 New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections March 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 200 vote(s)
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an ... | |
 Gold Nanoparticles Prove to Be Hot Stuff August 31, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Gold nanoparticles are highly efficient and sensitive “handles” for biological molecules being manipulated and tracked by lasers, but they also can heat up fast—by tens of degrees in just a few nanoseconds—which ... | |
New method of growing carbon nanotubes to revolutionise electronics August 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ... | |
 Nanoscale 'Coaxial Cables' for Solar Energy Harvesting April 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 117 vote(s)
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Scientists have designed a new type of nanowire – a tiny coaxial cable – that could vastly improve a few key renewable energy technologies, particularly solar cells, and could even impact other cutting-edge, ... | |
Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power September 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 117 vote(s)
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A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth. | |
New property found in ancient mineral lodestone December 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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Using the latest methods for nanofabrication, a team led by Rice University physicists has discovered a surprising new electronic property in one of the earliest-known and most-studied magnetic minerals on Earth -- lodestone, ... | |
 Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 163 vote(s)
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. | |
Brown Engineers Use DNA to Direct Nanowire Assembly and Growth July 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A small but growing number of engineers are using nature’s engineer – DNA – to create nanomaterials that can be used in everything from medical devices to computer circuits. A team from Brown University and Boston College ... | |
 Stretchable Silicon May Inspire a New Wave of Electronics June 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Scientists have created a form of nanoscale silicon that is stretchable. The new material may help pave the way for a class of stretchable electronic devices, such as “smart” surgical gloves and personal health ... | |
 Quantum Dots May Lead to Rainbow Solar Cell March 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 108 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have created solar cells made of different-sized quantum dots, each tuned to a specific wavelength of light. By arranging these quantum dots in an ordered pattern, the scientists ... | |
Scientists Create First Non-Carbon Material with Near-Diamond Hardness March 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Research scientists have created the first non-carbon-based material with a hardness approaching that of diamond. Their work could have a significant impact on technologies and industries that rely on diamond as a cutting ... | |
Researchers solve fuel-cell membrane structure conundrum December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Fuel-cell cars are reaching commercial viability in today’s increasingly eco-conscious society, but despite their promise, even scientists have struggled to explain just how the fuel-cell’s central component – the proton ... | |
Nano World: Black silicon for solar power June 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient. | |
 Novel nano-etched cavity makes leds 7 times brighter July 20, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) more than seven times brighter by etching nanoscale grooves in a surrounding cavity to ... | |
 New graphene transistor promises life after death of silicon chip (Update) February 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 113 vote(s)
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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. | |
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