 A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle September 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature ... | |
 Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Few materials have exercised as much of a hold on the human imagination, or on human history, as has gold. But for all of its popular uses – money, medals, jewelry and more – gold's potential as a catalyst ... | |
 New nano device detects immune system cell signaling September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. | |
 Scientists produce nanoscale droplets with cancer-fighting implications September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists have succeeded in making unique nanoscale droplets that are much smaller than a human cell and can potentially be used to deliver pharmaceuticals. | |
 New probe could aid quantum computing September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since ... | |
 Scientists grow 'nanonets' able to snare added energy transfer September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance ... | |
Parallel 'nano-soldering' technique chosen for year's top-50 by Nanotech Briefs September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You should have so much patience to solder nanowires to nanoelectrodes. Talk about fine work. That’s why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned ... | |
Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities – with a variety of practical applications – is using carbon nanotubes for ... | |
Scientists create DNA tubes with programmable sizes for nanoscale manufacturing August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a simple process for mass producing molecular tubes of identical--and precisely programmable--circumferences. The technological feat may allow ... | |
 Big step in tiny technology August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers. | |
Northeastern University Physicists Develop Nano-Optical Lens August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university’s Electronic Materials ... | |
Nano-sized 'trojan horse' to aid nutrition August 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. | |
 Air-purifying church windows early nanotechnology August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered. | |
 New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ... | |
Unregulated nanoparticles from diesel engines inhibit lungs August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these nanoparticles can get ... | |
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