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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2012 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 sweeteners to dyes and perfumes - researchers are reporting. Their study, the first to show that carbon nanotubes boost plant cell division and growth, appears in the journal ACS Nano. Mariya V. Khodakovskaya and colleagues explain that their previous research demonstrated that so-called multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can penetrate t ... read more |
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![]() Nanoscale magnetic media diagnostics by rippling spin waves 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 that are faster, smaller, and more ene ... more | .. |
![]() Nanostarfruits are pure gold for research They look like fruit, and indeed the nanoscale stars of new research at Rice University have tasty implications for medical imaging and chemical sensing. Starfruit-shaped gold nanorods synthesized ... more | .. |
![]() Video Reveals Wave Character of Particles Quantum theory describes the world of atoms very precisely. Still, it defies our macroscopic conception of everyday's world due to its many anti-intuitive predictions. The wave-particle dualism prob ... 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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![]() When ions get closer Nowadays, ever smaller and more powerful computer chips are in demand. RUB physicists have discovered a new physical attraction that accelerates this progress. Prof. Dr. Padma Kant Shukla and Dr. Be ... more | .. |
![]() Diatom biosensor could shine light on future nanomaterials 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 the fact that this diatom can glow in ... more | .. |
![]() 'Buckliball' opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures 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 at MIT and Harvard University were st ... more | .. |
![]() A shiny new tool for imaging biomolecules 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 cells, sending and receiving chemical ... more |
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![]() Simple, cheap way to mass-produce graphene nanosheets Mixing a little dry ice and a simple industrial process cheaply mass-produces high-quality graphene nanosheets, researchers in South Korea and Case Western Reserve University report. Graphene, ... more | .. |
![]() Single molecules in a quantum movie The quantum physics of massive particles has intrigued physicists for more than 80 years, since it predicts that even complex particles can exhibit wave-like behaviour - in conflict with our everyda ... more | .. |
![]() Quantum plasmons demonstrated in atomic-scale nanoparticles 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 recentl ... more | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 | .. |
![]() 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 |
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