Researchers have shed new light on the formation of nanoscale surface features, such as nano ripples. These features are important because they could be useful as templates for growing other nanostructures.
Mar 21st, 2006
Read moreWith a deep interest in the effects of air pollution on human health and global climate change, a University of Delaware researcher has developed a nanoaerosol mass spectrometer that can characterize microscopic airborne particles.
Mar 21st, 2006
Read moreA report by the Innovation Society in Switzerland summarizes the first results of the platform Nano-Regulation and provides recommendations for further steps towards a sustainable regulatory framework for nanotechnologies and nanosciences.
Mar 20th, 2006
Read moreUsing a nanoscale, drug-loaded liposome and a pressure-driven drug administration technique known as convection-enhanced delivery, researchers have developed an efficient method of getting anticancer drugs into the brain and keeping them there.
Mar 20th, 2006
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Physicists at JILA have designed and demonstrated a highly sensitive new tool for real-time analysis of the quantity, structure, and dynamics of a variety of atoms and molecules simultaneously, even in miniscule gas samples.
Mar 18th, 2006
Read moreA group of theoretical physicists at the University of Arkansas/ has demonstrated that under applied voltages, thin films composed of technologically important ferroelectric materials form nanobubbles, which have the potential to become a way to store lots of information in a tiny space.
Mar 17th, 2006
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University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) nanotechnologists have made alcohol- and hydrogen-powered artificial muscles that are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater work per cycle and produce, at reduced strengths, larger contractions than natural muscles.
Mar 16th, 2006
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Within an initiative aimed at supporting visionary research projects, the European Union has set aside research funds for the development of biological nanomotors.
Mar 16th, 2006
Read moreNew findings show for the first time, that bone cells can grow and proliferate on a scaffold of carbon nanotubes.
Mar 15th, 2006
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Nanoscale magnetic particles allow separations in one-pot multi-step chemical reactions.
Mar 15th, 2006
Read moreTwo recent papers by Pitt physicist offer a deeper understanding of how electrons behave on surfaces, with applications in electronics and energy.
Mar 15th, 2006
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Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) made rice-shaped particles of gold and iron oxide.
Mar 14th, 2006
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Electronics based on carbon
Mar 14th, 2006
Read moreNanorods Show Benefits Over Nanospheres in Noninvasive Cancer Treatment.
Mar 14th, 2006
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A ground-breaking treatment could restore lost abilities to stroke victims and others.
Mar 14th, 2006
Read moreBrookhaven National Laboratory researchers fabricated patterned magnetic films that could serve as building blocks for new nanoscale magneto-electronic devices and data storage media.
Mar 13th, 2006
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