The world's most powerful microscope, which resides in a specially constructed room at the University of Victoria, has now been fully assembled and tested, and has a lineup of scientists and businesses eager to use it.
Jun 18th, 2013
Read morePolymeric particles act as 'nanomissiles' against determined targets and enable the controlled release in space and time of pharmaceutical drugs, releasing their 'load' only when and where required. This release of medication is controlled by applying a local magnetic field.
Jun 18th, 2013
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Researchers have synthesized two peptides (small proteins), which, on irradiation with light, change shape, thereby allowing or preventing an specific protein-protein interaction. The association of these two proteins is required for endocytosis, a process by which cells allow molecules to cross the cell membrane and enter.
Jun 18th, 2013
Read moreThe paper brings together information collected through discussions and projects undertaken by the OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN) relevant to the development and use of nanotechnology for green innovation.
Jun 18th, 2013
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A team of researchers has created a hybrid material out of gold and milk proteins that looks like a wafer-thin gold leaf. Thanks to its properties, it could be used in a vast range of applications from gastronomy to the jewellery industry.
Jun 18th, 2013
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MIT researchers discover efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets.
Jun 18th, 2013
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Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology developed a novel, simple method to synthesize hierarchically nanoporous frameworks of nanocrystalline metal oxides such as magnesia and ceria by the thermal conversion of well-designed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Jun 17th, 2013
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With the aid of state-of-the-art electron microscopy, the researchers discovered that the function of the nanometre-scale catalyst particles is decisively determined by their geometric shape and atomic structure. This discovery opens up new paths for further improving catalysts for energy conversion and storage.
Jun 17th, 2013
Read moreUltrathin sheets of MoO3 are highly efficient photocatalysts.
Jun 17th, 2013
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Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a nanomaterial that protects other molecules from oxidation. Unlike many such active substances in the past, the ETH-Zurich researchers' antioxidant has a long shelf life, which makes it just the ticket for industrial applications.
Jun 17th, 2013
Read moreThe European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN) and the EU-funded consortium, Nanomed2020, have launched the first ever Nanomedicine Award to honor the best international nanomedicine innovation for 2013. Entries for nominations for the Award will be open from 6th June to 7th September 2013.
Jun 17th, 2013
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Moderne Kommunikationstechnologie basiert darauf, dass Lichtimpulse durch Glasfaserkabel �bertragen werden. An die Stelle von Lichtimpulsen, die aus 'B�ndeln' von Lichtteilchen bestehen, sollen in Zukunft einzelne Lichtteilchen als Informationstr�ger treten - was unter anderem eine vollst�ndig abh�rsichere Daten�bertragung in der Quantenkommunikation erm�glicht.
Jun 17th, 2013
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By pairing the capabilities of X-ray analysis and extremely precise microscopy, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a way to simultaneously determine the physical structure and chemical makeup of materials at close to the atomic level. The research opens new routes to the next generation of materials for a wide assortment of energy-related applications.
Jun 14th, 2013
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When petroleum companies abandon an oil well, more than half the reservoir's oil is usually left behind as too difficult to recover. Now, however, much of the residual oil can be recovered with the help of nanoparticles and a simple law of physics.
Jun 14th, 2013
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The next break�through in highly effi�cient bat�tery tech�nolo�gies and solar cells may very well be nanoscopic crys�tals of sil�icon assem�bled like sky�scrapers on wafer-??scale sub�strates. An impor�tant route for growth of these nanoscale 'whiskers' - or nanowires - involves alloyed metal droplets. Mon�eesh Upmanyu has been using com�pu�ta�tional tools to under�stand the atomic-??scale inter�ac�tions between these droplets and the growth of nanowires.
Jun 14th, 2013
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Researchers have demonstrated in experiment that by abandoning the phase preservation requirement it is possible to create invisibility cloaking for natural light in multiple observation angles. Such a cloak will act as a cloaking device operational on the ray optics approximation. It will disregard the fine effects of interference seen in wave optics but will offer good performance for hiding macroscopic objects much larger than the wavelength of light.
Jun 14th, 2013
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