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Nanotechnology 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
Read moreUAlbany NanoCollege hosts Albany High School students for "NanoHigh" program
Students from Albany High School slipped on goggles and gloves to participate in hands-on classes today in the nanobioscience labs at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), part of the successful "NanoHigh" program developed by the City School District of Albany and CNSE.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreA spider web's strength lies in more than its silk
A study that combines experimental observations of spider webs with complex computer simulations shows that web durability depends not only on silk strength, but on how the overall web design compensates for damage and the response of individual strands to continuously varying stresses.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreScientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreNew technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution
Affinity capture devices provide a platform for viewing cancer cells and other macromolecules in dynamic, life-sustaining liquid environments.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreSelf-assembling nanorods - researchers obtain 1-, 2- and 3-D nanorod arrays and networks
A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures has been developed by a team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreNano-oils keep their cool
Rice University lab uses nanoparticles to increase thermal properties of transformer oil.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreNano-sized protein clusters address major challenge of drug delivery
A new form of proteins discovered by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could drastically improve treatments for cancer and other diseases, as well as overcome some of the largest challenges in therapeutics: delivering drugs to patients safely, easily and more effectively.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreNanofabrication technique pushes recording density to 3.3 terabits per square inch
A fabrication method that does not require etching and pattern transfer pushes recording densities in bit-patterned media to 3.3 terabits per square inch.
Feb 1st, 2012
Read moreEnhanced magnetic storage based on new spin transfer technology
Magnetic random-access memory based on new spin transfer technology achieves higher storage density by packing multiple bits of data into each memory cell.
Feb 1st, 2012
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