Independent developer Peter Burke today is pleased to announce iNanotube 1.1 for iOS, his new Education app that graphically instructs users about the detailed atomic structure of carbon nanotubes, a revolutionary class of wires only a few atoms across. Advanced 3D rendering algorithms provide detailed, animated renderings of the design and construction of carbon nanotubes, demonstrating and teaching the fundamentals of the atomic properties of these tiny wires.
May 31st, 2011
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The National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) today announced it has entered into an Affiliation Agreement with the School of Pharmacy at West Virginia University, USA to explore collaborative research opportunities in areas related to pharmaceutical and health-related research initiatives.
May 31st, 2011
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Engineering structures on the smallest possible scales - using molecules and individual atoms as building blocks - is both physically and conceptually challenging. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has now developed a method of computationally selecting the best of these blocks, drawing inspiration from the similar behavior of proteins in making biological structures.
May 30th, 2011
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A solar-powered sensor station to monitor in real time the concentration of gases that are key culprits in climate change and air pollution has been installed on a Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point roof as part of an international study on solar-powered environmental nano sensors.
May 30th, 2011
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Scientists were able to demonstrate how two remote atomic quantum systems can be prepared in a shared 'entangled' state. This means that one system is a single atom trapped in an optical resonator, and the other one is a Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of hundreds of thousands of ultracold atoms.
May 30th, 2011
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Empowered by a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Arizona State University scientist Wayne Frasch is deciphering how one of the world's smallest molecular motors works in living cells. In the process, he is also casting light on a physics puzzle that has perplexed scientists for more than 40 years.
May 30th, 2011
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Researchers demonstrate the world's thinnest polarizer, which relies on the coupling, guiding and polarizing of electromagnetic waves by graphene. They claim that this breakthrough will someday allow the integration on all-photonic circuits for high-speed optical communications.
May 30th, 2011
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Die bisherigen Standardtestverfahren fuer die Risikobewertung von Nanomaterialien sind ungenuegend. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Studie unter der Federfuehrung des Instituts fuer Umweltwissenschaften der Universitaet Koblenz-Landau.
May 30th, 2011
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A simple printing-press technique can produce efficient, flexible full-color displays.
May 30th, 2011
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Acid-sensitive nanocarriers simultaneously diagnose tumors and release chemotherapy drugs to target cancer cells.
May 30th, 2011
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Using a mechanical grinding technique that allowed them to control the structure of a metal's surface on the nanoscale, Ke Lu and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute for Metal Research in Shenyang have overcome the frustrating tradeoff between strength and brittleness to produce a protective copper surface that is both strong and ductile.
May 30th, 2011
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Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils.
May 29th, 2011
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Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers analyze a superior substrate for graphene.
May 28th, 2011
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In new commentary in Science, University at Buffalo physicists discuss advancements in controlling the behavior of magnetic materials.
May 27th, 2011
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Stanford researchers have developed an improved imaging method using fluorescent carbon nanotubes that allows them to see centimeters deep into a mouse with far more clarity than conventional dyes provide. For a creature the size of a mouse, a few centimeters makes a great difference.
May 27th, 2011
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK is developing three optical techniques that use light scattering to make these measurements in solid polymers: frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT), Fraunhofer wavefront correlation (FWC) and oscillatory photon correlation spectroscopy (Os-PCS).
May 27th, 2011
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