Using probes originally designed to detect and image topographical features on surfaces, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to initiate and spatially localize chemical reactions on the submicron scale.
Mar 30th, 2006
Read moreUsing a simple, commercial microwave oven, chemists have developed a new method for the synthesis of nanomaterials that can control the dimensions and properties of rods and wires that are just one billionth of a meter in size.
Mar 30th, 2006
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Steadily increasing the length of a purified conducting polymer vastly improves its ability to conduct electricity.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreA novel concept of molecular design to create additives and compounds which will reduce wear in liquid and vapor phase applications.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers are using a new all-purpose nano synthesis method to design cancer-fighting nanoparticles.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers at Ames Laboratory are exploring a nanoscale drug delivery systems.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have discovered how to measure the absorption of multi-walled carbon nanoparticles into worms and cancer cells.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreScientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have created and investigated the properties of nanotubes made of cerium oxide.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreWorking with a virus that infects black-eyed peas, a team of investigators at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a nanoscale probe that provides a high-resolution map of blood vessels in a living animal.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreIn theory, carbon nanotubes are 100 times stronger than steel, but in practice, scientists have struggled make nanotubes that live up to those predictions, in part, because there are still many unanswered questions about how nanotubes break and under what conditions.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreFor the past several years, scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been experimenting with new methods for preparing nanoparticles on metal supports, with the aim of creating model catalyst systems to better study the special reactivity of nano-sized catalyst particles.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreOptical fiber helped bring us the Internet, and silicon/germanium devices brought us microelectronics. Now, a joint team from Penn State University and the University of Southampton has developed a new way to combine these technologies.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreIBM today announced that its researchers have built the first complete electronic integrated circuit around a single carbon nanotube molecule, a new material that shows promise for providing enhanced performance over standard silicon semiconductors.
Mar 24th, 2006
Read moreA new technique for rapid, on-the-spot detection of dangerous biological substances could give a major boost to anti-terrorist operations worldwide.
Mar 23rd, 2006
Read moreThe European Group on Ethics debated ethics of nanomedicine with about seventy experts and stakeholder representatives, March 21, 2006 in Brussels.
Mar 23rd, 2006
Read moreA new study by chemists and engineers at the University of Toronto describes a nanoscale material they've created that could help satisfy societyâ??s never-ending hunger for smaller digital devices and cellphones, and could even lead to new methods for delivering medications via skin patches.
Mar 21st, 2006
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