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Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays (w/video)

New findings represent the first evidence of an organism using mineralized structural components to produce optical displays. While birds, butterflies, and beetles can display brilliant blues, among other colors, they do so with organic structures, such as feathers, scales, and plates. The limpet, by contrast, produces its blue stripes through an interplay of inorganic, mineral structures, arranged in such a way as to reflect only blue light.

Feb 26th, 2015

2D-NANOLATTICES nanoelectronics project makes important step with silicene

A European research project has made an important step towards the further miniaturisation of nanoelectronics, using a highly-promising new material called silicene. Its goal: to make devices of the future vastly more powerful and energy efficient.

Feb 26th, 2015

Moving molecules write letters

Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics.

Feb 26th, 2015

Nanomanufactured Block 'M' illustrates big ideas in drug delivery

By making what might be the world's smallest three-dimensional unofficial Block 'M', University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a nanoparticle manufacturing process capable of producing multilayered, precise shapes.

Feb 25th, 2015

Warming up the world of superconductors

A superconductor that works at room temperature was long thought impossible, but scientists may have discovered a family of materials that could make it reality.

Feb 25th, 2015

Silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells

A biological structure in mammalian eyes has inspired scientists to design an inorganic counterpart for use in solar cells: micron-sized vertical funnels were etched shoulder-to-shoulder in a silicon substrate. Using mathematical models and experiments, they tested how these kind of funnel arrays collect incident light and conduct it to the active layer of a silicon solar cell. Their result: this arrangement of funnels increases photo absorption by about 65 percent in a thin-film solar cell.

Feb 25th, 2015

In quest for better lithium-air batteries, nanoparticle coatings improve carbon's stability

Researchers unveiled a new method of stabilizing carbon - a central structural component of any battery - that could pave the way to new performance standards in the hunt for a lithium-ion components.

Feb 25th, 2015

Magnetic nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells

Magnetic nanoparticles can increase the performance of solar cells made from polymers - provided the mix is right.

Feb 25th, 2015

Flexible nanosensors for wearable devices

A new method will enable the fabrication of optical nanosensors capable of sticking on uneven surfaces and biological surfaces like human skin. This result can boost the use of wearable devices to monitor parameters such as temperature, breath and heart pressure.

Feb 25th, 2015

Graphene shows potential as novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategy

Scientists have used graphene to target and neutralise cancer stem cells while not harming other cells.

Feb 25th, 2015

NANO meets water VI: Nanotechnik für die Wasser-Praxis

Am 19. Februar 2015 hiess es wieder 'nANO meets water' bei Fraunhofer UMSICHT. Gut 100 Fachleute aus Industrie und Wirtschaft kamen nach Oberhausen, um sich beim Thema Innovationen und Risiken von Nanomaterialien für die Wassertechnik auf den neuesten Stand zu bringen.