 Self Assembling Chips May 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 97 vote(s)
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In nature a phenomenon called "self assembly" is a delicate process that forms seashells, creates the enamel on teeth and transforms water into complex snowflakes. IBM Research has, for the first time ever, ... | |
 The sensitive side of carbon nanotubes: Creating powerful pressure sensors October 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. | |
 Nano-boric acid makes motor oil more slippery August 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet. | |
 'Blown Bubble' Method Disperses Nanostructures Over Large Areas June 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa recently announced a new method for organizing nanowires and carbon nanotubes across large areas: blowing bubbles. | |
 Clemson scientists put a (nano) spring in their step August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor. ... | |
 Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind' July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 65 vote(s)
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Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind. | |
 Nanomaterials Show Unexpected Strength Under Stress March 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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In yet another twist on the strangeness of the nanoworld, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland-College Park have discovered that materials such as ... | |
 Nano-layer of Ruthenium Stabilizes Magnetic Sensors August 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A layer of ruthenium just a few atoms thick can be used to fine-tune the sensitivity and enhance the reliability of magnetic sensors, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology show. | |
New kind of transistor radios shows capability of nanotube technology January 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it. | |
 Goal of nanoscale optical imaging gets boost with new hyperlens March 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a "hyperlens" that brings them one major step closer to the goal of nanoscale optical imaging. The new hyperlens, described in the Feb. 23 ... | |
 X-ray holograms expose secret magnetism May 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and USA has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of antiferromagnets, published in this week's Nature. Scientists at the London Centre ... | |
 From moths and cicadas come improvements to solar cells October 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs. | |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... | |
 Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher November 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born. | |
 Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, ... | |
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