Nanotechnology News

Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New nano-technology being developed by physicists at Macquarie University could help medical professionals better understand and more effectively treat cancer and other diseases.

Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (12) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers ...

Nanotech treatment gets boost with GSK licensing agreement

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- GlaxoSmithKline and Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corporation announced today that they have signed an exclusive over-the-counter licensing agreement for NanoBio’s unique nanoemulsion treatment for cold sores in ...

Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines

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 ...

New technology could boost disease detection tests' speed and sensitivity (w/ Video)

Dec 07, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using magnetizable liquids. The findings, which will be published the week of December ...

A (nano-) window that washes itself?

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 ...

MO-SCI to manufacture SRNL's unique porous walled hollow glass microspheres

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A licensing agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corporation will make SRNL's unique Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres available ...

Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Researchers Discover New Method for Measuring Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much — or how little - nanoscale interfaces love water.

Gene Testing In the Doctors Office

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable instrument manufactured by Nanosphere Inc. and recently approved by the FDA, can detect genetic variations in blood that alter the effectiveness of some drugs.

Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study

Nov 29, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (23) | 4

Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.

Argonne scientists to control attractive force for nanoelectromechanical systems

Dec 10, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force, which attracts objects when they are only hundred nanometers apart.

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

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.

Researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal by prodding it with ...

First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat