A new test facility from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) for breakthrough research into thin-film solar cells will be opened on Wednesday 27 November 2013. The new lab is part of the Solliance alliance, and includes a high-resolution transmission electron microscope that will allow atom-by-atom study of the components of solar cells.
Nov 18th, 2013
Read moreIn support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's blueprint to prepare students for educational and career opportunities in New York's growing nanotechnology economy, more than 60 Capital Region school superintendents and other academic leaders took part in an educational forum at the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering on Monday, November 18.
Nov 18th, 2013
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Sometimes big change comes from small beginnings. That's especially true in the research of Anatoly Frenkel, a professor of physics at Yeshiva University, who is working to reinvent the way we use and produce energy by unlocking the potential of some of the world's tiniest structures: nanoparticles.
Nov 18th, 2013
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Although certain liquid crystals mainly comprise water, a spontaneous alignment of electrical dipoles could incur in them and consequently a spontaneous electrical polarisation could occur macroscopically.
Nov 18th, 2013
Read moreResearchers grow graphene on silver
Nov 18th, 2013
Read moreA team of Columbia Engineering researchers has taken advantage of graphene's special properties - its mechanical strength and electrical conduction - and created a nano-mechanical system that can create FM signals, in effect the world's smallest FM radio transmitter.
Nov 18th, 2013
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Cambridge scientists have uncovered the mechanism by which bacteria build their surface propellers (flagella) - the long extensions that allow them to swim towards food and away from danger.
Nov 18th, 2013
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Researchers have prepared stable titania nanopowder in a novel, easy method.
Nov 18th, 2013
Read moreesearchers succeeded in the measurement of insulin in various media by using nickel oxide modifier at the nanoscale.
Nov 17th, 2013
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A process that could revolutionize solar energy harvesting has been efficiently demonstrated in solution for the first time.
Nov 17th, 2013
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Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars, cell phones and other devices. The secret is a stretchy polymer that coats the electrode, binds it together and spontaneously heals tiny cracks that develop during battery operation.
Nov 17th, 2013
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Researchers improve their nanopore-based technology for detecting DNA molecules
Nov 17th, 2013
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Bulk metallic glasses can be as strong or even stronger than steel, as malleable as plastics, conduct electricity and resist corrosion. These materials would seem to have it all save for one problem: they are often brittle, with a poor and uneven resistance to fatigue that makes their reliability questionable. The creation of multicomponent bulk-metallic glass composites is addressing this issue but the problem remains for monolithic metallic glasses, which are major components of bulk metallic composites.
Nov 17th, 2013
Read moreA new study evaluates the effect of incorporation of an acrylate polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanostructure (APOSS) on the physical and mechanical properties and hydrolytic stability of octyl cyanoacrylate adhesives.
Nov 17th, 2013
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Creating thin films using a rapidly evolving technology that promises to solve some of NASA's thorniest engineering challenges is a lot like baking a cake.
Nov 16th, 2013
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A way of using nanoparticles to investigate the mechanisms underlying 'mystery' cases of infertility has been developed by scientists at Oxford University.
Nov 15th, 2013
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