Chemists have controlled the structure of a material to simultaneously generate both magnetisation and electrical polarisation, an advance which has potential applications in information storage and processing.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Scientists have succeeded in directly imaging how electrons interact within a single molecule.
Jan 26th, 2015
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A new study shows that when the chemotherapy drug Epirubicin is attached to nanodiamonds, the treatment is more effective and patients suffer from less side effects.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Igor Sokolov's nanoscale research could yield better ways to identify and track malignant cells.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Chemists have synthesized novel transition metal-complexed cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) that enable selective monofunctionalization of CPPs for the first time, opening doors to the construction of unprecedented nanocarbons.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Scientists from Europe's Graphene Flagship have demonstrated active, in-situ electrical control of energy flow from erbium ions into photons and surface plasmons.
Jan 26th, 2015
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Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science revealed that improvements should soon be expected in the manufacture of transistors that can be used, for example, to make flexible, paper-thin computer screens.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreExpansion microscopy is a process that enlarges cell structures, allowing scientists to take nanoscale pictures of healthy and disease tissue throughout the body using common microscopes.
Jan 23rd, 2015
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Theory shows it should be possible to tune material's properties.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreResearchers found that silver nanowires can withstand strong cyclic loads, which is a key attribute needed for flexible electronics.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreThe SUN project has successfully hosted the first Sustainable Nanotechnology School, with over 70 participants coming from all over Europe, United States and Brazil and 21 speakers chosen among the most prominent experts on environmental, health and safety (EHS) implications and sustainable applications of nanomaterials.
Jan 23rd, 2015
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The researchers have used the technique to determine that materials with a highly organized structure at the nanoscale are not more efficient at creating free electrons than poorly organized structures - a finding which will help guide future research and development efforts.
Jan 23rd, 2015
Read moreEngineers have developed a technique to increase the performance and electrical conductivity of thin films that make up solar cell materials using nanotechnology.
Jan 23rd, 2015
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Materials could benefit imaging and military enhancements such as elastic cloaking.
Jan 23rd, 2015
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Scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970.
Jan 22nd, 2015
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Does glass ever stop flowing? Researchers have combined computer simulation and information theory, originally invented for telephone communication and cryptography, to answer this puzzling question.
Jan 22nd, 2015
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