Researchers present a simple one-dimensional diagenetic model for predicting silver nanoparticle distribution and silver speciation in freshwater sediments. The model is calibrated to data collected from AgNP-dosed large-scale freshwater wetland mesocosms.
Nov 7th, 2013
Read moreThe Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today that it contracted with imec, a nanoelectronics research center, to develop and manufacture a state-of-the-art sensor array for recording neural activity in animal brains.
Nov 7th, 2013
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The nanotechnology teaching tool'SimplyNano1' experimental kit is now also available in English and Russian in addition to German and French.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Researchers are developing a novel type of an ultra-tiny spectrometer that fits into your mobile phone. The novelty here are metallic nano-antennas for harvesting, filtering and amplifying of incoming photons. In addition, thin-film manufacturing technology makes this sensor affordable for mass production.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed a way to print silver directly onto fibres. This new technique could make integrating electronics into all types of clothing simple and practical. This has many potential applications in sports, health, medicine, consumer electronics and fashion.
Nov 7th, 2013
Read moreNanoparticles filled with chemotherapeutic drugs can kill drug-resistant breast cancer cells, according to a new study.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Only until the end of November scientists-visionaries can be nominated and enter an unprecedented Dream Chemistry Award Contest - for the most interesting research dream project in the field of chemistry and its borderlines with physics, biology, medicine and materials engineering.
Nov 7th, 2013
Read moreThe Eli and Britt Harari Graphene Enterprise Award, in association with Sir Andre Geim, is a GBP 50,000 annual nanotechnology award to help establish new enterprises in graphene at The University of Manchester. The award aims to encourage the development of new graphene enterprises identified through the submission of a business plan by current students or recent graduates of the University.
Nov 7th, 2013
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New principle for the self-assembly of patterned nanoparticles published in NATURE may have important implications for nanotechnology and future technologies.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Nanotechnology researchers have succeeded in designing and creating multicomponent nanoparticles with controlled shape and structure.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Researchers have developed a novel method to rapidly and cheaply make electrical circuits by printing them with commodity inkjet printers and off-the-shelf materials. For about $300 in equipment costs, anyone can produce working electrical circuits in the 60 seconds it takes to print them.
Nov 6th, 2013
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Nanotechnology researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have developed a new method of using nanotubes to detect molecules at extremely low concentrations enabling trace detection of biological threats, explosives and drugs.
Nov 6th, 2013
Read moreNew $60 million nanotechnology institute to focus on diabetes, cardiovascular, ophthalmology and skin therapeutics.
Nov 6th, 2013
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New metallic structure may be stable at ambient temperature and pressure with potential applications in science and nanotechnology.
Nov 6th, 2013
Read moreThe EU-funded NANOFLOC (Electro-agglomeration and separation of Engineered NanoParticles from process and waste water in the coating industry to minimise health and environmental risks) project was established in January 2013 to address this very concern.
Nov 6th, 2013
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Nanocontainers made of a conductive polymer only open in the presence of corrosion and release anticorrosive payloads.
Nov 6th, 2013
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