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An easy way to see the world's thinnest material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material ...

Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool — already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities. They ...

Researcher Uses Graphene Quilts to Keep Things Cool

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use ...

New curriculum mixes nanotechnology and skiing (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.

Highlight: Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Users from Argonne's Materials Science Division and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, working collaboratively on a user science project with CNM's Nanobio Interfaces Group, have discovered ...

Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 08, 2009 | 3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = equal instant battery (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 07, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (27) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper.

Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 07, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoscale machines expected to have wide application in industry, energy, medicine and other fields may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to important theoretical discoveries concerning the manipulation ...

A (nano-) window that washes itself?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 9

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, detail ...

Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 02, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (14) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to ...

Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...

First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The researchers ...

Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...

Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 2

You can think of it as origami - very high-tech origami. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling ...

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 19, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by UC San Diego engineers could lead to carbon ...

Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 19, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (17) | 1

Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by "building in" ...