Regaining a historic sunset with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
US chemists are racing against time to recreate sunsets which have disappeared from the watercolors of American painter Winslow Homer.
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007
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Gleaming prospects
Scratch-resistant spectacle lenses and displays, stainless-steel kitchen units without any fingerprints, antireflective glass on the instrument panels of cars and motorcycles - researchers from six institutes have been collaborating for three years to develop new classes of materials.
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007
Read moreMaking Glass From Sugar (but Hold the Sand)
A new form of glass, the unique combination of solid- and liquid-like properties of this sugar-oil emulsion might someday be used to fabricate nanoscale materials.
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2007
Read moreAtomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems
Civil engineers by tradition are concerned with the big picture, but some are refocusing their vision, zooming in to solve minute problems we cannot see with the naked eye, like tiny fractures in polymers, silicon or the molecular structure of proteins.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology at the Edinburgh International Science Festival
The Edinburgh International Science Festival in Scotland has 14 venues hosting 133 events, all designed to let you explore, discover, debate and wonder at the marvels of science - nanortechnology among them.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreBrightest fluorescent nanoparticles ever synthesized
A novel method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica particles.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreFlexible electronics could find applications as sensors, artificial muscles
Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology optical cloaking design for invisibility
Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an optical cloaking device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this cloak.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreRationally designed smart nanotechnology materials
Rationally designed smart nanomaterials could be a step closer thanks to Chinese chemists, who have revealed some of the subtle effects that control how nanostructures form.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreScientists track remarkable 'breathing' in nanoporous materials
Scientists discovered an unprecedented giant and reversible swelling of nanoporous materials with exceptional properties: huge flexibility and profound selectivity.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology protection for houses in earthquake zones
A villa designed to resist earthquakes with self-healing cracks in its walls is to be built on a Greek mountainside.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read morePredicting the performance of nanostructured batteries
Researchers can now predict how nanostructuring will affect the performance of Li-ion batteries.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology day in New York
If you are in New York City today don't miss out visitin the NanoDay at City College New York.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2007
Read moreThe wacky world of nanotechnology consumer products
Nanotechnology brings us foam condoms and nano-tea...
Posted: Mar 31st, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology air purification system
Porous manganese oxide garnished with gold nanoparticles removes volatile organic compounds from air and breaks them down.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2007
Read moreCement yields its nanoscale secrets
Using a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, new light is shed on one of mankind's older construction materials - cement.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2007
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