Using nanotechnology to keep wood preservatives inside the wood where they belong
A new method uses nanoparticles to deliver preservatives into the lumber. In experiments, it reduced the leaching of biocides by 90 percent.
Apr 12th, 2012
Read moreA new method uses nanoparticles to deliver preservatives into the lumber. In experiments, it reduced the leaching of biocides by 90 percent.
Apr 12th, 2012
Read moreUniversity of California, San Diego nanoengineering professor Joseph Wang will accept the 2012 Breyer Medal in person this Sunday, April 15, in Perth, Australia. The medal is the top Australian award in the field of electrochemistry, and it will be presented at the annual Royal Australian Chemistry Institute (RACI) Electrochemistry Symposium.
Apr 12th, 2012
Read moreThe IK4-GAIKER technological centre, along with the IVTIP European Platform (In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform) is organizing a congress on April 19th on the "Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials: Current Status and Challenges Ahead".
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreScanning probe microscopes feature prominently in the history of nanotechnology but, as a recent book on the subject makes clear, this history could have been very different.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreThe world's first "electrified snail" has joined the menagerie of cockroaches, rats, rabbits and other animals previously implanted with biofuel cells that generate electricity - perhaps for future spy cameras, eavesdropping microphones and other electronics - from natural sugar in their bodies.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreXiaoguang Tu and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics have now demonstrated how to improve silicon modulators by using an appropriate way of doping the silicon with electrons and holes.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreIn a significant step forward in the field, researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and the A*STAR Data Storage Institute have now pioneered a low-cost methodology for the fabrication of zinc oxide thin films.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreNanotransistors may be fabricated from materials ranging from silicon to carbon nanotubes and even large molecules. But how do you guarantee such ultra-small electronic circuits will perform reliably?
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreCornell materials scientists have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly way of synthesizing oxide crystal sheets, just nanometers thick, which have useful properties for electronics and alternative energy applications.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreThe dissipation of energy from a vibrating gold nanoparticle is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreA new design for nanoparticles that absorb low-energy light and emit high-energy light may find use in biological imaging.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at MIT have come up with a solution that may further reduce the energy needed for copper to convert carbon dioxide, while also making the metal much more stable. The group has engineered tiny nanoparticles of copper mixed with gold, which is resistant to corrosion and oxidation.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreThe High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, recently joined to TIA-nano as a new core institute, in addition to the existing core institutes, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and the University of Tsukuba.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreThis new method is capable of reducing the price of carbon nanotubes from USD100 - USD700 to just USD 15 to USD 35 for each gram, much lower than world market prices.
Apr 11th, 2012
Read moreA team of scientists from PML's Quantum Measurement Division has designed and tested a novel device that may lead to substantial progress in the new and fast-moving field of optomechanics.
Apr 10th, 2012
Read moreLithium-sulfur batteries may be the power storage devices of the future. Newly developed porous nanoparticles containing sulfur deliver optimized battery performance.
Apr 10th, 2012
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