Researchers have reported on the first combined quasi-hydrostatic, high-pressure, small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and micro x-ray diffraction (XRD) studies on individual faceted, 3-D supercrystals self-assembled from colloidal 7.0-nm PbS nanocrystals.
Feb 18th, 2011
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Magnetic nanoparticles could be used to track neural stem cells after a transplant in order to monitor how the cells heal spinal injuries, say University College London (UCL) scientsts.
Feb 18th, 2011
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More than 50 years after the invention of the laser, scientists at Yale University have built the world's first anti-laser, in which incoming beams of light interfere with one another in such a way as to perfectly cancel each other out. The discovery could pave the way for a number of novel technologies with applications in everything from optical computing to radiology.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5.5 million to three consortia to support innovative research on nanotechnology. EPA, in collaboration with the United Kingdom's Natural Environment Research Council, are leading this scientific research effort to better understand the potential risks to people's heath and the environment. The scientific information developed from the research can help guide EPA and other agencies in decisions about the safety of new materials and products that are made using nanotechnology.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreA corrective strategy used by astronomers to sharpen images of celestial bodies can now help scientists see with more depth and clarity into the living brain of a mouse. Eric Betzig, a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus, will present his team's latest work using adaptive optics for biology at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreBuilding on its past nanotechnology work, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently released the discussion paper "Agricultural, food, and water nanotechnologies for the poor: Opportunities, constraints, and role of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research".
Feb 17th, 2011
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Working on a science fair project with his lab partner Nikki, Harold Biggums finds himself transformed into a tiny superhero and flung into the midst of an alien plot to take over the world - a plot that he and Nikki can foil only by defying gravity, walking on water and charging across electric fields.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreThe International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics 2011 (IC-FCMN 2011) will be May 23-26 at MINATEC, an international center for micro- and nanotechnologies, in Grenoble, France.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read morePapers showcase technological leadership in enabling EUVL pilot line readiness and metrology techniques for defect inspection and 3D TSVs.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreThe National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will hold a workshop on March 10-11, 2011, to provide an open forum and engage in an active scientific discussion about environmental health and safety questions for nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled products, to encourage joint US-EU programs of work that would leverage resources, and to establish communities of research practice, including identification of key points of contact/interest groups/themes between key US and EU researchers for near-term and future collaborations.
Feb 17th, 2011
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Einmal einen direkten Blick auf die Strukturen eines modernen Mikrochips werfen, die bis zu 32 nm klein und damit mit dem blossen Auge nicht sichtbar sind - eine faszinierende Idee! Mit einem extra fuer Lehr-Zwecke entwickelten Rasterkraftmikroskop koennen Berufs- und andere Schulen ihre Schueler diesem Ziel etwas naeher bringen und sie fit machen fuer eine der ganz aktuellen Anforderungen der High-Tech-Welt, naemlich die Erforschung der Mikro- und Nanowelt.
Feb 17th, 2011
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Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the TU Munich unveil molecule structure by measuring residual bipolar couplings.
Feb 17th, 2011
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Researchers at MIT and Northeastern have come up with a new system for monitoring biomedical indicators - such as levels of sodium or glucose in the blood - that could someday lead to implantable devices that would allow, for example, people with diabetes to check their blood sugar just by glancing at an area of skin.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreTwenty-eleven is the year that regulation of nanotechnology will move from a hypothetical possibility to a real issue for companies in virtually every industry sector that are benefitting from the new science of nanotechnology. Such regulation will raise profound policy, business and legal issues, which will be examined at a conference on March 21 sponsored by the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Feb 17th, 2011
Read moreA Colorado State University professor has successfully turned a mineral compound into a material that can pass current through a nanoparticle network - an important discovery into more efficient, inexpensive solar cell materials.
Feb 16th, 2011
Read moreScientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage. The paper contains a coating of silver nanoparticles, which are powerful anti-bacterial agents.
Feb 16th, 2011
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