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Nanoscale view of energy storage

Through long shifts at the helm of a highly sophisticated microscope, researchers recorded reactions at near-atomic-scale resolution. Their success is another step toward building a better battery.

Jan 16th, 2017

Nanoparticle exposure can awaken dormant viruses in the lungs

Nanoparticles from combustion engines can activate viruses that are dormant in in lung tissue cells. This is the result of a new study.

Jan 16th, 2017

Seeing the quantum future... literally

What if big data could help you see the future and prevent your mobile phone from breaking before it happened?

Jan 14th, 2017

New thin-films can self-repair following damage

Resistant membrane-like films precisely reconfigure to produce valuable materials by design.

Jan 13th, 2017

Researchers develop environmentally-friendly soy bionano fiber air filter

Scientists have developed a soy-based air filter that can capture toxic chemicals, such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, which current air filters can't.

Jan 13th, 2017

Creating the tiniest structures on surfaces with nanotechnology manufacturing processes

To encourage the development of new nanotechnology manufacturing processes the EU recently established the Marie Curie Training Network ELENA (low energy electron-driven chemistry for the advantage of emerging nanofabrication methods).

Jan 13th, 2017

Researchers discover self-assembling 2D and 3D materials formed by gold nanoclusters

Researchers report a novel discovery of self-assembling two- and three-dimensional materials that are formed by gold nanoclusters of just a couple of nanometres in size, each having 102 gold atoms and a surface layer of 44 thiol molecules.

Jan 13th, 2017

New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials for flexible electronics

New classes of printable electrically conducting polymer materials make better electrodes for plastic electronics and advanced semiconductor devices.

Jan 13th, 2017

Giving citizens a voice in the era of nanotechnology

From user communities to school competitions, an EU project has given civil society a stronger voice in the ongoing debate over nanotechnology. The goal is to help ensure societal concerns are incorporated at all levels of decision-making, and that research with the potential to directly benefit citizens is prioritised.

Jan 13th, 2017

Crystallography: Electron diffraction locates hydrogen atoms

Diffraction-based analytical methods are widely used in laboratories, but they struggle to study samples that are smaller than a micrometer in size. Researchers have nevertheless been successful in using electron diffraction to reveal the structure of nanocrystals.

Jan 13th, 2017

U.S. EPA finalizes reporting and record keeping requirements on nanoscale materials

For the first time, EPA is using TSCA to collect existing exposure and health and safety information on chemicals currently in the marketplace when manufactured or processed as nanoscale materials.

Jan 12th, 2017

Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits

An international collaboration among physicists recently demonstrated a new framework for faster control of a quantum bit. Their experiments on a single electron in a diamond chip could create quantum devices less prone to errors when operated at high speeds.