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Nano-Sensor erkennt kleinste Mengen Plastiksprengstoff

Materialwissenschaftler der TU Darmstadt haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Hochschule RheinMain einen ausserordentlich sensiblen Sprengstoffsensor entwickelt. Dieser kann geringste Spuren der hochexplosiven Chemikalie Pentaerythrityltetranitrat (PETN) nachweisen. Terroristen hatten PETN bei mehreren Anschlagsversuchen auf Flugzeuge eingesetzt.

July 26, 2011 Read more

NanoKTN awards additional EPSRC studentships for innovative research projects

Students at Universities of Birmingham, Oxford and Sheffield to work on Nanotechnology projects with Oxford Photovoltaics, Domino UK and Stryker Corporation.

July 26, 2011 Read more

Nachschlagwerk der Lichtwerkzeuge

Prof. Dr. Juergen Popp und Prof. Dr. Stefan Heinemann von der Uni Jena haben den ersten Teil eines umfassenden Handbuchs zur Biophotonik herausgebracht. Das Handbook of Biophotonics Bd. 1 erklaert die naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Licht-Materie-Interaktion und soll so die Zusammenarbeit von verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen in der Biophotonik erleichtern.

July 26, 2011 Read more

Give waste heat inside microprocessors new directions

Spin caloritronics describes a new area of research: What happens if you heat a magnet?

July 26, 2011 Read more

2011 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize deadline is September 30, 2011

The nomination process for the 2011 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize is now open.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Sharper, deeper, faster: Interdisciplinary team develops advanced live-imaging approach (w/video)

Looking to improve upon current methods of imaging, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a novel approach that could redefine optical imaging of live biological samples by simultaneously achieving high resolution, high penetration depth (for seeing deep inside 3D samples), and high imaging speed.

July 25, 2011 Read more

European Commission provides 488m euros for nanotechnology research

Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn announced nearly EUR 7 billion to kick-start innovation through research. The European Commission's biggest ever such funding package, under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), is expected to create around 174 000 jobs in the short-term and nearly 450 000 jobs and nearly EUR 80 billion in GDP growth over 15 years. EUR 488 million for nanotechnologies will focus on areas such as factories of the future, green cars and energy efficient buildings.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Rare coupling of magnetic and electric properties in a single material

New multiferroic mechanism could lead to next-generation memory and sensing devices.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Highly endowed EU grant to develop new tools for nanoscale optical spectroscopy

One of the Starting Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) in its latest funding round has gone to Professor Achim Hartschuh, who works at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacology at LMU Munich. Hartschuh receives the award for a project entitled "New tools for nanoscale optical spectroscopy - Functional imaging of single nanostructures using antennas".

July 25, 2011 Read more

Spintronics: A high wire act

Ferromagnetic iron germanide nanowires grown on graphene could serve as spin injection contacts for graphene-based spintronics.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Carbon nanotubes: Charge with a twist

Charge transfer between metal and growing carbon structures directs the growth of carbon nanotubes and their electronic properties.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Nanofiber arrays dramatically boost batteries' energy storage

MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy per pound than the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the market for rechargeable devices in everything from cellphones to cars.

July 25, 2011 Read more

Pocket chemistry: DNA helps glucose meters measure more than sugar

Glucose meters aren't just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water or food.

July 24, 2011 Read more

Soft spheres settle in somewhat surprising structure

Latex paints and drug suspensions such as insulin or amoxicillin that do not need to be shaken or stirred may be possible thanks to a new understanding of how particles separate in liquids, according to Penn State chemical engineers, who have developed a method for predicting the way colloidal components separate based on energy.

July 24, 2011 Read more

Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer

The academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties.

July 24, 2011 Read more

New photonic crystals have both electronic and optical properties

In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.

July 24, 2011 Read more