Splitting spin to get ahead
A bismuth-based semiconducting material could enable control of electron spin, a crucial requirement for advancing novel devices.
Oct 14th, 2011
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Nanobelts support manipulation of light
Rice University lab discovers tiny gold bars have strong plasmonic properties.
Oct 14th, 2011
Read moreCarbon nanotube muscles generate giant twist for novel motors
Twist per muscle length is over a thousand times higher than for previous artificial muscles and the muscle diameter is ten times smaller than a human hair.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreEmulating - and surpassing- nature
Design rules will enable scientists to use DNA to build nanomaterials with desired properties.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read morePhysicist says nanoparticle assembly is like building with LEGOs
New processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreA new scheme for photonic quantum computing
A new scheme termed "coherent photon conversion", could potentially overcome all of the currently unresolved problems for optical implementations of quantum computing.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreJahresbericht der Bundesanstalt f. Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin 2010
Dieser Jahresbericht gibt einen Einblick in die konkreten Aktivitaeten und die daraus entstandenen Arbeitsergebnisse, die das Jahr 2010 gepraegt haben.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreGold doping increases nickel catalyst activity for carbon nanostructure formation
Researchers from the CNST and Arizona State University have demonstrated that the overall catalytic activity of nickel particles for the formation of carbon nanostructures is improved by the addition of a small amount of gold.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreSmall defects mean big problems for industrial solar cells
The existence of nanoscale clusters are shown to directly correlate with local recombination activity within the cell, regulating the overall performance of the energy conversion device.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreBundesregierung antwortet auf Kleine Anfrage u.a. zum Thema Nanotechnologien
Die Bundesregierung beantwortet eine Anfrage zum Thema Chemikalienpolitik auf nationaler und europaeischer Ebene.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreDiscovery could make fuel and plastics production more energy efficient and cost effective
A University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost effective and energy efficient.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreErasing history? Temporal cloaks adjust light's throttle to hide an event in time
Researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have demonstrated for the first time that it's possible to cloak a singular event in time, creating what has been described as a "history editor".
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreScientists use gold nanorods to flag brain tumors
Scientists have proposed a way to harness the unique optical properties of gold nanoparticles to clearly distinguish a brain tumor from the healthy, and vital, tissue that surrounds it.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreLooking inside the quantum world
An international team of scientists may have found a way to study the elusive quantum behavior of large 'macroscopic' objects.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreBorrowing from brightly-colored birds: Physicists develop lasers inspired by nature
Researchers at Yale University are studying how two types of nanoscale structures on the feathers of birds produce brilliant and distinctive colors. The researchers are hoping that by borrowing these nanoscale tricks from nature they will be able to produce new types of lasers - ones that can assemble themselves by natural processes.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreMetal shortages alert from leading geologists
Inexorable demand for consumer goods places strain on supply of metals.
Oct 12th, 2011
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