Tiny vehicles for medical applications
Micro- and nano-swimmers can be propelled through media similar to bodily fluids.
Nov 7th, 2014
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New research lights the way to super-fast computers
New research has demonstrated how glass can be manipulated to create a material that will allow computers to transfer information using light. This development could significantly increase computer processing speeds and power in the future.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreTransitions between states of matter: It's more complicated, scientists find
A new study reveals the need to rethink one of science's building blocks and, with it, how some of the basic principles underlying the behavior of matter are taught in our classrooms. The researchers examined the way that a phase change, specifically the melting of a solid, occurs at a microscopic level and discovered that the transition is far more involved than earlier models had accounted for.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreNew industrial research technique for analyzing nanoscale gallium nitride
Gallium nitride is difficult to produce and difficult to handle - and the key to the development of blue LEDs, which won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. Now, researchers and engineers around the world are working on analyzing and optimizing this material.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreBiologisch abbaubare Silizium-Nanopartikel
Wissenschaftler des Leibniz-Institutes für Photonische Technologien konnten nachweisen, dass Silizium-Nanopartikel biologisch abbaubar sind. Damit eröffnen sich neue Anwendungsfelder in der Medizin - beispielweise in der Therapie und Diagnose von Krebs.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreNanoscale work at MIT yields big results
Silvija Gradecak's nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreThermomagnetic processing method provides path to new materials
For much the same reason LCD televisions offer eye-popping performance, a thermomagnetic processing method can advance the performance of polymers.
Nov 7th, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology research leads to car powered by its own body panels
Researchers have developed lightweight supercapacitors that can be combined with regular batteries to dramatically boost the power of an electric car.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreSorting bloodborne cancer cells to better predict spread of disease
Researchers develop diagnostic tool to investigate traveling cancer cells and improve health outcomes.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreManipulating complex molecules by hand
New method in scanning probe microscopy: Researchers create a word using 47 molecules.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreResearchers fabricate a single-sheet graphene p-n junction with two top gates
The standard technique, using a top and a bottom gate, can lead to damaging of the graphene layer. This is avoided in the new method, which also offers linear I-V characteristics at low gate voltage. The two-top-gate structure is expected to be a practical route to a room-temperature terahertz source.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreHow to make mobile batteries last longer by controlling energy flows at nano-level
Electronic devices waste a lot of energy by producing useless heat. This is one of the main reasons our mobiles use up battery power so quickly. Researchers have made a leap forward in understanding how this happens and how this waste could be reduced by controlling energy flows at a molecular level.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreGraphene nanopores with optical antennas for high-speed DNA reading
Researchers have invented a simple, one-step process for producing these nanopores in a graphene membrane using the photothermal properties of gold nanorods.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreClearing a path for electrons in polymers: closing in on the speed limits
A new class of low-cost polymer materials, which can carry electric charge with almost no losses despite their seemingly random structure, could lead to flexible electronics and displays which are faster and more efficient.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read moreKleinste Vehikel für die Medizin
Mikro- und Nanoschwimmer lassen sich durch Medien steuern, die Körperflüssigkeiten ähneln.
Nov 6th, 2014
Read more'Direct writing' of diamond patterns from graphite a potential technological leap
What began as research into a method to strengthen metals has led to the discovery of a new technique that uses a pulsing laser to create synthetic nanodiamond films and patterns from graphite, with potential applications from biosensors to computer chips.
Nov 5th, 2014
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