Controlling and modifying at will the transparency, electrical properties, and stiffness of a gel - such are the promises of a new discovery by researchers. This marks an important step for materials used in healthcare, high-tech, and the cosmetics industry.
Nov 5th, 2012
Read moreResearchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a straightforward and generalizable process for making reactant-selective oxide catalysts by encapsulating the particles in a sieve-like film that blocks unwanted reactants.
Nov 5th, 2012
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Researchers at the Carnegie Institution have discovered a new efficient way to pump heat using crystals. The crystals can pump or extract heat, even on the nanoscale, so they could be used on computer chips to prevent overheating or even meltdown, which is currently a major limit to higher computer speeds.
Nov 5th, 2012
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Over the last decade there has been an increased interest in developing resonators for gravitmetric sensing; however, the sensors' response to variations in temperature has prevented them from being used outside the laboratory. New sensors developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge negate the effects of temperature so that they may be used in industries including health care, telecommunications and environmental monitoring.
Nov 5th, 2012
Read moreScientists have introduced a new method developed specifically for use on paper. It produces a 'negative' of the fingerprint and is, in contrast to conventional methods, independent of the composition of the sweat residue left behind.
Nov 5th, 2012
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Vortex beams, rotating like a tornado, offer completely new possibilities for electron microscopy. A method of producing extremely intense vortex beams has been discovered at the Vienna University of Technology.
Nov 5th, 2012
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Vortex-Strahlen, die wie ein Wirbelsturm rotieren, bieten völlig neue Möglichkeiten für die Elektronenmikroskopie. An der TU Wien wurden eine Möglichkeit entdeckt, extrem intensive Vortexstrahlen zu erzeugen.
Nov 5th, 2012
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South Korean scientists have copied the structure of a firefly's underbelly to create what they say is an improved and cheaper LED lens.
Nov 4th, 2012
Read moreSignature event marks kickoff of CNSE's fifth annual celebration of NANOvember
Nov 3rd, 2012
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Pratibha L. Gai, a former adjunct professor of materials science at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science award for excellence in the physical sciences.
Nov 3rd, 2012
Read moreWeill Cornell Medical College announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Researchers at Weill Cornell have been awarded three research grants totaling more than $1.5 million. Weill Cornell's Dr. Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, a postdoctoral research associate in medicine in the laboratory of Dean Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project titled, "Tailored Nanodevices to Understand Resistance Against HIV".
Nov 3rd, 2012
Read moreA University of Cincinnati cancer biology team reports breakthrough findings about specific cellular mechanisms that may help overcome endocrine (hormone) therapy-resistance in patients with estrogen-positive breast cancers, combating a widespread problem in effective medical management of the disease.
Nov 3rd, 2012
Read moreCancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) and Nanospectra Biosciences have planned the first clinical trial for lung cancers of a new therapy that uses gold nanoshells, which were invented at Rice.
Nov 3rd, 2012
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At the Electronica 2012 trade fair, Fraunhofer researchers will present a printed thermogenerator, which in the future will be able to generate energy supply for sensors through temperature differences.
Nov 2nd, 2012
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The ability of fluorescence microscopy to study labeled structures like cells has now been empowered to deliver greater spatial and temporal resolutions that were not possible before.
Nov 2nd, 2012
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The Vienna research team led by Anton Zeilinger has achieved a new milestone in the history of quantum physics: The scientists were able to generate and measure the entanglement of the largest quantum numbers to date.
Nov 2nd, 2012
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