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Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a method for creating "nano-volcanoes" by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a synthetic polymer. These nano-volcanoes can store precise amounts of other materials and hold promise for new drug-delivery technologies.

Jun 13th, 2013

Nanotechnology 'welders' create single atom contacts between gold and graphene nanoribbons

Researchers have demonstrated how to make electrical contacts with single chemical bonds to graphene nanoribbons.

Jun 13th, 2013

Multiple enhancement options for next-generation FinFETs at the 5nm and 7nm node

At this week's VLSI 2013 Symposium in Kyoto, Japan, imec highlighted new insights into 3D fin shaped field effect transistors (FinFETs) and high mobility channels scaling for the 7nm and 5nm technology node.

Jun 13th, 2013

Silicon-based nanoparticles could make LEDs cheaper, greener to produce

Researchers at the University of Washington have created a material they say would make LED bulbs cheaper and greener to manufacture, driving down the price. Their silicon-based nanoparticles soften the blue light emitted by LEDs, creating white light that more closely resembles sunlight.

Jun 13th, 2013

Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics

A group of scientists has seemingly defied the laws of physics and found a way to apply pressure to make a material expand instead of compress/contract.

Jun 12th, 2013

Nanoelectronics Center at UT Austin receives $7.8 million award

The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded The University of Texas at Austin a five-year, $7.8 million nanoelectronics grant.

Jun 12th, 2013

Nanomechanical resonator self-assembled from nanoparticles

Researchers demonstrate that free-standing sheets self-assembled from various nanoparticles form versatile nanomechanical resonators in the MHz frequency range.

Jun 12th, 2013

New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy

Combining the best features of optical and scanning electron microscopy, the fast, versatile, and high-resolution technique allows scientists to view surface and subsurface features potentially as small as 10 nanometers in size.

Jun 12th, 2013

Breakthrough allows fast, reliable pathogen identification

Researchers from the University of Toronto have created an electronic chip with record-breaking speed that can analyze samples for panels of infectious bacteria. The new technology can report the identity of the pathogen in a matter of minutes, and looks for many different bacteria and drug resistance markers in parallel, allowing rapid and specific identification of infectious agents.

Jun 12th, 2013

Nanothermometer enables first atomic-scale heat transfer measurements

In findings that could help overcome a major technological hurdle in the road toward smaller and more powerful electronics, an international research team involving University of Michigan engineering researchers, has shown the unique ways in which heat dissipates at the tiniest scales.

Jun 12th, 2013

Data highways for quantum information on nanowires

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology quantum mechanically couple atoms to glass fiber cables. Now, they have shown that their technique enables storage of quantum information over a sufficiently long period of time to realize global quantum networks based on optical fibers.