A team of researchers led by Ray Phaneuf, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, has partnered with The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore to investigate less labor-intensive ways to protect silver artifacts from tarnishing.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated the first solar cell with external quantum efficiency (EQE) exceeding 100 percent for photons with energies in the solar range.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Chemists' innovation may be a better model for disease diagnostic kits.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Max Planck scientists aim to analyse a whole mouse brain under the electron microscope.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Researchers have overcome this problem by an elegant self-assembly technique that produces millions of nanolenses on the basis of metallic nanoparticles in combination with DNA structures. These nanolenses enable 100fold more sensitive detection of even single molecules than previous approaches.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Wissenschaftler an der Technischen Universit�t Braunschweig, hat nun ein Verfahren entwickelt, bei dem Millionen sogenannter Nanolinsen aus metallischen Nanoteilchen und DNA parallel hergestellt werden. Diese Nanolinsen erlauben es, sogar einzelne Molek�le bis zu einhundertfach genauer zu untersuchen.
Oct 26th, 2012
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Der BMBF-Branchendialog pr�sentiert am 06. Dezember 2012 in Berlin Ergebnisse innovativer Werkstoff- und Nanotechnologieforschung f�r ressourceneffizientere Technologien.
Oct 26th, 2012
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A recently proposed technique could measure the movement of tiny magnets along magnetic wires with precision millions of times greater than the state-of-the-art method.
Oct 26th, 2012
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The study of materials at extreme conditions took a giant leap forward with the discovery of a way to generate super high pressures without using shock waves whose accompanying heat turns solids to liquid.
Oct 25th, 2012
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Stripe-like contours on a surface modulate electrons that behave like light.
Oct 25th, 2012
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A team of UC Davis scientists has shown in experimental mouse models that a new drug delivery system allows for administration of three times the maximum tolerated dose of a standard drug therapy for advanced bladder cancer, leading to more effective cancer control without increasing toxicity.
Oct 25th, 2012
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A team led by Oxford University scientists report a new approach to engineering graphene's atomic structure with unprecedented precision.
Oct 25th, 2012
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The European Environmental Bureau has joined together with a broad coalition of environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs), consumer organizations and trade unions to express grave concerns about the conclusions of the second regulatory review of nanomaterials, published by the European Commission on October 3rd.
Oct 25th, 2012
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Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 C.
Oct 25th, 2012
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Sponsored by the Nanodermatology Society, this art contest is designed to highlight original work of an artistic nature related to nanotechnology and especially nanotechnology in dermatology. Subject matter can include experimental apparatus, models, simulations, nanomaterials rendered in computer graphics, drawings, 3D art, or video.
Oct 25th, 2012
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Scientists succeeded in the production of silver nanoparticles through a new green method, a combination of modified and microbial polysaccharide methods.
Oct 25th, 2012
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