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Vortices get organized

Exotic entities that arrange into a crystalline structure at near room-temperature could lead to a new approach to electronic memory.

February 25, 2011 Read more

Nanoscale heart imaging doesn't miss a beat

Technological advances give the medical sector a huge boost, with people suffering from various disorders benefiting the most. A European team of researchers has developed a novel nanoscale scanning technique that gives experts a detailed look at how heart failure impacts the surface of a person's heart muscle cell.

February 25, 2011 Read more

Engineering atomic interfaces for new electronics

For an electron moving from one material toward the other, this space is where it can join other electrons, which together can create current, magnetism or even light. A multi-institutional team has made fundamental discoveries at the border regions, called interfaces, between oxide materials. The team has discovered how to manipulate electrons oxide interfaces by inserting a single layer of atoms. The researchers also have discovered unusual electron behaviors at these engineered interfaces.

February 24, 2011 Read more

Nanoscientist chosen for the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program

Competition for the awards is stiff, with fewer than 20 percent of applicants receiving funding.

February 24, 2011 Read more

UC Riverside's Alexander Balandin named Optical Society Fellow

Balandin is being recognized for outstanding contributions to understanding optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures and pioneering work on the opto-thermal metrology of graphene.

February 24, 2011 Read more

Researchers create capacitor effect for magnetricity

Researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have created a purely magnetic version of one of the basic effects of electronics - the storage and release of charge in a capacitor. This follows their demonstration last year of the existence of a magnetic equivalent of electricity: so-called "magnetricity".

February 24, 2011 Read more

Versatile growth system to obtain different carbon nanostructures

Researchers at the University of Surrey show the controlled synthesis of nanomaterials by subjecting pure organic molecular gas to high temperatures and pressures that allow symmetry breaking events to create the different carbon nanostructures.

February 24, 2011 Read more

Developing the next generation of solar energy harvesting technology

Fifteen British businesses and seven universities are to share GBP5 million of government funding to enable them to research the use of novel nanoscale technologies to develop the next generation of solar energy harvesting.

February 24, 2011 Read more

IoN and CERAM team up for exciting two-day workshop on Nanoscale Bioceramics in Healthcare and High Performance Ceramics

The Institute of Nanotechnology and CERAM, the leading materials testing, analysis and consultancy organisation, have teamed up to present a two-day Workshop on the application of bioactive glass and ceramics at the nanoscale to healthcare and high-tech industries.

February 24, 2011 Read more

Quantum simulator becomes accessible to the world

Austrian researchers realize a toolbox for open-system quantum simulation.

February 23, 2011 Read more

Metallic molecules to nanotubes: Spread out!

Rice University lab uses ruthenium complexes to dissolve nanotubes, add functionality.

February 23, 2011 Read more

Producing clean water in an emergency

McGill researchers develop a new and inexpensive way of filtering water using silver nanoparticles.

February 23, 2011 Read more

Etched quantum dots shape up as single photon emitters

Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor nanocrystals might change that. What's more, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) confirm that etched quantum dots emit single particles of light (photons), boosting prospects for powering new types of devices for quantum communications.

February 23, 2011 Read more

Quantum hot potato: Researchers entice two atoms to swap smallest energy units

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time coaxed two atoms in separate locations to take turns jiggling back and forth while swapping the smallest measurable units of energy. By directly linking the motions of two physically separated atoms, the technique has the potential to simplify information processing in future quantum computers and simulations.

February 23, 2011 Read more

Virus-mimicking nanoparticles can stimulate long lasting immunity

Scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center have designed tiny nanoparticles that resemble viruses in size and immunological composition and that induce lifelong immunity in mice. They designed the particles to mimic the immune-stimulating effects of one of the most successful vaccines ever developed - the yellow fever vaccine.

February 23, 2011 Read more

New high-performance lithium-ion battery 'top candidate' for electric cars

Scientists are reporting development of an advanced lithium-ion battery that is ideal for powering the electric vehicles now making their way into dealer showrooms. The new battery can store large amounts of energy in a small space and has a high rate capacity, meaning it can provide current even in extreme temperatures.

February 23, 2011 Read more