A pair of carbon nanotube arrays will be flying in space by the end of the year to test technology that could provide more efficient micro-propulsion for future spacecraft. The arrays will support what is expected to be the first-ever space-based testing of carbon nanotubes as electron emitters.
Posted: Nov 14th, 2013
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One atom equals one bit: According to this design principle, we would like to construct magnetic data memories in the future. Researchers now have ixed a single atom on a surface such that the magnetic spin remained stable for ten minutes.
Posted: Nov 14th, 2013
Read moreA novel hand-held, noninvasive monitoring device that uses multilayer nanotechnology to detect acetone has been shown to correlate with blood-glucose levels in the breath of diabetics.
Posted: Nov 14th, 2013
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Imagine living on a bustling city block, but free from the noise of car horns and people on the street. The emerging field of phononics could one day make this a reality.
Posted: Nov 14th, 2013
Read moreQuite by accident, Washington State University researchers have achieved a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by exposing it to light. The effect, which lasted for days after the light was turned off, could dramatically improve the performance of devices like computer chips.
Posted: Nov 14th, 2013
Read moreThe EU-funded project EMIL (Exceptional Materials via Ionic Liquids) targeted the improvement of environmentally friendly technologies, in particular for applications in the field of efficient solar cells and innovative light sources.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
Read moreA new method of microscopic drug delivery that could greatly improve the treatment of deadly pancreatic cancer has been proven to work in mice by nanotechnology researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
Read moreResearchers find a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
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GLADIATOR seeks to improve the quality and size of CVD graphene sheets, and to reduce their production costs, in order to make the use of graphene more attractive e.g. in applications such as transparent electrodes for large area organic electronics.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
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Lichtblitze, um Elektronen aus einzelnen Nanopartikeln heraus zu beschleunigen: Forscher der Arbeitsgruppe 'Ultraschnelle Nano-Optik' berichten erstmals über Experimente zur gezielten Beschleunigung von Elektronen aus einzelnen Goldspitzen durch ultrakurze Laserimpulse.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
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The multidisciplinary consortium of the NanoCaTe project will develop a more efficient thermoelectric- and storage material based on nanocarbon (e.g. graphene and CNT) to reclaim waste heat by thermoelectric generators and to storage the energy in super capacitors or secondary batteries for manifold applications like pulsed sensors or mobile electronic devices.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
Read moreScientists have provided the first experimental evidence of superfluidity at the nanoscale, shedding light on the fundamental basis of the phenomenon.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2013
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Computer simulation explores how intense plasma waves generate suprathermal electrons, which are critical to microchip fabrication.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2013
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Electrically conducting bacteria important for energy, environment and technology.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2013
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X-rays reveal an unexpected property of widely used nanoparticles.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2013
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A pioneering, multi-institution research center headquartered at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering has just won a $15-million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation and the US Environmental Protection Agency to continue learning more about where nanoparticles accumulate, how they interact with other chemicals and how they affect the environment.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2013
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