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New use for an old 'trouble maker'

A 'trouble maker' from a bygone method of glass production could find a new use as an optical diffuser in medical laser treatments, communications systems and household lighting.

Mar 21st, 2014

Cells get ready for their close-up

New microscopy technique captures 3-D images of cells as they flow through a microfluidic channel.

Mar 21st, 2014

Spintronic thermoelectric power generators

Imagine a computer so efficient that it can recycle its own waste heat to produce electricity. Researchers at the Nanostructured Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Utah have fabricated spintronics-based thin film devices which do just that, i.e. convert even minute waste heat into useful electricity.

Mar 21st, 2014

Anti-counterfeit 'fingerprints' made from silver nanowires

Unique patterns made from tiny, randomly scattered silver nanowires have been created by a group of researchers from South Korea in an attempt to authenticate goods and tackle the growing problem of counterfeiting.

Mar 21st, 2014

Discovery of new semiconductor holds promise for 2D physics and electronics

Rhenium disulfide, unlike molybdenum disulfide and other dichalcogenides, behaves electronically as if it were a 2D monolayer even as a 3D bulk material. This not only opens the door to 2D electronic applications with a 3D material, it also makes it possible to study 2D physics with easy-to-make 3D crystals.

Mar 20th, 2014

Nanocoating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption

Researchers have started using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat. In tests, this increased the service life of the coating by 300%.

Mar 20th, 2014

Special track at NanoIsrael 2014 will focus on defense-related nanotechnology

A special track added this year to NanoIsrael 2014, the 4th international conference and exhibition, in collaboration with Israel's Ministry of Defence research arm (MAFAT), will focus on defense-related applications of nanotechnology.

Mar 20th, 2014

New nanotechnology uses shrink wrap used to enhance detection of infectious disease biomarkers

A new nanotechnology method - employing common, everyday shrink wrap - may make highly sensitive, extremely low-cost diagnosis of infectious disease agents possible.

Mar 20th, 2014

Research brings new control over topological insulator

An international team of scientists investigating the electronic properties of ultra-thin films of new materials - topological insulators - has demonstrated a new method to tune their unique properties using strain.

Mar 20th, 2014

A layered nanostructure held together by DNA

Dreaming up nanostructures that have desirable optical, electronic, or magnetic properties is one thing. Figuring out how to make them is another. A new strategy uses the binding properties of complementary strands of DNA to attach nanoparticles to each other and builds up a layered thin-film nanostructure through a series of controlled steps.