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Nanoscientists will benefit from new tools for new light source at Brookhaven lab

Brookhaven National Laboratory is constructing the world's most brilliant light source, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). In a recent decision, DOE has approved a new project to begin conceptual design of NSLS-II experimental tools, named NEXT.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Enzyme-covered nanoparticle process developed to make all-natural personal care products

A Kansas State University chemical engineer has developed and patented a chemical structure to make all-natural personal care products and purer pharmaceuticals in the laboratory.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Bioinspiriert und nanostrukturiert: Wasserstofftechnologie und Solarenergienutzung

Professor Dr. Matthias Beller vom Leibniz-Institut fuer Katalyse in Rostock, der am 29. August 2010 anlaesslich des 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Nuernberg als erster Wissenschaftler mit dem neu geschaffenen European Sustainable Chemistry Award ausgezeichnet wird, eroeffnet am 29. Juni in Rostock das Symposium 'Catalysis and Photochemistry for Energy Technologies'.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Supercomputer provides new insights into the vibrations of water

Liquid water, as well as other liquids, exhibits characteristic vibrations upon excitation with electromagnetic waves over a wide spectral range. At frequencies which correspond to infrared light, vibrational motions within single molecules can be observed.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Cancer: Fine-tuning cellular suicide

Increasing the efficacy and minimizing unwanted side effects of cancer gene therapy has been made possible using a new approach.

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Biomaterials for nanomedicine: Smooth delivery

Attaching a water-soluble polymer layer to nanometer-sized silica spheres improves their mobility, facilitating drug delivery in the body.

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High oxygen production in thin-film materials could lead to greatly increased power production for fuel cells

A surprising MIT laboratory finding about the behavior of a thin sheet of material - less than a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair - could lead to improved ways of studying the behavior of electrodes and perhaps ultimately to improvements in the rate of power production from one type of fuel cell.

June 23, 2010 Read more

NanoKTN to discuss needs and opportunities for nanotechnology in healthcare

The NanoKTN is pleased to announce the first event from its NanoMed focus group. The event will examine areas where nanotechnology is already improving clinical practice and also where the technology will be impacting healthcare in the near and distant future.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Imec reports asymetric nanostructures for early and more accurate prediction of cancer

Researchers at the nanotechnology research centre imec (Leuven, Belgium) have demonstrated biosensors based on novel nanostructure geometries that increase the sensitivity and allow to detect extremely low concentrations of specific disease markers.

June 23, 2010 Read more

Will the fuel cell vehicle live up to all the hype?

The fuel cell vehicle (FCV) is one new technology that might be a viable alternative to the predominant vehicle on the road. However, many challenges remain.

June 22, 2010 Read more

Quantum gas in free fall

A sensitive measuring device must not be dropped - because this usually destroys the precision of the instrument. A team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics has done exactly this, however. And the researchers want to use this experience to make the measuring instrument even more sensitive.

June 22, 2010 Read more

BC5 material shows superhard, superconducting potential

What could be better than diamond when it comes to a superhard material for electronics under extreme thermal and pressure conditions? Quite possibly BC5, a diamond-like material with an extremely high boron content that offers exceptional hardness and resistance to fracture, but unlike diamond, it is a superconductor rather than an insulator.

June 22, 2010 Read more

Liquid crystals light way to better data storage

In an important advance, scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have created a stable, rewritable memory device that exploits a liquid crystal property called the 'anchoring transition'.

June 22, 2010 Read more

Mayo Clinic-University of Illinois strategic alliance for technology-based health care including nanotechnology

Mayo Clinic and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are announcing a strategic alliance designed to promote a broad spectrum of collaborative research, development of new technologies and clinical tools, and design and implementation of novel education programs.

June 22, 2010 Read more

Researchers create self-assembling nanodevices that move and change shape on demand

By emulating nature's design principles, a team of researchers has created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble and can be programmed to move and change shape on demand. In contrast to existing nanotechnologies, these programmable nanodevices are highly suitable for medical applications because DNA is both biocompatible and biodegradable.

June 22, 2010 Read more

Conference on Friction and Adhesion in Nanomechanical Systems - FANAS 2010

The focus of the conference is on revealing the relationships between adhesion and friction at the nano- and micro-scales as well as on mechanisms of energy dissipation in tribological systems.

June 22, 2010 Read more