If the promise of nanotechnology is to be fulfilled, nanoparticles will have to be able to make something of themselves. An important advance towards this goal has been achieved by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who have found a simple and yet powerfully robust way to induce nanoparticles to assemble themselves into complex arrays.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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An ancient Confucian philosopher once said, 'I love the lotus because while growing from mud, it is unstained.' Now, almost one thousand years since Zhou Dunyi wrote these lines in China, scientists finally understand how the plant keeps itself clean and dry. It took an ultra high speed camera, a powerful microscope and an audio speaker to unlock a secret that has puzzled scientists for ages.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreScientists who study RNA have faced a formidable roadblock: trying to examine RNA's movements in a living cell when they can't see the RNA. Now, a new technology has given scientists the first look ever at RNA in a live bacteria cell - a sight that could offer new information about how the molecule moves and works.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with IEEE, is inviting university and collegiate student teams currently engaged in microrobotic, microelectronic or MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) research to participate in the 2010 NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreA background paper on nanotechnology by Germany's Federal Environment Agency earlier this week triggered fearful headlines in some of the country's biggest newspapers. But the agency is now distancing itself from the coverage.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreChopra will address nanotechnology conference on using technology to solve environmental, energy, water, food security, and health problems in developing nations
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreRecently a group of researchers at The Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen succeeded in producing an artificial enzyme that points the way to enzymes tailor-made for any application.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreThe biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called nanowires.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Read moreDas Umweltbundesamt fasst in einem Hintergrundpapier relevante Aspekte ueber Umweltentlastungspotentiale zusammen, benennt Risiken fuer Mensch und Umwelt und formuliert Handlungsempfehlungen.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of electric propulsion systems used to control the positions of satellites and planetary probes.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical Electronics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen have developed a new test process for cancer drugs. With the help of microchips, they can establish in the laboratory whether a patient's tumor cells will react to a given drug.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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Dr. Regina Hoffmann vom Physikalischen Institut des KIT untersucht die Struktur und die elektronischen Eigenschaften von Nanokontakten in der Nanoelektronik und konnte fuer ihr Projekt erstmals fuer Karlsruhe einen begehrten ERC Starting Grant des European Research Council einwerben.
Oct 22nd, 2009
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A small molecule designed to detect cyanide in water samples works quickly, is easy to use, and glows under ultraviolet or 'black' light.
Oct 21st, 2009
Read moreThe new building will house a new scanning probe microscope that measures spin-polarized electrons on surfaces.
Oct 21st, 2009
Read more2 grand prize winners have innovations related to cell engineering and tools for quadriplegics.
Oct 21st, 2009
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Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions.
Oct 21st, 2009
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