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Explosives on a chip improve military detonators

Tiny copper structures could play key role in next generation of munitions.

December 19, 2007 Read more

Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones

Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.

December 19, 2007 Read more

Israeli scientists put Bible on chip smaller than pinhead

Israeli scientists said on Tuesday they have created the world's smallest Bible, fitting a Hebrew-language version of the holy book on a gold-coated silicon chip smaller than a pinhead.

December 18, 2007 Read more

ISIS Second Target Station -- protons on target!

The ISIS Second Target Station Project at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire achieved a major milestone on Friday December 14, at the first attempt and two days ahead of schedule. Protons were successfully extracted into the new proton transfer beamline from the existing ISIS accelerator and delivered to the new target station.

December 18, 2007 Read more

Nanoflakes may revolutionize the transformation of solar energy to electricity

A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionize the transformation of solar energy to electricity.

December 18, 2007 Read more

Faster X-ray interferometers due to single-photon interference

By means of X-ray interferometers, lengths down to the mm range can be measured with a resolution of less than one nm.

December 18, 2007 Read more

Nano-Science Center to coordinate EU-project

The Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen has been chosen to coordinate research funding from the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme.

December 18, 2007 Read more

Cheaper drugs now closer to realization with new DropArray technology

IBN's first spin-off company, Curiox Biosystems, to bring DropArray to market.

December 18, 2007 Read more

UCLA-industry partnership to develop, commercialize new nanotechnology

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality for millions of cancer sufferers.

December 17, 2007 Read more

New property found in ancient mineral lodestone

Latest nanofabrication methods yield new clues about well-studied mineral.

December 17, 2007 Read more

Legislation set to shape nanotech cosmetics

Despite pressure for increased legislation on the use of nanotechnology in cosmetic products throughout 2007, the number of nanoparticle-containing products continues to grow.

December 17, 2007 Read more

Korea's scientists herald world's fastest nano transistor

Korea.net reports that a group of Korean scientists revealed that they have a prototype of what they claim is the world's fastest nanoscale transistor.

December 17, 2007 Read more

MIT works toward engineered blood vessels

Vessels could be used in human body.

December 17, 2007 Read more

Biological physics creates diagnostics of the future

Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is about to enter a new field of research - biological physics.

December 17, 2007 Read more

Electric-powered dragster sets new world speed record

Altairnano batteries power electric vehicle to National Hot Rod Association world speed record for electric dragsters: quarter mile in 8.10 seconds at 153.6 mph.

December 17, 2007 Read more

Big boost for tiny technology

Neil Kane and his staff had figured out how to rearrange methane gas to create industrial diamonds, but their company could not afford to build the highly specialized lab needed for developing such nanotechnology.

December 17, 2007 Read more