Emulating - and surpassing- nature
Design rules will enable scientists to use DNA to build nanomaterials with desired properties.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreDesign rules will enable scientists to use DNA to build nanomaterials with desired properties.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreNew processes that allow nanoparticles to assemble themselves into designer materials could solve some of today's technology challenges.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreA new scheme termed "coherent photon conversion", could potentially overcome all of the currently unresolved problems for optical implementations of quantum computing.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreDieser Jahresbericht gibt einen Einblick in die konkreten Aktivitaeten und die daraus entstandenen Arbeitsergebnisse, die das Jahr 2010 gepraegt haben.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreResearchers from the CNST and Arizona State University have demonstrated that the overall catalytic activity of nickel particles for the formation of carbon nanostructures is improved by the addition of a small amount of gold.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreThe existence of nanoscale clusters are shown to directly correlate with local recombination activity within the cell, regulating the overall performance of the energy conversion device.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreDie Bundesregierung beantwortet eine Anfrage zum Thema Chemikalienpolitik auf nationaler und europaeischer Ebene.
Oct 13th, 2011
Read moreA University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost effective and energy efficient.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreResearchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have demonstrated for the first time that it's possible to cloak a singular event in time, creating what has been described as a "history editor".
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreScientists have proposed a way to harness the unique optical properties of gold nanoparticles to clearly distinguish a brain tumor from the healthy, and vital, tissue that surrounds it.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreAn international team of scientists may have found a way to study the elusive quantum behavior of large 'macroscopic' objects.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreResearchers at Yale University are studying how two types of nanoscale structures on the feathers of birds produce brilliant and distinctive colors. The researchers are hoping that by borrowing these nanoscale tricks from nature they will be able to produce new types of lasers - ones that can assemble themselves by natural processes.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreInexorable demand for consumer goods places strain on supply of metals.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreWhen Empa researchers receive prizes, it is usually to honour their scientific work. However, the photographs from the scanning electron microscope, taken by Siddhartha Pathak during his postdoctoral time at Empa in Thun, have already been recognized several times for their aesthetic value.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreA method which more than halves the temperature at which high-quality graphene can be produced has been pioneered by researchers.
Oct 12th, 2011
Read moreDeveloped jointly by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), the new thin-film silicon solar cells are designed to be made from cheaper, low grade silicon. However it is able to generate electricity currents close to that produced by traditional solar cells made from costly, high quality silicon.
Oct 12th, 2011
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