Supercomputers enlisted to shed light on photosynthesis
Researchers are using high-performance computing to simulate the processes that take place during the first moments of photosynthesis.
Aug 26th, 2015
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Nanocatalysts improve processes for the petrochemical industry
By using supercomputers, researchers create virtual atomic models that interact under different conditions before being taken to the real world, allowing savings in time and money.
Aug 26th, 2015
Read moreNanoengineered, 3D-printed swiming microrobots
Researchers demonstrate a novel method to build microscopic robots with complex shapes and functionalities.
Aug 26th, 2015
Read moreFinding 'Goldilocks' nanoparticles for catalysis
Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes.
Aug 26th, 2015
Read moreMore efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer
More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating.
Aug 26th, 2015
Read moreSilver nanoparticles light up Alzheimer's dark secrets
Scientists have caught a glimpse of the elusive toxic form of the Alzheimer's molecule, during its attempt to bore into the outer covering of a cell decoy, using a new method involving laser light and fat-coated silver nanoparticles.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreLEGO2NANO 2015 kicks off
LEGO2NANO aims to bring the world of nanotechnology to school classrooms by initiating projects to develop low-cost scientific instruments such as the Open AFM - an open-source atomic force microscope assembled from cheap, off-the-shelf electronic components, Arduino, Lego and 3D printable parts.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreThermometry using an optical nanofiber
A new technique to measure ultrcold atoms works by inserting an optical nanofiber into a cold atomic cloud.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreResearchers combine disciplines, computational programs to determine atomic structure
Scientists combined two techniques to determine the structure of cyanostar, a new abiological molecule that captures unwanted negative ions in solutions.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreNew review questions current nanotechnology risk assessment
A recent review found some serious shortcomings of the risk assessment process for determining the safety of nanomaterials. The authors argue that these shortcomings are so significant that risk assessment is effectively a naked emperor.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read morePhysicists build stable diffraction structure in single-layer graphene
Quantum physics tell us that even massive particles can behave like waves, as if they could be in several places at once. This phenomenon is typically proven in the diffraction of a matter wave at a grating. In a European collaboration, researchers carried this idea to the extreme and observed the delocalization of molecules at the thinnest possible grating, a mask milled into a single layer of atoms.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreUK funding boost to aid discovery of new advanced materials
The grant will help tackle the challenge of designing and testing new materials at the atomic level.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreCapture sunlight with your quantum dot window
A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreProbing pattern formation and dynamics of nanoscale 'swarms'
'Flocking' or 'swarming' behavior is omnipresent in the living world, observed in birds, fish, and even bacteria. Strikingly similar collective action can also be seen in biomolecules within and between cells. New insights into how this action is coordinated at the biomolecular level are emerging from studies of a model system based on actin filaments.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreAnother milestone in hybrid artificial photosynthesis
Having generated quite a buzz with their hybrid system of semiconducting nanowires and bacteria that used electrons to synthesize carbon dioxide into acetate, researchers have now developed a hybrid system that produces renewable molecular hydrogen and uses it to synthesize carbon dioxide into methane, the primary constituent of natural gas.
Aug 25th, 2015
Read moreSelf-assembled aromatic molecular stacks, towards modular molecular electronic components
Researchers describe the electron-transport properties of aromatic stacks aligned in a self-assembled cage, using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) based break-junction method. Both identical and different modular aromatic pairs are non-covalently bound and stacked within the molecular scaffold leading to a variety of fascinating electronic functions.
Aug 25th, 2015
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