elusive force
Physicists have demonstrated that the warmer a surface is, the stronger its subtle ability to attract nearby atoms, a finding that could affect the design of devices that rely on small-scale interactions, such as atom chips, nanomachines, and MEMS.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read moreAIHA hosts nanoparticles TeleWeb
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) will host "Nanoparticle Update: Measuring, Evaluating, and Managing Exposures".
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read moreSpecial edition: Nanotechnology in China
The January/February issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology is a special issue on Nanotechnology in China.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2007
Read more'Optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing
Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreNavigable nanotransport
Direct synthesis of hollow nanoscopic spheres with tailored surfaces.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreVolcanoes and nanotechnology
Etna produces catalyst: Direct synthesis of carbon nanotubes with volcanic rock.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreWhy soft matter matters
At the interface between chemistry, physics and biology, a new field of research has established itself during the last three decades or so, which by its followers is simply and lovingly called soft matter.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreCleaner fuel through nanotechnology
Researchers showed for the first time that not only the size, but also the shape of the particle matters for the catalytic potential in fuel desulphurisation.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
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