New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA's double helix. This finding has ramifications for gene therapy research and the emerging field of DNA-based electronics.
Jun 20th, 2012
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A team led by SLAC Ph.D. candidate Sebastian Schorb found that the x-ray damage process in nanometer-sized clusters of atoms is slower than expected from previous studies of atoms and simple molecules.
Jun 20th, 2012
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Drexel University have reported the development of a new technology for grid-scale energy storage which could provide a fast, efficient method for storing energy on the electrical grid. This new technology, dubbed the "electrochemical flow capacitor", stores energy in the same way as a supercapacitor, but is much less costly to scale up for large, industrial applications.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreThere are serious gaps in our awareness of the potential risks involved in handling nanomaterials at work, and serious shortcomings in the way that those risks are communicated to workplaces, according to a new literature review from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA).
Jun 20th, 2012
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Research is urgently needed to evaluate the risks and benefits of nano-pesticides to human and environmental health. Melanie Kah and Thilo Hofmann from the Department of Environmental Geosciences of the University of Vienna recently performed an extensive analysis of this emerging field of research.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Forscher vom Karlsruher Institut f�r Technologie, der TU Darmstadt, der University of Cambridge und IBM haben optoelektronische Bauteile auf Basis von Graphen entwickelt. Mit ihnen k�nnen informationstechnische Systeme langfristig kleiner und leistungsf�higer werden.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreA quest to explore new research fields brought Darren Martin to Queensland 12 years ago, little realising his work would go on to impact on areas as diverse as wastewater treatment, high-performance engineering and sporting goods.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreLuke Hanley at the University of Illinois at Chicago received a $390,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to test methods of coating solar panel films using nanoparticles from a chemical group called metal chalcogenides. The inexpensive films could be wrapped over everything from vehicles to buildings to gain maximum sunshine exposure and produce electricity.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreETH-Zurich researchers have developed an economic, fast and reproducible method for printing tiny structures with a simple printing method. Now they are planning a spin-off.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics have integrated two transistors onto a single vertical silicon nanowire, pushing the areal density limit of nanowire transistors even further.
Jun 20th, 2012
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Silver nanostructures exhibit a resonance feature that is useful for a multitude of sensing applications.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreOn 3-4 December 2012, the DGUV Academy in Dresden will conduct its second series of EU Information Days. One of the workshops at the event will deal with nanotechnology.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreThe Australian Centre for Nanomedicine at the University of New South Wales is at the forefront of this exciting new discipline and will host the third International Nanomedicine Conference from 2-4 July in Sydney.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have observed for the first time the Hall effect in a gas of ultracold atoms.
Jun 20th, 2012
Read moreIn an age where nanotechnology and stem cells could greatly extend human life, and where human-to-computer mind upload is discussed as casually as the latest iPad app, the Singularity may not be all it's cracked up to be.
Jun 19th, 2012
Read moreFood waste is a growing problem in many parts of the world, but discarded fruit peel, in the case of pomegranates, could be put to good use in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology.
Jun 19th, 2012
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