The basic concept of the nanoparticle corona and its biological impacts
A review paper describes how nanoparticles can gather a cloak of molecules onto themselves in the human body.
Dec 18th, 2012
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Highly efficient nanoparticle electrocatalyst inspired by breakwater
Researchers have introduced a novel material for electrodes based on affordable melamine foam and carbon black. The high porosity significantly facilitates fast mass transport and a high number of catalytically active centers drastically increase the oxygen-reducing activity of cathodes for fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreResearchers use quantum physics to observe delicate systems
Researchers from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have shown that groups of photons organized in certain quantum states can gently explore the properties of objects in a non-invasive way. The results overcome for the first time a limit imposed by quantum mechanics, and may permit the observation of unknown properties of ultra-sensitive objects such as individual atoms or living cells.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreCutting CO2 emissions with innovative nanotechnology
The projects showing greatest promise include everything from large-scale demonstration facilities to research on use of tiny nanoparticles.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreSandwich chips combining the best of two technologies
Two Leibniz institutes broke new technological ground and successfully combined their - up to now separate - technology worlds. Due to their high performance the novel chips developed within the HiTeK project shall open up new applications.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreMagnonics - New insight into an intriguing state of magnetism
Magnonics is an exciting extension of spintronics, promising novel ways of computing and storing magnetic data.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanofibers clean sulfur from fuel
University of Illinois researchers developed mats of metal oxide nanofibers that scrub sulfur from petroleum-based fuels much more effectively than traditional materials. Such efficiency could lower costs and improve performance for fuel-based catalysis, advanced energy applications and toxic gas removal.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanoscale impulse radar measures depth of snow and ice
Snow is the be-all and end-all for alpine ski resorts. Now a tiny sensor has been developed to determine how much cold gold there is on the slopes and how much more should be produced. The sensor is based on Norwegian radar technology and is no larger than a match head.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanotechnologies from the point of view of an insurance underwriter
Gen Re, an international reinsurance company, highlights the issue of liability insurance of nanotechnologies.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanotechnology velcro-like device captures and releases tumor cells in the bloodstream
This new nanotechnology could be used for cancer diagnosis and give insight into the mechanisms of how cancer spreads throughout the body. The device provides a convenient and non-invasive alternative to biopsy, the current method for diagnosis of metastatic cancer.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreMeasuring flow using a tiny wobbling tube
One milligram per hour: fluid flow can be measured with great precision using a tiny 'wobbling' tube with a diameter of only 40 micrometres. Thanks to a new technique, the sensor, which makes use of the 'Coriolis effect', can be made even more compact.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreIBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives within five years
Breakthroughs will mark the era of cognitive systems when computers will, in their own way, see, smell, touch, taste and hear.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanoparticles amplify tumor signals, making them much easier to detect in the urine
A new technology developed at MIT may help to make biomarker detection much easier. The researchers, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, have developed nanoparticles that can home to a tumor and interact with cancer proteins to produce thousands of biomarkers, which can then be easily detected in the patient's urine.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreSensationeller Nachweis: Nano-Gold ist magnetisch
Wissenschaftler des Helmholtz-Zentrums Dresden-Rossendorf haben herausgefunden, dass Gold stark magnetisch werden kann - wenn die Partikel klein genug und die richtigen Reaktionspartner vorhanden sind.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreNanotechnology researcher wins Steacie Prize for Outstanding Young Canadian Researcher
Professor Sargent, who is also the Vice-Dean, Research, of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, is widely known as the inventor of full-spectrum solution-processed solar cells, a new class of solar energy harvesting devices based on colloidal quantum dots.
Dec 15th, 2012
Read moreStudent uses nanotechnology to win Sikorsky Helicopter 2050 Challenge
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and By Kids For Kids Co. awarded an Indiana teenager the Igor Sikorsky Youth Innovator Award for his conceptual design of a circular-shaped medical evacuation helicopter.
Dec 15th, 2012
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