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Magnetism governs properties of iron-based superconductors
Though a year has passed since the discovery of a new family of high-temperature superconductors, a viable explanation for the iron-based materials? unusual properties remains elusive. But a team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may be close to the answer.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Making a point: Picoscale stability in a room-temperature AFM
Forget dancing angels, a research team has shown how to detect and monitor the tiny amount of light reflected directly off the needle point of an atomic force microscope probe, and in so doing has demonstrated a 100-fold improvement in the stability of the instrument?s measurements under ambient conditions.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Flatland physics probes mysteries of superfluidity
If physicists lived in Flatland - the fictional two-dimensional world invented by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novel - some of their quantum physics experiments would turn out differently (not just thinner) than those in our world. The distinction has taken another step from speculative fiction to real-world puzzle with a paper from the Joint Quantum Institute reporting on a Flatland arrangement of ultracold gas atoms.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells
Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways.
March 24, 2009 Read more
One form of titanium dioxide performs better than other in the reaction spotlight
Not all titanium dioxide is equal when it comes to splitting water with visible light.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Carboranes - a new family of self-assembled-monolayer materials
U.S. scientists say they have found a way to control the geometry and stability of a new family of self-assembled-monolayer materials called carboranes.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Researchers create nanocarbon catalysts for use in hydrogen storage materials
A team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and the Savannah River National Laboratory have identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and release hydrogen, a finding that may point researchers toward developing the right material for hydrogen storage for use in cars.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Nanocarbons: from physicochemical and biological properties to biomedical and environmental effects
The European Science Foundation has announced the conference Nanocarbons: from physicochemical and biological properties to biomedical and environmental effects, from September 8-13, 2009 in Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy.
March 24, 2009 Read more
High-tech Europe's 2020 - EU future technologies conference in Prague
What will our technological future look like? Where are the boundaries of science being pushed to reveal new possibilities for tomorrow? Find out at the Science beyond Fiction Conference!
March 24, 2009 Read more
Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing
Spherical carbon molecules known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.
March 24, 2009 Read more
TechConnect World announces The CancerNano 2009 Symposium May 3-7
Hundreds of sessions, led by the industry's preeminent thought leaders, will examine nanotechnology's role in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
March 24, 2009 Read more
European Parliament approves new rules on safer cosmetics requiring labeling for nanomaterials
The basic aim of the new regulation is to remove legal uncertainties and inconsistencies, while increasing the safety of cosmetics. Parliament's amendments add further improvements, especially regarding the claims companies make for their products and the safety of nanomaterials used in cosmetics.
March 24, 2009 Read more
Synthetic capsules made of natural building blocks
Researchers have attached together blocks of sugar molecule chains (polysaccharides) and protein chains (polypeptides) in a linear fashion. In water, these block copolymers spontaneously form vesicles.
March 23, 2009 Read more
EU and Japan agree to work more closely together in energy research
The prime areas for cooperation are photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage.
March 23, 2009 Read more
To fight drug addiction, researchers target the brain with nanoparticles
A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo.
March 23, 2009 Read more
Negligible proportion of artificial carbon-based nanoparticles in aquatic sediments
The quantity of artificial carbon-based nanoparticles in lake and river-beds, originating from new products, is negligible compared to the concentration of natural carbon-based nanoparticles that are present in such beds.
March 23, 2009 Read more
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