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A 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
Read moreVersatile microRNAs choke off cancer blood supply, suppress metastasis
Elevated miR-200 boosts survival of lung, ovarian, renal, triple-negative breast cancer patients.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreResearchers win $5.25 million NIH grant to develop new single molecule electronic DNA sequencing platform
The award is the largest of the National Human Genome Research Institute's most recent $17 million initiative to support development of innovative technologies with the potential to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, so that sequencing an individual's genome can become a routine part of medical research and health care.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read moreWebinar: Mapping graphene's surface potential with under 20nm resolution
This webinar demonstrates important new insights into graphene physics using the combination of PeakForce KPFM and the GloveBox Integrated System with guest speaker Aravind Vijayaraghavan from the University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read moreAirbrushing could facilitate large-scale manufacture of carbon nanofibers
Researchers have used airbrushing techniques to grow vertically aligned carbon nanofibers on several different metal substrates, opening the door for incorporating these nanofibers into gene delivery devices, sensors, batteries and other technologies.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read more$24 million project to develop 'body on a chip'
Whether it's the Ebola virus or Sarin and Ricin, a key to responding to chemical or biological attacks is having effective antidotes at the ready. To accelerate the development of new therapies, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine is leading a unique $24 million federally funded project to develop a 'body on a chip' that will be used to develop these countermeasures.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read moreRemoving arsenic from water with 3D graphene based nanostructures
Researchers report a highly versatile and one-pot microwave route to the mass production of three-dimensional graphene-carbon nanotube-iron oxide nanostructures for the efficient removal of arsenic from contaminated water.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read moreNanodiamonds to boost treatment of chemoresistant leukemia
By binding multiple molecules of a common leukemia drug with nanodiamonds, scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) managed to boost the delivery of the drug to leukemic cells and retain the drug within the cells to combat the cancer.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
Read moreNano-optics: Light moves in the right direction
An experimental demonstration of light scattering controlled by silicon nanoparticles augurs well for the development of integrated optical circuits.
Posted: Sep 11th, 2013
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