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Electronic nose sniffs out bacteria
Early treatment of infection in burns patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from the tiny amounts of volatile gases they emit.
Posted: Sep 6th, 2010
Read moreImec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency
At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%.
Posted: Sep 6th, 2010
Read moreElucidation of bandgap factors for graphene nanoelectronics
Success in actualization of missing gap and elucidation of indeterminacy factors.
Posted: Sep 6th, 2010
Read more'Slow light' on a chip holds promise for optical communications
A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200.
Posted: Sep 5th, 2010
Read moreResearchers create new self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself
Molecules can turn sunlight into electricity and can be broken down and quickly reassembled.
Posted: Sep 5th, 2010
Read moreInstitute for NanoBioTechnology's international research program sends second team of students to Belgium
Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology supports university students to conduct research in an international setting. Their work, travel and housing expenses are funded through INBT with a National Science Foundation's International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program and through a partnership with The Inter-University MircroElectronics Centre (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium.
Posted: Sep 4th, 2010
Read moreGoogle logo shows a buckyball today
How cool is that - Google marks the discovery of the fullerene 25 years ago today, September 4, 1985, with a special Google logo on its site that includes a C60 structure.
Posted: Sep 4th, 2010
Read moreMagnetism's subatomic roots
A new conceptual model, which was created to learn more about the quantum quirks of high-temperature superconductors and other high-tech materials, has also proven useful in describing the origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday 'magnetism' of compass needles and refrigerator magnets.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreCheaper, better solar cell Is full of holes
A new low-cost etching technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory can put a trillion holes in a silicon wafer the size of a compact disc.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment publishes three new reports on nanotechnology
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has recently published three new reports on nanotechnology: a Delphi study on nanotechnology, a report on Perception of Nanotechnology in Internet-based Discussions, and Risk Perception of Nanotechnology - Analysis of Media Coverage.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreSwiss study on nanotechnology in the food sector now available in English
The study 'Nanotechnology in the Food Sector', commissioned by the Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment TA-SWISS, is now available in English. The study provides an overview of nanomaterials already used in the food sector with a focus on the Swiss market and an analysis of the existing legal framework.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreChemists, engineers fabricate the fastest graphene transistor to date
A UCLA team, led by professor of chemistry and biochemistry Xiangfeng Duan, has developed a new fabrication process for graphene transistors using a nanowire as the self-aligned gate.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreMapping state lines
A network of filamentary conducting paths is behind the transition between insulating and conducting states in complex oxides.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreElectronics from a printer - of electronic radio tags and lighting wallpapers
Glucose meters and the appropriate test strips for diabetics are expensive. This however might change, since scientists at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology (IDD) at TU Darmstadt are working on a sensor making the electronic devices considerably cheaper. The new sensor is not based on silicon as conducting material, but on plastics.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreZinc oxide snowflakes
Modelling zinc oxide nanoparticle formation could provide new insights into how snowflakes form as well as aiding nanoscale device research, say Chinese scientists.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
Read moreCeramic foam for efficient thermal insulation
The Institut for Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials develops ceramic foams intended for use as energy-efficient thermal insulations in blast furnaces, as bone substitutes and for the controlled release of active ingredients in medicine.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2010
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