Photovoltaic medicine
Micro-scaled photovoltaic devices may one day be used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs directly to tumors, rendering chemotherapy less toxic to surrounding tissue.
Oct 20th, 2010
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Batteries smaller than a grain of salt
Research funded by DARPA is pushing the limits of battery technology and trying to create some of the tiniest batteries on Earth, the largest of which would be no bigger than a grain of sand.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreChemical engineers use gold nanoparticles to discover breakthrough for creating biorenewable chemicals
University of Virginia chemical engineers Robert J. Davis and Matthew Neurock have uncovered the key features that control the high reactivity of gold nanoparticles in a process that oxidizes alcohols in water. The research is an important first step in unlocking the potential of using metal catalysts for developing biorenewable chemicals.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreTaking the next step with graphene research
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics went to the two scientists who first isolated graphene, one-atom-thick crystals of graphite. Now, a researcher with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is trying to develop a method to mass-produce this revolutionary material.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreLong distance, top secret messages
Critical component of quantum communication device may enable cryptography.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreStudy of tiny magnets may advance their use in microelectronics
In the world of the very small, researchers at Shanxi University in China have announced progress in understanding the single-molecule magnet, which combines the classical macroscale properties of a magnet with the quantum properties of a nanoscale entity.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreSniffing out shoe bombs: A new and simple sensor for explosive chemicals
University of Illinois chemists have developed a simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs. It could lead to inexpensive, easy-to-use devices for luggage and passenger screening at airports and elsewhere.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreIntricate, curving 3D nanostructures created using capillary action forces
Twisting spires, concentric rings, and gracefully bending petals are a few of the new three-dimensional shapes that University of Michigan engineers can make from carbon nanotubes using a new manufacturing process.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreBacteria gauge cold with molecular measuring stick
Some bacteria react to the cold by subtly changing the chemistry of their outer wall so that it remains pliable as temperatures drop. Scientists identified a key protein in this response mechanism a few years ago, but the question of how bacteria sense cold in the first place remained a mystery. Based on a new study, the answer is: They use a measuring stick.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreCelebration reunites nanotechnology pioneers
Forever linked by a single molecule - Nobel team reunites for Rice's Buckyball Discovery Conference
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreNew nanotechnology techniques integrate electron gas-producing oxides with silicon
In cold weather, many children can't resist breathing onto a window and writing in the condensation. Now imagine the window as an electronic device platform, the condensation as a special conductive gas, and the letters as lines of nanowires.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreAtomic-level manufacturing
The long-held dream of creating atomically precise three-dimensional structures in a manufacturing environment is approaching reality, according to the top scientist at a company making tools aimed at that ambitious goal.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreGeorgia Tech researchers highlight implications of nanotechnology in new Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society
Georgia Tech researchers are prominently represented among the authors in the newly released Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, published by SAGE Publications, Inc.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreForschern gelingt die Herstellung von BioPalladium
Wissenschaftlern der Universitaet Aarhus ist es zusammen mit Mikrobiologen der Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen gelungen, Palladium-Nanopartikel mit biologischer Unterstuetzung herzustellen.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreA new bionanotechnological sensor detects and analyses DNA sequences
The Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's Artificial Intelligence Group has created a new DNA-based biological sensor that has potential applications in the field of genetic diagnostics. The basic sensor design was presented at the 2010 Conference on Unconventional Computation.
Oct 19th, 2010
Read moreBiology rides to computers' aid
Photonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they're hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.
Oct 19th, 2010
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