It's commonly accepted that electrical resistance of a given material cannot be adjusted as is the case with, for example, density and color. However, Dr Meike St�hr and her collaborators have now succeeded in developing a new method to selectively tune surface properties such as resistance.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreScientists at DuPont and Lehigh University have refined a technique, first published in 2003, to sort carbon nanotubes using specific sequences of DNA. This technique offers the first demonstration that nanotubes can be sorted by size, property and symmetry (chirality).
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreThe International Conference on Magnetism (ICM) is the most important international conference for scientists conducting research in the fields of magnetism and magnetic materials.
Jul 16th, 2009
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At a technical breakfast, Romain Quidant presented his research into the detection and treatment of cancer using gold nanoparticles illuminated with laser light.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreResearchers have developed a groundbreaking way to modify silicone so that it kills bacteria when exposed to light from a laser or from ordinary fluorescent lamps.
Jul 16th, 2009
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A coating designed for clothing could help reduce industrial injuries due to scalding, say Chinese scientists.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreThe New York Times carries an article today on how universities are investing in nanotechnology start-ups and California's university research centers, small companies and venture finance firms are collaborating in this area.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreThe University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) at Cornell University in the United States are working together to develop new products and techniques that will promote new medicines, develop the next generation of biofuels and improve human health and quality of life.
Jul 16th, 2009
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A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will determine if their innovative approach can safely and economically extract and convert heat from vast untapped geothermal resources.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreAir Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researchers at the University of Rochester are using laser light technology that will help the military create new forms of metal that may guide, attract and repel liquids and cool small electronic devices.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreAn astrophysics experiment in America has demonstrated how fundamental research in one subject area can have a profound effect on work in another as the instruments used for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) pave the way for quantum experiments on a macroscopic scale.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreNanoTecNexus and the University of California, San Diego NanoTumor Center (NTC) have received the 2009 Bronze Telly Award for the production of a video on approaches to fighting cancer using nanotechnology.
Jul 16th, 2009
Read moreJoint venture to create hundreds of high-tech jobs, expands upstate New York's nanotechnology industry.
Jul 15th, 2009
Read moreIn a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor.
Jul 15th, 2009
Read moreA University of Missouri physicist has uncovered some clues about the basis of Einstein's theories and presented a more general approximation, which may better link quantum physics with classical physics.
Jul 15th, 2009
Read moremyExperiment, the social networking site for scientists, has set out to challenge traditional ideas of academic publishing as it enters a new phase of funding.
Jul 15th, 2009
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