Carbon atoms are the building blocks for millions of organic molecules, yet this variety is built on the simple rule that carbon almost always shares a total of four chemical bonds with its neighbors. Now, an international team of chemists has mapped a highly unusual compound containing a carbon atom that hooks up to six atoms at once.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe book includes a general explanation of the properties, manufacture and uses of nanomaterials to provide the basis for assessing and understanding their life cycle. It also explores the possible risks that nanomaterials pose to human health and the environment, describes developing regulations around the world to manage those risks, and presents a framework for evaluating the balance between risk and reward as nanomaterials are manufactured, used and released to the environment.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreToday Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan dubbed 'Clean Power by 2030' that, according to its creators, has the potential to significantly decrease the U.S. dependency on oil and fossil fuels while allowing for an estimated $1 trillion in profits before the program comes to an end in 2030.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe goal of this effort is to develop a new manufacturing technique that enables 'Tip-Based Nanofabrication' to accelerate the transition of nanotechnology from the laboratory to commercial products.
Oct 2nd, 2008
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Artificial versions of the eel's electricity generating cells could be developed as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices.
Oct 2nd, 2008
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Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn?t play by the rules.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreA fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreProviding a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreEuropean Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the results of a recent evaluation of the 34 European Technology Platforms (ETPs).
Oct 2nd, 2008
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In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more, engineers at MIT and two other institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy storage devices.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read more'European Training Action on Ceramic Nanocomposites' on Feb. 23-27, 2009 in Madrid, Spain, organized by IP Nanoker..
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe National Science Foundation has granted two Clemson University professors $250,000 to research and develop nanofiber-based probes for medical diagnostics.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreA Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically removed.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe Editors of the leading international journal External link Chemical Physics Letters are pleased to announce that the second Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences has been awarded to Professor Mostafa El-Sayed from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the electronic and molecular dynamics and properties of systems with different length scales, ranging from molecules to nanoparticles to biomedical systems.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreRigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are to be a thing of the past as new research, published today, Thursday, 2 October, in the New Journal of Physics, heralds the beginning of a technological revolution for screen displays.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe AVS 55th International Symposium next month in Boston will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and engineering devoted to research on such topics as nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine.
Oct 1st, 2008
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