Intel, IBM will use dramatically different materials to build next generation of chips
Chip manufacturers have been trying to replace the insulator with hafnium oxide, a material that has a much higher dielectric constant than silica.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreNational Science Foundation's 2008 budget to include $390 million for nanotechnology
The Budget provides $390 million in 2008 for NSF's nanotechnology research investments, an increase of 4.5 percent from the level proposed in 2007.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreDNA-based detection for uranium
A portable sensor for the most common form of uranium could give conventional lab-based analytical methods a run for their money.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology key to China's future economic success
Chinese will combine research achievements with manufacturing prowess.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreGrowing computer chips on trees with nanotechnology?
A unique method for self-assembling blocks of DNA and gold particles.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreCan carbon nanotubes act as nanosyringes?
Carbon nanotubes which have been chemically modified with a variety of different functional groups are able to enter a wide range of cell types, including human cancer cells.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreNew UN report demands tighter controls on nanotechnology
The report concludes that nanotechnology will bring environmental benefits but it is vital that we adopt appropriate assessment and legislative processes to address the unique challenges presented by nanomaterials and their life cycles.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read more'Microsieve' could aid study of diseases
Device promises to speed up separation, sorting of proteins.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreNew forum to discuss future-oriented technology
A forum for analysing future-oriented technology has been launched by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreNano-microscopy reveals the collective transport of gold atoms in real-time
Researchers used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreConceptual connection between deafness and the organization of liquid crystals
Scientists exploring the physics of hearing have found an underlying molecular cause for one form of deafness, and a conceptual connection between deafness and the organization of liquid crystals, which are used in flat-panel displays.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreScientists find why conductance of nanowires vary
How and why the electrical conductance of metal nanowires changes as their length varies.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreCoated nanoparticles solve sticky drug-delivery problem
The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreHeat and pH-sensitive nanoparticles designed to target tumors
Using a novel polymer that becomes unstable under the pH conditions inside tumor cells, scientists have developed a core-shell nanoparticle targeted to deliver drugs to tumors.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreBright nanoparticles aid basic cancer biology studies
By taking advantage of the unique optical and other physical properties of nanoscale materials, researchers have created a veritable toolbox of nanoparticle probes.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2007
Read moreEPA announces grants for nanotechnology research to improve drinking water
Ten university projects received grants from the EPA for research to develop better methods for detecting harmful organisms in drinking water.
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2007
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