News tagged with nano letters
Related topics: solar cells , nanowires , nanoparticles , carbon nanotube , graphene
New DNA sensors could identify cancer using graphene
Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 13, 2009 |
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New radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost.
Apr 13, 2009 |
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New security and medical sensor devices made possible by metallic nanostructures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors, according to research ...
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells
The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers create catalysts for use in hydrogen storage materials
A team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and the Savannah River National Laboratory have identified that carbon nanostructures can be used as catalysts to store and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Nanocups brim with potential: Light-bending metamaterial could lead to superlenses, invisibility cloaks
Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Revealing new applications for carbon nanomaterials in hydrogen storage
An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Nanowires may lead to better fuel cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Sunlight turns carbon dioxide to methane
Dual catalysts may be the key to efficiently turning carbon dioxide and water vapor into methane and other hydrocarbons using titania nanotubes and solar power, according to Penn State researchers.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Scientists Create Light-Bending Nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metallic nanoparticles and other structures can manipulate light in ways that are not possible with conventional optical materials. In a recent example of this, Rice University researchers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 03, 2009 |
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'Silver nanoparticle' microscope may shed new light on cancer, bone diseases
In a finding that could help speed the understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to osteoporosis, researchers in Utah are reporting development of a new microscope technique that uses “silver nanoparticle” mirrors to ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" are a safe, effective way to "light up" cancerous tumors so surgeons can find and remove them.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Easing Atmospheric CO2 Levels Using Nanotubes and Sunlight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have determined a way to use arrays of nanotubes in a solar-based process to convert carbon dioxide and water into methane and other hydrocarbon ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Nanotubes trigger biochemical 'cross talk' for consumer protection tests
Researchers in West Virginia and Japan are reporting an advance toward a blood test that could help protect consumers from new products containing potentially harmful kinds of nanotubes. These ultra small wisps of carbon ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological ...
Feb 05, 2009 |
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