Study shows how water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule (w/video)
International team uses computers, experiments to better predict chemical dissolution.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
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Thailand to tell it all at Seed and Need Seminar at nanotech 2014
Thailand is willing to tell it all at the Seed and Need Seminar on January 31 during nanotech 2014 at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan. The title of the presentation is 'Nanotechnology Development in Thailand'.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2013
Read moreThe nanopore-based gene sequencing that everyone can afford in future
Researchers have been working on the optimization of the third-generation sequencing technique based on nanopore. They found that long chain DNA with low salt concentration is more conducive to the nanopore sequencing process.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read more2014 Biennial to explore nanotechnology as artistic medium
From Sept. 15 to Dec. 22, the 2014 Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) Biennial, 'Intimate Cosmologies: The Aesthetics of Scale in an Age of Nanotechnology', will feature several events and principal projects by faculty and student investigators and guest artists.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreResearchers create a nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
Researchers used a unique optical metamaterial with a refractive index of zero to generate 'phase mismatch-free nonlinear light', meaning the generated light waves move through the material gaining strength in all directions. This phase mismatch-free quality holds promise for quantum computing and networking, and future light sources based on nonlinear optics - the phenomena that occur when interactions with light modify a material's properties.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreAdded molecules allow metal-organic frameworks to conduct electricity
Scientists from NIST and Sandia National Laboratories have added something new to a family of engineered, high-tech materials called metal-organic frameworks: the ability to conduct electricity. Conductive MOFs have the potential for use in a variety of applications including sensors for detecting gases and toxic substances.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreScientists demonstrate infrared light modulation with graphene
Research scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Electronics Science and Technology Division in collaboration with researchers at University at Buffalo-The State University of New York (SUNY) demonstrate the possibility for new optical devices using graphene for communications, imaging and signal processing.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreGraphene LIVE! USA 2013 conference round-up
The conference brought together 30 top-class speakers and 16 graphene exhibitors, giving them access to a pool of more than 2,000 business-oriented attendees and 160+ exhibiting companies.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read more$4M gift will propel quantum materials studies at Cornell
A revolutionary instrument that will expedite the discovery of new, artificial forms of matter with unprecedented electronic and magnetic properties will be funded by a $4.13 million gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreDNA helicity and elasticity explained on the nanoscale
Korean researchers propose simple model to explain DNA helicity and elasticity on a nanometer scale.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreLaser light at useful wavelengths from semiconductor nanowires
Nanowire lasers could work with silicon chips, optical fibers, even living cells.
Posted: Dec 5th, 2013
Read moreA virtual wall for oily liquids
Researchers have developed a technique to form a virtual wall for oily liquids that will help confine them to a certain area, aiding researchers who are studying these complex molecules. This development will have future implications in the guided delivery of oil and effective blockage of oil spreading.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreUltrathin 'diagnostic skin' allows continuous patient monitoring
An international, multidisciplinary research team has developed an ultrathin membrane that can stick to skin and carry arrays of diagnostic sensors and stimulatory components. The 'electronic skin' allows remote patient monitoring and may someday be used to deliver treatments.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreSwallowing a diagnostic pill
A tiny capsule that can carry out a chemical analysis of the contents of one's stomach could identify the presence of so-called 'occult' blood at very low levels. The data is automatically broadcast to an external monitoring device for detection of early stage stomach cancer by one's physician.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2013
Read more'Smart' hydrogels deliver osteoarthritis on demand
Scientists are reporting development of a squishy gel that when compressed - like at a painful knee joint - releases anti-inflammatory medicine. The new material could someday deliver medications when and where osteoarthritis patients need it most.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2013
Read moreA leap forward in X-ray technology
New system could provide detailed images - even of soft tissue - from a lightweight, portable device.
Posted: Dec 4th, 2013
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