A revolutionary instrument that will expedite the discovery of new, artificial forms of matter with unprecedented electronic and magnetic properties will be funded by a $4.13 million gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreKorean researchers propose simple model to explain DNA helicity and elasticity on a nanometer scale.
Dec 5th, 2013
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Nanowire lasers could work with silicon chips, optical fibers, even living cells.
Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have developed a technique to form a virtual wall for oily liquids that will help confine them to a certain area, aiding researchers who are studying these complex molecules. This development will have future implications in the guided delivery of oil and effective blockage of oil spreading.
Dec 4th, 2013
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An international, multidisciplinary research team has developed an ultrathin membrane that can stick to skin and carry arrays of diagnostic sensors and stimulatory components. The 'electronic skin' allows remote patient monitoring and may someday be used to deliver treatments.
Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreA tiny capsule that can carry out a chemical analysis of the contents of one's stomach could identify the presence of so-called 'occult' blood at very low levels. The data is automatically broadcast to an external monitoring device for detection of early stage stomach cancer by one's physician.
Dec 4th, 2013
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Scientists are reporting development of a squishy gel that when compressed - like at a painful knee joint - releases anti-inflammatory medicine. The new material could someday deliver medications when and where osteoarthritis patients need it most.
Dec 4th, 2013
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New system could provide detailed images - even of soft tissue - from a lightweight, portable device.
Dec 4th, 2013
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A team working at the SACLA X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) in Japan has succeeded in generating ultra-bright, two-color X-ray laser pulses, for the first time in the hard X-ray region. These light pulses with different wavelengths, whose time separation can be adjusted with attosecond accuracy, are powerful tools to investigate the structure of matter and the dynamics of ultrafast physical processes and chemical reactions.
Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreIf the promise of nanotechnology is to be fulfilled, then research programs must leapfrog to new nanomanufacturing processes. That's the conclusion of a review of the current state of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Dec 4th, 2013
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Accurate and reliable measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is an important need in many application areas in industry, air pollution and atmosphere, health and well-being, defense and security as well as in many other fields. In a new thesis, cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy has been applied for the measurement of VOCs.
Dec 4th, 2013
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In light of debates that make nanotechnologies responsible for a further widening of the aforementioned divide, this new report analyses this Nano-Gap, or Nano-Divide, by examining the pros and cons of nanotechnologies and their impact global development and the on-going fight against poverty.
Dec 4th, 2013
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A microelectromechanical system developed in Singapore provides the 360-degree view that is critical in diagnostic imaging.
Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreQuickly switching the orientation of a laser beam enables control over the quantum properties of light.
Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreStanford researchers have received Bio-X funding to develop a tiny moving probe to study the mechanical properties of sensory cells in the ear. Their research could lead to new treatments for hearing loss, and the probe may advance other scientists' research as well.
Dec 4th, 2013
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A collaboration of physicists and engineers has found a new way to control electron spins not with a magnetic field but with a mechanical oscillator - a demonstration of electron spin resonance that's 'shaken, not stirred'.
Dec 4th, 2013
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