Silica nanotubes target cancer cells
A new type of silica nanotubes can home in on cancer cells and deliver powerful drugs that combat this defiant disease.
Sep 25th, 2013
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Perfecting nanoscale circuits
The downside of scaling nanoelectronic feature sizes is increasing unreliability of performance and power (hence robustness). An EU-supported project has developed techniques to tackle this problem.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreA pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing
Researchers are developing testing procedures and a European framework to assess the safety of nanomaterials. These should ensure that the benefits and innovations to be gained from the use of nanotechnologies can be realised safely without damage to human health and the environment.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreA new generation of magnets based on nanoparticles
Researchers have developed permanent magnets based on nanoparticles. The innovative materials promise to help drive more efficient engines for wind energy and other renewable energy applications.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreUsing nanomaterials to develop the next generation of solar cells
Researchers are developing new nanomaterials that could allow solar cells to overcome current existing efficiency limits. This would allow clean energy from the Sun to compete with traditional, environmentally unfriendly energy sources.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreAntibacterial textiles for hospitals - preventing nosocomial infections
Impregnating hospital textiles, such as bedding and bandages, with antibacterial nanoparticles, would significantly decrease nosocomial infections, improve patient outcomes and save millions of euros.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreMedical sensors improve with holey gold nanostructures
A new method that fabricates gold nanostructures quickly and efficiently could lead to highly sensitive, portable medical sensors.
Sep 25th, 2013
Read moreA key ceramic nanocomposite patent for next generation long lasting implants
The patented ceramic nanocomposite will improve the lifetime and reliability of ceramic joint prostheses.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreNanoantennas let long light waves see in infrared
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed arrays of tiny nano-antennas that can enable sensing of molecules that resonate in the infrared (IR) spectrum.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreGesch�ftschancen f�r deutsche Anbieter im Bereich der Nanotechnologie in Greater China
Im Rahmen des BMWi-Markterschliessungsprogramms organisiert der OAV - German Asia-Pacific Business Association in Zusammenarbeit mit dem IVAM Fachverband f�r Mikrotechnik und der IHK Pfalz eine Informationsveranstaltung zu dem Themenbereich Nanotechnologie in Greater China.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreNeodymium is a promising candidate for information processing with magnetic molecules
Magnetic molecules are regarded as promising functional units for the future of information processing. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from J�lich and Aachen were the first to produce particularly robust magnetic molecules that enable a direct electrical readout of magnetic information.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreNon-precious metal catalysts outperforming platinum-based ones
Researchers have discovered a new family of non-precious metal catalysts. These catalysts exhibit better performance than platinum in oxygen-reduction reaction (ORR) only with 10% of the production cost of a platinum catalyst.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreCenter for Nanotechnology in Society to establish Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation
The National Science Foundation recently announced a grant of nearly $500,000 to establish a new Virtual Institute for Responsible Innovation (VIRI) at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreScientists publish theory, formula to improve plastic semiconductors
A better understanding of the conductive properties of flexible semiconductors will aid in the development of bendable electronics.
Sep 23rd, 2013
Read moreEngineers develop a stretchable, foldable transparent electronic display (w/video)
Imagine an electronic display nearly as clear as a window, or a curtain that illuminates a room, or a smartphone screen that doubles in size, stretching like rubber. Now imagine all of these being made from the same material. Researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a transparent, elastic organic light-emitting device, or OLED, that could one day make all these possible.
Sep 23rd, 2013
Read moreResearchers make headway in quantum information transfer using nanomechanical coupling of microwave and optical states
In order to improve the security of the transfer of information, scientists are working on how to translate electrical quantum states to optical quantum states in a way that would enable ultrafast, quantum-encrypted communications. A UC Santa Barbara research team has demonstrated the first and arguably most challenging step in the process.
Sep 23rd, 2013
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