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Materials scientists find new way to control electronic properties of graphene 'alloys'

Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene.

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Electrons and lattice vibrations - a strong team in the nano world

Using a newly developed type of spectroscopy, Berlin researchers have shown that electrons in a semiconductor are best described as a cloud with a size of a few nanometer. The cloud size is determined by the interaction of the electron with vibrations in the crystal lattice.

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Detecting an unexpected delay at ultrafast speed

High-speed laser measurements reveal new insights into rearrangements of light-driven chemical structures with implications for solar-energy conversion and opto-electric devices.

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The Molecular Workbench wins SPORE award

This June, the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Molecular Workbench won the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for its contribution as an innovative tool for science education.

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Blutgerinnung: Forschung mittels Computersimulation und medizinisch angewandter Nanotechnologie

Wissenschaftler des Heidelberger Instituts fuer Theoretische Studien (HITS) und Aerzte der Universitaetsmedizin Mannheim sind an einer neuen Forschergruppe der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft zur Blutgerinnung beteiligt. Langfristiges Ziel der Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaftlern ist es, die Diagnostik und Therapie von Blutgerinnungsstoerungen, Thrombosen und Schlaganfaellen zu verbessern.

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Researchers uncover new catalysis site

A new collaborative study at the University of Virginia details for the first time a new type of catalytic site where oxidation catalysis occurs, shedding new light on the inner workings of the process.

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New bounds in magnetic writing

Researchers demonstrate switching of a perpendicularly magnetized cobalt dot driven by in-plane current injection at room temperature.

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The future of seawater desalination: Energy, technology, and the environment

A new Yale University study argues that seawater desalination should play an important role in helping combat worldwide fresh water shortages once conservation, reuse and other methods have been exhausted. The study also provides insights into how desalination technology can be made more affordable and energy efficient.

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Engineers solve longstanding problem in photonic chip technology

Findings help pave way for next generation of computer chips.

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Designing nanodiamond circuits for extreme environments

There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond.

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Polymer's hunt for nicotine

Newly synthesized polymer, fitted with molecular pincers of carefully tailored structure, effectively captures nicotine molecules and its analogues. The polymer can be used for fabrication of sensitive and selective chemical sensors to determine nicotine in solutions, and in the near future also in gases. Moreover, the polymer is suitable for slow, controlled release of nicotine, e.g., for therapeutic purposes.

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Growth of graphene from food, insects and waste (w/video)

Rice University lab shows troop how any carbon source can become valuable graphene.

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Thai scientists awarded 2011 Scientist Awards

Dr. Kajornsak Faungnawakij, Head of Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalysis Lab at NANOTEC is one of 4 researchers chosen by the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King to receive the 2011 Young Scientist Award.

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Metallofullerene-based nanoplatform for brain tumor therapy

A single compound with dual function - the ability to deliver a diagnostic and therapeutic agent - may one day be used to enhance the diagnosis, imaging and treatment of brain tumors.

August 3, 2011 Read more

Plasma-assisted strategy enables dense doping of nanostructures

Researchers based at the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are developing a plasma-assisted strategy for densely doping indium to give coral-like SnO2 nanostructures. Gas sensors based on the materials platform exhibit a high response and good selectivity to chlorobenzene.

August 3, 2011 Read more

Nanotechology's impact on mass spectrometry

A move toward smaller and smaller sample sizes is leading to a new generation of mass spectrometry instrumentation, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN).

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