Nanoscale thin films of nickel and iron oxides yield efficient solar water-splitting catalyst
Basic University of Oregon research shows promise in efforts to get hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
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Nanomedicines prevent tissue damage in inflammatory conditions
Study finds targeted drug nanoparticles may be effective in treating chronic diseases.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreDiscovery of bacterial motor with revolution motion advances nanotechnology
Scientists have cracked a 35-year-old mystery about the workings of the natural motors that are serving as models for development of a futuristic genre of synthetic nanomotors that pump therapeutic DNA, RNA or drugs into individual diseased cells.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreNew safeguards foster innovation in nanomaterials
European researchers in the Nanodevice project are investigating the safety aspects of nanomaterial production. Their plan laid down in 2009 was to develop new concepts, reliable methods and portable devices for detecting, analysing and monitoring airborne ENMs in the workplace. The latest feedback from the team suggests the project has delivered on its promise.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreErfolgreiche Forschungsstrategie zur Nanotechnologie schützt Mensch und Umwelt
Bundesbehörden bilanzieren Forschungsprojekte zur Sicherheit von Nanomaterialien.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology wonder material (no, it's not graphene) to tackle environmental challenges
A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreResearch shows potential for quasicrystals
Scientists present the history of quasicrystals and how this area can open up numerous opportunities in fundamental optics research.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreEntwicklung der weltweit ersten ultraflachen, bipolaren Meta-Linse gelungen
Entwicklung der weltweit ersten ultraflachen, bipolaren Meta-Linse gelungen - Material aus Glas und Gold 2.000 Mal dünner als menschliches Haar - Nutzung in Photonik bei optischen Schaltkreisen und Leuchtdioden.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreUnder the skin, a tiny laboratory that sends data to your phone (w/video)
Scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory that sends data through mobile phone network
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreResearchers use simple sonochemical method to synthesize zinc oxide nanostructures
The researchers succeeded in the production of zinc oxide nanostructures by using zinc acetate as the initiator through a new, fast, and simple sonochemical method.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read morePromising flash memory combines graphene and molybdenite
EPFL scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic properties -- graphene and molybdenite -- into a flash memory prototype that is very promising in terms of performance, size, flexibility and energy consumption.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreLaser-like photons signal major step towards quantum 'Internet'
The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challenges of modern physics. Now, new research shows how high-quality photons can be generated from 'solid-state' chips, bringing us closer to the quantum 'internet'.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreUniting European and Russian expertise in shared nanotechnology research
The goal of enhanced integration between the European Union and the Russian Federation was significantly advanced by a series of three linked EU-Russian research projects.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreTenfold boost with quantum dots in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells
Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won't become cancerous.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreNovel biological electron transfer along bacterial nanowires
When researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by microbiologist Derek Lovley discovered that the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens conducts electricity very effectively along metallic-like "microbial nanowires", they found physicists quite comfortable with the idea of such a novel biological electron transfer mechanism, but not biologists.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreElectrons are not enough: Cuprate superconductors defy convention
To engineers, it's a tale as old as time: Electrical current is carried through materials by flowing electrons. But physicists at the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania found that for copper-containing superconductors, known as cuprates, electrons are not enough to carry the current.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
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