http://www.nanowerk.com/ Nanotechnology research news headlines from Nanowerk Copyright Nanowerk LLC http://www.nanowerk.com/ http://www.nanowerk.com/images/logo10.gif michael@nanowerk.com (Michael Berger) en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:15:49 -0500 http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24237.php Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons", according to researchers at Rice University. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24237.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24238.php A new method to map nanostructures within materials may lead to biological imaging of the internal organization of cells. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24238.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24239.php Can DSA become next patterning solution extending the limits of 193nm and EUV lithography? http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24239.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24240.php Researchers have demonstrated a microscopic system in which light can be converted into a mechanical oscillation and back. This interaction is so strong that it becomes possible to control the motion of the oscillator at the level where quantum mechanics governs its behavior. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24240.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24241.php Innovativ, wissenschaftlich und kreativ - die Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg und die science2public starten einen neuen Wettbewerb: die nano-Spots! Nano-Wissenschaftler werden zu Regisseuren, animierte Bildfolgen aus dem Nanokosmos zu spannenden Kurzfilmen. Gefoerdert wird das Ganze von der VolkswagenStiftung. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24241.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24243.php Wissenschaftler des Helmholtz-Zentrums Berlin entwickeln Verfahren, um elektronische Oberflaechenzustaende mit Graphen dauerhaft zu machen. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24243.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24244.php A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, "thresholdless" laser that funnels all its photons into lasing, without any waste. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24244.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24245.php FlexTech Alliance announced the recipients of the 2012 FLEXI Awards. FLEXI nominations are open to all organizations involved with the flexible, printed electronics and displays industry. The awards celebrate and recognize people, companies and organizations that are leading the development of this emerging industry with innovative and commercially viable technologies. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24245.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24246.php The European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme encourages unconventional match-ups like chemistry and IT, physics and optics, biology and data engineering. Researchers funded by FET are driven by ideas and a sense of purpose which push the boundaries of science and technology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24246.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24247.php As concern grows about the potential adverse response to sub-micron aggregates within therapeutic proteins, tools capable of measuring and quantifying these aggregates need to be developed. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24247.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24248.php Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24248.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24221.php Bruker announced today the call for papers for the 'Seeing at the Nanoscale 2012' conference, which will take place at the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, UK, from July 09-11, 2012. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24221.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24223.php Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength that it is thousands of times more wear-resistant at the nanoscale than previous designs. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24223.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24225.php Wenn am 22. und 23. Mai 2012 die Kongressmesse InnoMateria zum zweiten Mal in Koeln stattfindet, dann stehen zwei zentrale Themen unserer Zeit im Mittelpunkt: Mobilitaet und Energie. Auch der InnoMateria Award als Innovationspreis der Veranstaltung fokussiert sich auf Werkstoffe und Technologien in diesen beiden Bereichen. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24225.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24226.php Grant funding totalling over GBP 6.5 million has been awarded for seven business-led projects that will focus on developing therapeutic agents and diagnostics where nanotechnologies are at the heart of the innovation. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24226.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24229.php ore than three in five Australians are concerned enough about the health implications of nanoparticles in sunscreens to want to know more about their impact. And while the initial scientific information released suggests little cause for alarm, it does justify the community's confusion. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24229.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24230.php Researchers from CNSE and its global corporate partners will present innovations at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2012. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24230.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24231.php Researchers at the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components using the wonder material graphene. At the same time, they have solved a problem that has challenged researchers from around world for ten years. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24231.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24232.php NSF awards given to promising junior faculty members to help their work in research and education: How does graphene affect the environment? Can polymer-based cells be a viable alternative to silicon solar cells? What are the optical qualities of a promising nanomaterial? http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24232.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24233.php Scientists from Chalmers have demonstrated a new kind of detector for sound at the level of quietness of quantum mechanics. The result offers prospects of a new class of quantum hybrid circuits that mix acoustic elements with electrical ones, and may help illuminate new phenomena of quantum physics. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24233.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24234.php Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24234.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24235.php A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed. This technique holds promise for the creation of catalytic materials that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water that is acidic. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24235.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24236.php Controlling the thermal expansion of composites is important for producing nanometer-scale electronic circuits, as well as the next-generation fuel cells and thermoelectric devices. An ability to combine negative thermal expansion materials with 'normal' materials which expand upon heating ensures a reduction in thermal expansion in a composite material. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24236.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24208.php MIT team uncovers a reason why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24208.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24209.php NT-MDT Corporation has selected the winners of the ProIMAGE contest for 2011. The ProIMAGE contest is an annual Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) image competition, held by NT-MDT. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24209.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24210.php Wissenschaftsjournalist Niels Boeing wird im Rahmen des NanoWebTalks der Nanostart AG zum Thema "Nanotechnologie - Risiken und (mediale) Nebenwirkungen" am 15. Februar 2012 um 17:00 Uhr live im Web zu sehen und zu hoeren sein. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24210.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24212.php Ein neuartiger Biopolymer-Film aus Lachs-DNA mit Silber-Nanopartikeln speichert Informationen kostenguenstig und umweltvertraeglich. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24212.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24214.php New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24214.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24215.php New technique holds promise for better understanding of brain disorders. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24215.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24216.php Scientists are reporting development of a new form of buckypaper, which eliminates a major drawback of these sheets of carbon nanotubes, with potential uses ranging from body armor to next-generation batteries. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=24216.php