Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture abundant solar energy August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology, developed at the U.S. Department of ... | |
Large area transistors get helping hand from quantum effects August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Researchers from the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan, and the Advanced Technology Institute of the University of Surrey today report that nano-designed transistors for the large area display and sensor application ... | |
 A first in integrated nanowire sensor circuitry August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on nanowire ... | |
Shape, not just size, impacts effectiveness of emerging nanomedicine therapies August 04, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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In the budding field of nanotechnology, scientists already know that size does matter. But now, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that shape matters even more — a finding that could ... | |
Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor. | |
New nanotechnology tagging system to help solve gun crime August 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK. | |
 Nano sculptures in gold August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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If someone is charged up, the colour of their face might change, but they don't immediately pull off one of their arms, only to reattach it as a third leg. With some molecules, however, the situation is quite ... | |
 'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as ... | |
Researchers Produce Best-Yet Dye-Based Solar Cells July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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In work that may help solar panels become a more viable source of mainstream power, a research group has created a dye-based solar cell with a high efficiency and high stability, and that lacks the volatile chemicals used ... | |
Scientists demonstrate potential of graphene films as next-generation transistors July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have characterized an aspect of graphene film behavior by measuring the way it conducts electricity on a substrate. This milestone advances the potential application of graphene, ... | |
Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Nanojewels made easy July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing through the submicroscopic ... | |
New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Nanoparticles + light = dead tumor cells July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Medical physicists at the University of Virginia have created a novel way to kill tumor cells using nanoparticles and light. The technique, devised by Wensha Yang, an instructor in radiation oncology at the University of ... | |
 Golden scales: Nanoscale mass sensor from Berkeley can be used to weigh individual atoms and molecules July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There's a new "gold standard" in the sensitivity of weighing scales. Using the same technology with which they created the world's first fully functional nanotube radio, researchers with Berkeley ... | |
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