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Novel hybrid nanotube-graphene material promises to simplify manufacturing
Carbon nanotubes are reinforcing bars that make two-dimensional graphene much easier to handle in a new hybrid nanomaterial.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreSurprising findings to extend high-efficiency solar cells' lifetime
Researchers have made a surprising discovery about the degradation of solar cells that could help pave the way to creating a longer lifetime for these cells.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreEuropean NGOs publish position paper on the regulation of nanomaterials
CIEL and European partners publish position paper on the regulation of nanomaterials at a meeting of EU competent authorities.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticles aid the microscopic detection of a protein relevant for cancer
Researchers are currently developing a novel microscopy technology for the direct detection of individual subunits of protein complexes in the cell membrane of intact cells. The methodology is applied to investigate a protein complex acting as a calcium channel in the cell membrane. The channel plays an important role in prostate cancer.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreEU-First interactive platform on 'Safe Handling of Nanomaterials' published
The German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) has recently launched the Nanotechnology-Platform 'Safe handling of Nanomaterials'.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreBreakthrough method synthesizes single crystal graphene on semiconductor wafer
The new method synthesizes large-area graphene into a single crystal on a semiconductor, maintaining its electric and mechanical properties. The new method repeatedly synthesizes single crystal graphene on the current semiconductor wafer scale.
Posted: Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreASU leads new research network to study impacts of nanomaterials
Arizona State University researchers will lead a multi-university project to aid industry in understanding and predicting the potential health and environmental risks from nanomaterials.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2014
Read moreNanopores reveal amino acid fingerprints
Researchers have taken a major step toward the sequencing of proteins, demonstrating the accurate identification of amino acids, by briefly pinning each in a nanopore between a pair of flanking electrodes and measuring a characteristic chain of current spikes passing through successive amino acid molecules.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2014
Read moreGroundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers
At St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a section of the dome called the Whispering Gallery makes a whisper audible from the other side of the dome as a result of the way sound waves travel around the curved surface. Researchers have used the same phenomenon to build an optical device that may lead to new and more powerful computers that run faster and cooler.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2014
Read moreSelf-assembled superlattices create molecular machines with 'hinges' and 'gears'
A combined computational and experimental study of self-assembled silver-based structures known as superlattices has revealed an unusual and unexpected behavior: arrays of gear-like molecular-scale machines that rotate in unison when pressure is applied to them.
Posted: Apr 6th, 2014
Read moreInspired by moth eyeballs, chemists develop gold coating that dims glare (w/video)
Light-absorbing, water-repellent material could reduce glare from solar panels and electronic displays and dull dangerous glints on military weapons.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
Read moreLab-on-a-chip to detect pancreatic cancer in 5 hours
At the heart of the CANDO initiative, a lab-on-a chip device will be developed which will enable automatically identifying and measuring the concentration of circulating tumour cells.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
Read moreTo bridge LEDs' green gap, scientists think small - really small
Nanostructures half the breadth of a DNA strand could improve the efficiency of light emitting diodes, especially in the 'green gap', simulations have shown. Nanostructure LEDs made from indium nitride could lead to more natural-looking white lighting while avoiding some of the efficiency loss today's LEDs experience at high power.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
Read moreStick-on electronic patches for health monitoring (w/video)
Engineers have demonstrated thin, soft stick-on patches that stretch and move with the skin and incorporate commercial, off-the-shelf chip-based electronics for sophisticated wireless health monitoring.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
Read moreProbing the next generation of 2D materials
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is part of a wider group of materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides and has been put forward by researchers as a potential building block for the next generation of low-cost electrical devices.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
Read moreElectronics that dissolve when triggered
'Transient electronics' are based on special polymers designed to quickly and completely melt away when a trigger is activated.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2014
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