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Erfolgreiche Forschungsstrategie zur Nanotechnologie sch�tzt Mensch und Umwelt

Bundesbeh�rden bilanzieren Forschungsprojekte zur Sicherheit von Nanomaterialien.

Mar 20th, 2013

Nanotechnology wonder material (no, it's not graphene) to tackle environmental challenges

A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy.

Mar 20th, 2013

Research shows potential for quasicrystals

Scientists present the history of quasicrystals and how this area can open up numerous opportunities in fundamental optics research.

Mar 20th, 2013

Entwicklung der weltweit ersten ultraflachen, bipolaren Meta-Linse gelungen

Entwicklung der weltweit ersten ultraflachen, bipolaren Meta-Linse gelungen - Material aus Glas und Gold 2.000 Mal d�nner als menschliches Haar - Nutzung in Photonik bei optischen Schaltkreisen und Leuchtdioden.

Mar 20th, 2013

Under the skin, a tiny laboratory that sends data to your phone (w/video)

Scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory that sends data through mobile phone network

Mar 20th, 2013

Researchers use simple sonochemical method to synthesize zinc oxide nanostructures

The researchers succeeded in the production of zinc oxide nanostructures by using zinc acetate as the initiator through a new, fast, and simple sonochemical method.

Mar 19th, 2013

Promising flash memory combines graphene and molybdenite

EPFL scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, flexibility and energy consumption.

Mar 19th, 2013

Laser-like photons signal major step towards quantum 'Internet'

The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challenges of modern physics. Now, new research shows how high-quality photons can be generated from 'solid-state' chips, bringing us closer to the quantum 'internet'.

Mar 19th, 2013

Tenfold boost with quantum dots in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells

Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won't become cancerous.

Mar 19th, 2013

Novel biological electron transfer along bacterial nanowires

When researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by microbiologist Derek Lovley discovered that the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens conducts electricity very effectively along metallic-like "microbial nanowires", they found physicists quite comfortable with the idea of such a novel biological electron transfer mechanism, but not biologists.

Mar 19th, 2013

Electrons are not enough: Cuprate superconductors defy convention

To engineers, it's a tale as old as time: Electrical current is carried through materials by flowing electrons. But physicists at the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania found that for copper-containing superconductors, known as cuprates, electrons are not enough to carry the current.

Mar 19th, 2013

Electrical signals dictate optical properties of new metamaterial

Researchers at the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have created an artificial material, a metamaterial, with optical properties that can be controlled by electric signals.

Mar 19th, 2013

Safe Work Australia releases two nanotechnology reports on safety issues

Safe Work Australia Chair Ann Sherry AO today released two research reports examining nanotechnology work health and safety issues.

Mar 19th, 2013

Novel luminescent materials to reduce global energy demand

The European Commission has identified luminescent materials as a key technology of the next generation. Phosphors are used, for example, in traffic lights, computer screens, smartphones and tablets, Euro banknotes, medical devices, as well as in films for X-rays and light sources.

Mar 19th, 2013

Nanotechnology detects cancer progression

Studying cellular processes that are implicated in cancer represents one of the main problems of contemporary cell biology and tumour therapy. European scientists are in the process of developing a novel sensing principle at the nanoscale level for monitoring cancer progression.

Mar 19th, 2013

Nanoporous DeoTags which halt body odour are launched on British high street as new fashion innovation

Odegon Technologies' odour eliminating tags will be available on the British high street from March. The small DeoTags absorb under arm smells via a special military-grade nano-porous fibre sewn into garment lining.

Mar 19th, 2013

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