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Researchers develop method to grow artificial tissues with embedded nanoscale sensors
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks-whi...
Nanofibre health risk quantified
Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)
Health risks posed to people who work with tiny fibres used in manufacturing industries could be reduced, thanks to new research. Research into the health risks...
Super-Strong, High-Tech Material Found to be Toxic to Aquatic Animals
Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are some of the strongest materials on Earth and are used to strengthen composite materials, such as those used in high-performance tenn...
Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution
Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)
Films made of semiconductor nanocrystals - tiny crystals measuring just a few billionths of a meter across - are seen as a promising new material for a wide ran...
New Phenomenon in Nanodisk Magnetic Vortices
Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)
The phenomenon in ferromagnetic nanodisks of magnetic vortices - hurricanes of magnetism only a few atoms across - has generated intense interest in the high-te...
Oh, my stars and hexagons! DNA code shapes gold nanoparticles
Aug 14, 2012 (SPX)
DNA holds the genetic code for all sorts of biological molecules and traits. But University of Illinois researchers have found that DNA's code can similarly sha...
UCF nanoparticle discovery opens door for pharmaceuticals
Aug 09, 2012 (SPX)
What a University of Central Florida student thought was a failed experiment has led to a serendipitous discovery hailed by some scientists as a potential game ...
New structural information on functionalization of gold nanoparticles
Aug 07, 2012 (SPX)
Nanometre-scale gold particles are currently intensively investigated for possible applications as catalysts, sensors, biolabels, drug delivery devices, biologi...
A giant step in a miniature world
Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)
In order to observe the individual particles in a solution, Prof. Madhavi Krishnan and her co-workers "entice" each particle into an "electrostatic trap". It wo...
Cutting the graphene cake
Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)
Sandwiching individual graphene sheets between insulating layers in order to produce electrical devices with unique new properties, the method could open up a n...
A new era in modern analytical chemistry with Nano-FTIR
Jul 30, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers from the nanoscience research center NanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), the university of Munich (LMU, Germany) and Neaspec GmbH (Martinsried, Germany...
Entropy can lead to order, paving the route to nanostructures
Jul 30, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers trying to herd tiny particles into useful ordered formations have found an unlikely ally: entropy, a tendency generally described as "disorder." Com...
Researchers Create Highly Conductive and Elastic Conductors Using Silver Nanowires
Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed highly conductive and elastic conductors made from silver nanoscale wires (nanowires). These ela...
Silver nanoparticle synthesis using strawberry tree leaf
Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers from Greece and Spain have managed to synthesize silver nanoparticles, which are of great interest thanks to their application in biotechn...
UK nanodevice builds electricity from tiny pieces
Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)
A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and University of Cambridge has made a significant advance in using nano-devices to create accura...
Ferroelectricity on the Nanoscale
Jul 11, 2012 (SPX)
Promising news for those who relish the prospects of a one-inch chip storing multiple terabytes of data, some clarity has been brought to the here-to-fore confu...
Unprecedented subatomic details of exotic ferroelectric nanomaterials
Jul 11, 2012 (SPX)
As scientists learn to manipulate little-understood nanoscale materials, they are laying the foundation for a future of more compact, efficient, and innovative ...
Tiny bubbles snap carbon nanotubes like twigs
Jul 11, 2012 (SPX)
What's 100 times stronger than steel, weighs one-sixth as much and can be snapped like a twig by a tiny air bubble? The answer is a carbon nanotube - and a new ...
Research team develops world's most powerful nanoscale microwave oscillators
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
A team of UCLA researchers has created the most powerful high-performance nanoscale microwave oscillators in the world, a development that could lead to cheaper...
Nanodiamonds cut through dirt to bring back 'bling' to low temperature laundry
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
Nanodiamonds, pieces of carbon less than ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair, have been found to help loosen crystallized fat from surfaces in a projec...
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