Researchers at Northwestern University have recently reported that individual gallium nitride nanowires show strong piezoelectricity - a type of charge-generation caused by mechanical stress - in three dimensions.
Jan 6th, 2012
Read morenanoCAGE technology enables comprehensive analysis of transcription start sites from tiny biological samples.
Jan 6th, 2012
Read moreBerkeley Lab scientists push chemistry to the edge, testing plans for a new generation of light sources.
Jan 6th, 2012
Read moreDie aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Kombination von Fluoreszenztomographie und klassischer Mikroskopie setzen neue Massstaebe in der Infektionsforschung. Die modernen bildgebenden Verfahren und ihre Ergebnisse werden Thema des internationalen Symposiums "Imaging Infection 2012" sein.
Jan 6th, 2012
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The smallest wires ever developed in silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - have been shown by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Melbourne University and Purdue University to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreIn an effort to make data storage more cost-effective, a group of researchers from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have created a DNA-based memory device that is "write-once-read-many-times" (WORM), and that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to make it possible to encode information.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreEngineers at the University of Houston have used quantum mechanical calculations to show that, merely by creating holes of a certain configuration in a sheet of graphene, they can coax graphene into behaving like a piezoelectric material.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreIn a just released report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General finds that EPA does not currently have sufficient information or processes to effectively manage the human health and environmental risks of nanomaterials.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreRice University simulations show carbon sheets tear along energetically favorable lines.
Jan 5th, 2012
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Differential stress induced by thiol adsorption on facetted nanocrystals.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreA quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies early-stage disease markers or other molecules in low-concentrations, could be the result of a new nanomechanical biosensor developed at Cornell.
Jan 5th, 2012
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Der Experimentierkoffer SimplyNano 1 enthaelt acht spannende Experimente aus der Welt der Nanotechnologie. Der Koffer richtet sich besonders an Lernende im 7. bis 10. Schuljahr und will einfache Phaenomene der Nanotechnologie vorstellen.
Jan 5th, 2012
Read moreGlass-ceramics on the basis of magnesium-, aluminium-, and silicon oxide are distinguished by their enormous strength.
Jan 5th, 2012
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In a new review paper, Hiroshi Fudouzi at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan describes the challenges facing materials scientists for the realization of photonic crystals based on design of bioinspired structural color.
Jan 5th, 2012
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Chemiker der Uni Jena entwickeln neuartige Glaskeramiken fuer die Zahnmedizin.
Jan 5th, 2012
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The Nano Electronic Materials Unit, MANA, NIMS selectively grew polymer nanowires using only irradiation with a pulsed laser, in a region limited to the area of irradiation. They also succeeded in imparting diverse functionalities to the nanowires by doping with various species of nanomaterials.
Jan 5th, 2012
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