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Miniature Sensor Measures Contaminants in Water and Air

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a miniature sensor that uses polymer membranes deposited on a tiny silicon disk to measure pollutants present in aqueous or gaseous environments. An array...

18 Sep 2007

Graphene Sheet of Carbon Atoms Acts Like Billiard Table, May Replace Silicon in Computer Chips

A game of billiards may never get smaller than this. Physicists at UC Riverside have demonstrated that graphene – a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings – can act as an atomic-scal...

17 Sep 2007

Magnetic Nanparticles Improve Data Storage

New research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory physicist Matthias Bode provides a more thorough understanding of new mechanisms, which makes it possible to switch a magnetic nanoparti...

15 Sep 2007

Detecting and Curing Cancer With Nanoparticles and Nanobiosensors

One of the ultimate goals of medical researchers is to develop a method of curing cancer that is pain free, fast and has no side effects. Developments in the nanotechnology fields of nanobiosensors and nanoparticles may ...

14 Sep 2007

New Scientists to Join Argonne's NanoBio Interfaces Group

Two new scientists have joined the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Elena Rozhkova and Elena Shevchenko are contributing their expertise to the Nano...

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 14 Sep 2007

Writing and Storing Electronic Memory Improved

14 Sep 2007

Federal Report on Potential Risks of Nanotechnology Fails to Deliver

Almost a year in the making, a federal plan to prioritize research on the potential environmental, health, and safety (EHS) impacts of nanoscale materials has so many failings that its begs the question as to whether the...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 14 Sep 2007

Patent Issued for Carbon Nanotube Based Transparent Electrodes

Unidym Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that U.S. Patent No. 7,265,174 has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With respect to transparent conductive f...

13 Sep 2007

Safety of Cosmetics Containing Nanoparticles Questioned at BA Festival of Science

Fears were expressed about the safety of some cosmetics at the BA Festival of Science in York on Wednesday. The products contain buckyballs – carbon molecules known as fullerenes – whose safety in cosmetic...

13 Sep 2007

Taxol Bristle Ball, A Tiny Gold Sphere Loaded With Cancer Killing Drugs

Rice University chemists have discovered a way to load dozens of molecules of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel onto tiny gold spheres. The result is a tiny ball, many times smaller than a living cell that literally bristl...

13 Sep 2007