Nanotechnology world: Where towers construct themselves
How physicists get control on the self-assembly process.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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Scientists demonstrate rare chemical phenomenon to harvest solar energy
Landmark study opens doors to further studies into chemical modification of materials for alternative energy conversion.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology-platform ready: Scientists use DNA origami to create 2D structures
Scientists have developed a method using DNA origami to turn one-dimensional nano materials into two dimensions. Their breakthrough offers the potential to enhance fiber optics and electronic devices by reducing their size and increasing their speed.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreBreakthrough in energy storage: Electrical cables that can store energy
New nanotechnology may provide power storage in electric cables, clothes.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreEfficient thermal cooling and heating with MOF coatings
Thermal systems use heat to produce cold, and vice versa. To do so, a material is needed that can dissipate water vapor particularly well and quickly. A new method simply applies this property as a layer onto the components.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology takes on diabetes
A sensor which can be used to screen for diabetes in resource-poor settings has been developed by researchers and tested in diabetic patients, and will soon be field tested in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreCellulose fibers stronger than steel
A novel procedure spins extremely tough filaments from tiny cellulose fibrils by aligning them all in parallel during the production process.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreNanotubes laid out in stripes
New technologies can be realized with thin layers of carbon nanotubes. Now, researchers have examined a technique that creates such layers, gaining fresh insights.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreJoint implants without an expiry date
Researchers have succeeded in coating mobile intervertebral disc implants so that they show no wear and will now last for a lifetime.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read moreSurprising nanotubes: Some slippery, some sticky
New research discovers unexpected variations in behavior of nanotubes made of different materials.
Jun 2nd, 2014
Read more'Quadrapeutics' works in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumors (w/video)
A new study reports the first preclinical tests for a novel anti-cancer technology called 'quadrapeutics' that converts current clinical treatments to instantaneously detect and kill only cancer cells. Quadrapeutics combines clinically available drugs, colloidal gold, pulsed lasers and radiation in a novel and safe micro-treatment that improved standard therapy by 17-fold against aggressive, drug-resistant tumors.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreTeam gives a microscopic quantum mechanical description of how light excites electrons in metals
University of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreGraphene's multi-colored butterflies
Combining black and white graphene can change the electronic properties of the one-atom thick materials, University of Manchester researchers have found.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read moreOn step closer to a nanoparticle breath sensor to test for lung cancer
Volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath show presence and stage of lung cancer.
Jun 1st, 2014
Read more'Nanograss' biosensor distinguishes cancer cells from benign ones
Researchers fabricaed a new type of electrical nanosensor to detect a limited number of aggressive cancer cells among benign cells of the intestine.
May 30th, 2014
Read moreFirst real time movies of the light-to-current conversion in an organic solar cell
Researchers report the first real time movies of the light-to-current conversion process in an organic solar cell.
May 30th, 2014
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