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Nanoscale imaging reveals unexpected behaviors in high-temperature superconductors

Recent discoveries regarding the physics of ceramic superconductors may help improve scientists' understanding of resistance-free electrical power.

May 30, 2007 Read more

Researchers create new nanotechnology field - spinplasmonics

University of Alberta research team has combined two fields of study in nanotechnology to create a third field that the researchers believe will lead to revolutionary advances in computer electronics, among many other areas.

May 30, 2007 Read more

Better insight into brain anatomical structures

Researchers have now developed a new MRI contrast agent using manganese oxide nanoparticles that produces images of the anatomic structures of mouse brain which are as clear as those obtained by histological examination.

May 30, 2007 Read more

Research center unites biomedical competitors to fund medical technology development

A new research center will allow competing biomedical companies to pool their funding to develop new medical technologies for minimally invasive surgical procedures.

May 29, 2007 Read more

Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices

Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in Germany and the United States.

May 28, 2007 Read more

A scaffold of biological molecules to manufacture glass nanotubes

Study of a therapeutic peptide, Lanreotide, has revealed that this peptide can serve as a scaffold for the spontaneous formation of silica nanotubes by simple mixing with a silica precursor in water.

May 28, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology investing - don't waste a nanosecond

Nanotechnologies is a fancy name that excites millions of gullible simpletons who believe there's a Golconda behind every rinky-dink, small company in the nano-business.

May 27, 2007 Read more

Quantum dots reach clinical lab

New clinical protocols detailing how to prepare, process and quantify these tiny particles will arm laboratory physicians with the information they need to track biomarkers in cells and tissues.

May 25, 2007 Read more

Back in black - carbonization of biomass a solution to the CO2 problem?

Hydrothermal carbonization could be a useful process for reducing CO2 gases in the atmosphere.

May 25, 2007 Read more

New fabrication technique yields nanoscale UV LEDs

Researchers have developed a technique to create tiny, highly efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from nanowires.

May 25, 2007 Read more

Urchin-shaped nano-batteries

Tweaking a standard chemical method to make nanotubes has provided researchers with a structure that looks just like a miniature sea urchin.

May 24, 2007 Read more

Military innovations, including nanotechnology, a critical facet of U.S. university research

Here is a press release from Texas A&M university that exemplifies the close relationship between U.S. military funding and research at America's universities.

May 24, 2007 Read more

Researchers probe bones' tiny building blocks

The results could lead to new composites that mimic bones' capacity to 'fail gracefully'.

May 24, 2007 Read more

SOCMA creates nanotechnology SME coalition

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) announces the formation of a new coalition for start-ups, small and medium enterprises developing and manufacturing nanoscale materials.

May 24, 2007 Read more

Max Planck licenses technology providing unlimited resolution in microscopy

The technology is breaking the century-old diffraction resolution barrier in conventional microscopy and allows for resolution of the size order of a dye molecule, i.e. a sharpness of one or two nanometers.