Researchers report synthesizing a molecular motor made of DNA that includes three important properties in one molecule. Although still limited in its forward motion, this mechanism could eventually transport cargo in real nanotech devices.
Nov 24th, 2008
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MIT researchers have shown how a cell motor protein exerts the force to move, enabling functions such as cell division.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreScientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called ?organic spintronics?.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreEnergy concerns will not disappear despite the falling price of oil, so investors can expect significant long-term opportunities in the cleantech space, according to a new thematic report published by Steven Milunovich, Merrill Lynch cleantech strategist.
Nov 24th, 2008
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A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy?s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has won a prestigious Gordon Bell Prize, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), for special achievement in high performance computing for their research into the energy harnessing potential of nanostructures.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreThe grant is for the build-out and outfitting of a Center for Integrated Precision and Quantum Measurement (CIPQM), part of a larger project to construct a new building for the school's physics and astronomy departments.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreThe Hastings Center and the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore have announced a collaboration aimed at expanding bioethics scholarship in Asia.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreNew ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreWiley-Blackwell today announced that it will double the publishing frequencies of its leading materials science journal Advanced Materials and its leading nanoscience journal Small in 2009.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreAbout 10 individuals / organizations will be offered an opportunity to make 10 minutes podium presentations on their research ideas and business plans, followed by one-to-one business meetings.
Nov 24th, 2008
Read moreLeatherhead Food International and the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) have teamed up to launch a focus group to promote and develop a dialogue between the Government and the Food Industry to concentrate on the role of emerging micro- and nanotechnologies in food, drink and pharmafood applications.
Nov 24th, 2008
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Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles.
Nov 24th, 2008
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A possible recipe for building a variety of nanoscale 'footballs' with boron, an element just next to carbon in the periodic table, has been proposed by researchers in China.
Nov 23rd, 2008
Read moreIn which foods and products are nanoparticles used? In what ways do consumers come into contact with nanoparticles? Does this lead to health risks? How can they be assessed? What information do consumers need about nanotechnologies? At the sixth BfR Consumer Protection Forum at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin the list of questions from the 200 participants to be addressed was long.
Nov 23rd, 2008
Read moreResearchers have, for the first time, tracked the magnetic processes going on within a hard-drive read head - similar to the heads that read the data off computer hard discs.
Nov 23rd, 2008
Read moreTwo physicists may have found an easier way to make things invisible. Cloaking devices, which are a form of advanced stealth technology, are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek. So far all methods for invisibility require exotic materials and would only work at certain colours of light.
Nov 23rd, 2008
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