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November 27, 2015

Navy researchers recruit luminescent nanoparticles to image brain function
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2015
Research biologists, chemists and theoreticians at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), are on pace to develop the next generation of functional materials that could enable the mapping of the complex neural connections in the brain. The ultimate goal is to better understand how the billions of neurons in the brain communicate with one another during normal brain function, or dysfunction, as result of injury or disease. "There is tremendous interest in mapping all the neuron connections in the ... read more

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Light wave technique an advance for optical research RMIT University researchers have developed artificial microflowers that self-assemble in water and mimic the natural blooming process, an important step for advances in frontier-edge electronics. ... more		Nanostructuring technology can simultaneously control heat and electricity The improvement of thermoelectric materials that can directly convert wasted heat to electric energy may lead to one of the solutions for energy issues. For high performance in thermoelectric materi ... more		Rice makes light-driven nanosubmarine Though they're not quite ready for boarding a la "Fantastic Voyage," nanoscale submarines created at Rice University are proving themselves seaworthy. Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersib ... more
				Novel 'crumpling' of hybrid nanostructures increases SERS sensitivity By "crumpling" to increase the surface area of graphene-gold nanostructures, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have improved the sensitivity of these materials, opening ... more		New way of computing with interaction-dependent nanomagnets Researchers from the University of South Florida College of Engineering have proposed a new form of computing that uses circular nanomagnets to solve quadratic optimization problems orders of magnit ... more

Researchers build nanoscale autonomous walking machine from DNA Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces. Future applications of such a DNA walke ... more		Finally a promising natural nanomaterial Yuri Lvov and Rawil Fakhrullin of Bionanotechnology Lab, Kazan Federal University, in cooperation with Wencai Wang and Liqun Zhang of State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Un ... more		Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns Climate's influence reshapes East African rift dynamics		Anti-clumping strategy for nanoparticles Nanoparticles are ubiquitous in industrial applications ranging from drug delivery and biomedical diagnostics to developing hydrophobic surfaces, lubricant additives and enhanced oil recovery soluti ... more
				Umbrella-shaped diamond nanostructures make efficient photon collectors Standard umbrellas come out when the sky turns dark, but in the nanoworld, umbrella shapes may be the next creative way to enhance light emission. Inspired by recent work to enhance the luminescence ... more		Are cars nanotube factories on wheels Cars appear to produce carbon nanotubes, and some of the evidence has been found in human lungs. Rice University scientists working with colleagues in France have detected the presence of man-made c ... more

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New design rule brings nature-inspired nanostructures one step closer Scientists aspire to build nanostructures that mimic the complexity and function of nature's proteins, but are made of durable and synthetic materials. These microscopic widgets could be customized ... more		Molecular nanoribbons as electronic highways Physicists at Umea University have, together with researchers at UC Berkeley, USA, developed a method to synthesise a unique and novel type of material which resembles a graphene nanoribbon but in m ... more		Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return The growth bingo has seen from online gaming Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes		Developing a nanoscale 'clutch' A model microscopic system to demonstrate the transmission of torque in the presence of thermal fluctuations - necessary for the creation of a tiny 'clutch' operating at the nanoscale - has been ass ... more
Pirouetting in the spotlight Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have developed a new class of molecular motors that rotate unidirectionally at speeds of up to 1 kHz when exposed to sunlight at room ... more		Nanocellulose materials by design Theoretically, nanocellulose could be the next hot supermaterial. A class of biological materials found within numerous natural systems, most notably trees, cellulose nanocrystals have captured rese ... more		Smaller is better for nanotube analysis In a great example of "less is more," Rice University scientists have developed a powerful method to analyze carbon nanotubes in solution. The researchers' variance spectroscopy technique zoom ... more		Nanostructures for contactless control Chemists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Univeristaet (LMU) in Munich have fabricated a novel nanosheet-based photonic crystal that changes color in response to moisture. The new material could form the basis ... more

	Scientists build wrench 1.7 nanometers wide Hold up your two hands. They are identical in structure, but mirror opposites. No matter how hard you try, they can't be superimposed onto each other. Or, as chemists would say, they have "chirality ... more		Standards for triboelectric nanogenerators could facilitate comparisons More than 60 research groups worldwide are now developing variations of the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), which converts ambient mechanical energy into electricity for powering wearable electr ... more

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