Earthquakes are some of the most daunting natural disasters that scientists try to analyze. Though the earth's major fault lines are well known, there is little scientists can do to predict when an earthquake will occur or how strong it will be. And, though earthquakes involve millions of tons of rock, a team of University of Pennsylvania and Brown University researchers has helped discover an aspect of friction on the nanoscale that may lead to a better understanding of the disasters.
Nov 30th, 2011
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Novel nanocarbon platform shows potential for future bioelectronic implants.
Nov 30th, 2011
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Experts gather this week to discuss the efficient creation and delivery of nanoscale particles of drugs.
Nov 30th, 2011
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a way to control how tiny flat molecules fit together in a seemingly random pattern.
Nov 30th, 2011
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In her doctoral dissertation, Suvi Karvonen examines the local and cell level modelling of PEMs, or polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.
Nov 30th, 2011
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The event marked the Golden Jubilee of Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), a premier institute of the Defence Research and Development Board (DRDO), working on development of solid state devices for defence needs.
Nov 30th, 2011
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Researchers call for a new, standardized gauge of performance measurement for energy storage devices that are as small as those used in cell phones to as large as those used in the national energy grid.
Nov 30th, 2011
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A nanoparticle that can destroy drug-resistant bacteria developed by the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), and the IBM Almaden Research Center, has recently been named one of 10 world changing ideas by Scientific American in its Technology Special Report.
Nov 30th, 2011
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It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer.
Nov 29th, 2011
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The Lam Research Distinguished Chair is the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute's first-ever endowed Chair.
Nov 29th, 2011
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A biomimetic antenna for gathering sunlight may one day transform solar-powered devices.
Nov 29th, 2011
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The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle material suitable for a range of new applications.
Nov 29th, 2011
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Coating the surface of an implant such as a new hip or pacemaker with nanosized metallic particles reduces the risk of rejection, and researchers at the University of Gothenburg can now explain why: they fool the innate immune system.
Nov 29th, 2011
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Scientists describe how they have been able to unravel the structure of grain boundary defects in ceramics with both atomic resolution and chemical sensitivity by combining advanced electron microscopy techniques with theoretical simulations. Their findings shed new light onto these universally important defects and demonstrate that their structure can be much more complex than is often assumed.
Nov 29th, 2011
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Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology have discovered electronic stripes, called 'charge density waves', on the surface of the graphene sheets that make up a graphitic superconductor. This is the first time these stripes have been seen on graphene, and the finding is likely to have profound implications for the exploitation of graphene.
Nov 29th, 2011
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A new study demonstrates that microscopy with helium ions may greatly enhance both surface and sub-cellular imaging.
Nov 29th, 2011
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