One of the biggest obstacles in microscopy and in micro-fabrication is the so-called diffraction limit. Now scientists at the University of Maryland have pushed this limit, achieving pattern features with a size as small as one-twentieth of the wavelength.
May 17th, 2010
Read moreScientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of 'seeing' chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.
May 16th, 2010
Read moreThe UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been awarded $5.5 million from the U.S. Defense Department's central research and development agency to advance MEMS technology for use in defense systems.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreUCLA researchers and their collaborators have developed a method that could open the door for investigations into the function of half of all proteins in the human body.
May 14th, 2010
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A collaboration between the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory has 'seen' the crystallization of nanoparticles in unprecedented detail
May 14th, 2010
Read moreNearly 60 students have completed first-of-its-kind educational initiative developed jointly by the UAlbany NanoCollege and City School District of Albany.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreExpanding on work published two years ago, MIT's Daniel Nocera and his associates have found yet another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreC-Crete, started by MIT doctoral student in Civil and Environmental Engineering Rouzbeh Shasavari and MIT Sloan School of Management MBA candidate Natanel Barookhian, is based on discoveries made last year at MIT about the molecular structure of cement.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreA group of researchers of the University of Cadiz has designed a new mapping system for the study of photovoltaic surfaces. The system can detect, at the micrometric level, all the defects existing in a solar panel.
May 14th, 2010
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MPQ-LMU scientists demonstrate for the first time exotic multi-particle interactions between ultracold atoms in an artificial crystal of light.
May 14th, 2010
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Scientists have managed to control the optical response of a single atom using laser light.
May 14th, 2010
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How do spiders form long, highly stable and elastic fibers from the spider silk proteins stored in the silk gland within split seconds? Scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and the University of Bayreuth have now succeeded in unraveling the secret.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreThis conference is unique in presenting in the same forum overviews of the nanotechnology policies and programs in Europe, Japan, US and other major regions and in addressing through invited technical talks from senior researchers major fields in nanotechnologies and their use in microelectronics.
May 14th, 2010
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A team of Clarkson University scientists led by Prof. Igor Sokolov are using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to record sounds emanating from inside living insects like flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs.
May 14th, 2010
Read moreSigning of Project Development Agreement will jump-start critical infrastructure and access projects to advance Marcy NanoCenter at SUNYIT.
May 14th, 2010
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More than 300 elementary, middle- and high-school students received a firsthand look at the exciting science of nanotechnology when they attended NanoCareer Day at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's Albany NanoTech Complex on May 13.
May 14th, 2010
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