Trapped electrons spell longer life
Researchers in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK have discovered new electron properties that could lead to useful applications in computers and lasers.
Aug 19th, 2009
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Painless microneedle patch may take the sting out of shots
Good news for people fearful of needles and squeamish of shots: Scientists report the design of a painless patch that may someday render hypodermic needles - as well as annual flu shots - a thing of the past.
Aug 19th, 2009
Read moreUltra-thin antibacterial material requires only low doses of silver
In a presentation today to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take advantage of silver's anti-bacterial properties, while sidestepping the damage silver can cause to cells needed for healing.
Aug 19th, 2009
Read moreSouthampton Nanofabrication Centre poised to save industry time and money
The Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens on 9 September will make smaller, more powerful nano- and bio-nanotechnologies possible and save industry time and money.
Aug 19th, 2009
Read moreMit dem Mikro-Shuttle in lebende Zellen
Wissenschaftlern des Max-Planck-Institutes fuer Kolloid- und Grenzflaechenforschung in Potsdam-Golm, der Jacobs University Bremen und der Queen Mary University London ist es erstmals gelungen stoffwechselresistente Mikrokapseln in lebende Zellen einzuschleusen und deren Inhalt durch Laserimpuls mit exakter zeitlicher Kontrolle freizusetzen.
Aug 19th, 2009
Read moreResearchers in China link nanoparticle exposure to lung failure deaths
A study published in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), has for the first time claimed a concrete link between exposure to nanoparticles in adhesive paint and development of severe pulmonary fibrosis in a group of young female workers; two of whom went on to suffer fatal lung failure.
Aug 19th, 2009
Read moreMercury nanoparticles key to becoming toxic in the environment
Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to most living creatures.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreNuclear fusion research key for a new class of nanolithography
Researchers are adapting the same methods used in fusion-energy research to create extremely thin plasma beams for a new class of nanolithography required to make future computer chips.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreYoung scientist recognized for developing cheap solar cell technology
A young Berkeley Lab and University of California, Berkeley scientist has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as among the world's top innovators under age 35.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreNewly discovered mechanism in cell division has implications for understanding cancer
'A biologist, a physicist, and a nanotechnologist walk into a ...' sounds like the start of a joke. Instead, it was the start of a collaboration that has helped to decipher a critical, but so far largely unstudied, phase of how cells divide.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreMapping nanotechnology in the U.S.
Data released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) highlights more than 1,200 companies, universities, government laboratories, and other organizations across all 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia that are involved in nanotechnology research, development, and commercialization.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreNanoEurope 2009 - call for posters
NanoEurope is, since 2003, the premium annual European symposium on selected areas of nanotechnology research, development and commercialization of industrial applications. Submit your poster contribution. Don't miss this unique opportunity. Present breaking results, ongoing research projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreNanotechnology sensor detects drug abuse
Spanish scientists have made antibody-coated nanoparticles that can detect bioanalytes indicative of drug abuse.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreAuf Reisen durch die Zelle
Virtuelle Proteinforschung und eine Datenbank fuer biochemische Reaktionen.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read more'Cornell dots' make the world's tiniest laser
Researchers have modified nanoparticles known as 'Cornell dots' to make the world's tiniest laser - so small it could be incorporated into microchips to serve as a light source for photonic circuits.
Aug 18th, 2009
Read moreMolecular trapping technique for nanoparticles
A chemist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has developed a kind of invisible fence for trapping and controlling particles as small as a single virus or large protein.
Aug 18th, 2009
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