Encapsulated nanoparticles can create bright colors by amplifying particular wavelengths of light. These microcapsules could offer a new, non-toxic and long-lasting source of color for paints and electronic displays.
Mar 14th, 2014
Read moreNANoREG is the first FP7 project to deliver the answers needed by regulators and legislators on EHS by linking them to a scientific evaluation of data and test methods.
Mar 14th, 2014
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Researchers combine genetic and structural data to begin to solve one of the most compelling mysteries in biology: how proteins perform the regulatory mechanisms in cells upon which life depends.
Mar 14th, 2014
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Researchers converted platinum-nickel polyhedra into bare frames that had a much richer platinum content.
Mar 14th, 2014
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If you've ever suffered the misery of food poisoning from a bacterium like Shigella or Salmonella, then your cells have been on the receiving end of 'nanoinjectors' - microscopic spikes made from proteins through which pathogens secrete effector proteins into human host cells, causing infection.
Mar 14th, 2014
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Bioactive glasses have found a wide range of medical and dental applications and are currently used as bone grafts, scaffolds and coating material for dental implants.
Mar 14th, 2014
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Ali Shakouri, the Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, is the 2014 recipient of the prestigious THERMI Award for his contributions to the field of semiconductor thermal management.
Mar 14th, 2014
Read more101 world-class scientists immigrated to Israel and were accepted as faculty members at the universities in the six years since declaring nanotechnology as national priority in Israel.
Mar 14th, 2014
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The experimental detection of an important quantum phenomenon in a semiconductor could lead to improved control of electron spin and the development of practical spintronics.
Mar 14th, 2014
Read moreThe objective is to develop joint projects in the area of nanotechnology and encourage the training of highly qualified human resources.
Mar 14th, 2014
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An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles.
Mar 13th, 2014
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For the first time researchers have shown that freestanding metal membranes consisting of a single layer of atoms can be stable under ambient conditions.
Mar 13th, 2014
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Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Wyss Institute have built a set of self-assembling DNA cages one-tenth as wide as a bacterium. The structures are some of the largest and most complex structures ever constructed solely from DNA.
Mar 13th, 2014
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Researchers have succeeded in moving light from one end of a semiconducting nanowire to the other by means of surface acoustic waves, a kind of nanoscale earthquakes.
Mar 13th, 2014
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Combining nanodrug-based chemotherapy and cryoablation provides an effective strategy to eliminate cancer stem-like cells the root of cancer resistance and metastasis, which will help to improve the safety and efficacy of treating malignancies that are refractory to conventional therapies.
Mar 13th, 2014
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From humble beginnings in a series of accidental discoveries, SQUIDs - short for superconducting quantum interference devices - have invaded and enhanced many areas of science and medicine.
Mar 13th, 2014
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