Scientists at Penn State University, in collaboration with institutes in the US, Finland, Germany and the UK, have figured out the long-sought structure of a layer of C60 - carbon buckyballs - on a silver surface.
Jul 27th, 2009
Read moreBy studying gold nanoparticles with highly uniform sizes and shapes, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single atom.
Jul 27th, 2009
Read moreResearchers in Spain have developed a device that makes objects invisible under a certain kind of light. Called 'dc metamaterial', the device brings the inside of the magnetic field down to zero but does not change the exterior field.
Jul 27th, 2009
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U.S. researchers have developed a method to track nanoparticle self-assembly by incorporating fluorine-labelled ligands into the nanoparticle shells.
Jul 27th, 2009
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For her work on predicting the stability of nanoparticles in air and water, CSIRO scientist Dr Amanda Barnard has been awarded one of Australia's most prestigious environmental awards - the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Australian Environmental Research Award.
Jul 27th, 2009
Read moreNeues Wissenschaftskonsortium um HZI-Forscher will Bau und Funktion eines Bakteriums systembiologisch klaeren.
Jul 27th, 2009
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Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers? cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips.
Jul 27th, 2009
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Researchers at UC Riverside report the first direct observation and controlled creation of one- and two-dimensional ripples in graphene sheets. Using simple thermal manipulation, the researchers produced the ripples, and controlled their orientation, wavelength and amplitude.
Jul 26th, 2009
Read moreThe Belgian nanoelectronics research institute IMEC starts with the expansion of its research labs with 2,800 square meters including the extension of its state-of-the-art clean room at its Leuven campus.
Jul 26th, 2009
Read moreThe applications of nanotechnology in the food and beverage sector are only now emerging, but these are predicted to grow rapidly in the coming years. Applications in this area already support development of improved tastes, color, flavor, texture and consistency of foodstuffs, increased absorption and bioavailability of nutrients and health supplements, new food packaging materials with improved mechanical, barrier and antimicrobial properties, and nano-sensors for traceability and monitoring the condition of food during transport and storage.
Jul 25th, 2009
Read moreThe Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Germany has compiled a website which lists all nanoscale reference materials that are commercially available worldwide.
Jul 25th, 2009
Read moreResearchers in Iran managed to synthesize some semiconductor nanocomposites which could be applied in wastewater treatment.
Jul 25th, 2009
Read moreA new paper examines the mathematical issues that arise when modeling PEM fuel cells.
Jul 24th, 2009
Read moreWorking with atomic-scale particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and other molecules at the cellular level.
Jul 24th, 2009
Read moreThe RUSNANO's Supervisory Council has approved the corporation's participation in a project that would found a high-tech enterprise manufacturing gallium-arsenide substrates, chips, and optical components based on vertically emitting lasers.
Jul 24th, 2009
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A small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful that for centuries it was used in jewelry.
Jul 24th, 2009
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