Engage the tractor beam
'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction.
May 23rd, 2012
Read more'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction.
May 23rd, 2012
Read moreA novel approach to designing artificial materials could enable magnetic devices with a wider range of properties than those now available.
May 23rd, 2012
Read morePatented droplet microarray technology allows medical researchers to come to grips with rare cells.
May 23rd, 2012
Read moreInformationspflichten von Seiten der Landesbehoerden fuer besonders besorgniserregende Stoffe im Rahmen der europaeischen Chemikalienrichtlinie REACH werden momentan nur unzureichend erfuellt. Das geht aus einer Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Kleine Anfrage der Fraktion Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen hervor.
May 23rd, 2012
Read moreIon bombardment of metal surfaces is an important, but poorly understood, nanomanufacturing technique. New research using sophisticated supercomputer simulations has shown what goes on in trillionths of a second. The advance could lead to better ways to predict the phenomenon and more uses of the technique to make new nanoscale products.
May 23rd, 2012
Read moreA new study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreA special feature in this week's issue of the journal Science highlights protein array technology, touching on research conducted by Joshua LaBaer, director of the Biodesign Institute's Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreRapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual's medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome's 3 billion nucleotide bases.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreA new study shows that the availability of hydrogen plays a significant role in determining the chemical and structural makeup of graphene oxide, a material that has potential uses in nano-electronics, nano-electromechanical systems, sensing, composites, optics, catalysis and energy storage.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreJQI experimentalists under the direction of Ian Spielman are in the business of using lasers to create novel environments for neutral atoms.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreThe expert on nanosecurity affairs for the European Commission, Giorgios Katalagarianakis, explained the guidelines which would guide the European projects on nanosecurity from 2013 during the symposium, "Questions of security and regulatory challenges of nanomaterials", Questions of security and regulatory challenges of nanomaterials".
May 22nd, 2012
Read more2012 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting Announces Call for Papers; Focus is on all areas of Electron Device Technology with extended focus areas in circuit-device interaction, energy-harvesting, biomedical and power devices, magnetics, spintronics.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreAn international team of scientists in the University of Leicester's Department of Geology has found a solution to a research problem involving fossils right next door - in the University's Chemistry Department.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreA new handbook has been published under Empa leadership which aims to unify European standards in nanoparticle research. It contains detailed regulations for the manufacture and analysis of specific nanoparticles in the laboratory environment, placing research work in this field on a unified foundation and enabling valid comparisons to be made between studies.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreA new report - Carbon nanotubes: Exposure, toxicology and protective measures in the work environment - has been written on behalf of the Swedish Work Environment Authority by researchers working at Lund University in research collaborations between Metalund and Nano-Safety.
May 22nd, 2012
Read moreA new manufacturing technology allows researchers to mass produce components for use in next-generation computer storage devices and disposable medical and chemical test kits.
May 22nd, 2012
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