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Novel anofluidic membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface

Study may lead to more efficient water-desalination systems, fundamental understanding of fluid flow.

Mar 16th, 2014

Graphene light detector has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens

The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens.

Mar 16th, 2014

Harnessing everyday motion with nanotechnology to power mobile devices (w/video)

Zhong Lin Wang and his colleagues at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new rechargeable nano-generator that can power smart phones, and many other portable electronic devices.

Mar 16th, 2014

Brighter inks, without pigment

Encapsulated nanoparticles can create bright colors by amplifying particular wavelengths of light. These microcapsules could offer a new, non-toxic and long-lasting source of color for paints and electronic displays.

Mar 14th, 2014

Workshop invite: Innovation and regulatory testing of nanomaterials - first results of NANoREG

NANoREG is the first FP7 project to deliver the answers needed by regulators and legislators on EHS by linking them to a scientific evaluation of data and test methods.

Mar 14th, 2014

Big data tackles tiny molecular machines

Researchers combine genetic and structural data to begin to solve one of the most compelling mysteries in biology: how proteins perform the regulatory mechanisms in cells upon which life depends.

Mar 14th, 2014

Nanoframe of mind

Researchers converted platinum-nickel polyhedra into bare frames that had a much richer platinum content.

Mar 14th, 2014

Nasty nanoinjectors pose a new target for antibiotic research

If you've ever suffered the misery of food poisoning from a bacterium like Shigella or Salmonella, then your cells have been on the receiving end of 'nanoinjectors' - microscopic spikes made from proteins through which pathogens secrete effector proteins into human host cells, causing infection.

Mar 14th, 2014

Dentistry and bioactive glass

Bioactive glasses have found a wide range of medical and dental applications and are currently used as bone grafts, scaffolds and coating material for dental implants.

Mar 14th, 2014

Birck Nanotechnology Center director wins prestigious THERMI Award

Ali Shakouri, the Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, is the 2014 recipient of the prestigious THERMI Award for his contributions to the field of semiconductor thermal management.

Mar 14th, 2014

Nanotechnology in Israel moving from strength to strength

101 world-class scientists immigrated to Israel and were accepted as faculty members at the universities in the six years since declaring nanotechnology as national priority in Israel.

Mar 14th, 2014

An exotic phase to manipulate spin

The experimental detection of an important quantum phenomenon in a semiconductor could lead to improved control of electron spin and the development of practical spintronics.

Mar 14th, 2014

Argentina, Portugal, Spain sign cooperative agreement in nanotechnology

The objective is to develop joint projects in the area of nanotechnology and encourage the training of highly qualified human resources.

Mar 14th, 2014

Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier

An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles.

Mar 13th, 2014

Atomically thick metal membranes

For the first time researchers have shown that freestanding metal membranes consisting of a single layer of atoms can be stable under ambient conditions.

Mar 13th, 2014

Roomy cages built from DNA (w/video)

Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Wyss Institute have built a set of self-assembling DNA cages one-tenth as wide as a bacterium. The structures are some of the largest and most complex structures ever constructed solely from DNA.

Mar 13th, 2014

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