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Mirkin honored for pioneering research by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Northwestern University scientist Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned leader in nanotechnology research and its application, has been elected an Einstein Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

April 3, 2010 Read more

MIT makes significant step toward lightweight batteries

Research shows metal catalysts play important role in improving the efficiency of lithium-oxygen batteries.

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Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels

A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels.

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Shining light on graphene-metal interactions

By controlling the layered growth of graphene - a relatively new form of carbon that's just a single atom thick - researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered intriguing details about the material's superior electrical and optical properties.

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Electrons spiral to a new future

Electrons that carry orbital angular momentum are generated for the first time by researchers at RIKEN, Japan.

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Researchers discover weak link in Alzheimer's drug candidates

Some current therapies being investigated for Alzheimer's disease may cause further neural degeneration and cell death, according to a breakthrough discovery by UC San Diego researchers.

April 1, 2010 Read more

Exploring the frictional characteristics of atomically thin sheets

A team of nanotechnology researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University has used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials.

April 1, 2010 Read more

Nanoscale 'stealth' probe slides into cell walls seamlessly

For the first time, researchers have created a way to implant an inorganic device into a cell wall without damaging it.

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UAlbany NanoCollege partnership with Technic targets the development of low-cost metallization for solar cells

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany and Technic Inc., a global leader in the development of photovoltaic electrodeposition processes, today announced a research and development partnership that is designed to enable critical improvements in manufacturing processes for solar cells.

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Gold nanoparticles used to detect melanine in milk

University of Miami engineer and her collaborators are using gold nanoparticles to develop a quick, simple and efficient detection method for melamine in dairy products.

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Researchers want to accelerate the scanning probe microscope by a factor of 1000

Physicists of Saarland University have developed a technology that could accelerate scanning probe microscopes by a factor of 1000.

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Beyond the quantum limit

Scientists create multi-particle entanglement of atoms in a Bose Einstein condensate on a microchip.

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Of Van Gogh nanotubes and nano-witches - winning nanotechnology images

During the 2009 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA last year, the MRS conducted the eigth installment of the popular 'Science as Art' competition. Here are the six first-place and second-place winners.

April 1, 2010 Read more

Retooled Kavli Institute to focus on nanotechnology ideas 'so crazy they might actually work'

Leaders of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science want its members to go for the impossible. The institute is reinventing itself into a cutting-edge, research-focused organization to support projects at the boundaries of nanoscale imaging and control.

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Nature ranks A*STAR 7th in Asia-Pacific for research publications

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is the seventh most prolific agency in the Asia-Pacific region, in terms of the total number of research papers published in the prestigious Nature Publishing Group's portfolio of Nature-branded journals in 2009, according to the Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index.

April 1, 2010 Read more

Discovering new tools for nanoscience and nanotechnology

Directors of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science discuss their new 'high risk, high payoff' mission to push the technology of observation, measurement and control to ever-smaller dimensions.

April 1, 2010 Read more