Nanodiamonds as bacterial killers
Material scientists have identified nanodiamonds as potent bactericidal agent.
Jun 10th, 2014
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Viewing plant cells in 3-D (no glasses required)
Focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) has been used in both materials science and in the study of animal tissue, but has not previously been used in plant imaging. Researchers have modified existing FIB-SEM protocols and optimized these for plant tissue and cellular studies, shedding new light on plant cell architecture.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreDOE funding to explore nanoparticles with plasma
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has received some $4.3 million of DOE Office of Science funding, over three years, to develop an increased understanding of the role of plasma in the synthesis of nanoparticles.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreDesigning ion 'highway systems' for batteries
Researchers have married two traditional theories in materials science that can explain how the charge dictates the structure of the material. This opens the door for many applications, including a new class of batteries.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticle thin-films that self-assemble in one minute
The days of self-assembling nanoparticles taking hours to form a film over a microscopic-sized wafer are over. Researchers have devised a technique whereby self-assembling nanoparticle arrays can form a highly ordered thin film over macroscopic distances in one minute.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreStem cells are a soft touch for nanoengineered biomaterials
Scientists have shown that stem cell behaviour can be modified by manipulating the nanoscale properties of the material they are grown on - improving the potential of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering as a result.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreNew class of nanoparticle brings cheaper, lighter solar cells outdoors
Researchers have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing this new class of technology.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreSeeing how a lithium-ion battery works
An exotic state of matter - a 'random solid solution' - affects how ions move through battery material.
Jun 9th, 2014
Read moreTargeting tumors using silver nanoparticles
A new platform increases the efficiency of drug delivery and allows excess particles to be washed away.
Jun 8th, 2014
Read moreEvolution of a bimetallic nanocatalyst
Atomic-scale snapshots of a bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst in action have provided insights that could help improve the industrial process by which fuels and chemicals are synthesized from natural gas, coal or plant biomass. A multi-national lab collaboration has taken the most detailed look ever at the evolution of platinum/cobalt bimetallic nanoparticles during reactions in oxygen and hydrogen gases.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreResearchers use living systems as a guide to develop advanced technologies
How should we respond to technologies around us that are inefficient, wasteful, pollute our environment, and overburden our health care system? In their latest three three volume 'Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration', renowned researcher Dr Jabbari and his co-editors provide answers to this question.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreMethod of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes synthesis presented
Scientists have come up with a method of synthesizing a new type of nickel-carbon compound.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreShatterproof screens that save smartphones
Polymer scientists have developed a transparent electrode that could change the face of smartphones, literally, by making their displays shatterproof.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreOpening a wide window on the nano-world of surface catalysis
A surface catalyst with a built-in sensor: that's what researchers built by bridging a size gap on the nanoscale. Their silver nanoparticles combine plasmon resonance with catalytic activity, making SERS and other analytical data available in real time on a surface catalyst.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreA new nanotechnology-based device deciphers the language of cells
Researchers have developed a device that reveals a cell's nature based on the proteins it secretes.
Jun 6th, 2014
Read moreBMBF-Report zum Stand der Nanotechnologie in Deutschland ver�ffentlicht
Die mittlerweile dritte Ausgabe des nano.DE-Reports des BMBF gibt Auskunft �ber den Stand der deutschen Nanotechnologieforschung im internationalen Vergleich und beschreibt die Entwicklung von Besch�ftigten- und Umsatzzahlen in der Industrie.
Jun 6th, 2014
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