Cornell 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
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The dissipation of energy from a vibrating gold nanoparticle is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment.
Apr 11th, 2012
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A 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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Scientists have developed a new infrared spectroscopy method in order to study processes at surfaces of oxides used as catalysts.
Apr 10th, 2012
Read moreThe German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has published a new report "Assessment tools for nanomaterials" ("Instrumente zur Bewertung von Nanomaterialien") which summarizes the discussion and results of the German NanoCommission's work and the Stakeholder Dialogue "Risk management in the nano world".
Apr 10th, 2012
Read moreThe annual printed electronics award winners were announced at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Berlin, Germany on April 3rd. The awards recognize outstanding progress in the development and commercialization of printed electronics, an industry that produces a huge amount of technical innovation which will be used in many products.
Apr 10th, 2012
Read moreThe Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that a research team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a technology that enables scientists and engineers to observe processes occurring in liquid media on the smallest possible scale which is less than a nanometer.
Apr 10th, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a novel technique that may give doctors a faster and more sensitive tool to detect pathogens associated with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease.
Apr 10th, 2012
Read moreResearchers successfully measured the exact status of the rapidly changing Helium atom using an atto second pulse. Thanks to this discovery, many ultrafast phenomena in nature can now be precisely measured.
Apr 9th, 2012
Read moreThe problem with commercializing graphene that is synthesized onto metals over a wide area is that it can not be separated from the metal. However, a groundbreaking separation technology which is both cheap and environment friendly has been developed.
Apr 9th, 2012
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A team led by an Ames Laboratory scientist develops new technique for solid-state quantum information processing.
Apr 9th, 2012
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