Inventing a useful new tool for creating chemical reactions between single molecules, scientists have employed microfluidics?the manipulation of fluids at the microscopic scale?to make microdroplets that contain single molecules of interest.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreA research team studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has uncovered a delicate balancing act that makes the particles more effective than conventional thinking says they should be.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available 'meter stick' for the nano world, the new measuring tool?a calibration standard for X-ray diffraction?boasts uncertainties below a femtometer.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe U.S. Air Force (USAF) has formed a partnership with a Swedish consortium headed by Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV) that will develop technologies for electronic standardization and miniaturization for the Swedish Gripen and U.S. aircraft.
Sep 22nd, 2009
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Fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect counterfeiting devices, explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals, law enforcement or the hospitality industry are just a few of the products that a new company, launched by two Cornell researchers, will produce.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreThin carbon sheets enhance titanium dioxide-based batteries.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreScientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells.
Sep 22nd, 2009
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Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny microchannels has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe four-year PhD programme welcomed its first cohort of 10 students yesterday as they begin an intensive first year of graduate training.
Sep 22nd, 2009
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Physicists at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have succeeded for the first time worldwide in producing a Bose-Einstein condensate from the alkaline earth element calcium
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe annual International Symposium on Emering and Industrial DLP® Applications covers technical and application related aspects of industrial DLP systems. This year the event is held in Frankfurt/Germany on November 12, 2009.
Sep 22nd, 2009
Read moreRecently, measurements of the electrical properties of ferroelectric materials performed at the Alexei Gruverman lab led to experimental verification of the predicted behavior.
Sep 21st, 2009
Read moreRice President David Leebron and Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach signed a memorandum of understanding in Edmonton, Alberta, today that will lead to greener energy production through advances in nanotechnology.
Sep 21st, 2009
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New data on signalling proteins, called G proteins, may prove important in fighting diseases such as cardiovascular, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer.
Sep 21st, 2009
Read moreA new study that provides an overview of research on public perceptions of nanotechnology challenges some current ideas of how people view the risks and benefits of new technology.
Sep 21st, 2009
Read moreThe Nano/Bio Interface Center at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $11.5 million from the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers of the National Science Foundation to continue to advance nanoscale research at the interface of physical and biological systems.
Sep 21st, 2009
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