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X-ray Technique Images Structures and Features Inside Nanoparticles and Biological Cells

X-rays have been used for decades to take pictures of broken bones, but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators have developed a lensless X-ray techni...

20 Feb 2008

Tiny Camera Lenses, Cell Phone Displays and Microscale Fluidic Devices to lead from Nanoparticle Embedded Liquid Discovery

The contact angle of a droplet of nanofluid solution changes when exposed to an electric field. The phenomenon could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays and other microscale fluidic devices.

20 Feb 2008

Art and Design to Promote Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies

IMEC and Addictlab are launching a new call for ideas and visions on future applications of emerging technologies in the field of art, design , architecture, fashion, communication, environment, health and well-being. Af...

19 Feb 2008

Moving Miniature Payloads in Next Generation Micromachines and Laboratories-on-a-Chip

Scientists in Japan are reporting the discovery of a new transportation technology for moving ultra-small cargoes in the coming generation of micromachines and laboratories-on-a-chip. The report by Kenichi Yoshikawa and ...

19 Feb 2008

Electric and Hybrid Car Performance to be the Big Winner From Improved Polymer Membranes that give Bigger, Safer and More Powerful Lithium Ion Batteries

The next generation of electric and hybrid cars may be a step closer thanks to new and improved polymer membranes that allow the development of bigger, safer, and more powerful lithium ion batteries, according to an arti...

19 Feb 2008

Metal Organic Hybrid Materials Already Making Progress in Areas Like the Storage of Hydrogen for Alternative Fuel Cars

A novel class of hybrid materials made from metals and organic compounds is changing the face of solid state chemistry and materials science just 10 years after its discovery, with applications already in safe storage of...

19 Feb 2008

Poisons, Pollutants and Problems to be Detected by Credit Card Sized Gas Chromatograph in Fight for the Environment and Against Terrorists

Developing a credit-card-sized gas chromatography platform that can analyze volatile compounds within seconds is the next step for Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Masoud Agah, who has received a National ...

19 Feb 2008

Photonic Crystal Filter Clears up Fibre Optic Communcations

Researchers have come up with a potentially perfect way to sort and distribute the massive amounts of data that travel daily over optical fibers to people throughout the world. The new technology, a three-dimensional photonic crystal add-drop filter, promises greatly enhanced transmission of multiple wavelength channels (wavelengths of light) traveling along the same optical fiber.

19 Feb 2008

Sticky Gecko Inspired Bandages Set to Replace Stitches and Staples for Repairing Wounds in Emergency Rooms and Operating Theatres

MIT researchers and colleagues have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuri...

19 Feb 2008

Smaller, Faster and Cheaper Computer Nanochips to Come From Global Nanoelectronics Research Collaboration Awarded to UAlbany NanoCollege

Larry W. Sumney, President and CEO of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), was joined today by Edward Reinfurt, Executive Director of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR)...

19 Feb 2008

Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer Selected for Proteomics Research Including the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that the company’s award-winning LTQ Orbitrap™ linear ion trap mass spectrometer was chosen by the Institut de Recherches Cl...

18 Feb 2008

Religious Beliefs Make Nanotechnology Unacceptable for Majority of Americans, But Most Europeans Have No Moral Problem With Nanotech

Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small. Addressing scientists on...

18 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Directly Produces Environmentally Friendly Hydrogen by Splitting Water

Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device t...

18 Feb 2008

Geometric Configuration of Structural Proteins and Weak Hydrogen Bonds Give Strength toBiological Material Like Spider Silk

Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy.

18 Feb 2008

Some Scientists and the General Public Worried by the Health and Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

Scientists and the public agree that the promise of nanotechnology is great, but there are risks to it and they should be governed accordingly. The new technology, which is making its way into products ranging from fo...

18 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology News

X-ray Technique Images Structures and Features Inside Nanoparticles and Biological Cells

Tiny Camera Lenses, Cell Phone Displays and Microscale Fluidic Devices to lead from Nanoparticle Embedded Liquid Discovery

Art and Design to Promote Nanotechnology and Emerging Technologies

Moving Miniature Payloads in Next Generation Micromachines and Laboratories-on-a-Chip

Electric and Hybrid Car Performance to be the Big Winner From Improved Polymer Membranes that give Bigger, Safer and More Powerful Lithium Ion Batteries

Metal Organic Hybrid Materials Already Making Progress in Areas Like the Storage of Hydrogen for Alternative Fuel Cars

Poisons, Pollutants and Problems to be Detected by Credit Card Sized Gas Chromatograph in Fight for the Environment and Against Terrorists

Photonic Crystal Filter Clears up Fibre Optic Communcations

Sticky Gecko Inspired Bandages Set to Replace Stitches and Staples for Repairing Wounds in Emergency Rooms and Operating Theatres

Smaller, Faster and Cheaper Computer Nanochips to Come From Global Nanoelectronics Research Collaboration Awarded to UAlbany NanoCollege

Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer Selected for Proteomics Research Including the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Religious Beliefs Make Nanotechnology Unacceptable for Majority of Americans, But Most Europeans Have No Moral Problem With Nanotech

Solar Cell Directly Produces Environmentally Friendly Hydrogen by Splitting Water

Geometric Configuration of Structural Proteins and Weak Hydrogen Bonds Give Strength toBiological Material Like Spider Silk

Some Scientists and the General Public Worried by the Health and Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

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Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

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Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A Novel Approach to Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Performance with Graphene

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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