Longer is better for nanotube optical properties
If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback and 'go long.'
Aug 31st, 2007
Read moreIf you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback and 'go long.'
Aug 31st, 2007
Read moreSingle-walled carbon nanotubes can kill bacteria like the common pathogen E. coli by severely damaging their cell walls.
Aug 30th, 2007
Read moreTop scientists and researchers in the fields of materials science and corrosion are turning to nanoscience/nanotechnology in a continuous effort to be more clear and precise in explaining natural phenomena at the macromolecular level.
Aug 30th, 2007
Read morePhotonic quantum information science could soon move out of the laboratory and be used in future technologies like quantum computers.
Aug 30th, 2007
Read moreA new technique for growing nanoparticles which could have extraordinary implications in electronics, medicine, the measurement of atmospheric air and the cleansing of car exhausts.
Aug 30th, 2007
Read moreMIT researchers knock down theory about nanofluids.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreJust as compact discs all but wiped out vinyl records, semiconductors could be on their way out, too.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreAlready the home for India's leading software and biotech firms, Bangalore is now aiming to attract businesses in another emerging area: nanotechnology.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreIn news that is not boding well for the future of nanomaterial safety testing, Environmental Science & Technology today reports that the chemical industry fails to deliver on its promise to identify chemical hazards.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreDespite its significant market expectations for a vast area of applications, many microsystems (MST, MEMS) still face key manufacturing challenges in guaranteeing stability, robustness and associated reliability within the target working environment.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreThe final program for the 2nd Energy Nanotechnology International Conference is available.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreA website being dubbed the YouTube for scientists has been launched, raising new hopes of bringing science closer to the people. The initiative has three high-profile backers: the Public Library of Science; the US' National Science Foundation and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Aug 29th, 2007
Read moreAn innovative technique for producing very small, conductive nano-wires on silicon chips. The technique can produce wires that are 5,000 times longer than they are wide and meet the need for connecting ever-smaller electronic components.
Aug 28th, 2007
Read moreResearchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces.
Aug 28th, 2007
Read moreThe newly developed sensor has extremely high selectivity toward NOx molecules as a result of precise control of the nanostructure of the sensing electrode that detects NOx.
Aug 27th, 2007
Read moreNew research reveals for the first time the role of bone's atomistic structure in a toughening mechanism that incorporates several previously proposed theories.
Aug 27th, 2007
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