Nanoscale truss work
Fancy Erector Set? Nope. The elaborate fractal structure shown here is many, many times smaller than that and is certainly not child's play.
May 26th, 2014
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The EUPHONON European Project celebrates the Nanophononics Day
The Nanophononics Day aims to raise awareness about this emergent research area and the EUPHONON Project.
May 26th, 2014
Read moreGraphene to make large scale electricity storage a reality
Graphene could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.
May 26th, 2014
Read moreHepatitis B virus detection increased using gold nanoparticle immunosensor
Researchers succeeded in designing and production of an immunosensor based on nanotechnology to increase the rate and accuracy of the detection of hepatitis B virus existing in patients' blood serum.
May 26th, 2014
Read moreAdvanced light
Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials.
May 25th, 2014
Read moreDNA nanotechnology places enzyme catalysis within an arm's length
Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, scientists have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics an important biochemical pathway that could prove important for future biomedical and energy applications.
May 25th, 2014
Read moreNano-imaging sheds light on how anti-cancer drug Taxol works
Through a combination of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and new methodology for image analysis and structure interpretation, researchers have produced images of microtubule assembly and disassembly at the unprecedented resolution of 5 angstroms. Among other insights, these observations provide the first explanation of Taxol's success as a cancer chemotherapy agent.
May 24th, 2014
Read moreA new way to make sheets of graphene
Technique might enable advances in display screens, solar cells, or other devices.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreNanoelectronics: First measurement of monolayer MoS2's thermal conductivity
Researchers have succeeded in measuring a previously unknown but essential property - thermal conductivity - of an ultra-thin material that is expected to play a major role in the fast-emerging field of nanoelectronics.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreAFM systems take a tip from nanowires
In response to requests from the semiconductor industry, researchers have demonstrated that atomic force microscope (AFM) probe tips made from its near-perfect gallium nitride nanowires are superior in many respects to standard silicon or platinum tips in measurements of critical importance to microchip fabrication, nanobiotechnology, and other endeavors.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreFlatland optics with graphene
Researchers introduced a platform technology based on optical antennas for trapping and controlling light with the one-atom-thick material graphene. The experiments show that the dramatically squeezed graphene-guided light can be focused and bent, following the fundamental principles of conventional optics.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreCompact and extremely small-scale incubator microscope to examine cells in time lapse
Biologists and doctors rely heavily on incubators and microscopes. Now the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT has come up with a novel solution that combines the functions of both these tools in a compact and extremely small-scale system.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreResearchers develop 'wireless' nanotechnology for studying neurons
Yang Xiang, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology, has received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program to lead an international team of scientists in the development and implementation of a new optogenetic platform that can remotely activate neurons inside a free-moving organism.
May 22nd, 2014
Read moreRichard Berry Receives TAPPI nanotechnology division's first Technical Award
Dr. Richard Berry of CelluForce has been named the first recipient of TAPPI's International Nanotechnology Division's Technical Award. This award recognizes outstanding accomplishments or contributions which have advanced the responsible and sustainable production and use of renewable nanomaterials
May 22nd, 2014
Read moreNot all diamonds are forever
Researchers see nanodiamonds created in coal fade away in seconds.
May 22nd, 2014
Read moreNanoparticles on track to distinguish tumour tissue
Gold nanoparticles could be used to help detect the margins between tumours and normal tissue, enabling surgeons to better determine which tissue to remove and which to leave.
May 22nd, 2014
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