Fifth issue of Nanotech Insights newsletter available
The October 2011 issue of Nanotech Insights, a quarterly newsletter dedicated to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, is now available from CKMNT.
Dec 16th, 2011
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Free podcasts on DNA nanotechnology
Boise State University recently began a campaign, Beyond The Blue, to bring deserved awareness to their excellent academic programs. As part of this campaign, the University has launched a series of podcasts discussing many fascinating topics and updates on current work. Here are a few examples of BSU faculty's work on DNA nanotechnology.
Dec 16th, 2011
Read moreDiscovery of a 'dark state' could mean a brighter future for solar energy
The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be significantly increased, according to new research on the mechanisms of solar energy conversion.
Dec 15th, 2011
Read moreNanotechnology single-cell monitoring technique helps understanding how cancer spreads
A technique that lets researchers monitor single cancer cells in real time as they float in liquid could help doctors study the breakaway tumor cells that cause metastasis. Metastasis is the process of the disease spreading through the body.
Dec 15th, 2011
Read moreResearchers demonstrate an almost noiseless nanomechanical microwave amplifier
Physicists at Aalto University, Finland, have shown how a nanomechanical oscillator can be used for detection and amplification of feeble radio waves or microwaves. A measurement using such a tiny device, resembling a miniaturized guitar string, can be performed with the least possible disturbance.
Dec 15th, 2011
Read moreAdjustable protein microlenses made by femtosecond laser direct writing
Researchers from Jilin University (China) have described a new approach to the production of adjustable microlenses made from protein gels.
Dec 15th, 2011
Read moreImec, Polyera and Solvay set 8.3% efficiency record for organic solar cell with inverted device architecture
Imec, Polyera and international chemical group Solvay have achieved a new world-record efficiency of 8.3% for polymer-based single junction organic solar cells in an inverted device stack. These excellent performance results represent a crucial step towards successful commercialization of organic photovoltaic cells.
Dec 15th, 2011
Read moreSurprising discovery of a new way to tune and enhance thermal conductivity
The surprising discovery of a new way to tune and enhance thermal conductivity - a basic property generally considered to be fixed for a given material - gives engineers a new tool for managing thermal effects in smart phones and computers, lasers and a number of other powered devices.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreOptical fiber innovation could make future optical computers a 'SNAP'
'Whispering gallery' stores tiny packets of light for possible optical computing applications.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreBreaking the far-field diffraction limit in optical nanopatterning
New advance could lead to even smaller features in the constant quest for more compact, faster microchips.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreNanotechnologien im Alltag - kleine Teilchen, grosse Fragen
Am 1. Dezember 2011 fand in Stuttgart ein Kongress zu Verbraucheraspekten im Umgang mit Nanotechnologien stat: Nano-Dialog Baden-Wuerttemberg - kleine Teilchen, grosse Fragen.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreTwisting molecules by brute force: A top-down approach
Some molecules have unique and technologically useful optical properties; the medicinal properties of drugs depend on the direction of the twist; and within us twisted DNA can interact with different proteins. This twisting is called chirality and researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found they can use a macroscopic brute force to impose and induce a twist in an otherwise non-chiral molecule.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreCotton fabric cleans itself when exposed to ordinary sunlight
Scientists are reporting development of a new cotton fabric that does clean itself of stains and bacteria when exposed to ordinary sunlight.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreElektronen sichtbar gemacht: Physikern gelingt Einblick in molekulare Halbleiter
Einem Team von Physikern ist der Nachweis gelungen, dass auch die Elektronen in grossen Molekuelen - beispielsweise in organischen Halbleitern - mit hoher Praezision durch einzelne Orbitale beschrieben werden koennen.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreA glow of recognition
New detectors developed at MIT could provide easy visual identification of toxins or pathogens.
Dec 14th, 2011
Read moreFirst electronic optical fibers with hydrogenated amorphous silicon are developed
A new chemical technique for depositing a non-crystalline form of silicon into the long, ultra-thin pores of optical fibers has been developed by an international team of scientists.
Dec 13th, 2011
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