A dragonfly as small as a dust mote, its four tiny wings beating like it had momentarily alit on a lily pad, and a highly sensitive microvalve were the big winners in this year's student design contest for extraordinarily tiny devices at Sandia National Laboratories.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreViruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer data storage devices, and other nanotechnologies.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreInnovative approaches for patterning graphene oxide and chemical doping of graphene for nanoelectronics.
Jun 30th, 2011
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Scientists in in Japan report the growth of thin carbon nanocoils with coil diameters of 50 nm by catalytic chemical vapor deposition.
Jun 30th, 2011
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For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods of time.
Jun 30th, 2011
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A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused by diabetes.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreThe Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) are proud to co-sponsor an informational seminar "Leveraging Supercomputing in Nano/NanoBio Research" on Wednesday July 20, 2011.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreA project at the interface of Physics, Biology and Neuroscience sets new perspectives for regenerative medicine.
Jun 30th, 2011
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Researchers have observed that the light emitted by a single atom may exhibit much richer dynamics. Strongly interacting with light inside a cavity, the atom modifies the wave-like properties of the light field, reducing its amplitude or phase fluctuations below the level allowed for classical electromagnetic radiation. This is the very first observation of "squeezed" light produced by a single atom.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreBased on DMI's successful work under a pair of Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Program contracts designed to develop nanoscale diagnostic technologies that facilitate whole health analysis in a single drop of blood, DMI's rHEALTH sensor has been identified by NASA as a viable approach for performing blood and urine analysis on the International Space Station.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreIMRE's patented synthetic cell membranes can be made-to-order, are easier to maintain in a laboratory environment and do not require the lengthy preparation that comes with working on live cell membranes. The synthetic cell membranes mimic the natural functions of cell membranes, such as interacting with drug molecules and antibodies, which is crucial in the drug discovery process.
Jun 30th, 2011
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MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique.
Jun 30th, 2011
Read moreThis Roundtable will address a significant hurdle to nanobiotechnology development and commercialization - early-stage funding.
Jun 30th, 2011
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Physicists have proposed that it would be possible to create a quantum dot that is magnetic under surprising circumstances.
Jun 29th, 2011
Read moreWhether packing oranges into a crate, fitting molecules into a human cell or getting data onto a compact disc, wasted space is usually not a good thing. Now, Princeton University chemist Salvatore Torquato and colleagues have solved a conundrum that has baffled mathematical minds since ancient times - how to fill three-dimensional space with multi-sided objects other than cubes without having any gaps.
Jun 29th, 2011
Read moreLasers allow scientists to observe how electrons become entangled.
Jun 29th, 2011
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