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
Read moreStripe-like contours on a surface modulate electrons that behave like light.
Oct 25th, 2012
Read moreA 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreScientists 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
Read moreSponsored 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
Read moreScientists 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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Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have developed on-chip optomechanical sensors for atomic force microscopy (AFM) that extend the range of mechanical properties found in commercial AFM cantilevers, potentially enabling the use of this technology to study a wide variety of physical systems.
Oct 24th, 2012
Read moreScientists have utilized the imaging capabilities of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) to help develop enhanced light-emitting diode displays using bottom-up engineering methods.
Oct 24th, 2012
Read moreMulticellular bacteria transmit electrons across relatively enormous distances.
Oct 24th, 2012
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A University of Southampton team have discovered that by embossing tiny raised or indented patterns onto gold's surface they can change the way it absorbs and reflects light - ensuring our eyes don't see it as golden in color at all.
Oct 24th, 2012
Read moreLouisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science will host industry leaders from throughout the region as well as faculty experts from Louisiana Tech at the 'Nanotechnology for Louisiana' conference, November 9 at the Louisiana Tech Shreveport Center in Shreveport.
Oct 24th, 2012
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One-dimensional behaviour produces surprising effect.
Oct 24th, 2012
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Glucose-amine rings turn star-shaped fluorescent dyes into powerful probes for imaging cancer cells in three dimensions.
Oct 24th, 2012
Read moreReducing information stored in magnetic thin films to the physical size of single grains could improve computer hard drives.
Oct 24th, 2012
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