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Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful outcome for doctor...
Sensing the infrared: Researchers improve IR detectors with single-walled carbon nanotubes
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
Whether used in telescopes or optoelectronic communications, infrared detectors must be continuously cooled to avoid being overwhelmed by stray thermal radiatio...
Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
Traditional silicon-based integrated circuits are found in many applications, from large data servers to cars to cell phones. Their widespread integration is du...
Light touch keeps a grip on delicate nanoparticles
May 08, 2012 (SPX)
Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended th...
New technique uses electrons to map nanoparticle atomic structures
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
With dimensions measuring billionths of a meter, nanoparticles are way too small to see with the naked eye. Yet it is becoming possible for today's scientists n...
Nanotech gets boost from nanowire decorations
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
Like a lead actress on the red carpet, nanowires-those superstars of nanotechnology-can be enhanced by a little jewelry, too. Not the diamonds and pearls variet...
Single nanomaterial yields many laser colors
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
Red, green, and blue lasers have become small and cheap enough to find their way into products ranging from BluRay DVD players to fancy pens, but each color is ...
Notre Dame paper examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem
May 01, 2012 (SPX)
A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an ex...
Creating nano-structures from the bottom up
Apr 30, 2012 (SPX)
Microscopic particles are being coaxed by Duke University engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentratio...
First Atomic-Scale Real-Time Movies of Platinum Nanocrystal Growth in Liquids
Apr 25, 2012 (SPX)
They won't be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster pote...
Nanodot-based memory sets new world speed record
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers from Taiwan and the University of California, Berkeley, has harnessed nanodots to create a new electronic memory technology that can write...
Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in fa...
High-res atomic imaging of specimens in liquid by TEM using graphene liquid cell
Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that a research team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has devel...
Carbon nanotubes can double growth of cell cultures important in industry
Apr 10, 2012 (SPX)
A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures - workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to ...
Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves
Apr 04, 2012 (SPX)
Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory ...
Nanostarfruits are pure gold for research
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
They look like fruit, and indeed the nanoscale stars of new research at Rice University have tasty implications for medical imaging and chemical sensing. Starfr...
Diatom biosensor could shine light on future nanomaterials
Mar 28, 2012 (SPX)
A glow coming from the glassy shell of microscopic marine algae called diatoms could someday help us detect chemicals and other substances in water samples. And...
A shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
At the heart of the immune system that protects our bodies from disease and foreign invaders is a vast and complex communications network involving millions of ...
'Buckliball' opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse reversibly, a group of engineers...
Simple, cheap way to mass-produce graphene nanosheets
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
Mixing a little dry ice and a simple industrial process cheaply mass-produces high-quality graphene nanosheets, researchers in South Korea and Case Western Rese...
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