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New haptic microscope technique allows researchers to 'feel' the microworld
What if you could reach through a microscope to touch and feel the microscopic structures under the lens? In a breakthrough that may usher in a new era in the exploration of the worlds that are a million times smaller than human beings, researchers at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in France have unveiled a new technique that allows microscope users to manipulate samples using a technology known as 'haptic optical tweezers'.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreThe '50-50' chip: Memory device of the future?
A new, environmentally-friendly electronic alloy consisting of 50 aluminum atoms bound to 50 atoms of antimony may be promising for building next-generation 'phase-change' memory devices, which may be the data-storage technology of the future.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreOECD publishes final report on issues prioritization on nanomaterial risks
This document follows on from a report published by the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN), entitled 'Important Issues on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials'.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreVisualizing short-range charge transfer at interfaces
The precise mechanisms governing the relationships between superconductivity and magnetism were examined by using advanced scanning tunneling microscopy.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreHow slippery are water-repellent surfaces? (w/video)
Scientists at Aalto University have measured the low but non-zero friction of droplets moving on slippery water-repellent surfaces.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreResearchers demonstrate highest open-circuit voltages for quantum dot solar cells
Using colloidal lead sulfide nanocrystal quantum dot substances, NRL researchers achieve the highest recorded open-circuit voltages for quantum dot solar cells to date.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreSurface cleaning boosts nanowire solar cell efficiency
Energy losses in nanowire solar cell can be significantly reduced by 'cleaning' the surface of the cells with a special etching method. This has been shown by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology and Philips. The solar cell has an efficiency of 11.1%, putting it just below the current world record, but it was reached with much less use of material.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreToward a truly white organic LED
By inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor, University of Utah physicists were able to 'tune' the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors - a step toward more efficient, less expensive and truly white organic LEDs for light bulbs of the future.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreA nanoscale glimpse of batteries in action
Real-time observations of lithium-oxygen electrochemical reactions could aid development of lightweight rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreGraphene made from DNA template could change electronics
It is difficult to make graphene in forms needed for electronics. Now, researchers from Stanford University have found a new method of making graphene by chemically converting DNA templates into flat sheets of carbon, potentially overcoming that limitation.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2013
Read moreSingle oversight agency could overcome barriers to nanotechnology materials EHS implementation
Report finds mixed progress on advancing a research agenda for environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanomaterials; Oversight by single agency could Oovercome barriers to implementation.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology researchers make glass just two atoms thick
At just a molecule thick, it's a new record: The world's thinnest sheet of glass, a serendipitous discovery by scientists at Cornell and Germany's University of Ulm, is recorded for posterity in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreSUNY NanoCollege to develop Marcy Nanocenter site for 450mm computer chip manufacturing
The EDGE-SUNY CNSE partnership is designed to accelerate the attraction of next-generation 450mm computer chip manufacturing to the Mohawk Valley by deploying Governor Andrew Cuomo's publicly-led and publicly-managed public-private partnership model that he first introduced with the CNSE Global 450mm Consortium (G450C).
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read morePushing and pulling droplets with graphene
Scientists have moved liquid droplets using long chemical gradients formed on graphene. The change in concentration of either fluorine or oxygen formed using a simple plasma-based process either pushes or pulls droplets of water or nerve agent simulant across the surface. This new achievement offers potential applications ranging from electronics to mechanical resonators to bio/chemical sensors.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreNIH award combines plasmonic light focusing with nanopore technology for DNA sequencing
An international team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands is advancing a novel form of nanopore technology for DNA sequencing as a result of a $2.47 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreA carbon nanotube pea-shooter for molecules
Researchers find that tiny molecules passing through nanotubes can be propelled or slowed depending on their size.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
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