Study shows how carbon nanotubes can affect lining of the lungs
A new study shows that inhaling carbon nanotubes can affect the outer lining of the lung, though the effects of long-term exposure remain unclear.
Oct 25th, 2009
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UAlbany NanoCollege hosts 300 students for NanoCareer Day
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany held its NanoCareer Day program on October 22 as part of its continuing effort to prepare students for a growing number of nanotechnology-related career opportunities in the Capital Region and New York State.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreTransforming nanowires into nano-tools using cation exchange reactions
A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures that are not possible to grow or obtain otherwise.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreFree spectral imaging and fluorescence proteins resources on the Zeiss online campus
The educational website for fluorescence microscopy www.zeiss.com/campus has been supplemented with sections on Spectral Imaging and Fluorescent Proteins and now also provides comprehensive information on these topics.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreChinesisch-deutsches Bio-Nano-Symposium in Jena
Materialforscher der Uni Jena stellt internationale Zusammenarbeit auf neue Ebene / Symposium vom 26. bis 30. Oktober 2009.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreBIOTECHNICA 2009: Good mood despite crisis marks
Biotechnica 2009 was a positive experience for most of the 650 exhibitors, even when signs of the crisis can be seen.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreRoberto Car, Michele Parrinello win Computer Society's Fernbach Award
The pair laid the foundation for a modern approach to the chemistry and physics of materials. Their methodology was revolutionary, increasing the speed of simulations and propelling a major force in science. Such simulations are now used in physics, materials science, chemistry, semiconductors, surface science, catalysis, biological processes, mineralogy, and the new field of nano-sized structures, including industrial applications.
Oct 23rd, 2009
Read moreSolved mystery of nanopillar formations paves way for new 3-D lithography method
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have uncovered the physical mechanism by which arrays of nanoscale pillars can be grown on polymer films with very high precision, in potentially limitless patterns.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreScientists demonstrate wafer-scale graphene-on-silicon technology
HRL scientists announced today they have fabricated and demonstrated graphene-on-silicon field effect transistors (FETs) at full wafer scale - a revolutionary advancement in electronics that will enable unprecedented capabilities in high-bandwidth communications, imaging and radar systems.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreNew microscopic technique reveals previously unseen molecules in color
A team of Harvard chemists has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreNanostructured data storage with very high data densities on the horizon
Researchers from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, working with American researchers, have succeeded in using an electrical signal to control both the elastic and the magnetic properties of a nanomaterial at a very localized level.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreNew material could efficiently power piezoelectric nanogenerators
For his PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Xudong Wang was part of a team that developed a piezoelectric nanogenerator and experimented with a variety of materials to power it.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreBiochemical 'on-switch' could solve protein purification challenge
Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next wonder drug, however, they have to confront a long-standing problem: how to produce large quantities of the protein in a highly pure state. A research team may have found a new solution in an enzymatic 'food processor' they can activate at will.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreSynthetic cells act as battery
A new paper describes a highly simplified model cell that not only sheds light on the way certain real cells generate electric voltages, but also acts as a tiny battery that could offer a practical alternative to conventional solid-state energy-generating devices.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreResearchers find new route to nanotechnology self-assembly
If the promise of nanotechnology is to be fulfilled, nanoparticles will have to be able to make something of themselves. An important advance towards this goal has been achieved by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who have found a simple and yet powerfully robust way to induce nanoparticles to assemble themselves into complex arrays.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe lotus's clever way of staying dry
An ancient Confucian philosopher once said, 'I love the lotus because while growing from mud, it is unstained.' Now, almost one thousand years since Zhou Dunyi wrote these lines in China, scientists finally understand how the plant keeps itself clean and dry. It took an ultra high speed camera, a powerful microscope and an audio speaker to unlock a secret that has puzzled scientists for ages.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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