Atomically thin sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) have the handy benefit of protecting what's underneath from oxidizing even at very high temperatures, Rice University researchers have discovered.
Posted: Oct 6th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology is an emerging area that engages almost every technical discipline - from chemistry to computer science - in the study and application of extremely tiny materials. This short course allows any technically savvy person to go one layer beyond the surface of this broad topic to see the real substance behind the very small.
Posted: Oct 6th, 2013
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A new method developed by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Michigan called 'in silico nano-dissection' uses computers rather than scalpels to separate and identify genes from specific cell types, enabling the systematic study of genes involved in diseases.
Posted: Oct 5th, 2013
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Experiments may help in the design of new sources of extreme ultraviolet light for making integrated circuits with next generation lithography.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreNanostructured materials are at the forefront of research and development of novel devices in a variety of fields. Serbian scientists exploited EU funding to significantly enhance their research capacity in applied nanotechnology.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreAn EU-funded project has investigated the potential of stem cell-based replacement therapy for prevention of end stage renal disease. The work involved the design of a new type of magnetic nanoparticle to label the stem cells for in vivo tracking.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have shown that graphene can be used to investigate how light interacts with gold nanostructures of different shape, size and geometry.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreA Temple bioengineer is collaborating on an NIH-funded project to develop a nanotechnology that will help doctors determine the location and severity of plaques in artery walls before they rupture.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
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A new review review article mainly describes the preparation, structure, property and application of the two families of composite materials with an emphasis on the difference between them.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
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An ultrathin insulation technology for superconducting wires could lead to smaller and more efficient superconducting magnets for medical and industrial applications.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
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Device could open up new areas of research on materials and biological samples at tiny scales.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
Read moreOne of the thinnest membranes ever made is also highly discriminating when it comes to the molecules going through it. Engineers at the University of South Carolina have constructed a graphene oxide membrane less than 2 nanometers thick with high permeation selectivity between hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas molecules.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2013
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Extending evidence of quantum behavior farther into the large-scale world of everyday life, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have 'entangled' - linked the properties of - a microscopic mechanical drum with electrical signals.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2013
Read moreThe Kavli Foundation has endowed a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to explore the basic science of how to capture and channel energy on the molecular or nanoscale, with the potential for discovering new ways of generating energy for human use.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2013
Read moreScientists have developed a new kind of 'X-ray vision' that is able to peer inside an object and map the three-dimensional distribution of its nano-properties in real time.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2013
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NIH funds Harvard's Wyss Institute team to create blinking DNA probes that could help overcome longstanding limits of optical microscopy.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2013
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