An international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol in the UK has developed a new approach to quantum computing that could soon be used to perform complex calculations that cannot be done by today's computers.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreA team of University of North Carolina (UNC) scientists has received a five-year $2,308,800 grant from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships to address the critical need for early diagnosis of and more effective treatments for pancreatic cancer.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreAhead of a regulatory review next year, the Belgian EU Presidency is proposing to create a specific register for nanomaterials under the bloc's REACH chemicals regulation and wants to make it mandatory to label their presence in consumer products.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreResearchers aim at inducing the self healing capacity of damaged cartilage and bone by coordinated cooperation/interaction of gene vectors, mesenchymal stem cells, polymers and magnetic nanoparticles.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreThe Layer-by-Layer method (LbL) is applied in particular to create three-dimensional structures made of polymers only or alternating layers of polymers and nanoparticles on the surface of electrodes.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreResearchers in Japan have succeeded in establishing a surface cleaning and crystal control technologyfor lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6), nanowires and are able to set a goal of practical applications of LaB6 nanowires, which is expected to significantly improve the performance of electron microscopes.
Sep 29th, 2010
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Hard disk drives could cram ten terabits of data per square inch of area using a new read head design.
Sep 29th, 2010
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Compositional tuning proves to be an effective approach for the fabrication of semiconductor nanocrystals with novel optical functions.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new technique that maps the magnetic vector potential - one of the most important electromagnetic quantities and a foundation of quantum mechanics - in three dimensions.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) will award a five-year cooperative agreement totaling $15 million to the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, Md., to develop and implement a Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Fellow Measurement Science and Engineering Program.
Sep 29th, 2010
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While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an unexpected bonus - a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreA novel technology can make nanoscale protein measurements, which scientists can use in clinical trials to learn how drugs work.
Sep 29th, 2010
Read moreUsing tiny structures called ferroelectric nanowires, a team of researchers can rapidly generate an electrical current in response to any change in the ambient temperature, harvesting otherwise wasted energy from thermal fluctuations.
Sep 28th, 2010
Read moreNew research describes a technique that analyzes the reflection of neutrons to locate the buckyballs within the composite material in plastic solar cell film.
Sep 28th, 2010
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University of Michigan scientists using AFOSR-funding have created the smallest pixels available that will enable LED, projected and wearable displays to be more energy efficient with more light manipulation possible and all on a display that may eventually be as small as a postage stamp.
Sep 28th, 2010
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Duke University bioengineers have not only figured out a way to sneak molecular spies through the walls of individual cells, they can now slip them into the command center - or nucleus - of those cells, where they can report back important information or drop off payloads.
Sep 28th, 2010
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