Being able to swing through the air like Spiderman on strands of 'spider silk' may be one step closer with researchers at Deakin University discovering a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres with one of the world's strongest materials, carbon.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreThe Arizona Technology Council today announced the first digital edition of its TechConnect magazine to complement the highly popular print offering.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreKohlenstoff-Nanotubes zeigen unterschiedliche Reibungseigenschaften parallel und quer zur Nanotube-Achse.
Sep 14th, 2009
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Die PTB hat erstmals Graphen auf Galliumarsenid sichtbar gemacht - Kombination zweier einzigartiger Elektronikmaterialien gelungen.
Sep 14th, 2009
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Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made possible thanks to the utilisation of cutting-edge X-ray sources, known as electron synchrotrons.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreIMEC, Europe's leading nanoelectronics research center, and Kaneka Corporation, the Japanese leading manufacturer of chemical specialties and solar cells, have announced a bilateral cooperation. Under the agreement, Kaneka will incorporate its European Photovoltaics Laboratory at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreBiopolis Shared Facilities and Carl Zeiss announce strategic partnership and collaboration.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreWaseda and A*STAR to foster closer ties through scientific collaborations and student exchange.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreIn finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that the selective placement of strain can alter the electronic phase and its spatial arrangement in correlated electron materials.
Sep 14th, 2009
Read moreResearchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance.
Sep 13th, 2009
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Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp-sized sensor that can sniff out some known poisonous gases and toxins and show the results simply by changing colors.
Sep 13th, 2009
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How much difference can a tenth of a nanometer make? When it comes to figuring out how proteins work, an improvement in resolution of that miniscule amount can mean the difference between seeing where atoms are and understanding how they interact.
Sep 13th, 2009
Read moreThe same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human health. However, little is known which particles may be harmful. Part of the problem is determining exactly what a nanoparticle is.
Sep 13th, 2009
Read moreThe theme of the recent contest was 'How Will Nano Change the World'?
Sep 11th, 2009
Read moreUsing high tech equipment at Argonne National Laboratory, a group at Northern Illinoisd University is developing methods to synthesize a new class of free-standing superconducting nanowires and nanoribbons that are stable in atmosphere.
Sep 11th, 2009
Read moreAt the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen as well as its project partners, the operations around the largest European joint research project on efficiency increase in semiconductor industry - IMPROVE - have been started.
Sep 11th, 2009
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