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Researchers light up Europe with OLEDs

Novel light-source technology just got a big boost in Europe thanks to the OLED100.eu project which tackled the challenge to develop the techniques needed to form the basis for efficient OLED applications for the European general lighting industry.

January 16, 2012 Read more

Conference on nanostructures self-assembly (NanoSEA 2012) - deadline for abstract submission

NanoSEA 2012 will be held, from 25 to 29 June, in Santa Margherita di Pula (Cagliari, Italy). Deadline for abstract submission is January 30.

January 16, 2012 Read more

Nano brushes for water purification

Polluted streams, rivers, lakes and municipal water may soon be getting the Wright State treatment. Sharmila Mukhopadhyay and her researchers are developing near molecular-sized "nano-brushes."

January 16, 2012 Read more

Auf dem Weg zu komplexen Nanostrukturen

Humboldt Uni Berlin gelingt gezielte Verknuepfung winziger programmierbarer molekularer Bausteine.

January 16, 2012 Read more

Perfectly spherical gold nanodroplets produced with the smallest-ever nanojets

Using 'plasmonic hotspots', gold nanostructures can be melted and made to produce the smallest nanojets ever observed. The tiny gold nanodroplets formed in the nanojets, are perfectly spherical, which makes them interesting for applications in medicine.

January 14, 2012 Read more

Scientists harness optical tornadoes on a nanochip for sensing and energy applications

Boston University researchers demonstrated a new way to efficiently trap and enhance light in nanoscale structures and nanopatterned thin films, which can significantly improve performance of photonic and electronic devices such as nanosensors, thin-film organic solar cells and optical nanochips.

January 13, 2012 Read more

Energy-saving chaperon Hsp90

A special group of proteins, the so-called chaperons, helps other proteins to obtain their correct conformation. A research team from the Nanosystems Initiative Munich could prove that Hsp90 utilizes thermal fluctuations as the driving force for its conformational changes.

January 13, 2012 Read more

Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics

University of Illinois materials scientists have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.

January 13, 2012 Read more

Discovering the materials world of Africa

As the guest of the African Materials Research Society and NanoSciences Africa Network (NanoAfNet), the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) has had an invaluable opportunity to gain substantial insight into the latest developments in materials research and applications in Africa.

January 13, 2012 Read more

New silicon probe assists in disease diagnostics and drug discovery

IBM scientists have developed a flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon that can aid researchers and pathologists to investigate critical tissue samples accurately for drug discovery and disease diagnostics.

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New family of composite structures

Material scientists at ETH-Zurich are working on composite materials that mimic the structure of seashells. Such complex structures are produced using magnetic nanoparticles which guide the composites' stiffer elements into place.

January 13, 2012 Read more

Longer-lasting chemical catalysts

Wrapping palladium nanoparticles inside a self-assembled polymer matrix makes catalysts easier to retain and recycle.

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NIH partners with industry to create new Living Lab for research into molecular structures that can affect disease

A new type of lab has been created to utilize near-atomic resolution microscopy and other structural biology technologies to help accelerate important medical discoveries relating to global health challenges, such as cancer and HIV/AIDS.

January 12, 2012 Read more

Scientists identify novel approach to view inner workings of viruses

Researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new way to see structures within viruses that were not clearly seen before.

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Scientists create the world's smallest magnetic memory bit using only 12 atoms

New experimental atomic-scale magnet memory is at least 100 times denser than today's hard disk drives and solid state memory chips.

January 12, 2012 Read more

Researchers find a way to turn carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots

A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedical applications.

January 12, 2012 Read more