A solid-state semiconductor membrane built from thin silicon layers doped with different impurities could be used in applications such as single-molecule detection, protein filtering and DNA sequencing.
Jul 12th, 2007
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Manipulating light waves, or electromagnetic radiation, has led to many technologies, from cameras to lasers to medical imaging machines that can see inside the human body.
Jul 12th, 2007
Read moreThe EU Parliament drew attention to the gap in knowledge of potential risks associated with nanotechnology, saying that the permitted limits for an additive in nanoparticle form should not be the same as when it is in traditional form.
Jul 12th, 2007
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Physicists describe a new way to view three-dimensional structures in real time. Although they haven't yet published 3-D movies, they managed to reconstruct the heights of tiny droplets using still images from 2-D movies.
Jul 11th, 2007
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A newly released report from the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue: "The Risk Governance of Nanotechnology: Recommendations for Managing a Global Issue".
Jul 11th, 2007
Read moreIn its continuing efforts to better understand the potential risks and benefits of nanotechnology, EPA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is inviting the public to comment on the agency's proposed approach to developing a Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP).
Jul 11th, 2007
Read moreA discovery, known as acoustic plasmon, could have applications in the design of ultra-high velocity electronic devices for data storage, for use in nano-optics or biomaterials, as well as in the creation of new materials for medical applications.
Jul 11th, 2007
Read moreEPA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, invites you to exchange ideas and information on using nanotechnology to develop new ways to prevent pollution at their conference "Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference" on September 25-26, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia.
Jul 11th, 2007
Read moreInvesting in Medical Nanotechnologies II.
Jul 11th, 2007
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US electrochemists have given hope to biologists who want to inject precise and tiny volumes of fluids into living cells. They have developed a syringe that delivers attolitre volumes.
Jul 11th, 2007
Read moreA new targeted drug delivery method uses ultrasound to image tumors, while also releasing the drug from "nanobubbles" into the tumor.
Jul 11th, 2007
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New research shows that nanoscale materials self-assembled in artificially determined patterns can improve upon nature�??s designs.
Jul 10th, 2007
Read moreThe EU launched its very own YouTube platform on June 29 - complete with some of Europe's leading nanotechnology research and European film's best sex scenes.
Jul 10th, 2007
Read moreThe electronics industry believes that when it comes to circuits, smaller is better - and many foresee a future where electrical switches and circuits will be as tiny as single molecules.
Jul 10th, 2007
Read moreScientists have applied a nanoscale imaging method to a biological system, helping to clear up an old puzzle of the global carbon and nitrogen cycle.
Jul 10th, 2007
Read moreThe winning work was "Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Species".
Jul 9th, 2007
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