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May 07, 2016

Little ANTs: Researchers build the world's tiniest engine
Cambridge, UK (SPX) May 05, 2016
Researchers have developed the world's tiniest engine - just a few billionths of a metre in size - which uses light to power itself. The nanoscale engine, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, could form the basis of future nano-machines that can navigate in water, sense the environment around them, or even enter living cells to fight disease. The prototype device is made of tiny charged particles of gold, bound together with temperature-responsive polymers in the form of a gel. ... read more

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New movies from the microcosmos With the aid of terahertz radiation, Munich physicists have developed a method for generating and controlling ultrashort electron pulses. With further improvements, this technique should be capabl ... more		Rice introduces Teslaphoresis to help assemble Nanotubes Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call "Teslaphoresis." Th ... more		Ultra-long, one-dimensional carbon chains are synthesised for the first time Elemental carbon appears in many different forms, some of which are very well-known and have been thoroughly studied: diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, nanotubes and carbyne. Within this "car ... more
				Intracellular recordings using nanotower electrodes Our current understanding of how the brain works is very poor. The electrical signals travel around the brain and throughout the body, and the electrical properties of the biological tissues are stu ... more		'Honeycomb' of nanotubes could boost genetic engineering Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and transfecting cells with genetic material on an array of carbon nanotubes, ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

A movie of the microworld: Physicists create nanoparticle picture series Think of it as a microscopic movie: A sequence of X-ray images shows the explosion of superheated nanoparticles. The picture series reveals how the atoms in these particles move, how they form plasm ... more		NREL reveals potential for capturing waste heat via nanotubes A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat, according to researchers at the Energy Department's National ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		Nanotubes line up to form films A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes. Scientists at Rice, with support from Los Ala ... more
				Nanoparticles can grow in cubic shape The efficiency of many applications deriving from natural sciences depends dramatically on a finite-size property of nanoparticles, so-called surface-to-volume ratio. The larger the surface of nanop ... more		Nanoporous material's strange "breathing" behavior High-tech sponges of the infinitely small, nanoporous materials can capture and release gaseous or liquid chemicals in a controlled way. A team of French and German researchers from the Institut de ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

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The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

Nanocage surfaces get 'makeover' in room temperature Kyoto University researchers have discovered a way of replacing surface ions of copper oxide nanocrystals at ambient conditions - a feat that will make nanocage production considerably simpler. ... more		Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale In a new study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from Columbia Engineering, Cornell, and Stanford have demonstrated heat transfer can be made 100 times stronger than has been ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Nanolight at the edge Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with ICFO and Graphenea, have demonstrated how infrared light can be captured by nanostructures made of graphene. This happens when light couples to c ... more
Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets The secret to a long-hidden magic trick behind the self-assembly of nanocrystal structures is starting to be revealed. The transformation of simple colloidal particles - bits of matter suspend ... more		Organic nanowires leave manmade technologies in the dust A microbial protein fiber discovered by a Michigan State University scientist transports charges at rates high enough to be applied in manmade nanotechnologies. The discovery, featured in the ... more		Nano-enhanced textiles clean themselves with light A spot of sunshine is all it could take to get your washing done, thanks to pioneering nano research into self-cleaning textiles. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have develop ... more		Nature-inspired nanotubes that assemble themselves, with precision When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That's because hollow tubes that have diameters of only a few billionths of a meter have the ... more

	CWRU researchers make biosensor 1 million times more sensitive Physicists and engineers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an optical sensor, based on nanostructured metamaterials, that's 1 million times more sensitive than the current best avail ... more		Team explores nanoscale objects with microwave microscopy When lots of energy hits an atom, it can knock off electrons, making the atom extremely chemically reactive and initiating further destruction. That's why radiation is so dangerous. It's also why hi ... more

U.S. defense in free fall

U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact

New research shows how nanowires can be formed		ASRC professor leads study on reconfigurable magnetic nanopatterns		Atomic vibrations in nanomaterials		NIST invents fleet and fast test for nanomanufacturing quality control		Building a better mouse trap, from the atoms up
From backyard pool chemical to nanomaterial		Nanoparticles on nanosteps		Thermal measurements with nanometer resolution		Physicists promise a copper revolution in nanophotonics		Stretchable nano-devices towards smart contact lenses

New ways to construct contactless magnetic gears

Scientists find a new way to make nanowire lasers

Scientists take nanoparticle snapshots

Scientists take key step toward custom-made nanoscale chemical factories

Nanoscale cavity strongly links quantum particles

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