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'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers Nanotechnology / Physics May 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 68 vote(s) \| User comments: 13 More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but recently a pair ...

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 23 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology Nanotechnology / Physics December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 141 vote(s) \| No comments yet From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements ...

New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update) Nanotechnology / Materials February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 113 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip.

New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Ultra-miniature bialy-shaped particles — called nanobialys because they resemble tiny versions of the flat, onion-topped rolls popular in New York City — could soon be carrying medicinal compounds through patients' bloodstreams ...

Physicists invent 'QuIET' - single molecule transistors Nanotechnology / Physics August 30, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 135 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors. It's a breakthrough needed to make the next-generation of remarkably tiny, powerful computers that nanotechnologists ...

Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning Nanotechnology / Physics February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 “People have been pondering ball lightning for a couple of centuries,” says James Brian Mitchell, a scientist the University of Rennes in France. Mitchell says that different theories of how it forms, and why it burns in ...

Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors Nanotechnology / Physics January 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 61 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer Science, Inc. have used carbon nanotubes as the basis for a high-speed thin-film transistors printed onto sheets of flexible plastic. Their method may allow ...

New Organic Gold-Nanoparticle Memory Device Nanotechnology / Physics February 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers have developed a new memory device that uses gold nanoparticles and the organic semiconducting compound pentacene. This novel pairing is a key step forward in the drive to develop organic "plastic" ...

Nanodisk Codes Nanotechnology / Physics December 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a way to use billionth-of-a-meter-sized disks to create codes that could be used to encrypt information, serve as biological labels, and even tag and track ...

Shuttling Electrons Nanotechnology / Physics June 05, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet “We are trying to understand quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems,” Jason Twamley explains to PhysOrg.com. “These systems display richer dynamics and interactions than one can obtain with quantum optical ...

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Fuel Cells Nanotechnology / Physics March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 A group of scientists has created a new, improved fuel-cell electrode that is very lightweight and thin. Composed of a network of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the electrode functions nearly as well as conventional electrodes ...

Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution Nanotechnology / Physics January 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 72 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond.

How to Shrink a Carbon Nanotube Nanotechnology / Physics November 30, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 125 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research group has devised a way to control the diameter of a carbon nanotube – down to essentially zero nanometers. This useful new ability, designed by scientists from the University of California at Berkeley ...

Plumbing Carbon Nanotubes Nanotechnology / Physics January 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have determined how to connect carbon nanotubes together like water pipes, a feat that may lead to a whole new group of bottom-up-engineered nanostructures and devices.

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'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers Nanotechnology / Physics May 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 68 vote(s) \| User comments: 13 More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but recently a pair ...

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material Nanotechnology / Materials July 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 23 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest ...

Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology Nanotechnology / Physics December 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 141 vote(s) \| No comments yet From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements ...

New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update) Nanotechnology / Materials February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 113 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip.

New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine July 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Ultra-miniature bialy-shaped particles — called nanobialys because they resemble tiny versions of the flat, onion-topped rolls popular in New York City — could soon be carrying medicinal compounds through patients' bloodstreams ...

Physicists invent 'QuIET' - single molecule transistors Nanotechnology / Physics August 30, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 135 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors. It's a breakthrough needed to make the next-generation of remarkably tiny, powerful computers that nanotechnologists ...

Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning Nanotechnology / Physics February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 51 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 “People have been pondering ball lightning for a couple of centuries,” says James Brian Mitchell, a scientist the University of Rennes in France. Mitchell says that different theories of how it forms, and why it burns in ...

Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors Nanotechnology / Physics January 08, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 61 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer Science, Inc. have used carbon nanotubes as the basis for a high-speed thin-film transistors printed onto sheets of flexible plastic. Their method may allow ...

New Organic Gold-Nanoparticle Memory Device Nanotechnology / Physics February 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 47 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers have developed a new memory device that uses gold nanoparticles and the organic semiconducting compound pentacene. This novel pairing is a key step forward in the drive to develop organic "plastic" ...

Nanodisk Codes Nanotechnology / Physics December 27, 2007 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers at Northwestern University have devised a way to use billionth-of-a-meter-sized disks to create codes that could be used to encrypt information, serve as biological labels, and even tag and track ...

Shuttling Electrons Nanotechnology / Physics June 05, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet “We are trying to understand quantum nano-electro-mechanical systems,” Jason Twamley explains to PhysOrg.com. “These systems display richer dynamics and interactions than one can obtain with quantum optical ...

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Fuel Cells Nanotechnology / Physics March 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 A group of scientists has created a new, improved fuel-cell electrode that is very lightweight and thin. Composed of a network of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the electrode functions nearly as well as conventional electrodes ...

Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution Nanotechnology / Physics January 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 72 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond.

How to Shrink a Carbon Nanotube Nanotechnology / Physics November 30, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 125 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research group has devised a way to control the diameter of a carbon nanotube – down to essentially zero nanometers. This useful new ability, designed by scientists from the University of California at Berkeley ...

Plumbing Carbon Nanotubes Nanotechnology / Physics January 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 59 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have determined how to connect carbon nanotubes together like water pipes, a feat that may lead to a whole new group of bottom-up-engineered nanostructures and devices.

'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers

Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material

Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology

New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update)

New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries

Physicists invent 'QuIET' - single molecule transistors

Using fireballs to uncover the mysteries of ball lightning

Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors

New Organic Gold-Nanoparticle Memory Device

Nanodisk Codes

Shuttling Electrons

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Fuel Cells

Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution

How to Shrink a Carbon Nanotube

Plumbing Carbon Nanotubes

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