Pills of the future: Drug-carrying nanoparticles
Researchers at MIT and BWH design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally instead of being injected.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
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Slowly cooled DNA transforms disordered nanoparticles into orderly crystal
Nature builds flawless diamonds, sapphires and other gems. Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to build near-perfect single crystals out of nanoparticles and DNA, using the same structure favored by nature.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreTeaching matter waves new tricks: Making magnets with ultra cold atoms
A novel approach to understand magnets was taken by a team of scientists. In a joint experimental and theoretical effort, quantum matter waves made of Rubidium atoms were controlled in such a way that they mimic magnets. Under these well-defined conditions, these artificially created magnets can be studied with clarity, and can give a fresh perspective on long-standing riddles.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreNew NSF grant to study health effects of nanoparticles
A Clarkson University team has received a three-year, $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study potential outcomes nanoparticles could have on human health and the environment.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreNew effect couples electricity and magnetism in materials
Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have shown in an experiment that magnetic properties and excitations can be influenced by an electric voltage. This opens up completely new possibilities for electronics at high frequencies.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreSimplifying i-PERC solar cell processing by implementing laser doping from ALD thin-layer aluminum oxide
Nanoelectronics research centre imec announced today that they have developed large area i-PERC-type silicon solar cells using a new processing sequence based on laser doping from a thin atomic layer deposited aluminum oxide layer to realize the local aluminum Back Surface Field and Ni/Cu plating to form the front contact.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreA $1.4m grant to develop a system for large-scale production of carbon nanotube materials (w/video)
Florida State researchers have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system that will produce large amounts of a state-of-the-art material made from carbon nanotubes that researchers believe could transform everything from the way airplanes are built to how prosthetic limbs fit the human body.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreGerm-killing black silicon, a synthetic nanomaterial, opens up new front in hygiene
Imagine a hospital room, door handle or kitchen countertop that is free from bacteria - and not one drop of disinfectant or boiling water or dose of microwaves has been needed to zap the germs. That is the idea behind a startling discovery made by scientists in Australia.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology innovation keeps surfaces clean and transparent (w/video)
A spin-off company from Penn has found a way to solve the problem of keeping surfaces clean, while also keeping them transparent.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read morePolymer gel, heal thyself: Engineering team proposes new nanocomposites that can regenerate when damaged
Pitt researchers have developed models to design a new nanocomposite polymer gel that would enable complex materials to regenerate themselves.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology techniques can improve cardiovascular implant devices
Researchers are testing nanotechnology to improve how cardiovascular implant devices are attached in the body.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreGrüne Nanotechnologie - Das schwebende Wassertropfenlaboratorium
Forschungsgruppe der Uni Kiel und des Helmholtz-Zentrums Geesthacht entwickeln nachhaltige Methode zur Herstellung von Nanopartikel und nanoporösen Metallen.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreInexpensive 'nano-camera' can operate at the speed of light
Device could be used in medical imaging, collision-avoidance detectors for cars, and interactive gaming.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreResearch models behavior of ultra-cold atoms and polar molecules
Results could lead to new materials for more effective superconductors.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2013
Read moreNanotubes can solder themselves, markedly improving device performance (w/video)
University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world's tiniest soldering iron.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2013
Read moreResearchers discover roots of superfluorescent bursts from quantum wells
Spontaneous bursts of light from a solid block illuminate the unusual way interacting quantum particles behave when they are driven far from equilibrium. The discovery by scientists of a way to trigger these flashes may lead to new telecommunications equipment and other devices that transmit signals at picosecond speeds.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2013
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