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Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...

Researchers invent new method for graphene growth

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (22) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer.

Magnetism Turns Drug Release On and Off

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Oct 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Many medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and chronic pain, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery techniques ...

Nanowire biocompatibility in the brain: So far so good

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Oct 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving ...

24-carat gold 'snowflakes' improve graphene's electrical properties

Graphene Used As Floating-Molecular Carpet To Ornament It With 24-Carat Gold 'Snowflakes'

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Oct 12, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics applications, Kansas State University engineers made a golden discovery -- gold "snowflakes" on graphene.

Paper battery may power electronics in clothing and packaging material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Sep 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built ...

Nano changes make it a fun little gadget

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

There really wasn't much Apple needed to do to its iPod nano, which the company claims is the world's best-selling MP3 player.

New discovery reveals fate of nanoparticles in human cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 22, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (6) | 0

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells. They found that the important proteins that make ...

Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 18, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period ...

Review: New iPod Nano impresses, Zune improves

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

(AP) -- Back in 2004, when I got my first MP3 player, I never cared that it lacked a camera, Web browser and crystal-clear video playback - features that are now common on digital media devices.

DNA origami

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 16, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Researchers from Brigham Young University found how to shape customized segments of DNA into tiny letters that spell "BYU." This new method of DNA origami will appear in the aptly titled journal Nano Letters.

Troublesome green algae serve as coating substrate in record-setting battery

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Sep 10, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (10) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the Angstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have d ...

Gold solution for enhancing nanocrystal electrical conductance

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Sep 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers with the U.S. ...

Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without ...