Emergence of superlattice Dirac points in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
University of Arizona physicists are making discoveries that may advance electronic circuit technology.
Mar 30th, 2012
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Women in Europe for a Common Future release nanotechnology position paper
Women in Europe for a Common Future, an international network of over 100 women's, environmental and health organisations implementing projects in 40 countries and advocating globally for a healthy environment, has released a position paper on nanoparticles and nanotechnology: Nano - The great unknown
Mar 30th, 2012
Read moreUnexpected behaviour of microdroplets
Physicists agree that laminar flow of liquids has been well understood and described in detail from the theoretical point of view. Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw have, however, observed that droplets of chemical substances flowing in a carrier liquid inside microchannels - although presenting laminar flow inside them - present multiple mysteries.
Mar 30th, 2012
Read moreEU project SANOWORK investigates health and environmental impact of nanomaterials
Scientists from the University of Limerick (UL) have joined a European Commission (EC) funded project, SANOWORK that aims to assess and manage potential risks associated with nanomaterials.
Mar 30th, 2012
Read moreNovel filter material could cut natural gas refining costs
Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly devised material has the ability to separate closely related components of natural gas from one another, a task that currently demands a good deal of energy to accomplish.
Mar 30th, 2012
Read more'Backpacking' bacteria
To the ranks of horses, donkeys, camels and other animals that have served humanity as pack animals or beasts of burden, scientists are now enlisting bacteria to ferry nano-medicine cargos throughout the human body.
Mar 30th, 2012
Read moreOscillating gel acts like artificial skin, giving robots potential ability to "feel"
Pitt and MIT researchers accomplish first demonstration of oscillating gels that can be "revived" by mechanical pressure.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read morePhysicists find patterns in new state of matter (w/video)
Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered patterns which underlie the properties of a new state of matter.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreMoving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor
MIT's Center for Polymer Microfabrication designs manufacturing processes for a new generation of diagnostic tools.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreStanford Global Climate and Energy Project awards $8.4 million for innovative energy research
The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $8.4 million to seven Stanford research teams to develop new technologies that could significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreThe 'living' micro-robot that could detect diseases in humans
A tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature is being developed which one day could be safely used to pinpoint diseases within the human body.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreHow quantum physics could make 'The Matrix' more efficient
Researchers have discovered a new way in which computers based on quantum physics could beat the performance of classical computers. The work, by researchers based in Singapore and the UK, implies that a Matrix-like simulation of reality would require less memory on a quantum computer than on a classical computer. It also hints at a way to investigate whether a deeper theory lies beneath quantum theory.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreHELIOS makes silicon breakthrough
Researchers in Europe have succeeded in presenting an integrated tuneable transmitter on silicon - the first time this has ever happened.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreA simple and effective approach to improve device performance of pentacene thin film transistors
Scientists have developed a simple and effective way to reduce the threshold voltage and improve the mobility of pentacene thin film transistors with the commonly-used SiO2 substrate by inserting a thin metal phthalocyanine interlayer (of only ca. 2 nm) between the Au source/drain electrodes and the pentacene active layer.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreResearchers validate simplified lateral force calibration technique for Atomic Force Microscopy
Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory have demonstrated that a simpler technique for calibrating lateral sensitivity in an atomic force microscope (AFM) agrees with an earlier method developed at NIST to within 5%.
Mar 29th, 2012
Read moreBreakthrough in semiconductor structuring
ETH Zurich physicists, in collaboration with colleagues at universities in Switzerland and abroad, have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of monolithic semiconductor structures on silicon. The new structures are nearly perfect, and likely to revolutionise not only X-ray technology.
Mar 29th, 2012
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