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Ultra-long, one-dimensional carbon chains are synthesised for the first time
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
Elemental carbon appears in many different forms, some of which are very well-known and have been thoroughly studied: diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerenes, n...
Intracellular recordings using nanotower electrodes
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
Our current understanding of how the brain works is very poor. The electrical signals travel around the brain and throughout the body, and the electrical proper...
'Honeycomb' of nanotubes could boost genetic engineering
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and transfecting cells with genetic mate...
A movie of the microworld: Physicists create nanoparticle picture series
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
Think of it as a microscopic movie: A sequence of X-ray images shows the explosion of superheated nanoparticles. The picture series reveals how the atoms in the...
NREL reveals potential for capturing waste heat via nanotubes
Apr 11, 2016 (SPX)
A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat, according to researcher...
Nanoporous material's strange breathing behavior
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
High-tech sponges of the infinitely small, nanoporous materials can capture and release gaseous or liquid chemicals in a controlled way. A team of French and Ge...
Nanoparticles can grow in cubic shape
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
The efficiency of many applications deriving from natural sciences depends dramatically on a finite-size property of nanoparticles, so-called surface-to-volume ...
Nanotubes line up to form films
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes. Scienti...
Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
In a new study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from Columbia Engineering, Cornell, and Stanford have demonstrated heat transfer can be ...
Nanocage surfaces get 'makeover' in room temperature
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
Kyoto University researchers have discovered a way of replacing surface ions of copper oxide nanocrystals at ambient conditions - a feat that will make nanocage...
Organic nanowires leave manmade technologies in the dust
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
A microbial protein fiber discovered by a Michigan State University scientist transports charges at rates high enough to be applied in manmade nanotechnologies....
Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
The secret to a long-hidden magic trick behind the self-assembly of nanocrystal structures is starting to be revealed. The transformation of simple colloidal pa...
CWRU researchers make biosensor 1 million times more sensitive
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists and engineers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an optical sensor, based on nanostructured metamaterials, that's 1 million times more...
Nature-inspired nanotubes that assemble themselves, with precision
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That's because hollow tubes that have diameters of only...
Nanolight at the edge
Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from CIC nanoGUNE, in collaboration with ICFO and Graphenea, have demonstrated how infrared light can be captured by nanostructures made of graphene...
Nano-enhanced textiles clean themselves with light
Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)
A spot of sunshine is all it could take to get your washing done, thanks to pioneering nano research into self-cleaning textiles. Researchers at RMIT University...
Team explores nanoscale objects with microwave microscopy
Mar 25, 2016 (SPX)
When lots of energy hits an atom, it can knock off electrons, making the atom extremely chemically reactive and initiating further destruction. That's why radia...
New research shows how nanowires can be formed
Mar 24, 2016 (SPX)
In an article published in Nature researchers at Lund University in Sweden show how different arrangements of atoms can be combined into nanowires as they grow....
Nanostructures promise big impact on higher-speed, lower-power optical devices
Mar 22, 2016 (SPX)
With new technology getting smaller and smaller, requiring lower power, University of Cincinnati physics research points to new robust electronic technologies u...
New microwave imaging approach opens a nanoscale view on processes in liquids
Mar 22, 2016 (SPX)
U.S. government nanotechnology researchers have demonstrated a new window to view what are now mostly clandestine operations occurring in soggy, inhospitable re...
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