Bio-inspired assembly of nanoparticle building blocks
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 27, 2006 |
4.5 / 5 (644) |
0
Chemists at Rice University have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures based on a novel method that harkens back to one of nature's oldest known chemical ...
For Better Nanowires, Just Add Diamond
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2006 |
4.2 / 5 (434) |
0
Among the positive characteristics of diamond, such as its beauty and unsurpassed hardness, are less well known properties that make it a valuable material in the electronics industry. Now, according to two scientists at ...
Breakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks
Aug 11, 2004 |
4.4 / 5 (308) |
2
Have you ever dream of 100 terabyte of data per 3.5-inch disk? New patented innovation nanotechnology from Michael E. Thomas, president of Colossal Storage Corporation, makes it real. ...
Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (236) |
32
No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.
New nanoassembly technique is created
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 27, 2006 |
4.4 / 5 (228) |
0
U.S. chemists at Rice University say they have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures.
For a Bigger Hard-drive, Just Add Water
May 11, 2006 |
4.1 / 5 (229) |
0
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes of information. Imagine an iPod playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song or a USB thumb-drive with room ...
New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (201) |
0
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an optica ...
Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
Dec 18, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (186) |
8
Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.
Study of 'Solitons' Adds Insight into Nanomagnet Behavior
Feb 02, 2006 |
4.3 / 5 (203) |
0
Scientists are a long way off from a complete understanding of the interactions and behaviors that govern nanomagnets — magnets on the scale of a billionth of a meter. However, a groundbreaking new study helps ...
Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 19, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (185) |
15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who need lightweight, powerful ...
Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 13, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (164) |
0
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.
Study Shows Silver Nanoparticles Attach to HIV-1 virus
Oct 14, 2005 |
4.1 / 5 (167) |
0
In the first-ever study of metal nanoparticles' interaction with HIV-1, silver nanoparticles of sizes 1-10nm attached to HIV-1 and prevented the virus from bonding to host cells. The study, published in the Journal of Na ...
Virtual 3D nanorobots could lead to real cancer-fighting technology
Dec 05, 2007 |
4.6 / 5 (147) |
0
From eliminating the side effects of chemotherapy to treating Alzheimer’s disease, the potential medical applications of nanorobots are vast and ambitious. In the past decade, researchers have made many improvements ...
Nanogenerator provides continuous power by harvesting energy from the environment
Apr 05, 2007 |
4.6 / 5 (131) |
0
Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, ...
Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation
Jun 21, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (136) |
0
According to recent research, tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots may be excellent media for quantum teleportation, a physics phenomenon in which information – in the form of a quantum state, a very specific mathematical ...
