Being able to hear the smallest of noises is a matter of life or death for many insects, but for the scientists studying their hearing systems understanding how insect ears can be so sensitive could lead to new microphones able to capture and analyse extremely faint sounds.
Mar 30th, 2006
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Nanoparticles of gold can act as tiny, precise and powerful heaters, which potentially could be used in biomedical applications, according to a new study.
Mar 30th, 2006
Read moreA Duke University engineer is herding tiny lenses with magnetic ferrofluids, precisely aligning them so that they focus bursts of light to excavate patterns of cavities on surfaces.
Mar 30th, 2006
Read moreA Duke University engineering group is doing pioneering work at very diminutive dimensions. Their basic studies could lead to genetically engineered proteins that can form e.g. erasable chemical detectors.
Mar 30th, 2006
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A rapid method for detecting and identifying very small numbers of diverse bacteria, from anthrax to E. coli, has been developed by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Mar 30th, 2006
Read moreUsing probes originally designed to detect and image topographical features on surfaces, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to initiate and spatially localize chemical reactions on the submicron scale.
Mar 30th, 2006
Read moreUsing a simple, commercial microwave oven, chemists have developed a new method for the synthesis of nanomaterials that can control the dimensions and properties of rods and wires that are just one billionth of a meter in size.
Mar 30th, 2006
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Steadily increasing the length of a purified conducting polymer vastly improves its ability to conduct electricity.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreA novel concept of molecular design to create additives and compounds which will reduce wear in liquid and vapor phase applications.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers are using a new all-purpose nano synthesis method to design cancer-fighting nanoparticles.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers at Ames Laboratory are exploring a nanoscale drug delivery systems.
Mar 29th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have discovered how to measure the absorption of multi-walled carbon nanoparticles into worms and cancer cells.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreScientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have created and investigated the properties of nanotubes made of cerium oxide.
Mar 28th, 2006
Read moreWorking with a virus that infects black-eyed peas, a team of investigators at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a nanoscale probe that provides a high-resolution map of blood vessels in a living animal.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreIn theory, carbon nanotubes are 100 times stronger than steel, but in practice, scientists have struggled make nanotubes that live up to those predictions, in part, because there are still many unanswered questions about how nanotubes break and under what conditions.
Mar 27th, 2006
Read moreFor the past several years, scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been experimenting with new methods for preparing nanoparticles on metal supports, with the aim of creating model catalyst systems to better study the special reactivity of nano-sized catalyst particles.
Mar 27th, 2006
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