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![]() Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2012 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-glass windows of the world. More recently, plasmon resonances have been used by engineers to develop new, light-activated cancer treatments and to enhance light absorption in photovoltaics and photocatalysis. "The stained-glass windows of Notre Dame Cathedral and Stanford Chapel derive their color from metal nanoparticles embedded in the glas ... read more |
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![]() New technique lets scientists peer within nanoparticles 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. Their research, published March 22 in the ... more | .. |
![]() Columbia Engineering and Penn researchers increase speed of single-molecule measurements As nanotechnology becomes ever more ubiquitous, researchers are using it to make medical diagnostics smaller, faster, and cheaper, in order to better diagnose diseases, learn more about inherited tr ... more | .. |
![]() Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene In what became known as the 'Scotch tape technique," researchers first extracted graphene with a piece of adhesive in 2004. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb, hexago ... 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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![]() 3D-Printer with Nano-Precision Printing three dimensional objects with incredibly fine details is now possible using "two-photon lithography". With this technology, tiny structures on a nanometer scale can be fabricated. Research ... more | .. |
![]() Are silver nanoparticles harmful? Silver nanoparticles cause more damage to testicular cells than titanium dioxide nanoparticles, according to a recent study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. However, the use of both type ... more | .. |
![]() Nano spiral staircases modify light 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 shape and size. However, real applica ... more | .. |
![]() Molecular graphene heralds new era of 'designer electrons' Researchers from Stanford University and the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the first-ever system of "designer electrons" - exotic variants of ordinary ... more |
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![]() HyperSolar Discloses Development Plan for Breakthrough Renewable Hydrogen and Natural Gas Technology 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 renewable hydrogen and natural gas. ... more | .. |
![]() Touch of gold improves nanoparticle fuel-cell reactions 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 absorbs carbon monoxide in reactions involv ... more | .. |
![]() The shape of things to come: NIST probes the promise of nanomanufacturing using DNA origami In recent years, scientists have begun to harness DNA's powerful molecular machinery to build artificial structures at the nanoscale using the natural ability of pairs of DNA molecules to assemble i ... more | .. |
![]() 2 for 1: Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniques-neutron scattering and electrochemical measurements-to enab ... more |
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![]() Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon "nanotubes" to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day allow a doctor to r ... more | .. |
![]() Drexel Advances Understanding of Energy Storage Mechanisms in Nature Materials An international team of materials researchers including Drexel University's Dr. Yury Gogotsi has given the engineering world a better look at the inner functions of the electrodes of supercapacitor ... more | .. |
![]() GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper Instrument Completes Sensitivity Testing The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) - R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) spaceflight instrument Engineering Development Unit completed optical-electronic lightnin ... more | .. |
![]() Solved: The Mystery of the Nanoscale Crop Circles 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 in which layers of gold mere nanomete ... more |
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![]() New measuring techniques can improve efficiency, safety of nanoparticles Using high-precision microscopy and X-ray scattering techniques, University of Oregon researchers have gained eye-opening insights into the process of applying green chemistry to nanotechnology that ... more | .. |
![]() A study describes liquid water diffusion at molecular level Researchers at the universities of Granada and Barcelona have described for the first time the diffusion of liquid water through nanochannels in molecular terms; nanochannels are extremely tiny chan ... more | .. |
![]() Nanofiber Breakthrough Holds Promise for Medicine and Microprocessors A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods for the ... more | .. |
![]() Livestock science will benefit sub-Saharan Africa Africa will benefit greatly from advances in livestock science that will benefit the animals and the people they provide with high quality protein, said scientists here Sunday. Panelists addre ... more |
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![]() Novel method to make nanomaterials discovered Researchers at the NanoScience Center of the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and at Harvard University, US, have discovered a novel way to make nanomaterials. Using computer simulations, the rese ... more | .. |
![]() Malta signs ESA Space Cooperation Agreement Malta signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 20 February 2012. The objective of this agreement is to allow Malta and ESA to create the framework for more-intensive cooperation in ESA projects in ... more | .. |
![]() Light-emitting nanocrystal diodes go ultraviolet A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviolet range. The work, reported this week ... more | .. |
![]() Metal nanoparticles shine with customizable color 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 conventional color filter can only produ ... more |
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![]() New study may lead to MRIs on a nanoscale Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC ... more | .. |
![]() Harvard's Wyss Institute develops DNA nanorobot to trigger targeted therapeutic responses Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets with ... more | .. |
![]() Children may have highest exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles 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' jou ... more | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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