'Bullet-proof' graphene composite tougher than Kevlar
Researchers have used graphene to develop a new composite material which can produce the toughest fibres to date - even tougher than spider silk and Kevlar.
Feb 3rd, 2012
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Quantum biology and Ockham's razor
A team of University of Bristol scientists explores whether new models or concepts are needed to tackle one of the 'grand challenges' of chemical biology: understanding enzyme catalysis.
Feb 3rd, 2012
Read moreAntennaless RFID tags solve problem of tracking metal and liquids
The antennaless RFID tag developed at CNSE could help companies track products as varied as barrels of oil to metal cargo containers.
Feb 3rd, 2012
Read moreManipulating the texture of magnetism
Derivation of equations that describe the dynamics of complex magnetic quasi-particles may aid the design of novel electronic devices.
Feb 3rd, 2012
Read moreHarnessing nature's solar cells (w/video)
Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells.
Feb 3rd, 2012
Read moreTurning heat into power
A new kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft.
Feb 3rd, 2012
Read moreGraphene electronics moves into a third dimension
A Manchester team lead by Nobel laureates Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov has literally opened a third dimension in graphene research. Their research shows a transistor that may prove the missing link for graphene to become the next silicon.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreBreakthrough in understanding ultrafast magnetism
An international consortium of scientists from The Netherlands, Sweden and Ukraine claim a breakthrough in the theory of ultrafast magnetic phenomena.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreUAlbany NanoCollege receives over $5 million in federal funding to support innovations driven by nanoscale research and education
Grants will enable technologies targeting clean energy and the environment, nanomedicine and health care, and military applications.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreSEMATECH celebrates 25 years of advancing technology and manufacturing innovations and collaboration
2012 Knowledge Series to commemorate 25th anniversary.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreNanotechnology biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity
Using a self-assembled photosystem, researchers are turning the term 'power plant' on its head
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreZinc-finger proteins act as site-specific adapters for DNA-origami structures
DNA is a useful building material for nanoscale structures. In a way similar to origami, a long single strand of DNA can be folded into nearly any three-dimensional shape desired with the use of short DNA fragments. The DNA nanostructure can also be equipped with specific docking sites for proteins. Researchers have now introduced a new method for attaching the proteins by means of special "adapters" known as zinc-finger proteins.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreGBP50 million investment aims to establish the UK as a global graphene research hub
Today sees the announcement of full details of how an additional GBP50 million will be spent to keep the UK at the forefront of research into 'wonder material' graphene. Also below are details of further investment strands for graphene engineering and research technology.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read morePowering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations
Engineers have developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using a source that is surprisingly close to the heart of the matter: vibrations in the chest cavity that are due mainly to heartbeats.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreResearchers efficiently couple light from a plane wave into a surface plasmon mode
Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have made a grating coupler that transmits over 45 % of the incident optical energy from a plane wave into a single surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode propagating on a flat gold surface, an order-of-magnitude increase over any SPP grating coupler reported to date.
Feb 2nd, 2012
Read moreLastest updates from the NanoRelease project
The NanoRelease project will support the development of methods to understand the release of nanomaterials used in products.
Feb 1st, 2012
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