Stronger, lighter and cheaper alloys
Aluminum-based metal matrix composites can replace iron-based alloys.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2006
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New hybrid microscope probes nano-electronics
A new form of scanning microscopy that simultaneously reveals physical and electronic profiles of metal nanostructures.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2006
Read moreTrying to break through the current technological hurdles of solar energy
An innovative project designed to break through the current technological hurdles of solar energy.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2006
Read moreImmune cell communication key to hunting viruses
Nanotechnology was used to create a novel "biosensor" to solve in part a perplexing problem in immunology: how immune system cells called killer T-cells hunt down invading viruses.
Posted: Oct 25th, 2006
Read moreNew report on nanotechnology in European consumer products
The report focuses on consumer products emerging in various commercial sectors which claim to have nanotechnological products on the European market.
Posted: Oct 25th, 2006
Read moreDNA switch developed to interface living organisms with computers
An electronic switch based on DNA.
Posted: Oct 25th, 2006
Read moreSuccessful development of a liquid crystalline organic semiconductor forming helical structures
Development of an organic semiconductor exhibiting optical properties as cholesteric liquid crystals.
Posted: Oct 25th, 2006
Read moreA revolutionary low-cost technique that uses sunshine to provide safe drinking water
EU-backed partnership project aims to demonstrate that solar disinfection (SODIS) of drinking water is an effective way of preventing water-borne diseases.
Posted: Oct 25th, 2006
Read moreWireless nanotech sensors could monitor power systems 24/7
Nanoscale sensors could make power systems far more resilient.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2006
Read moreAlways keeping a safe distance
Why biological loads do not get caught up when being transported through cells.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2006
Read moreUltraviolet light reveals secrets of nanoscale electronic materials
A novel technique to measure, for the first time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically polarized.
Posted: Oct 24th, 2006
Read moreNANOART 2006 competition open to all artists
The purpose of this competition is to promote NanoArt as one of the new art disciplines of the 21st Century.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2006
Read moreNanotechnology: next big thing, or much ado about nothing?
Greater resources and attention are needed now in order to ensure safe nano-workplaces today and in the future.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2006
Read more'Toxicology - from coal mines to nanotechnology' is one of the hot topics in the October issue of Nanorisk
The latest issue of nanoRISK looks at the emergence of nanotoxicology; nanotechnology applications in architecture; the flip side of using carbon nanomaterials for environmental pollutant removal; and numerous briefs on papers, initiatives, upcoming events and new literature.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2006
Read moreModification turns ultra-short nanotubes into molecule-like drug capsules
Modifying ultra-short carbon nanotubes so that they do not aggregate into bundles.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2006
Read moreVersatile self-assembling nanoparticles improve drug potency
Attaching the molecule squalene to any one of several nucleoside analogs triggered a self-assembly process that creates nanoparticles that are stable in biological fluids.
Posted: Oct 23rd, 2006
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