Advance toward nanotechy approach to protein engineering reported June 09, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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UCLA physicists report a significant step toward a new approach to protein engineering in the June 8 online edition, and in the July print issue, of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. | |
Doping technique brings nanomechanical devices into the semiconductor world September 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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With the help of a device capable of depositing metals an atom at a time in the materials used in computer chips, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has successfully blended modern semiconductor technology ... | |
New study on properties of carbon nanotubes, water could have wide-ranging implications October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes, according ... | |
Nanoswitches Toggled by Light November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close—on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report ... | |
 Nanoscale imaging reveals unexpected behaviors in high-temperature superconductors May 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Recent discoveries regarding the physics of ceramic superconductors may help improve scientists' understanding of resistance-free electrical power. | |
 Team develops novel method for nanostructured polymer thin films September 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs (chemically distinct polymers linked together) in order ... | |
 New Finding Opens Path for Designing Novel Complex Oxide Nanomaterials October 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to "look" at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially when interacting at the ... | |
Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones December 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 185 vote(s)
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Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. | |
 Researchers mimic bacteria to produce magnetic nanoparticles April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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When it comes to designing something, it’s hard to find a better source of inspiration than Mother Nature. Using that principle, a diverse, interdisciplinary group of researchers at the U.S. Department of ... | |
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 ... | |
 IBM Brings Single-Atom Data Storage, Molecular Computers Closer to Reality August 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules. | |
 Make Way for the Real Nanopod: Researchers Create First Fully Functional Nanotube Radio October 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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Make way for the real nanopod and make room in the Guinness World Records. A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at ... | |
 Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. | |
Nanowire generates its own electricity October 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Harvard chemists have built a new wire out of photosensitive materials that is hundreds of times smaller than a human hair. The wire not only carries electricity to be used in vanishingly small circuits, but generates power ... | |
Silicon nanoparticles enhance performance of solar cells August 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Placing a film of silicon nanoparticles onto a silicon solar cell can boost power, reduce heat and prolong the cell’s life, researchers now report. | |
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