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New wave of technologies possible after ground-breaking analysis tool developedSheffield, UK (SPX) Aug 29, 2012 A revolutionary tool created by scientists at the University of Sheffield has enabled researchers to analyse nanometer-sized devices without destroying them for the first time, opening the door to a new wave of technologies. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus - developed by the University's Department of Physics and Astronomy - will allow for further developments and new applications for nanotechnology which is increasingly used in harvesting solar energy, computing, communication developments and ... read more |
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 Researchers develop method to grow artificial tissues with embedded nanoscale sensors A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks-which mark the first time that electronic ... more | .. |
 Super-Strong, High-Tech Material Found to be Toxic to Aquatic Animals Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are some of the strongest materials on Earth and are used to strengthen composite materials, such as those used in high-performance tennis rackets. CNTs have potential uses i ... more | .. |
 Nanofibre health risk quantified Health risks posed to people who work with tiny fibres used in manufacturing industries could be reduced, thanks to new research. Research into the health risks posed by nanofibres - used to s ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution Films made of semiconductor nanocrystals - tiny crystals measuring just a few billionths of a meter across - are seen as a promising new material for a wide range of applications. Nanocrystals could ... more | .. |
  Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties From an engineer's perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are examples of precise engineering on a microscopic scale. Like wooden beams reinforcing a house, cell wa ... more | .. |
  Nano, photonic research gets boost from new 3-D visualization technology For the first time X-ray scientists have combined high-resolution imaging with 3-D viewing of the surface layer of material using X-ray vision in a way that does not damage the sample. This new tech ... more | .. |
  Penn team and colleagues create a cheaper and cleaner catalyst for burning methane As the world's accessible oil reserves dwindle, natural gas has become an increasing important energy source. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which has the advantage of releasing le ... more |
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 New Phenomenon in Nanodisk Magnetic Vortices The phenomenon in ferromagnetic nanodisks of magnetic vortices - hurricanes of magnetism only a few atoms across - has generated intense interest in the high-tech community because of the potential ... more | .. |
 Oh, my stars and hexagons! DNA code shapes gold nanoparticles DNA holds the genetic code for all sorts of biological molecules and traits. But University of Illinois researchers have found that DNA's code can similarly shape metallic structures. The team found ... more | .. |
 UCF nanoparticle discovery opens door for pharmaceuticals What a University of Central Florida student thought was a failed experiment has led to a serendipitous discovery hailed by some scientists as a potential game changer for the mass production of nan ... more | .. |
 New structural information on functionalization of gold nanoparticles Nanometre-scale gold particles are currently intensively investigated for possible applications as catalysts, sensors, biolabels, drug delivery devices, biological contrast agents and as components ... more |
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 A giant step in a miniature world In order to observe the individual particles in a solution, Prof. Madhavi Krishnan and her co-workers "entice" each particle into an "electrostatic trap". It works like this: between two glass plate ... more | .. |
 Cutting the graphene cake Sandwiching individual graphene sheets between insulating layers in order to produce electrical devices with unique new properties, the method could open up a new dimension of physics research. ... more | .. |
 A new era in modern analytical chemistry with Nano-FTIR Researchers from the nanoscience research center NanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), the university of Munich (LMU, Germany) and Neaspec GmbH (Martinsried, Germany) present a new instrumental developme ... more | .. |
 Entropy can lead to order, paving the route to nanostructures Researchers trying to herd tiny particles into useful ordered formations have found an unlikely ally: entropy, a tendency generally described as "disorder." Computer simulations by University of Mic ... more |
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Vast expands Haven-1 Lab partnerships with biotech and space science leaders
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  UK research paves way to a scalable device for quantum information processing Researchers at NPL have demonstrated for the first time a monolithic 3D ion microtrap array which could be scaled up to handle several tens of ion-based quantum bits (qubits). The research, publishe ... more | .. |
 Silver nanoparticle synthesis using strawberry tree leaf A team of researchers from Greece and Spain have managed to synthesize silver nanoparticles, which are of great interest thanks to their application in biotechnology, by using strawberry tree leaf e ... more | .. |
 Researchers Create Highly Conductive and Elastic Conductors Using Silver Nanowires Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed highly conductive and elastic conductors made from silver nanoscale wires (nanowires). These elastic conductors can be used to develop ... more | .. |
 UK nanodevice builds electricity from tiny pieces A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and University of Cambridge has made a significant advance in using nano-devices to create accurate electrical currents. Electrical cur ... more |
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 Unprecedented subatomic details of exotic ferroelectric nanomaterials As scientists learn to manipulate little-understood nanoscale materials, they are laying the foundation for a future of more compact, efficient, and innovative devices. In research to be publi ... more | .. |
 Tiny bubbles snap carbon nanotubes like twigs What's 100 times stronger than steel, weighs one-sixth as much and can be snapped like a twig by a tiny air bubble? The answer is a carbon nanotube - and a new study by Rice University scientists de ... more | .. |
 Ferroelectricity on the Nanoscale Promising news for those who relish the prospects of a one-inch chip storing multiple terabytes of data, some clarity has been brought to the here-to-fore confusing physics of ferroelectric nanomate ... more | .. |
 Better surfaces could help dissipate heat Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures. Cooling systems that use a liquid that changes phase - such as water boilin ... more |
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 Nanodiamonds cut through dirt to bring back 'bling' to low temperature laundry Nanodiamonds, pieces of carbon less than ten-thousandths the diameter of a human hair, have been found to help loosen crystallized fat from surfaces in a project led by research chemists at the Univ ... more | .. |
 Research team develops world's most powerful nanoscale microwave oscillators A team of UCLA researchers has created the most powerful high-performance nanoscale microwave oscillators in the world, a development that could lead to cheaper, more energy-efficient mobile communi ... more | .. |
 Researchers test carbon nanotube-based ultra-low voltage integrated circuits A team of researchers from Peking University in Beijing, China, and Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has demonstrated that carbon nanotube-based integrated circuits can work under a supply ... more | .. |
 Researchers tune the strain in graphene drumheads to create quantum dots Tightening or relaxing the tension on a drumhead will change the way the drum sounds. The same goes for drumheads made from graphene, only instead of changing the sound, stretching graphene has a pr ... more |
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 Graphene? From any lab! Considered by many as the most promising material of the future, graphene still remains an expensive and hard-to-fabricate substance. Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Poli ... more | .. |
 Taming light with graphene Spanish research groups achieve first ever visualizations of light guided with nanometric precision on graphene (a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms). This visualization proves what theoretical p ... more | .. |
 Researchers Find Gold Nanoparticles Capable of 'Unzipping' DNA New research from North Carolina State University finds that gold nanoparticles with a slight positive charge work collectively to unravel DNA's double helix. This finding has ramifications for gene ... more | .. |
 Graphene is a tunable plasmonic medium With a beam of infrared light, scientists have sent ripples of electrons along the surface of graphene and demonstrated that they can control the length and height of these oscillations, called plas ... more |
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