In follow-on work to its groundbreaking invention of the first single-molecule car, chemists at Rice University have produced the first motorized version of their tiny nanocar.
Apr 13th, 2006
Read moreTired of fluorescent tubes? Imagine your ceiling - or any surface - as a giant light panel, thanks to research from University of Southern California (USC) and Princeton University.
Apr 12th, 2006
Read morePhysicists at Penn State University have performed the first laboratory experiment with a system of many colliding particles whose motion never becomes chaotic.
Apr 12th, 2006
Read moreNew research consortium in Germany examines possible risks with the goal of supporting small and medium-sized companies.
Apr 12th, 2006
Read moreTiny materials may bring about large-scale advances in a future hydrogen economy, Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus told audiences Wednesday, April 5, at MIT and at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Apr 11th, 2006
Read moreAustralian researchers started working on replacing syringes with nanopatches.
Apr 11th, 2006
Read moreA new environmental chamber constructed by Argonne National Laboratory allows researchers to watch materials as they grow step-by-step while interacting in elevated-temperature, reactive-gas environments.
Apr 11th, 2006
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Ultra-small particles loaded with medicine ? and aimed with the precision of a rifle ? are offering a promising new way to strike at cancer.
Apr 10th, 2006
Read moreResearch studies, based at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrate that biodegradable nano-particles containing two potent cancer-fighting drugs are effective in killing human breast tumors.
Apr 10th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have developed a technique that allows them to attach molecules to just a few specific nanotubes within an array of thousands of nanotubes. This new method could speed the development of nanosensor arrays capable of detecting multiple cancer markers in human tissue or blood samples.
Apr 10th, 2006
Read moreChinese researchers succeeded in developing a new type of logical gate by applying the deoxyribozyme (DNAzyme), adding a new brick to the groundwork of a DNA-based computation.
Apr 10th, 2006
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Exposure to ultrafine particles aggravates allergic inflammations in sensitised individuals ? especially when exposure to particles occurs before contact with the allergen.
Apr 10th, 2006
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The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Toyama University in Japan have jointly developed a nano-mechanical fabrication system working in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and thereby succeeded in real-time imaging of the nano-scale cutting process for a single crystal of silicon.
Apr 7th, 2006
Read moreA team led by physicists at the University of California, San Diego has shown the feasibility of a fast, inexpensive technique to sequence DNA as it passes through tiny pores. The advance brings personalized, genome-based medicine closer to reality.
Apr 6th, 2006
Read moreMIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small nanowire structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries.
Apr 6th, 2006
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IBM scientists have developed a powerful new technique for exploring and controlling magnetism at its fundamental atomic level.
Apr 6th, 2006
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