Researchers 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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Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreThe first online Nano-Globe Conference & Exhibition will be held simultaneously on 6 Continents from 22 to 25 March, 2010.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreThe groundbreaking work titled, 'Mimicking celestial mechanics in metamaterials,' links the newly emerging field of artificial optic materials with celestial mechanics in order to investigate celestial phenomenon in a controlled laboratory environment.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreThe University of Texas at San Antonio has received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study nanomaterials and their biomedical applications.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreResearchers in the lab of MIT materials science professor Carl V. Thompson grew dense forests of crystalline carbon nanotubes on a metal surface at temperatures close to those characteristic of computer chip manufacturing.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreAsylum Research, a technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (AFM/SPM) announces its AFM in Biology Class to be held October 21-23, 2009 in Santa Barbara, California. The class is open to all Atomic Force Microscopy users that want to increase their knowledge of AFM in biology and life sciences.
Sep 10th, 2009
Read moreResearchers at The University of Nottingham have a new weapon in their arsenal of tools to push back the boundaries of science, engineering, veterinary medicine and archaeology.
Sep 10th, 2009
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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new way to deliver drugs into cancer cells by exposing them briefly to a non-harmful laser.
Sep 10th, 2009
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Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the Angstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of these algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries.
Sep 10th, 2009
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