Quantum cryptography put to work for electric grid security
LANL's quantum cryptography team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.
Feb 14th, 2013
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The world's most sensitive plasmon resonance sensor inspired by ancient Roman cup
Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA, and protein analysis.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreNew carbon nanotube films improve prospects of solar energy devices
New research by Yale University scientists helps pave the way for the next generation of solar cells, a renewable energy technology that directly converts solar energy into electricity.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreU.S.-based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents
Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants in 2012, according to a new study.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreResearchers hope to reap benefits of energy harvesting
University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues at other institutions are investigating ways to harvest energy from such diverse sources as mechanical vibrations, wasted heat, radio waves, light and even movements of the human body.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology in Texas - companies, research, and degree programs
Texas has a burgeoning research and commercial nanotechnology environment. After California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas has the most nanotechnology relevant institutions in the U.S.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreEducational partnership at UAlbany NanoCollege to prepare students for high-tech future
Location of TVHS at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex will enable collaborative education, training, and outreach programs to support New York's growing nanotechnology industry.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreDNAzymes and gold nanoparticles: A colorimetric assay for diagnostics in the field
Infectious diseases such as malaria and syphilis can be diagnosed rapidly and reliably in the field by using a simple test developed by Canadian scientists. The test is based on the use of DNAzymes and gold nanoparticles.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreNanosensors support skin cancer therapy
Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. In more than 50 percent of affected patients a particular mutation plays an important role. As the life span of the patients carrying the mutation can be significantly extended by novel drugs, it is very important to identify those reliably. For identification, researchers from the University of Basel and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Lausanne have developed a novel nanosensor method.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreCombining quantum information communication and storage
This work represents the first step towards creating exotic mechanical quantum states. For example, the transfer makes it possible to create a state in which the resonator simultaneously vibrates and doesn't vibrate.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreA quantum dot energy harvester
A new type of nanoscale engine has been proposed that would use quantum dots to generate electricity from waste heat, potentially making microcircuits more efficient.
Feb 14th, 2013
Read moreMRI for the nanoscale
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals details of living tissues, diseased organs and tumors inside the body without x-rays or surgery. What if the same technology could peer down to the level of atoms?
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreGraphene technology gaining a foothold in the marketplace
NSF grantee Vorbeck, one of the first companies to produce graphene-based products, is expanding its operations.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreNanoscale vortex pinning could lead to superconducting breakthroughs
A team of researchers from Russia, Spain, Belgium, the U.K. and Argonne National Laboratory announced findings last week that may represent a breakthrough in applications of superconductivity.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreLight-emitting bioprobe fits in a single cell
Stanford study is the first to demonstrate that sophisticated, engineered light resonators can be inserted inside cells without damaging the host. The researchers say it marks a new age in which tiny lasers and light-emitting diodes yield new avenues in the study and influence of living cells.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreSustainable new catalysts fueled by a single proton
Chemists at Boston College have designed a new class of catalysts triggered by the charge of a single proton. The simple organic molecules offer a sustainable and highly efficient platform for chemical reactions that produce sets of molecules crucial to advances in medicine and the life sciences.
Feb 13th, 2013
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