Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as 750 degrees Celsius. The technique could provide a cleaner and more efficient alternative to conventional power plants for generating electricity from the nation's vast coal reserves.
Jun 21st, 2011
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Every day, concrete structures crack and erode prematurely due to Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR), a chemical reaction that causes fissures in the material as it sets. Jon Belkowitz, a doctoral student at Stevens Institute of Technology, plans to put an end to this problem through his study of chemical reactions within concrete at the nanoscale.
Jun 21st, 2011
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Combining an ancient principle with new technology, MIT researchers have devised a way to answer that question.
Jun 21st, 2011
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Collaboration will drive the development of critical processes for advanced defect detection to support EUVL introduction.
Jun 21st, 2011
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A simple tap from your finger may be enough to charge your portable device thanks to a discovery made at RMIT University and Australian National University.
Jun 21st, 2011
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Argonne's Center for Electrical Energy Storage is one of three Argonne-led Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) that were established in 2009 thanks to a special block grant from the U.S. Department of Energy that sought to establish five-year interdisciplinary programs focused around discrete scientific challenges.
Jun 21st, 2011
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The term "nanotechnology" covers a multitude of different technologies, and so a differentiated view of it is needed. This is the opinion of ETH Zurich Professor Christofer Hierold, whose research is in nanotechnology. He says that, to avoid risks and hazards, these must be analysed for each specific example of materials, structures and their applications.
Jun 21st, 2011
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a novel method of disguising nanoparticles as red blood cells, which will enable them to evade the body's immune system and deliver cancer-fighting drugs straight to a tumor.
Jun 20th, 2011
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Research into the use of nanotechnology in treating stroke has produced evidence of significant motor function recovery. The use of carbon nanotubes to deliver short strands of RNA (siRNA) and induce gene silencing of specific target areas in the brain responsible for motor functions has allowed scientists to 'switch off' proteins that contribute to neuronal tissue loss.
Jun 20th, 2011
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Scientists at Northern Illinois University say they have discovered a simple method for producing high yields of graphene with a new method that converts carbon dioxide directly into few-layer graphene by burning pure magnesium metal in dry ice.
Jun 20th, 2011
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Researcher from the University of Miami helps create a smaller, flexible LED.
Jun 20th, 2011
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A new microspectrometer architecture that uses compact disc-shaped resonators could address the challenges of integrated lab-on-chip sensing systems that now require a large off-chip spectrometer to achieve high resolution.
Jun 20th, 2011
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Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has assembled a new collection of its nanotechnology-focused web tutorials and seminars in a convenient CD format.
Jun 20th, 2011
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Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and researchers from SEMATECH and The University of Texas at Dallas are the first to demonstrate that specific potentially hazardous organic contaminants present in a type of single-walled carbon nanotubes can be easily removed.
Jun 20th, 2011
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Armed Services Committee, secured approval for an increased focus on nanotechnology research by the Defense Department, including a study to determine the need for a center for nanotechnology.
Jun 20th, 2011
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State-of-the-art equipment for generating composite semiconductor structures has been launched at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. First micropillars, micrometer-sized columns made up of many carefully selected layers of thickness of the order of nanometres, have been generated in the laboratory in Warsaw. They will be used, among others, to build efficient yellow light lasers. The new equipment also opens up unique educational possibilities for students in the field of nanotechnology engineering.
Jun 20th, 2011
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