Nano Technology News

April 10, 2014

Never say never in the nano-world
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 03, 2014
Objects with sizes in the nanometer range, such as the molecular building blocks of living cells or nanotechnological devices, are continuously exposed to random collisions with surrounding molecules. In such fluctuating environments the fundamental laws of thermodynamics that govern our macroscopic world need to be rewritten. An international team of researchers from Barcelona, Zurich and Vienna found that a nanoparticle trapped with laser light temporarily violates the famous second law of therm ... read more

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Researchers Grow Carbon Nanofibers Using Ambient Air, Without Toxic Ammonia Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated that vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNFs) can be manufactured using ambient air, making the manufacturing process safer an ... more		A new concept for manufacturing wrinkling patterns on hard-nano-film/soft-matter-substrate Wrinkling is a common phenomenon for thin stiff film adhered on soft substrate. Various wrinkling phenomenon has been reported previously. Wu Dan, Yin Yajun, Xie Huimin,et al from Tsinghua Universit ... more		Electric field changes signal early warnings of extreme weather Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters Extreme heat disrupts land's carbon absorption abilities		Toward 'vanishing' electronics and unlocking nanomaterials' power potential Brain sensors and electronic tags that dissolve. Boosting the potential of renewable energy sources. These are examples of the latest research from two pioneering scientists selected as this year's ... more
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Chelyabinsk meteor to help develop nanotechnology The Chelyabinsk meteor is full of mysteries. Scientists from Nizhny Novgorod have found natural magnesium-iron nanocrystals while studying the fragments of the meteor. This can give new information ... more		Waterloo physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding glassy surfaces University of Waterloo physicists have succeeded in measuring how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid. A series of simple and elegant experiments were ... more		SpaceX set for Starship's next flight, Trump expected to attend Can the Trump-Musk 'bromance' last? Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique		Optical nano-tweezers take over the control of nano-objects As science and technology go nano, scientists search for new tools to manipulate, observe and modify the "building blocks" of matter at the nanometer scale. With this in mind, the recent publication ... more
				NIST microanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute sampl ... more		Experts warn against nanosilver Endocrine disrupters are not the only worrying chemicals that ordinary consumers are exposed to in everyday life. Also nanoparticles of silver, found in e.g. dietary supplements, cosmetics and food ... more

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ORNL-UT researchers invent 'sideways' approach to 2-D hybrid materials

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