Bright future for protein nanoprobes (w/video)
Researchers discover new rules for single-particle imaging with light-emitting nanocrystals.
Mar 17th, 2014
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Improved ultrasound capabilities with nanoscale imaging agents made by microbes
Researchers successfully created the first ultrasound imaging agent based on genetically encoded gas-containing structures.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreIt must be Saint Patrick's Day: Scientists create nanoscale shamrock (w/video)
AMBER, Ireland's national materials science centre based in Trinity College Dublin has etched a nano sized shamrock whose stem is approximately 200,000 times smaller than a grain of salt.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreThe strongest and largest DNA-based polyhedral shapes built sa far (w/video)
Right now, these are just static shapes. But they provide the scaffolding on which scientists could build robot walkers, or cages with doors that open and close. Already, researchers are talking about how such structures could be used to deliver drugs precisely to particular cells or locations in the body.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreConsortium to develop synthetic diamond cooling solutions for computer chips
A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics has launched the Silicon Micro Cooler (SMC) consortium to develop integrated thermal management solutions for semiconductor chips with extreme high heat dissipation and local hot spots applications.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreScanning electron microscopes - Getting rid of bad vibrations
Scanning electron microscopes are extremely sensitive and even subtle movements going on around them can affect their accuracy. Vibration control tables already exist to dampen these sometimes barely perceptible disturbances. But now a new kind of isolation platform for the first time integrates sensors and actuators into the mount - resulting in a platform that is more cost-effective and compact than its predecessors.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreSorption energy storage and conversion for cooling and heating with MOFs
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg are working on innovative sorbents that can store a particularly large amount of water vapor. To develop this material, researchers have turned to metal organic frameworks (MOFs).
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreThe environmental impact of nanomachines
This review article highlights the opportunities and challenges in translating the remarkable progresses in nanomotor technology toward practical environmental applications. It covers various environmental areas that would benefit from these developments, including nanomachine-enabled degradation and removal of major contaminants or nanomotor-based water quality monitoring.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreGraphene nanomaterials purify water with sunlight
Using nanomaterials to remove emerging micro-pollutants from water.
Mar 17th, 2014
Read moreBionic plants augmented with carbon nanotubes
Researchers want to make plants even more useful by augmenting them with nanomaterials that could enhance their energy production and give them completely new functions, such as monitoring environmental pollutants.
Mar 16th, 2014
Read moreNovel anofluidic membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface
Study may lead to more efficient water-desalination systems, fundamental understanding of fluid flow.
Mar 16th, 2014
Read moreGraphene light detector has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens
The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens.
Mar 16th, 2014
Read moreHarnessing everyday motion with nanotechnology to power mobile devices (w/video)
Zhong Lin Wang and his colleagues at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new rechargeable nano-generator that can power smart phones, and many other portable electronic devices.
Mar 16th, 2014
Read moreBrighter inks, without pigment
Encapsulated nanoparticles can create bright colors by amplifying particular wavelengths of light. These microcapsules could offer a new, non-toxic and long-lasting source of color for paints and electronic displays.
Mar 14th, 2014
Read moreWorkshop invite: Innovation and regulatory testing of nanomaterials - first results of NANoREG
NANoREG is the first FP7 project to deliver the answers needed by regulators and legislators on EHS by linking them to a scientific evaluation of data and test methods.
Mar 14th, 2014
Read moreBig data tackles tiny molecular machines
Researchers combine genetic and structural data to begin to solve one of the most compelling mysteries in biology: how proteins perform the regulatory mechanisms in cells upon which life depends.
Mar 14th, 2014
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