Fifteen students graduate from innovative 'NanoHigh' Program
Number of graduates reaches 90 as first-of-its-kind initiative marks 5th anniversary, with participation set to triple for next year's program.
Jun 7th, 2012
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Physicists use ultrafast lasers to create first tabletop X-ray device
An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the way for major advances in many fields including medicine, biology and nanotechnology development.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read more'Nanocable' could be big boon for energy storage
Rice University's coaxial nanocable outperforms previous microcapacitors.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreNew twist on old chemical process could boost energy efficiency
Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are important for applications such as solar cells that convert the sun's energy to electricity. Now University of Washington scientists have found that a previously unappreciated aspect of those reactions could be key in developing more efficient energy systems.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreNew DARPA program seeks to cool chips, chip stacks from within
DARPA's Intrachip/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) program seeks to crack the thermal management barrier and overcome the limitations of remote cooling.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreBetter Alzheimer's detection: new EU-funded project to develop nanoscope
A new research project that will pioneer a nanoscope to screen patient cells and potentially help with the early detection of Alzheimer's disease has just kicked off.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreBreaking the limits of classical physics
With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense - the world is different than most people believe.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreSpin structure reveals key to new forms of digital storage, study shows
A synthetic compound long known to exhibit interesting transition properties may hold the key to new, non-magnetic forms of information storage, say researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and their collaborators.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreSchwefelige Nanow�lder als Batterieelektroden
Wissenschaftler des Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden und ihre Partner forschen an neuen Materialien fuer elektrische Energiespeicher der Zukunft. Sie infiltrieren z.B. einen CNT-Rasen mit Schwefel und erhalten so aeusserst preiswert neue Elektrodenwerkstoffe.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreSilver nanoparticle research leads to sensors that detect contaminants in water
Researchers used Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to make use of silver nanoparticles to increase the sensitivity limit of chemical detection.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreNew program puts high school students in role of scientists
When the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory decided to give high school students a chance to test-drive a science career, it found students, parents and school officials from Naperville, Ill. eager to hop on board.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreLarge area nanostructuring procedure for more efficient organic solar cells
The efficiency of a solar cell can decisively be increased by a surface structuring process. A novel laser based technology to structure organic solar cells has proved itself as a very fast and efficient process and is thus very promising for industrial applications.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreThe Bizkaia Technological Park hosts a conference on the application of nanotechnology in industry
The Technology Park in Zamudio will host a conference on the application of nanomaterials in industry on 12 June, focusing on the automotive and construction industries.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreApplied nanobiomedicine: Exploiting nanoparticles to hunt for hidden cancer cells
Launch of the interdisciplinary joint project "MRCyte".
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreNanomedicines promise fewer side effects in treating cancer
A new generation of cancer treatments based on nanotechnology is making its way out of the laboratory and into the clinic with the promise of targeting cancer cells while steering clear of healthy tissue.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreResearchers demonstrate AFM technique to give us better understanding of human tissues
Research from North Carolina State University demonstrates that a relatively new microscopy technique can be used to improve our understanding of human tissues and other biomedical materials. The study focused specifically on eye tissues, which are damaged by scarring in diabetic patients.
Jun 6th, 2012
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