Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new nanolithography technique that is less expensive than other approaches and can be used to create technologies with biomedical applications.
Aug 31st, 2012
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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Nanoscale Materials have observed a stable body-centred tetragonal phase in silver nanoparticles with fivefold twinning even at ambient conditions.
Aug 31st, 2012
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Nanoparticles synthesized from noble metals such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver (Ag), osmium, iridium, platinum, and gold (Au) are attracting increased attention by researchers around the world looking for advances in such fields as biomedicine and catalysts.
Aug 31st, 2012
Read moreClassroom observation refines initial thoughts - and encourages scientific understanding.
Aug 31st, 2012
Read moreBy measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers from Duke University and Imperial College, London, believe that they have characterized the limits of the ability of metals to be used in devices that rely on the enhancement of light.
Aug 31st, 2012
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Work correlating ultracold atoms' spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
Aug 30th, 2012
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Researchers have learned how to mass produce tiny mechanical devices that could help cell phone users avoid the nuisance of dropped calls and slow downloads. The devices are designed to ease congestion over the airwaves to improve the performance of cell phones and other portable devices.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreNIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology researchers Gregg Gallatin and Andrew Berglund (now at Quantifind in Palo Alto, CA) have determined the optimum path in which to scan a laser beam in order to track a fluorescing nanoparticle as the particle moves inside a fluid or gas in two or three dimensions.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreA Wayne State University researcher has developed technology that opens new possibilities for health care and medical applications of electronic devices.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreIn a new position paper, BEUC outlines which elements such a definition should contain in order to effectively protect consumers from unknown hazards that may be related to cosmetic products which use new nanomaterials.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreThe imaging of cellular events in high resolution is the dream of many life scientists. A European consortium initiated a collective effort to push the current limits of high-resolution imaging techniques for the study of biological systems.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreResearchers characterised a novel class of compounds capable of exhibiting different electrical or magnetic properties at different locations on the same crystal.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreA new optical technique, capable of producing laser beams with unusual modes of electric field, has been developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool.
Aug 30th, 2012
Read moreScientists at the University of Liverpool are leading a �1.65 million project to produce and test the first nanomedicines for treating HIV/AIDS.
Aug 30th, 2012
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Forscher des Leibniz-Instituts f�r Festk�rper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW) und der Technischen Universit�t Chemnitz haben die ersten druckbaren Sensoren entwickelt, die auf dem Riesenmagnetowiderstand beruhen. Damit w�chst die Palette der druckbaren elektronischen Bauteile um eine weitere wichtige Komponente.
Aug 30th, 2012
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Johns Hopkins researchers have created a synthetic protein that, when activated by ultraviolet light, can guide doctors to places within the body where cancer, arthritis and other serious medical disorders can be detected.
Aug 29th, 2012
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