Cancer detection from an implantable, flexible LED
A KAIST research team has developed a new type of biocompatible and bendable GaN LED biosensor.
Sep 19th, 2011
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A new way to go from nanoparticles to supraparticles
Controlling the behavior of nanoparticles can be just as difficult trying to wrangle a group of teenagers. However, a new study has given scientists insight into how tweaking a nanoparticle's attractive electronic qualities can lead to the creation of ordered uniform supraparticles'.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreNanowires a step towards photonic chip
Australian researchers have engineered one of the world's smallest ever nanowires for the next generation of telecommunication technology, bringing them one step closer to the holy grail of optics - the creation of a 'photonic chip' which would lead to a faster, more sustainable internet.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreI'm a Scientist - the Film (w/video)
Stephen Curry has made a film by interviewing six scientists who are at different stages of their careers. They were kind enough to share their stories of how they got into science and to talk about why they like doing it and what they think it takes to be a good scientist.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreSemiconductor Research Corporation and NSF award $20 million to fund U.S. university research on nanoelectronics for 2020
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, joined today with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund $20 million for 12 four-year grants on nanoelectronics research.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreFindings could lead to better hydrogen storage
MIT-led research demonstrates method that could allow inexpensive carbon materials to store the volatile gas at room temperature.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreNanoparticles cause brain injury in fish
Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.
Sep 19th, 2011
Read moreElectrical energy storage from -50 C to 100 C
A team of transatlantic researchers from three countries report the development of a novel system that may help to store and use electrical energy from extremely low to very hot temperatures.
Sep 18th, 2011
Read moreWhy carbon nanotubes spell trouble for cells
Scientists have shown that certain nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, enter cells tip-first and almost always at a 90-degree angle. The orientation ends up fooling the cell; by taking in the rounded tip first, the cell mistakes the particle for a sphere, rather than a long cylinder. By the time the cell realizes the material is too long to be fully ingested, it's too late.
Sep 18th, 2011
Read moreResearchers create the most efficient colloidal quantum dot solar cell ever
Researchers from the University of Toronto, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Pennsylvania State University have created the most efficient colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell ever.
Sep 18th, 2011
Read moreNIH, DARPA and FDA collaborate to develop cutting-edge technologies to predict drug safety
The National Institutes of Health will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to develop a chip to screen for safe and effective drugs far more swiftly and efficiently than current methods, and before they are tested in humans.
Sep 17th, 2011
Read moreUMass Amherst Nanotechnology Center receives $20 million renewal of federal grant to boost advanced manufacturing
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a national research center on nanomanufacturing. The grant will fund the university's Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing.
Sep 16th, 2011
Read moreSuperconductors and X-ray beams: the drawing shapes
An Italian-British team of scientists has succeeded in drawing superconducting shapes using an X-ray beam. The study shows how being able to create and control tiny superconducting structures could lead to innovative electronic devices.
Sep 16th, 2011
Read moreQuantum behavior with a flash
Just as a camera flash illuminates unseen objects hidden in darkness, a sequence of laser pulses can be used to study the elusive quantum behavior of a large "macroscopic" object. This method provides a novel tool of unprecedented performance for current experiments that push the boundaries of the quantum world to larger and larger scales.
Sep 16th, 2011
Read moreBedeutung von In-vitro-Methoden zur Beurteilung der chronischen Toxizitaet und Karzinogenitaet von Nanomaterialien
Der Schwerpunkt der durchgefuehrten Literaturauswertungen lag auf der Analyse der Aussagekraft von In-vitro-Gentoxizitaetstests in Relation zur Karzinogenitaet atembarer faserfoermiger und granulaerer Staeube gemaess Epidemiologie und Langzeit-Tierversuchen.
Sep 16th, 2011
Read moreResearchers join two diamondoid structures to create the longest carbon-carbon bond
Research by a team from two European universities and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory shows that attractive forces between other parts of a molecule can make a stretched bond joining two carbon atoms much more stable than expected. This result should lead to improvements in how scientists design new molecules, materials and catalysts.
Sep 16th, 2011
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