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EU study calls for greater public involvement in nanotechnology decision-making

While efforts to involve the public in decision making on new technologies such as nanotechnology are impressive, they need to be substantially rethought, argues a new report from the EU-funded DEEPEN project.

November 2, 2009 Read more

Novel nanotechnology approach to make 'hidden' solar cells

Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system. The approach could allow PV systems to be hidden from view and located away from traditional locations such as rooftops.

November 1, 2009 Read more

A gold nanocage covered with a polymer as a smart drug delivery system

A tiny cage of gold covered with a smart polymer, it responds to light, opening to empty its contents, and resealing when the light is turned off.

November 1, 2009 Read more

Scientists witness nature's complexity unfold in self-assembling quasicrystals

Scientists have created quasicrystals out of self-assembling nanoparticles for the first time.

October 31, 2009 Read more

Major Nanotechnology, Energy, and Biomedical Conference: AVS 56th International Symposium + Exhibition

Next month in San Jose, CA, the AVS 56th International Symposium and Exhibition will showcase a spectrum of science and engineering research that is leading to breakthroughs in nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine - from fuel cells and batteries of the future to programmable materials and innovative approaches to drug design.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology day at Clarkson University

Clarkson University recently hosted high school students from Colton-Pierrepont Central School for a Nanotechnology Day.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Mouse tumor reduced after just one nanomedicine treatment

Duke University bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles and demonstrated in animal models that this new nanoformulation can eliminate tumors after a single treatment.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Science takes flight on a butterfly's wing

A Spanish-US team of researchers has used a groundbreaking method to replicate the wings of butterflies and the colours of insects on a nanometric scale. The resulting technology has great potential to be used in a wide range of optical structures such as diffusers for solar panels or optical sensors.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Symposium highlights nanotechnology's giant leaps

The advances made in nanotechnology, particularly with respect to the biological and medical fields, are a testament to the herculean leaps made in nanotechnology in a short period of time, according to medical experts.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Happy solar-cell scientists

The EU's three-year FoXy programme has come to an end. The research group is very satisfied, and the EU Commission is handing out praise.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Optische Fallen sammeln Nanopartikel

Die LMU-Biophysiker Professor Dieter Braun und Franz Weinert haben eine 'nichtinvasive' optische Molekuelfalle entwickelt.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center announces new energy initiative

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has begun a new initiative for the development of new products and companies using advanced materials technologies within the energy industry.

October 30, 2009 Read more

High-energy proton collisions help solve the puzzle of what determines the proton's spin

By analyzing data from the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the PHENIX collaboration at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, USA, including scientists from the RIKEN BNL Research Center and the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, has now ruled out gluons as the dominant contributor to proton spin.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Cellular secrets exposed in living color

Akimitsu Okamoto and colleagues from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako have designed new fluorescent probes that turn on only when a specific nucleic acid strand is recognized.

October 30, 2009 Read more

Scientists build first 'frequency comb' to display visible 'teeth'

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb - a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light - that actually looks like a comb.

October 29, 2009 Read more

Spintronics may cool the laptop

Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist.

October 29, 2009 Read more