Metamaterials 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
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Opening 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
Read moreResearch team says communication technologies including smartphones and laptops could now be 1,000 times faster
A Pitt team has generated a frequency comb with more than a 100 terahertz bandwidth as a means to process communications data at a remarkably rapid speed.
Mar 7th, 2012
Read moreResearchers capture first-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule
Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule.
Mar 7th, 2012
Read moreHundreds of students from across the state visit UAlbany NanoCollege for NanoCareer Day
Hundreds of students from across New York State got a firsthand glimpse of the exciting world of nanotechnology on Wednesday, March 7 when they visited the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering for NanoCareer Day.
Mar 7th, 2012
Read moreBiodegradable transistors made from proteins
Award-winning TAU research uses self-assembling blood, milk, and mucus proteins to build next generation technology.
Mar 7th, 2012
Read moreExotic material shows promise as flexible, transparent electrode (w/video)
An international team of scientists with roots at SLAC and Stanford has shown that ultra-thin sheets of an exotic material remain transparent and highly conductive even after being deeply flexed 1,000 times and folded and creased like a piece of paper.
Mar 7th, 2012
Read moreSafe handling of carbon nanotubes in the workplace
Safe Work Australia Chair, Mr Tom Phillips AM, today announced the release of a new publication on the Safe Handling and Use of Carbon Nanotubes.
Mar 7th, 2012
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