Washington University in St. Louis is partnering with Chrysler LLC and a major Midwest utility company in a project to determine if paint solid residues from automobile manufacturing can reduce emissions of mercury from electric power plants.
Jan 11th, 2008
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In a development that brings superdense memory devices and molecule-sized machines a step closer to reality, scientists at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) have succeeded in creating 1-nanometer-thick electric wires with a layer of insulation.
Jan 11th, 2008
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Researchers are applying relativistic quantum theory to explain how graphene could switch from a metal to an insulator.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreUCLA professor and CNSI Member, Dr. Robin Garrell, has been selected by an independent panel of scientists to receive an international award and special recognition for her pioneering research work in nanotechnology.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreTechnology that improves on the output of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, and a system that better preserves organs during transplants, are among the winning ideas of the finalists that Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial has named in its 2007-2008 Growth Accelerator Program competition.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreA recent discovery by a multinational team including a University of Minnesota scientist, professor Michael Sadowsky in the department of soil, water and climate, could lead to more environmentally friendly manufacturing of electronic devices.
Jan 10th, 2008
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Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by researchers with the Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley. The far-ranging potential applications of this technology include DOE's hydrogen fuel cell-powered 'Freedom CAR,' and personal power-jackets that could use heat from the human body to recharge cell-phones and other electronic devices.
Jan 10th, 2008
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Scientists at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have developed the world�??s first gene detection platform made up entirely from self-assembled DNA nanostructures. The results could have broad implications for gene chip technology and may also revolutionize the way in which gene expression is analyzed in a single cell.
Jan 10th, 2008
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Students participating students in the Future City Competition this year will have to write an essay on the subject 'Keeping Our City Infrastructure Healthy: Using Nanotechnology to Monitor City Structures and Systems.'
Jan 10th, 2008
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Cordis has published an overview list of activities in the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) with calls for proposals in 2008 of direct relevance to nanotechnology.
Jan 10th, 2008
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Stuttgart-based physicists observe the critical Casimir force and use it to cancel out an effect that brings nanomachines to a standstill.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreBioengineer earns O'Donnell Award from Texas Academy.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreNISE (the Nanoscale Informal Science Eductaion) Net has identified March 29�??April 6, 2008, as the dates for NanoDays, a week of community-based educational outreach events to raise public awareness of nanoscale science and engineering. NISE Net will provide basic materials and facilitation to support the planning of these events in local communities across the United States.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreScientists have only been able to take naturally occurring materials so far when it comes to their physics and chemical properties. What they do in their natural form is simply what they do. They can't do any more by themselves, though compounds combining several different materials have been used to extend base abilities. Now, scientists are finding out that through nano construction processes, they can custom build new materials that don't naturally occur in nature, with some amazing properties.
Jan 10th, 2008
Read moreWere you soaked in last summer's heavy rainstorms? John Simpson, a senior research scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has developed a new super-water-repellent coating that might make a dismal British summer more bearable.
Jan 9th, 2008
Read moreThe Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the first of five federally funded nanoscience research facilities to come into being within the past couple of years, and it's also been the busiest.
Jan 9th, 2008
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