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Memory in artificial atoms
Danish nano-physicists have made a discovery that can change the way we store data on our computers. This means that in the future we can store data much faster, and more accurate.
Apr 9th, 2008
Read moreCarbon nanotubes made into conductive, flexible 'stained glass'
Researchers at Northwestern University have used metallic nanotubes to make thin films that are semitransparent, highly conductive, flexible and come in a variety of colors, with an appearance similar to stained glass.
Apr 9th, 2008
Read moreNewly discovered 'superinsulators' promise to transform materials research, electronics design
Superinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for a drafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreDVDs and CD-ROMs that thwart global warming
Carbon dioxide removed from smokestack emissions in order to slow global warming in the future could become a valuable raw material for the production of DVDs, beverage bottles and other products made from polycarbonate plastics, chemists are reporting.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreManufactured buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment
Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreMaking sure the wonder materials don't become the wonder pollutant
Scientists recently analyzed ten commercially made carbon nanotubes to identify the chemical byproducts of the manufacturing process and to help track them in the environment.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreCitrate appears to control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain
Researchers at Virginia Tech have demonstrated that the hydrophobic behavior of fullerenes can be changed by the addition of citric acid - although the good news and bad news of this recent discovery has yet to be determined.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreNeedle-size device created to track tumors, radiation dose
Engineers at Purdue University are creating a wireless device designed to be injected into tumors to tell doctors the precise dose of radiation received and locate the exact position of tumors during treatment.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreChinese scientists make breakthrough in the field of optical tweezers
The researchers have been successful in capturing 100-nanometer particles of polystyrene using optical tweezers.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreExpert foresees 10 more years of research and development to make solar energy competitive
Despite oil prices that hover around $100 a barrel, it may take at least 10 or more years of intensive research and development to reduce the cost of solar energy to levels competitive with petroleum, according to an authority on the topic.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreWinning nanotechnology images from the Science as Art competition
The 2008 MRS Spring Meeting concluded in San Francisco on March 28. As a special feature of the meeting, the MRS conducted the fifth installment of the popular 'Science as Art' competition.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreNew model could improve self-assembly of nanoparticles
Carnegie Mellon University's Nadine Aubry and colleague Pushpendra Singh of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are leading a research team to develop a manufacturing strategy that could improve technologies used in tissue engineering and information technology.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreScience officials ask presidential candidates to set a national priority
To confront what they call 'the gravest challenge of our time,' nanoTX USA'08 organizers today dispatched an open letter to senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama on behalf of the scientific community.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreA discovery by nanoscientists can change the way we store data on our computers
The discovery of the scientists at Nano-Science Center and the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Jonas Hauptmann, Jens Paaske and Poul Erik Lindelof, is a step on the way towards a new means of data-storage, in which electricity and magnetism are combined in a new transistor concept.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read morePhysicists saved from drowning in complexities of wetting theory
The relationship between a thin liquid film or drop of liquid and the shape of the surface that it wets is explained with a new simplified mathematical formula published this week in Physical Review Letters.
Apr 7th, 2008
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