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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2012 Children may be receiving the highest exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide in candy, which they eat in amounts much larger than adults, according to a new study. Published in ACS' journal, Environmental Science and Technology, it provides the first broadly based information on amounts of the nanomaterial - a source of concern with regard to its potential health and environmental effects - in a wide range of consumer goods. In the study, Paul Westerhoff, Ph.D., and colleagues point o ... read more |
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![]() Dust from industrial-scale processing of nanomaterials carries high explosion risk With expanded industrial-scale production of nanomaterials fast approaching, scientists are reporting indications that dust generated during processing of nanomaterials may explode more easily than ... more | .. |
![]() Coaxing gold into nanowires 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 natural gas. Along with colleagu ... more | .. |
![]() Single-atom transistor is end of Moore's Law; may be beginning of quantum computing The smallest transistor ever built - in fact, the smallest transistor that can be built - has been created using a single phosphorous atom by an international team of researchers at the University o ... more | .. |
Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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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![]() Nano-coating doubles rate of heat transfer By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that heat travels from a solid surface - such as a pot on ... more | .. |
![]() Researchers Find Strange New Nano-region Can Form in Quasicrystals A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more compl ... more | .. |
![]() New nano-material combinations produce leap in infrared technology Arizona State University researchers are finding ways to improve infrared photodetector technology that is critical to national defense and security systems, as well as used increasingly in commerci ... more | .. |
![]() ORNL microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors-quantum nanowires. Microscopic analysis at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labo ... more |
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![]() New technology platform for molecule-based electronics Researchers at the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components using the wonder mate ... more | .. |
![]() Nanoshell whispering galleries improve thin solar panels Visitors to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building may have experienced a curious acoustic feature that allows a person to whisper softly at one side of the cavernous, half-domed room and for an ... more | .. |
![]() Reducing ion exchange particles to nano-size shows big potential Sometimes bigger isn't better. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have successfully shown that they can replace useful little particles of monosodium t ... more | .. |
![]() Nanorod-Assembled Order Affects Diffusion Rate and Direction Some of the recent advancements in nanotechnology depend critically on how nanoparticles move and diffuse on a surface or in a fluid under non-ideal to extreme conditions. Georgia Tech has a team of ... more |
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![]() Stanford engineers weld nanowires with light One area of intensive research at the nanoscale is the creation of electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires. Promising exceptional electrical throughput, low cost and easy processing, ... more | .. |
![]() Bright Lights of Purity To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries - gravity, penicillin, the New World - add this: Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkele ... more | .. |
![]() Perfect nanotubes shine brightest A painstaking study by Rice University has brought a wealth of new information about single-walled carbon nanotubes through analysis of their fluorescence. The current issue of the American Ch ... more | .. |
![]() Self-assembling nanorods A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures h ... more |
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![]() Smart paint could revolutionize structural safety An innovative low-cost smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in wind turbines, mines and bridges before structural damage occurs is being developed by researchers at the University of Strat ... more | .. |
![]() Rice professor's nanotube theory confirmed The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties about nanotube gro ... more | .. |
![]() Nano-oils keep their cool Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed ex ... more | .. |
![]() UK researchers shed light on magnetic mystery of graphite The physical property of magnetism has historically been associated with metals such as iron, nickel and cobalt; however, graphite - an organic mineral made up of stacks of individual carbon sheets ... more |
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![]() Cosmology in a petri dish Scientists have found that micron-size particles which are trapped at fluid interfaces exhibit a collective dynamic that is subject to seemingly unrelated governing laws. These laws show a smooth tr ... more | .. |
![]() Graphene: Impressive capabilities on the horizon The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), along with other funding agencies, helped a Rice University research team make graphene suitable for a variety of organic chemistry applications- ... more | .. |
![]() Bilayer graphene works as an insulator A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" (BLG) that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in ... more | .. |
![]() Help Avoid Potential Risks From Rapidly Evolving Nano Tech Despite extensive investment in nanotechnology and increasing commercialization over the last decade, insufficient understanding remains about the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanoma ... more |
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![]() Water sees right through graphene Graphene is largely transparent to the eye and, as it turns out, largely transparent to water. A new study by scientists at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has determined ... more | .. |
![]() Nature Materials Study: Graphene "Invisible" to Water Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there. Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ... more | .. |
![]() T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays - the technology behind full-body security scanners. The researchers behind the study, published recentl ... more | .. |
![]() Optical nanoantennas enable efficient multipurpose particle manipulation University of Illinois researchers have shown that by tuning the properties of laser light illuminating arrays of metal nanoantennas, these nano-scale structures allow for dexterous optical tweezing ... more |
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![]() Graphene quantum dots: The next big small thing A Rice University laboratory has found a way to turn common carbon fiber into graphene quantum dots, tiny specks of matter with properties expected to prove useful in electronic, optical and biomedi ... more | .. |
![]() Hydrogen advances graphene use Physicists at Linkoping University have shown that a dose of hydrogen or helium can render the "super material" graphene even more useful. Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its ... more | .. |
![]() Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used ... more | .. |
![]() Quick-Cooking Nanomaterials Make Tomorrow's Solid-State Air Conditioners and Refrigerators Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requ ... more |
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