Promising material for lithium-ion batteries
Researchers have synthesized a novel framework structure consisting of boron and silicon, which could be suitable as an electrode material. Similar to the carbon atoms in diamond, the boron and silicon atoms in the novel lithium borosilicide are interconnected tetrahedrally. But unlike the diamond they form additional channels.
Posted: Jun 6th, 2013
Read moreETPN White Paper 2013 'Contribution of Nanomedicine to Horizon 2020'
This strategic document provides a set of key recommendations for the European Commission and the EU Member States to create a favourable ecosystem for the successful deployment of Nanomedicine in Europe. It lays thereby the groundwork to manage the efficient translation of nanotechnology from a Key Enabling Technology (KET) into new and innovative medical products.
Posted: Jun 6th, 2013
Read moreFirst observation of spin Hall effect in a quantum gas is step toward atomtronics
Researchers have reported the first observation of the 'spin Hall effect' in a Bose-Einstein condensate, a cloud of ultracold atoms acting as a single quantum object. As one consequence, they made the atoms, which spin like a child's top, skew to one side or the other, by an amount dependent on the spin direction.
Posted: Jun 6th, 2013
Read moreSeeing inside a molecule using light
Scientists have managed to resolve and identify, with a hitherto unprecedented resolution, a single organic molecule using light.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2013
Read moreNew microfluidic method expands toolbox for nanoparticle manipulation
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new flow-based method for manipulating and confining single particles in free solution, a process that will help address current challenges faced by nanoscientists and engineers.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2013
Read moreMetamaterial flexible sheets could transform optics
Advances would boost security screening systems, infrared thermal cameras, energy harvesting, and radar systems.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2013
Read moreGraphene catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell
Researchers have discovered an inexpensive and easily produced catalyst that performs better than platinum in oxygen-reduction reactions.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology sensors: Going for gold
Specifically sized gold nanoparticle spheres increase the sensitivity of a light-based chemical detector.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2013
Read moreSolar-powered nanofilters pump in antibiotics to clean contaminated water
Using the same devious mechanism that enables some bacteria to shrug off powerful antibiotics, scientists have developed solar-powered nanofilters that remove antibiotics from the water in lakes and rivers twice as efficiently as the best existing technology.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreSpintronics approach enables new quantum technologies
These technologies exploit quantum mechanics, the physics that dominates the atomic world, to perform disparate tasks such as nanoscale temperature measurement and processing quantum information with lasers.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreCarbon nanotube catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy
The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreCheaper, 'greener' lighting with inkjet-printed hybrid quantum dot LEDs
To make OLEDs more cheaply and easily, researchers from the University of Louisville in Kentucky are developing new materials and production methods using modified quantum dots and inkjet printing.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreVisualizing the invisible
IQAir photo exhibition reveals microscopic world of air pollution at Green Week Conference 2013.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreAngela Belcher awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Angela Belcher genetically engineers viruses to create new products; inventions include biodegradable batteries, high-efficiency solar cells and clean transportation fuel.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreDense hydrogen in a new light
New work from Carnegie scientists using intense infrared radiation shines new light on this hydrogen at extreme pressures and reveals the details of a surprising new form of solid hydrogen.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreNovel nanotechnology electrodes that improve lithium-ion batteries
Stanford University scientists have dramatically improved the performance of lithium-ion batteries by creating novel electrodes made of silicon and conducting polymer hydrogel, a spongy material similar to that used in contact lenses and other household products.
Posted: Jun 4th, 2013
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