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Bottom-up fabrication method for microchips could break size barrier

Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have come up with a way of beating size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips.

August 15, 2008 Read more

X-rays can distinguish left- and right-handed quartz structures

A team of scientists from Japan and the UK have shown that circularly polarized x-rays of the right energy can distinguish 'left' from 'right' alpha-quartz

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Watching chemical reactions molecule by molecule

RIKEN scientists have developed a method to control and study a chemical reaction in a single molecule. The technique could eventually help to fabricate advanced electronic devices molecule by molecule.

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First ever atomic force microscope image taken on Mars

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope.

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Penetrating cell walls, carbon nanotubes kill cancer cells in mice

The new method has enabled the researchers to get a higher proportion of a given dose of medication into the tumor cells than is possible with the 'free' drug-that is, the one not bound to nanotubes-thus reducing the amount of medication that they need to inject into a subject to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

August 14, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology fits 2,500 Beijing Olympic logos on a grain of rice

Northwestern's Mirkin and his colleagues printed the logos as well as an integrated gold circuit using a new printing technique, called Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL), that can write on three different length scales using only one device.

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Self-assembling polymer arrays could overcome data storage limitations

A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic devices and higher-capacity hard drives.

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Protein folding: terahertz absorption spectroscopy detects changes in protein-water network

Researchers have been able to detect changes in the protein?water network during protein folding in real time.

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Inaugural class of middle-school students graduates from Nanoscale Science Summer Institute

25 students from five area school districts participated in new initiative developed jointly by the UAlbany NanoCollege and City School District of Albany.

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California NanoSystems Institute to host Forum on new technologies for brain, spinal trauma

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA today announced that it will host an international forum featuring some of the world's most innovative scientists and technology leaders at the vanguard of treatments for brain and spinal cord injuries and diseases.

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Developing new high-performance energy storage units for hybrid vehicles

So far, hybrid technology has always had a storage problem. Scientists from three Fraunhofer Institutes are developing new storage modules in a project called 'Electromobility Fleet Test'. The pilot project was launched by Volkswagen and Germany's Federal Ministry for the Environment BMU together with seven other partners.

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New nanoparticle film up to 1000 times more effective at killing E. coli bacteria

A team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich have discovered that coating the film with a mix of silver and calcium phosphate nano-particles proves deadly to bacteria.

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Free access to Rensselaer Center for Nanotechnology's supercomputer

The New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation announced that public and private researchers and businesses in New York State have nearly 150 million CPU hours of free access on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

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Cheap, clean drinking water purified through nanotechnology

Scientists at the University of South Australia have discovered a simple way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active nano-material.

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Learn about nanotechnology and advanced materials in Europe

The Belgian Trade Commission, through its Walloniatech program (www.walloniatech.org), is hosting a seminar on advanced materials, including nanomaterials on October 17 in Houston.

August 13, 2008 Read more

Scientists put a (nano) spring in their step

A team of Clemson University researchers has invented a way to make beds of tiny, shock-absorbing carbon springs which possibly could be used to protect delicate objects from damaging impacts.

August 13, 2008 Read more