An international team of scientists has succeeded in designing the world's first triply twisted molecule. Because of their peculiar quantum mechanical properties these structures are interesting for applications in molecular electronics and optoelectronics.
May 27th, 2014
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Gr�n leuchtende Struktur besteht aus licht-aktivierbaren Molek�len.
May 27th, 2014
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Fancy Erector Set? Nope. The elaborate fractal structure shown here is many, many times smaller than that and is certainly not child's play.
May 26th, 2014
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The Nanophononics Day aims to raise awareness about this emergent research area and the EUPHONON Project.
May 26th, 2014
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Graphene could make batteries light, durable and suitable for high capacity energy storage from renewable generation.
May 26th, 2014
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Researchers succeeded in designing and production of an immunosensor based on nanotechnology to increase the rate and accuracy of the detection of hepatitis B virus existing in patients' blood serum.
May 26th, 2014
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Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials.
May 25th, 2014
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Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, scientists have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics an important biochemical pathway that could prove important for future biomedical and energy applications.
May 25th, 2014
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Through a combination of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and new methodology for image analysis and structure interpretation, researchers have produced images of microtubule assembly and disassembly at the unprecedented resolution of 5 angstroms. Among other insights, these observations provide the first explanation of Taxol's success as a cancer chemotherapy agent.
May 24th, 2014
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Technique might enable advances in display screens, solar cells, or other devices.
May 23rd, 2014
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Researchers have succeeded in measuring a previously unknown but essential property - thermal conductivity - of an ultra-thin material that is expected to play a major role in the fast-emerging field of nanoelectronics.
May 23rd, 2014
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In response to requests from the semiconductor industry, researchers have demonstrated that atomic force microscope (AFM) probe tips made from its near-perfect gallium nitride nanowires are superior in many respects to standard silicon or platinum tips in measurements of critical importance to microchip fabrication, nanobiotechnology, and other endeavors.
May 23rd, 2014
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Researchers introduced a platform technology based on optical antennas for trapping and controlling light with the one-atom-thick material graphene. The experiments show that the dramatically squeezed graphene-guided light can be focused and bent, following the fundamental principles of conventional optics.
May 23rd, 2014
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Biologists and doctors rely heavily on incubators and microscopes. Now the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT has come up with a novel solution that combines the functions of both these tools in a compact and extremely small-scale system.
May 23rd, 2014
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Yang Xiang, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology, has received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program to lead an international team of scientists in the development and implementation of a new optogenetic platform that can remotely activate neurons inside a free-moving organism.
May 22nd, 2014
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Dr. Richard Berry of CelluForce has been named the first recipient of TAPPI's International Nanotechnology Division's Technical Award. This award recognizes outstanding accomplishments or contributions which have advanced the responsible and sustainable production and use of renewable nanomaterials
May 22nd, 2014
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