Nanowire arrays can detect signals along individual neurons
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2006 |
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Opening a whole new interface between nanotechnology and neuroscience, scientists at Harvard University have used slender silicon nanowires to detect, stimulate, and inhibit nerve signals along the axons and dendrites of ...
New method of growing carbon nanotubes to revolutionise electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 09, 2006 |
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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ...
In new hybrid chip, molecules are memories
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 08, 2006 |
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As scientists strive to satisfy the growing demand of the digital era for faster, smaller, and cheaper electronics, one of the most promising technologies is hybrids. Hybrid ICs (integrated circuits) consist ...
Stretching DNA Yields Surprise
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Most of us are familiar with the winding staircase image of DNA, the repository of a biological cell's genetic information. But few of us realize just how tightly that famous double helix is wound.
IBM researchers look beyond silicon technology
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Scientists at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory have demonstrated how a single molecule can be switched between two distinct conductive states, which allows it to store data.
Researchers solve mystery of attractive surfaces
Aug 02, 2006 |
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When smooth surfaces that hate water approach each other underwater, scientists have observed that they snap into contact. This is apparently due to attractive forces that extend for tens to hundreds of nanometers.
Scientists Find Possible Origin of Mysterious Red and Blue Lights in Milky Way Galaxy
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 02, 2006 |
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., in collaboration with university scientists, have solved yet another mystery. For years, scientists have observed unstructured silicate particles in space, ...
Engineers lay groundwork for 'vertically oriented nanoelectronics'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Engineers at Purdue University have developed a technique to grow individual carbon nanotubes vertically on top of a silicon wafer, a step toward making advanced electronics, wireless devices and sensors using ...
Scientists image 'magnetic semiconductors' on the nanoscale
Jul 27, 2006 |
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In a first-of-its-kind achievement, scientists at the University of Iowa, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University have directly imaged the magnetic interactions between two magnetic ...
Not Just for Eatin': Blue Crab Nano-Sensor Detects Dangers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 26, 2006 |
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A substance found in crab shells is the key component in a nanoscale sensor system developed by researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. The sensor can detect minute ...
Ordering by Motion
Jul 24, 2006 |
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The molecules within the living cell sustain a high degree of spatial order even though they are constantly in motion. This seems to defy basic physical principles which stress the strong interplay between ...
Developing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2006 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new storage system to hold large quantities of hydrogen fuel that may one day power cars in a more cost-effective and consumer-friendly way.
Nano World: Chemical sensing transistors
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 22, 2006 |
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Hybrid transistors using stacks of organic molecules for wires and carbon nanotubes as electrodes could serve as ultrasensitive sensors for explosives and other compounds, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Sandia work shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures. The sample devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ...
Add nanotubes and stir-with the right force
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have some stirring results to share with researchers and companies developing new, advanced composite materials with carbon nanotubes--mix ...
