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British scientists in urgent call for nanoparticles research Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 British scientists called Wednesday for urgent research into the health implications of nanoparticles, which are found in a wide range of everyday products but whose effects are virtually unknown.

Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests Nanotechnology / Physics September 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures.

Pioneering research to assist in creation of nanomachines Nanotechnology / Physics November 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A pioneering team from the University of Leicester is seeking to harness a force of nature- only measured accurately a decade ago – to help develop the technology of tomorrow.

New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom Nanotechnology / Materials March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles Nanotechnology / Physics December 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists have created a nanoscale device that is capable of detecting one quadrillionth of a gram of biological matter, or about the size of certain viruses. In the future, the sensor may be able to detect ...

Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling Nanotechnology / Physics March 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using a microscope and some extreme “snapshot” photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have uncovered ...

Rounding up gases, nano-style Nanotechnology / Materials February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas ...

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron Nanotechnology / Physics July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, physicists ...

Tough tubes -- Carbon nanotubes endure heavy wear and tear Nanotechnology / Materials July 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet The ability of carbon nanotubes to withstand repeated stress yet retain their structural and mechanical integrity is similar to the behavior of soft tissue, according to a new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

ORNL super water repellent could cause big wave in market Nanotechnology / Materials November 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities.

Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine May 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that ...

Scientists Create Quantum Cascade Laser Nanoantenna Nanotechnology / Physics October 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 54 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum ...

Atomic layer deposition fuels future solutions to nation's energy challenges Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s) \| No comments yet More efficient and less costly solar cells, solid-state lighting and industrial catalysts are potential applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique that researchers at Argonne National Laboratory ...

Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles Nanotechnology / Materials November 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 232 vote(s) \| User comments: 32 No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.

Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines Nanotechnology / Physics May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...

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British scientists in urgent call for nanoparticles research Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 British scientists called Wednesday for urgent research into the health implications of nanoparticles, which are found in a wide range of everyday products but whose effects are virtually unknown.

Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests Nanotechnology / Physics September 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures.

Pioneering research to assist in creation of nanomachines Nanotechnology / Physics November 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A pioneering team from the University of Leicester is seeking to harness a force of nature- only measured accurately a decade ago – to help develop the technology of tomorrow.

New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom Nanotechnology / Materials March 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 35 vote(s) \| User comments: 8 A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles Nanotechnology / Physics December 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists have created a nanoscale device that is capable of detecting one quadrillionth of a gram of biological matter, or about the size of certain viruses. In the future, the sensor may be able to detect ...

Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling Nanotechnology / Physics March 30, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using a microscope and some extreme “snapshot” photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have uncovered ...

Rounding up gases, nano-style Nanotechnology / Materials February 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas ...

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron Nanotechnology / Physics July 31, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, physicists ...

Tough tubes -- Carbon nanotubes endure heavy wear and tear Nanotechnology / Materials July 02, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| No comments yet The ability of carbon nanotubes to withstand repeated stress yet retain their structural and mechanical integrity is similar to the behavior of soft tissue, according to a new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

ORNL super water repellent could cause big wave in market Nanotechnology / Materials November 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities.

Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine May 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 34 vote(s) \| No comments yet Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that ...

Scientists Create Quantum Cascade Laser Nanoantenna Nanotechnology / Physics October 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 54 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum ...

Atomic layer deposition fuels future solutions to nation's energy challenges Nanotechnology / Materials July 23, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s) \| No comments yet More efficient and less costly solar cells, solid-state lighting and industrial catalysts are potential applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique that researchers at Argonne National Laboratory ...

Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles Nanotechnology / Materials November 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 232 vote(s) \| User comments: 32 No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.

Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines Nanotechnology / Physics May 31, 2007 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...

British scientists in urgent call for nanoparticles research

Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests

Pioneering research to assist in creation of nanomachines

New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom

'Nanocavity' Sensor Detects Virus-Sized Particles

Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling

Rounding up gases, nano-style

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron

Tough tubes -- Carbon nanotubes endure heavy wear and tear

ORNL super water repellent could cause big wave in market

Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors

Scientists Create Quantum Cascade Laser Nanoantenna

Atomic layer deposition fuels future solutions to nation's energy challenges

Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles

Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines

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