Like a Venus flytrap, a newly discovered chemical material is a picky eater - it won't snap its jaws shut for just anything. Instead of flies, however, its favorite food is radioactive nuclear waste.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreExerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreThis book explores the enormous diversity in social perspectives on the emergence of nanotechnologies. The diversity is structured by applying five broad categories: Philosophy, governance, science, representations and arts, and attention is drawn to important research lines and pertinent questions within and across these categories.
Feb 25th, 2010
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Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreHuixin He, associate professor, nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially could eliminate the problems of side effects and drug resistance in the treatment of cancer.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreThe PHOCUS ('Towards a photonic liquid state machine based on delay-coupled systems') project is designing and launching photonic systems that communicate through light for fast signal and versatile handling.
Feb 25th, 2010
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A new long-term exhibition at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., will bring visitors face to face with the nanoworld.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreLandmark discovery will lay the path for energy-efficient, cost-effective creation of nanocrystals for potential applications in biomedicine, bio-imaging and production of 3D movies and displays.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreBy mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreThe method is flexible and generally applicable to obtaining structural information for signal forwarding pathways in the cell or in the regulation of gene expression.
Feb 25th, 2010
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Researchers have developed a generic means for depositing many nanocomposites on multiple surfaces with nanoscale precision. Metal nanoparticles that were conducting, tiny magnetic nanoparticles, and nanoparticles that glowed, were all deposited using this one technique.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreAs part of LaserFest, the year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, the Optical Society (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS) sponsored a special day-long seminar on the birth, growth and future developments in laser science and technology at the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreA team of scientists led by Dr Simon Richardson at the University of Greenwich has got a step closer to one of the holy grails of drug delivery.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreRevised model will help scientists better understand transport of fluid constituents, with a wide range of applications.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreSubatomic particles called neutrons are poised to play a big role in fighting HIV, slowing global warming, and improving manufacturing processes. The reason: They are the focus of a process called neutron scattering that provides unprecedented ways to study the chemistry of a wide range of important materials, including coal and biological cells.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreScientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers.
Feb 24th, 2010
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