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NanoKTN announces winners of its 2011 EPSRC Collaborative Studentships

Research proposals from University of Bath and Manchester's Metropolitan University confirmed as winners.

May 19, 2011 Read more

Seeing an atomic thickness

Scientists from NPL, in collaboration with Linkoping University, Sweden, have shown that regions of graphene of different thickness can be easily identified in ambient conditions using Electrostatic Force Microscopy (EFM).

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Record efficiency of 18.7% for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics

Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further boosted the energy conversion efficiency of flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium (di)selenide (also known as CIGS) to a new world record of 18.7% - a significant improvement over the previous record of 17.6% achieved by the same team in June 2010.

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Experiments settle long-standing debate about mysterious array formations in nanofilms

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have conducted experiments confirming which of three possible mechanisms is responsible for the spontaneous formation of three-dimensional pillar arrays in nanofilms. These protrusions appear suddenly when the surface of a molten nanofilm is exposed to an extreme temperature gradient and self-organize into hexagonal, lamellar, square, or spiral patterns.

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Graphene - miracle material?

Two-dimensional graphene may lead to faster electronics, stronger spacecraft and much more.

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'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale

Researchers have developed a technique, exploiting a specific defect in the lattice structure of diamond, to externally detect the spins of individual molecules.

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Nanotechnology patch for the heart restores damaged areas

Scientists built a scaffold-looking structure consisting of carbon nanofibers and a government-approved polymer. Tests showed the synthetic nanopatch regenerated natural heart tissue cells - called cardiomyocytes - as well as neurons. In short, the tests showed that a dead region of the heart can be brought back to life.

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Initiative to promote commercial uptake of microfluidic devices

International Microfluidic Consortium driving standardization activities for solutions in healthcare, environmental applications, and beyond.

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Nanowire measurements study could improve computer memory

A recent study at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have revealed the optimal characteristics for a new type of computer memory now under development.

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Carbon black nanoparticles activate immune cells, causing cell death

Researchers from the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have found that inhaled carbon black nanoparticles create a double source of inflammation in the lungs.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Get your Nanowerk discount for Foresight@Google nanotechnology conference

Join friends old and new this summer at Google's Mountain View headquarters in Silicon Valley as the Foresight Institute explores the future of nanotechnology with a rockstar lineup of nanotech experts and entrepreneurs.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Evidence for graphene-sheet-driven superconducting state in graphite intercalation compounds

Researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with the London Centre for Nanotechnology, have mapped the electronic structure of superconducting GIC, KC8 and non-superconducting LiC6.

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Rainbows without pigments offer new defence against fraud (w/video)

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have developed pigment-free, intensely coloured polymer materials, which could provide new, anti-counterfeit devices on passports or banknotes due to their difficulty to copy.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Wie die Zellmembran funktioniert

Wichtige Details zur molekularen Entschluesselung der Struktur von Zellmembranen beschreibt eine soeben erschienene Publikation des Forscherteams um Georg Pabst vom Institut fuer Biophysik und Nanosystemforschung der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Free webinar addresses high brightness LED test techniques

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled "Meeting the Electrical Measurement Demands of High Power, High Brightness LEDs" on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Achieving optical invisibility in the visible light spectrum

Physicistc at KIT's Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) have worked on refining the structure of the Karlsruhe invisibility cloak to such an extent that it is also effective in the visible spectral range.

May 18, 2011 Read more