NANO TECH - NANO DAILY

New technique lets scientists peer within nanoparticles

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

UCLA researchers are now able to peer deep within the world's tiniest structures to create three-dimensional images of individual atoms and their positions. The...

Quantum plasmons demonstrated in atomic-scale nanoparticles

Mar 26, 2012 (SPX)

The physical phenomenon of plasmon resonances in small metal particles has been used for centuries. They are visible in the vibrant hues of the great stained-gl...

Are silver nanoparticles harmful?

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

Silver nanoparticles cause more damage to testicular cells than titanium dioxide nanoparticles, according to a recent study by the Norwegian Institute of Public...

3D-Printer with Nano-Precision

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

Printing three dimensional objects with incredibly fine details is now possible using "two-photon lithography". With this technology, tiny structures on a nanom...

Nano spiral staircases modify light

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

There was a lot of excitement a few years ago following the discovery of the DNA origami technique. The approach could be used to build nanoparticles of a given...

HyperSolar Discloses Development Plan for Breakthrough Renewable Hydrogen and Natural Gas Technology

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

HyperSolar has announced specific details of its plan for the development of the world's first nanotechnology-based, zero-carbon process for the production of r...

Molecular graphene heralds new era of 'designer electrons'

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from Stanford University and the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the first-ever system of "designer el...

Touch of gold improves nanoparticle fuel-cell reactions

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Advances in fuel-cell technology have been stymied by the inadequacy of metals studied as catalysts. The drawback to platinum, other than cost, is that it absor...

Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon "nanotubes" to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology ...

2 for 1: Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniques-neutron scattering an...

The shape of things to come: NIST probes the promise of nanomanufacturing using DNA origami

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

In recent years, scientists have begun to harness DNA's powerful molecular machinery to build artificial structures at the nanoscale using the natural ability o...

Drexel Advances Understanding of Energy Storage Mechanisms in Nature Materials

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

An international team of materials researchers including Drexel University's Dr. Yury Gogotsi has given the engineering world a better look at the inner functio...

Solved: The Mystery of the Nanoscale Crop Circles

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Almost three years ago a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was performing an experiment...

New measuring techniques can improve efficiency, safety of nanoparticles

Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)

Using high-precision microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques, University of Oregon researchers have gained eye-opening insights into the process of applying ...

Nanofiber Breakthrough Holds Promise for Medicine and Microprocessors

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly ...

Novel method to make nanomaterials discovered

Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the NanoScience Center of the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and at Harvard University, US, have discovered a novel way to make nanomaterials....

Light-emitting nanocrystal diodes go ultraviolet

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviole...

New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility...

Metal nanoparticles shine with customizable color

Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers at Harvard have demonstrated a new kind of tunable color filter that uses optical nanoantennas to obtain precise control of color output. Whereas a co...

Coaxing gold into nanowires

Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have coaxed gold into nanowires as a way of creating an inexpensive material for detecting poisonous gases found in ...