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Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscaleHouston TX (SPX) Aug 30, 2011 Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to the same wires at the nanoscale. A new study from Rice University finds gold wires less than 20 nanometers wide can become "brittle-like" under stress. It appears in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. The paper by Rice materials scientist Jun Lou and his lab shows in microscopic detail what happens to nanowires under the kinds o ... read more |
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 Engineers discover nanoscale balancing act that mirrors forces at work in living systems A delicate balance of atomic forces can be exploited to make nanoparticle superclusters that are uniform in size-an attribute that's important for many nanotech applications but hard to accomplish, ... more | .. |
 Nickel nanoparticles may contribute to lung cancer All the excitement about nanotechnology comes down to this: Structures of materials at the scale of billionths of a meter take on unusual properties. Technologists often focus on the happier a ... more | .. |
 Unexpected adhesion properties of graphene may lead to new nanotechnology devices Graphene, considered the most exciting new material under study in the world of nanotechnology, just got even more interesting, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the University o ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Nanowires get into the groove Growing up is not easy, especially for tiny nanowires: With no support or guidance, nanowires become unruly, making it difficult to harness their full potential as effective semiconductors. Prof. Er ... more | .. |
 Nano bundles pack a powerful punch Rice University researchers have created a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that promises to combine the best qualities of high-energy batteries and fast-charging capacitors in a device su ... more | .. |
  MSU, UR launch satellite from Russia A Russian Dnepr rocket roared out of a silo launcher into space carrying a satellite with hardware designed and built at Morehead State University. The rocket launched from Yasny, Russia, on the Kaz ... more | .. |
Unexpected adhesion properties of graphene may lead to new nanotechnology devices Graphene, considered the most exciting new material under study in the world of nanotechnology, just got even more interesting, according to a new study by a group of researchers at the University o ... more |
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 Researchers Find Way To Align Gold Nanorods On A Large Scale Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple, scalable way to align gold nanorods, particles with optical properties that could be used for emerging biomedical imaging te ... more | .. |
 NIST uncovers reliability issues for carbon nanotubes in future electronics Carbon nanotubes offer big promise in a small package. For instance, these tiny cylinders of carbon molecules theoretically can carry 1,000 times more electric current than a metal conductor of the ... more | .. |
 New nanostructured glass for imaging and recording University of Southampton researchers have developed new nano-structured glass, turning it into new type of computer memory, which has applications in optical manipulation and will significantly red ... more | .. |
 Ions Control Shape Of Nanofibers Grown On Clear Substrate Researchers from North Carolina State University, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and CFD Research Corporation have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate ... more |
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 Carbon nanotube structures changed by 'attack' from within A team of researchers involving scientists from The University of Nottingham has shown for the first time that chemical reactions at the nano-level which change the structure of carbon nanotubes can ... more | .. |
 A new look below the surface of nanomaterials Scientists can now look deeper into new materials to study their structure and behavior, thanks to work by an international group of researchers led by UC Davis and the Lawrence Berkeley National La ... more | .. |
  Better, Faster, Cheaper: Doing Business with the Sun The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From September 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Pho ... more | .. |
 One box of Girl Scout Cookies worth 15 billion dollars Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon - even Girl Scout Cookies. Graduate students in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour proved it when they invited a troop ... more |
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 Rice discovery points way to graphene circuits Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene. Graphe ... more | .. |
 DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical quantum wire DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST ... more | .. |
  The Orbital Perspective of Astronaut Ron Garan "Hello from space!" greets astronaut Ron Garan as an opening to his recently published video blog. Garan's goal is to show how this orbital research facility can help improve life on Earth, while al ... more | .. |
 Innovnano builds new nanomaterial plant The construction of a new Innovnano plant, in the Coimbra iParque, has begun this month. This is an innovative industrial unit, which will manufacture nanomaterials from a worldwide unique process. ... more |
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 Amplified nanotubes may power the future Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will ... more | .. |
  Cracking the Code of the Mind TAU team connects neurons to computers to decipher the enigmatic code of neuronal circuits. Machine logic is based on human logic. But although a computer processor can be dissembled and dissected i ... more | .. |
  Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumours. The team of researchers, led by Physics lecturer Dr Ant ... more | .. |
  UA Teams Selected for Zero Gravity Flights Two undergraduate student teams from the University of Arizona will conduct experiments in zero gravity this week as part of NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The teams ar ... more |
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 U of T researchers build an antenna for light University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from ... more | .. |
 Nanocrystal transformers While a movie about giant robots that undergo structural transformations is breaking box office records this summer, a scientific study about structural transformations within single nanocrystals is ... more | .. |
 New studies point to wrinkles and process contaminants in Graphene Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team led by the University at Buffalo (UB) and including the ... more | .. |
  Putting sunshine in the tank Working with the Universities of East Anglia, York and Nottingham and using nanotechnology 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, the researchers are working on harnessing the vas ... more |
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 Berkeley Lab Scientists Find Unique Luminescence in Tetrapod Nanocrystals Observation of a scientific rule being broken can sometimes lead to new knowledge and important applications. Such would seem to be the case when scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)' ... more | .. |
 Tiny ring laser accurately detects and counts nanoparticles A tiny doughnut-shaped laser is the latest marvel of silicon microminiaturization, but instead of manipulating bits it detects very small particles. Small particles play a big - and largely unnotice ... more | .. |
 Researchers image graphene electron clouds, revealing how folds can harm conductivity A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene, producing a series of images that reveal how folds ... more | .. |
 Moving microscopic vision into another new dimension Scientists who pioneered a revolutionary 3-D microscope technique are now describing an extension of that technology into a new dimension that promises sweeping applications in medicine, biological ... more |
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