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Researchers from ORNL Received Recognition in Nanotechnology

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have won six R+D 100 Awards for innovative technologies in areas ranging from national security to the advanced materials indu...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2 Jul 2008

The Few Remaining Unsolved Problems of Quantum Mechanics

A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Bolizsár Jankó provides an overview of research into one of the few remaining unsolved problems of quantum mechanics.

2 Jul 2008

Researchers Develop Technique for Generating Atom Clusters

Researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms (clusters of 13 silver atoms, for example) behave in the same way as individual atoms and have opened up a whole new branch of chemistry.

1 Jul 2008

Another Reason Why Nanoparticles are Attractive Potential Biomedical Sensors

The ability to use genetic material to assemble nanoscopic particles of gold could be an important step toward creating tiny "spies" that will be able to infiltrate individual cells and report back in real time...

1 Jul 2008

ApNano Materials Announces Major Breakthrough in WS2 Nanotube Production for Bulletproof Vests

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a major breakthrough in the production of the company's unique, inorganic tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanotubes in industrial quantities.

1 Jul 2008

Professor Awarded Grant to Conduct Nanoparticle Cancer Research

A biomedical engineering assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute grant to conduct nanoparticle cancer research. ...

1 Jul 2008

New Technique in Reading and Evaluating DNA or RNA Assays

A new method for reading DNA (or RNA) microarrays is based on measuring the electrostatic repulsion between silica microspheres and hybridized DNA. Surface areas containing double-stranded DNA (red) or single-stranded DNA (blue) can be easily distinguished from each other and from background areas by the naked eye. (Illustration Flavio Robles, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs)

1 Jul 2008

Integrating Optical Structures with Electrical Devices at the Nanoscale

Engineers working in optical communications bear more than a passing resemblance to dreamers chasing rainbows. They may not wish literally to capture all the colors of the spectrum, but they do seek to control the rat...

28 Jun 2008

New Technique for Fabricating Nanowire Photonic and Electronic Integrated Circuits

Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.

27 Jun 2008

Optical Cloaking Devices Almost Within Reach

Now you see it, soon you might not, researchers at the University of Illinois say. In computer simulations, the researchers have demonstrated an approximate cloaking effect created by concentric rings of silicon photo...

26 Jun 2008