News tagged with nanotechnology
Related topics: nanoparticles , cells , molecules , cancer cells , nanometers
Breakthrough in nanocrystals growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation. Nanoparticles are the foundation of nanotechnology and their performance ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Birth of nanoparticles seen by Argonne scientists for the first time
A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington has succeeded in "watching" nanoparticles grow in real time.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Following the Nobel Prize, big things planned for graphene
If you had never heard of “graphene” a few days ago, you might know something about it today – if you follow the Nobel Prize announcements.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 13, 2010 |
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New sensor nanotechnology simplifies disease detection
Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed a new sensor nanotechnology that could revolutionize personalized medicine by making it possible to instantly detect and monitor disease by simply exhaling ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 04, 2010 |
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DNA art imitates life: Construction of a nanoscale Mobius strip
The enigmatic Mobius strip has long been an object of fascination, appearing in numerous works of art, most famously a woodcut by the Dutchman M.C. Escher, in which a tribe of ants traverses the form's single, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 04, 2010 |
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New nanomaterial, shaped like Stars of David, discovered by Israeli scientists
A new type of nanoparticle resembling the six-pointed Star of David (Magen David) that is the symbol on the flag of Israel has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery, the researchers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Novel chemistry amplifies ability of nanoparticles to detect rare cells
One of the most promising characteristics of nanoparticles as diagnostic agents is the ability to attach to the nanoparticles surface any of a wide variety of targeting molecules that can increase the distinction between ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Physicists control chemical reactions mechanically
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA physicists have taken a significant step in controlling chemical reactions mechanically, an important advance in nanotechnology, UCLA physics professor Giovanni Zocchi and colleagues report.
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Small Size -- Huge Potential
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Connecticut chemistry professor's nanotechnology research will be useful in alternative fuel development.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Using nanotechnology to improve a cancer treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have devised a method that may allow clinicians to use higher doses of a powerful chemotherapy drug that has been limited because it is toxic not only ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Life of plastic solar cell jumps from hours to 8 months
A team of researchers from the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology has extended the operating life of an unsealed plastic solar cell, from mere hours to eight months.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Towards nanowire solar cells with a 65-percent efficiency
Dutch researchers want to develop solar cells with an efficiency of over 65 percent by means of nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 20, 2010 |
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Peering into the never before seen (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists can now peer into the inner workings of catalyst nanoparticles 3,000 times smaller than a human hair within nanoseconds. The findings point the way toward future work that could ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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'Impossible' conductivity explained
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bring two materials that are not themselves conductive into contact and, exactly at their interface, something remarkable happens: at that precise point, conduction is possible.
May 19, 2010 |
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Spiders at the nanoscale: Molecules that behave like robots
A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an autonomous molecular "robot" made ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 12, 2010 |
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