This discovery will make it possible to improve photoelectrochemical cells. In the same way that plants use photosynthesis to transform sunlight into energy, these cells use sunlight to drive chemical reactions that ultimately produce hydrogen from water.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreThe conference focuses on the clinical application of novel developments in nanosciences and is organised by the CLINAM Foundation, in collaboration with the ETP Nanomedicine. It also includes industrial topics, opinions and recommendations from regulatory authorities as well as discussion panels on ethical questions and the wider societal implications.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreCross-sector and academic research collaboration to support the development of competitive manufactured products and revitalize the Canadian forestry sector.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreSurface-based assembly produces promising power-generating units for molecular electronics.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreThe acidification of the world's oceans could have major consequences for the marine environment. New research shows that coccoliths, which are an important part of the marine environment, dissolve when seawater acidifies.
May 10th, 2011
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Similar to humans, the bacteria and tiny plants living in the ocean need iron for energy and growth. But their situation is quite different than ours - for one, they can't exactly turn to natural iron sources like leafy greens or red meat for a pick-me-up. So where does their iron come from? New research points to a source on the seafloor: nanoparticles of pyrite, or fool's gold, from hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean.
May 10th, 2011
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Light-triggered myosin allows real-time study of cells.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreLeti and five partners are developing a self-powered cardiac pacemaker eight times smaller than current models. This energy self-sufficient device will harvest mechanical energy from the movements of the heart, potentially eliminating the need for battery replacement through post-op surgery and lowering healthcare costs.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreFor the first time scientists at MPQ achieve guiding of electrons by purely electric fields.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreRund 100 Nanometer lange Polymerketten koennen als winzige Schalter fuer kuenftige technische Anwendungen dienen. Bisher galt die Reaktionszeit der Nanostrukturen jedoch als zu langsam - eine Gruppe von Forschern der Uni Duisburg-Essen hat nun das Gegenteil bewiesen.
May 10th, 2011
Read morePhysicists have succeeded in developing a procedure to merge magneto-optics and plasmonics. The effects which were realized for the first time are already that promising, that their application in electronic components should be possible in the next future.
May 10th, 2011
Read moreNanoCentral will be holding a seminar, "An Introduction to Nanotechnology", on the afternoon of 7th June at the Hotel Russell in London, UK.
May 10th, 2011
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MIT researchers have created a new detector so sensitive it can pick up a single molecule of an explosive such as TNT.
May 9th, 2011
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What limits the behaviour of a carbon nanotube? This is a question that many scientists are trying to answer. Physicists at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now shown that electromechanical principles are valid also at the nanometre scale. In this way, the unique properties of carbon nanotubes can be combined with classical physics - and this may prove useful in the quantum computers of the future.
May 9th, 2011
Read moreIn public lecture at UC Riverside on May 19, graphene expert Jeanie Lau will discuss wonders of the new exciting material.
May 9th, 2011
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Experimental evidence of intrinsic pinning of magnetic domain walls will aid the development of next-generation memories.
May 9th, 2011
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