Nanoparticle synthesis: Joined at the hip
Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability.
May 9th, 2012
Read moreHybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability.
May 9th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, have developed a miniaturized biochip for investigating the effect of drugs on cancer stem cells.
May 9th, 2012
Read moreSeven years ago, when white-light quantum dots were discovered accidentally in a Vanderbilt chemistry lab, their efficiency was too low for commercial applications and several experts predicted that it would be impossible to raise it to practical levels. Today, however, Vanderbilt researchers have proven those predictions wrong by reporting that they have successfully boosted the fluorescent efficiency of these nanocrystals from an original level of three percent to as high as 45 percent.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreThis mirror-image phenomenon - known as chirality or "handedness" - has captured the imagination of a UCLA research group led by Thomas G. Mason, a professor of chemistry and physics and a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreA cross-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maryland has designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility, in one case up to nearly 3000 times. Their discovery opens the possibility of rehabilitating drug candidates that were insufficiently soluble.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreA Cornell University scientist and designer from Africa have together created a fashionable hooded bodysuit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides for warding off mosquitoes infected with malaria, a disease estimated to kill 655,000 people annually on the continent.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreResearchers develop technique to keep cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, traffic lights and electric cars.
May 8th, 2012
Read more5,000 year old red blood cells discovered. Oldest blood known to modern science.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreGerman scientists of the Fraunhofer Institutes for Laser Technology ILT Aachen, for Material and Beam Technology IWS Dresden and for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF Jena obtained the Joseph-von- Fraunhofer prize on May 8, 2012.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreA research team lead by Professor Martin Wegener at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded in realizing a new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid, a pentamode metamaterial. Using new nanostructuring methods, these materials can now be realized for the first time with any conceivable mechanical properties.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreThe aim of the "International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global Development" (4-5 June, 2012) is to explore how emerging technologies are shaping global economies and human wellbeing.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreDie Innovationskraft der Werkstoffspezialisten in Deutschland ist ungebrochen. Das belegt die ausgesprochen hohe Qualitaet der Einreichungen zum InnoMateria Award. Mit dem InnoMateria Award werden herausragende Projekte ausgezeichnet, die mit praxisnahen Werkstoffentwicklungen innovative Produkte fuer Mobilitaet und Energie ermoeglichen.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreCell toxicity studies suggest that when exposed to sunlight, zinc oxide, a common ingredient in sunscreens, undergoes a chemical reaction that may release unstable molecules known as free radicals. Free radicals seek to bond with other molecules, but in the process, they can damage cells or the DNA contained within those cells. This in turn could increase the risk of skin cancer.
May 8th, 2012
Read morePhysicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics trace the double ionization of argon atoms on attosecond time scales.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreForscher fanden einen neuen Weg, wie Informationen im Nanometerbereich durch Ketten aus einzelnen Eisenatomen extrem schnell und effizient uebertragen werden koennen.
May 8th, 2012
Read moreFrom June 12th - 13th 2012 Dresden will be the host of the international symposium Nanofair. The congress has proved itself as an excellent European platform for the field of nanotechnological research.
May 8th, 2012
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