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Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreScience360 for iPad gives users easy access to latest science information.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreAgency outlines roadmap for discussion on nanotechnology in regulated products.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreIn a just-published work in the magazine Science, IBM researchers announced the first integrated circuit fabricated from wafer-size graphene, and demonstrated a broadband frequency mixer operating at frequencies up to 10 gigahertz.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreThe White House Emerging Technologies Interagency Policy Coordination Committee (ETIPC) has developed a set of principles specific to the regulation and oversight of applications of nanotechnology, to guide the development and implementation of policies at the agency level.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it plans to obtain information on nanoscale materials in pesticide products. Under the requirements of the law, EPA will gather information on what nanoscale materials are present in pesticide products to determine whether the registration of a pesticide may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment and human health. The proposed policy will be open for public comment.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreScientists around the world now have a new tool to investigate the elementary units of nature. Until now, the quantum wavefunction was believed to be impossible to measure directly, since the very act of observing it would alter it.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreNew superstrate material enables flexible, lightweight and efficient thin film solar modules.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreA single molecule whose charge state and shape can be changed at will: the latest breakthrough at CEMES should prove a key advantage in the race for miniaturization.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreNo one is happy about rising gas prices, and to make matters worse, up to 60 percent is wasted, lost as heat that pours out of the exhaust pipe. But what if some of that heat could be collected and converted back into electricity that can recharge the battery that powers the lights, wipers, power steering, or even the electric motor in a hybrid vehicle? The technology to do just that exists, but it's still a work in progress
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreMIT researchers develop a device that combines a solar cell with a catalyst to split water molecules and generate energy.
Jun 9th, 2011
Read moreA team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a new class of 'superatoms' - a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different elements of the periodic table - with unusual magnetic characteristics.
Jun 8th, 2011
Read moreBone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition that gives bone its outstanding properties and the important role citrate plays, work that may help science better understand and treat or prevent bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
Jun 8th, 2011
Read moreElectrical engineers have long been toying with the idea of designing biological molecules that can be directly integrated into electronic circuits. University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a way to form these structures so they can operate in open-air environments, and, more important, have developed a new microscope technique that can measure the electrical properties of these and similar devices.
Jun 8th, 2011
Read moreAir and water meet over most of the earth's surface, but exactly where one ends and the other begins turns out to be a surprisingly subtle question. A new study in Nature narrows the boundary to just one quarter of water molecules in the uppermost layer - those that happen to have one hydrogen atom in water and the other vibrating freely above.
Jun 8th, 2011
Read moreTwenty-four exceptional undergraduate students will spend the summer exploring the emerging science of nanotechnology after being selected to participate in the prestigious Summer Internship Program at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.
Jun 8th, 2011
Read moreFor millions of people hearing disorders make a negative impact on their lives. Scientists are looking into new ways of treating hearing disorders, by using different sorts of nanoparticles as original inner ear delivery devices. Their hope is that nanoparticles will be able to deliver drugs that can improve or restore hearing.
Jun 8th, 2011
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