Researchers develop technology for creation of antiwear polymer films
A novel concept of molecular design to create additives and compounds which will reduce wear in liquid and vapor phase applications.
Mar 29th, 2006
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Rapid nano molding
Researchers are using a new all-purpose nano synthesis method to design cancer-fighting nanoparticles.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreCellular scale drug delivery from the inside out
Researchers at Ames Laboratory are exploring a nanoscale drug delivery systems.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreCarbon nanotube absorption measured in worms, cancer cells
Researchers have discovered how to measure the absorption of multi-walled carbon nanoparticles into worms and cancer cells.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreCerium oxide nanotubes get noticed
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have created and investigated the properties of nanotubes made of cerium oxide.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreNew blood vessels grow using engineered viral nanoparticles
Working 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 moreComputer model maps strengths, weaknesses of nanotubes
In 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 moreModeling the chemical reactions of nanoparticles
For 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 moreNew process builds electronic function into optical fiber
Optical 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 moreAn integrated logic circuit assembled on a single carbon nanotube
IBM 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 moreSugar on nanoparticles to combat bio-terrorism
A 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
The European Group on Ethics debated ethics of nanomedicine with about seventy experts and stakeholder representatives, March 21, 2006 in Brussels.
Mar 23rd, 2006
Read moreNovel nanoscale material has great potential for developments in microelectronics
A new study by chemists and engineers at the University of Toronto describes a nanoscale material they've created that could help satisfy society�??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
Read moreFirst images of flowing nano ripples
Researchers have shed new light on the formation of nanoscale surface features, such as nano ripples. These features are important because they could be useful as templates for growing other nanostructures.
Mar 21st, 2006
Read moreDevice monitors airborne nanoparticles
With a deep interest in the effects of air pollution on human health and global climate change, a University of Delaware researcher has developed a nanoaerosol mass spectrometer that can characterize microscopic airborne particles.
Mar 21st, 2006
Read moreA new report on Nanotechnology and Regulation released
A report by the Innovation Society in Switzerland summarizes the first results of the platform Nano-Regulation and provides recommendations for further steps towards a sustainable regulatory framework for nanotechnologies and nanosciences.
Mar 20th, 2006
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