Taking a closer look at molecular electronics
Fluorescence-yield x-ray spectroscopy provides a view into how organic transistors work at the molecular scale.
Mar 9th, 2012
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Researchers show influence of nanoparticles on nutrient absorption
Researchers wanted to know was what happens when someone gets constant exposure in small doses - the kind you'd get if you were taken a drug or supplement that included nanoparticles in some form.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreResearchers 'print' polymers that bend into 3-D shapes
Technique could be used to direct growth of blood vessels or tissues in the laboratory.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreUltrafast sonograms shed new light on rapid phase transitions
An international team of physicists has developed a method for taking ultrafast "sonograms" that can track the structural changes that take place within solid materials in trillionth-of-a-second intervals as they go through an important physical process called a phase transition.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreNanotechnology Commercialization Conference announces keynote lineup
Global technology leaders will descend upon North Carolina for the Nanotech Commercialization Conference (NCC), hosted by the Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN), the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA) and the North Carolina Office of Science and Technology. Corporate, investor, start-up and academic leaders will all be in attendance at this cutting edge event in Durham, NC, April 4th-5th, 2012.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreNIOSH seeks innovative proposals for nanotechnology studies
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites applications from small businesses to conduct innovative research in three high-priority areas, including studies relating to the occupational health and safety aspects of nanotechnology.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreMetamaterials may advance with new femtosecond laser technique
'Lucky' combination of chemicals and laser pulses enables high-resolution, 3-D patterning for futuristic optical materials.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreOpening of laboratory for visualization of ultrafast micro- and nanoflows
Micro- and nanodroplets flowing inside barely visible channels may serve as miniature chemical reactors. The research in this modern area of contemporary chemistry can be pursued more effectively with a new laboratory that has just opened at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreRadio communication at the molecular level is now possible
Individual photons, transmitted from one molecule to another, could be used to carry quantum information.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreProtein transport with nanometer precision via 'cut and paste' method
Peptides and antibodies can be used as new handles and anchors for single-molecule cut and paste.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreCharging up qubits in diamonds
A method for manipulating the charge of nitrogen vacancy-centres in diamond - which are thought to be important areas in the creation of qubits in quantum computers - is reported in Nature Communications this week.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreIntroducing plug-and-play nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
A group of physicists at the LMU developed a compact sensor architecture on the nanometer scale, which is easy to handle and works at room temperature.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreNew prototype optical chipset would allow downloading 500 high definition movies - per second!
IBM scientists today will report on a prototype optical chipset, dubbed "Holey Optochip", that is the first parallel optical transceiver to transfer one trillion bits - one terabit - of information per second.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read morePhotonenpaare im Gleichschritt
Detaillierte Studien der so genannten Resonanzfluoreszenz sind ein Forschungsfeld des Teams von Prof. Peter Michler am Institut fuer Halbleiteroptik und Funktionelle Grenzflaechen der Uni Stuttgart, das hierzu das Halbleitersystem Indium-Gallium-Arsenid untersucht.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreResearchers to test silver nanoparticles against yeast infections in mouthwash and dentures
Professor Mariana Henriques, University of Minho, and her colleagues hope to test silver nanoparticles in mouthwash and dentures as a potential preventative measure against yeast infections caused by Candida albicans and Candida glabrata.
Mar 8th, 2012
Read moreInfluencing stem cell fate with nanocombinatorics
New screening method helps scientists identify key information rapidly.
Mar 8th, 2012
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