Tiny biodegradable soft medicine factories
The development of a new method to build tiny degradable 'medicine factories' inside the body is boosted with a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator Grant
Feb 7th, 2014
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Scopey's Nano Adventure helps budding scientists zoom in on nanotechnology
Ingenuity Lab launches educational application.
Feb 7th, 2014
Read moreSoving the mystery of how superheated nanodroplets vaporise when hit by a pulse of ultrasound
A technique which may one day be used for tumor therapy and imaging could be greatly improved thanks to new insights obtained by scientists from the University of Twente, the Erasmus MC and the TU Delft.
Feb 7th, 2014
Read moreGerman Federal Environment Agency supports European register of nanotechnology products
Due to the particular uncertainties concerning evaluation of the possible risks of nanomaterials for human health and the environment, the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) supports the establishment of a European register of products containing nanomaterials as a precautionary measure.
Feb 7th, 2014
Read moreTheorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials
Topological insulators could exist in six new types not seen before.
Feb 7th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticle pinpoints blood vessel plaques
A step toward indentifying plaques vulnearble to rupture and cause heart attack and stroke.
Feb 7th, 2014
Read moreMolecular traffic jam makes water move faster through nanochannels
Researchers find the unusual movement of water molecules through carbon nanotubes explains their faster-than-expected travel times.
Feb 6th, 2014
Read moreNano ceramics for armor
Key aspects of ceramic armor materials at the atomic, nano, micro, and macro scale are significant to ceramic armor performance.
Feb 6th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticles and nanosafety: the big picture
The same properties that make nanoparticles promising for new manufacturing opportunities may also present new risks to us and our natural environment.
Feb 6th, 2014
Read moreGraphene ribbons highly conductive at room temperature
An international team has achieved a remarkable feat: they have produced graphene ribbons in which electrons move freely.
Feb 6th, 2014
Read moreThermotropic phase boundaries in classic ferroelectrics
Researchers observed novel monoclinic subphases in ferroelectric BaTiO3. The findings reveal that phase transitions in ferroelectrics are intimately coupled to the underlying domain microstructure.
Feb 5th, 2014
Read more3D-stacked hybrid SRAM cell to be built by European scientists
Scientists will apply new materials and design concepts to demonstrate a working prototype of a new type of SRAM cell by 2017.
Feb 5th, 2014
Read moreHarvesting vibrations to power microsensors
Researchers conceptualized a novel strategy to efficiently harness low frequency vibrations as infinite power source for miniature electronic devices.
Feb 5th, 2014
Read moreResearchers develop framework for understanding current-switched magnetic devices
An international collaboration has made significant progress in modelling how electric currents affect the magnetization in some current-switched magnetic devices. While a number of such devices hold promise as low energy electronics, progress on some of the latest ideas has been impeded because different and contradictory models have been proposed to understand how they work and how to best optimize their performance.
Feb 5th, 2014
Read moreUnambiguous evidence for coherent phonons in superlattices
The first 'unambiguous demonstration' of the atomic-scale sound waves known as phonons crossing over from particle-like to wave-like behavior in superlattices opens the door to improved thermoelectrics and possibly even phonon lasers.
Feb 5th, 2014
Read moreBallistic transport in graphene suggests new type of nanoelectronic device
Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device that would capitalize on the ability of graphene to carry electrons with almost no resistance even at room temperature - a property known as ballistic transport.
Feb 5th, 2014
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