Ingenuity Lab, Alberta's first nanotechnology accelerator, has been named 'Best Nanotechnology Research Organization 2014' by The New Economy magazine, just under two years after its inception.
Oct 2nd, 2014
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A group of researchers from Switzerland has thrown light on the precise mechanisms responsible for the impressive ability of nanoparticles to detect fingermarks left at crime scenes.
Oct 2nd, 2014
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Lithium ions traveling through a zinc antimonide anode cause local stress and phase transitions, a process dubbed atomic shuffling. These changes may help explain why most anodes made of layered materials eventually fail.
Oct 1st, 2014
Read moreScientists designed a new nanostructure that absorbs ultranarrow bands of light spectrum and can be used in a number of applications, including the creation of more sensitive biosensors.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Inspired by wounded warriors, new paint-on, see-through bandage not only protects wounds and severe burns but enables direct measurement of tissue oxygenation.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Cancer vaccines have recently emerged as a promising approach for killing tumor cells before they spread. But so far, most clinical candidates haven't worked that well. Now, scientists have developed a new way to deliver vaccines that successfully stifled tumor growth when tested in laboratory mice. And the key is in the vaccine's unique stealthy nanoparticles.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Using mesocosms that closely approximate wetland ecosystems, researchers show carbon nanotubes accumulate quickly in sediments - a tendency that could indirectly damage aquatic food chains by piggybacking harmful molecules.
Oct 1st, 2014
Read moreResearchers hope to take a healthy salad up a level by growing a vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer in leafy greens.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Researchers have combined quantum dots with sheets of graphene to create a hybrid that could greatly cut the cost of generating energy with fuel cells.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Thermal considerations are rapidly becoming one of the most serious design constraints in microelectronics, especially on submicron scale lengths. A new study has shown that standard thermal models will lead to the wrong answer in a three-dimensional heat-transfer problem if the dimensions of the heating element are on the order of one micron or smaller.
Oct 1st, 2014
Read moreHaving the possibility to measure magnetic properties of materials at atomic precision is one of the important goals of today's experimental physics. Researchers propose a new method, utilizing properties of the quantum world - the phase of the electron beam - to detect magnetism with atom-by-atom precision.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Pill coated with tiny needles can deliver drugs directly into the lining of the digestive tract.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Researchers can now for the first time remotely control a miniature light source at timescales of 200 trillionth of a second. They have developed a way of remotely controlling the nanoscale light sources at an extremely short timescale. These light sources are needed to be able to transmit quantum information.
Oct 1st, 2014
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Using a bio-mimicking analog of one of nature's most efficient light-harvesting structures, blades of grass, a research team has taken a major step in developing long-sought polymer architecture to boost power-conversion efficiency of light to electricityA breakthrough in morphology control should have widespread use in solar cells, batteries and vertical transistors.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Discovery of 'stable energetic embedding' of atoms and molecules within ice has wide-ranging environmental, scientific and defense implications.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Layering rough surfaces with nanometer-thin optical interference coatings opens new array of possible applications, such as nearly weight-free logos on the sides of spacecraft.
Sep 30th, 2014
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