Graphene: What projections and humps can be good for
Investigators from Hanover and Braunschweig measure how the electronic properties of graphene can be controlled with purposefully used roughnesses.
Apr 19th, 2010
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Analytical Mini-Nano lab at Fondazione Bruno Kessler awarded ISO quality certification
Laboratories awarded certification according to the ISO/IEC 17025 standards, renowned throughout the world as indication of technical quality and competence for testing and calibration laboratories.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreEntwicklungen des Exzellenzclusters 'Engineering of Advanced Materials' auf der Hannover Messe
Flexibel, druckbar und preiswert: Elektronikbauteile, deren Aufbau auf Nanopartikeln und organischen Molekuelen beruht, erobern zunehmend den Markt. Drei Beispiele fuer Anwendungen zeigt der Exzellenzcluster Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM) der Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg auf der Hannover Messe vom 19. - 23. April 2010.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreNovel memristor chips for tomorrow's energy-efficient computers
A working group headed by Professor Rainer Waser from Forschungszentrum Juelich and RWTH Aachen University has developed a novel switching concept and the related technology for so-called memristor chips. With their research findings, the scientists are preparing for a paradigm shift in the architecture of computer chips.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreAuf dem Weg zum Quantencomputer: Spin-Manipulation durch Lichtimpulse
Superschnell und leistungsstark: So sollen Quantencomputer einmal sein. Doch vor der Realisierung dieses voellig neuen Computertyps stehen noch technische Huerden. Ueber Fortschritte auf diesem Gebiet berichten Physiker der Uni Wuerzburg.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreNew Korea-China research program focuses on nanomaterials for flexible solar cells
The 2010 Korea-China joint research program, 'New Photovoltaic Polymers and Advanced Flexible Plastic Solar Cells', was officially initiated on April 15-16, 2010 at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreFast aluminium-gallium-nitride transistors could save energy
Transistors, the cornerstone of electronics, are lossy and therefore consume energy. Researchers from the ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne have developed transistors targeting high switching speeds and higher output powers. The devices can be used more efficiently as conventional transistors, so as to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Apr 19th, 2010
Read moreFrontiers in neuroengineering - call for papers
We invite Authors to participate with contributions in all topics related to Neuroengineering, from novel (nano)materials interfacing the nervous system or as tools for basic research, to novel enabling technologies, and from basic neurobiology and electrophysiology to neuroprosthetics. We aim at covering topics across levels of investigations, from the single-neuron to the network- and the system levels.
Apr 18th, 2010
Read moreHow to split a water molecule
A research team at RIKEN has succeeded for the first time in selectively controlling for reaction products in the dissociation of a single water molecule on an ultrathin film.
Apr 18th, 2010
Read moreA brain-recording device that melts into place
Scientists have developed a brain implant that essentially melts into place, snugly fitting to the brain's surface. The technology could pave the way for better devices to monitor and control seizures, and to transmit signals from the brain past damaged parts of the spinal cord.
Apr 18th, 2010
Read moreThree-dimensional cell culture: Making cells feel right at home
A team of Houston scientists has unveiled a new technique that uses magnetic nanobeads to levitate cells, allowing them to grow into three-dimensional structures.
Apr 17th, 2010
Read moreNanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for cancer
Using easily prepared gold nanocages that are able to escape from the blood stream and accumulate in tumors, a team of investigators from the Washington University in St. Louis has shown that they can use laser light to kill human tumors in mice.
Apr 17th, 2010
Read moreNanofibers carry toxic peptides into cancer cells
Researchers have long known that certain peptides are capable of killing cells by inserting themselves into the cell membranes and disrupting normal membrane structure and function. Now, researchers have learned how to deliver these cytotoxic peptides to tumor cells using self-assembling nanofibers that can slip into cancer cells and allow the toxic peptides to do their job from inside the cell.
Apr 17th, 2010
Read moreRadioactive gold nanoparticles destroy prostate tumors, leaving healthy tissue untouched
One of the promises of nanoparticles as delivery agents for cancer therapeutics is that they will attack tumors while sparing healthy tissue from the damage normally associated with today's anticancer therapies. That promise is closer to realization thanks to the results of a study in which tumor-bearing mice were treated with a single dose of radioactive gold nanoparticles.
Apr 17th, 2010
Read moreRNA interference delivered using nanoparticles hits target in human patients
A multi-institutional team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off the production of an important cancer protein using a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi).
Apr 17th, 2010
Read moreIran to publish an ISI journal for nanotechnology
Iranian authorities are due to publish an ISI journal in the field of nanotechnology named as Scientia Nanotechnology.
Apr 17th, 2010
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