Multimillion-dollar grant helps researchers shed light on ultrafast dynamics
Physicists and computer scientists are involved in a collaborative project to understand a long-lasting mystery: how light interacts with matter.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read morePhysicists and computer scientists are involved in a collaborative project to understand a long-lasting mystery: how light interacts with matter.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read morePhysicists have developed new technology to study atomic vibration in small particles, revealing a more accurate picture of the structure of atomic clusters where surface atoms vibrate more intensively than internal atoms.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a prototype of electronic 'nose' for the detection of chemical warfare gases, fundamentally nerve gases (Sarin, Soman and Tabun).
Aug 19th, 2014
Read moreThe National Institutes of Health is challenging science innovators to compete for prizes totaling up to $500,000, by developing new ways to track the health status of a single cell in complex tissue over time.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read moreMaterials engineers fabricated a new nanobiosensor for the early diagnosis of cancer.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read moreNanocoated tissue scaffolds help the body grow new bone to repair injuries or congenital defects.
Aug 19th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a technology that allows a material to automatically read its environment and adapt to mimic its surrounding. The system is inspired by the skins of cephalopods, a class of marine animals which can change coloration quickly, both for camouflage and as a form of warning.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreNearly 60 students worked one-on-one with SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering professors over the past 10 weeks to gain hands-on experience.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreScientists have discovered that bacterial nanowires (which conduct electricity, allowing certain bacteria to breathe) are actually extensions of the bacteria's outer membrane - not pili, as originally thought.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreNeurotransmitters play an important role in the communication of nerve cells. Major details of the processes involved have been unclear until recently. Scientists have now shed light on these processes by using a new technique.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a new, targeted method for perforating cell membranes in order to deliver drugs to, or manipulate the genes of, individual cells.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreRochester Institute of Technology scientists are the recipients of a new research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the lifecycle environmental impacts of fullerene-based materials - a form of engineered nanomaterials used in solar cells, drug delivery systems and cosmetics.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreScientists find surprising locked charge polarizations that impede performance in next-gen materials that could otherwise revolutionize data-driven devices.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreResin coatings are widely used in various sectors, like the aeronautical and automotive sectors, and in the structural components of aircraft and vehicles, in particular. Researchers have used carbon nanotubes to improve the properties of these coatings.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreGraphene oxide nanosheets were produced through a simple, fast and economical method.
Aug 18th, 2014
Read moreCoupling atomic spins in diamonds to microwave resonators could lead to new quantum technologies. Researchers have now managed to dramatically prolong the time these systems can store information.
Aug 17th, 2014
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