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Discovery points way to graphene circuits

Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Designing diamond circuits for extreme environments

There is a new way to design computer chips and electronic circuitry for extreme environments: make them out of diamond.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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More precise method of nanopatterning

“A nanoimprint method has already been achieved in nanopatterning with a high resolution using negative type photoresist,” Kosei Ueno tells PhysOrg.com. Ueno is a scientist at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Researchers develop and test new molecule as a delivery vehicle to image and kill brain tumors

A single compound with dual function – the ability to deliver a diagnostic and therapeutic agent – may one day be used to enhance the diagnosis, imaging and treatment of brain tumors, according to findings from ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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One box of Girl Scout Cookies worth $15 billion

Scientists can make graphene out of just about anything with carbon -- even Girl Scout Cookies.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical 'quantum wire'

DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Tiny tech, big results: Quantum dot solar cells increase solar conversion efficiency

The race to achieve ever-higher photovoltaic conversion ratios is, so to speak, a hot area of research. One line of research has focused on quantum dots – semiconductor nanocrystals under 2-10 nanome ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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A hot bath for gold nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles, says Chris Kiely, are fast becoming some of the most effective diplomats of the nanoworld.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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A simple slice of energy storage

Turning graphite oxide (GO) into full-fledged supercapacitors turns out to be simple. But until a laboratory at Rice University figured out how, it was anything but obvious.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Energy storage device fabricated on a nanowire array

In a vivid demonstration of the progress being made in miniaturizing energy storage devices, a team of engineers from Rice University in Houston, Texas, has fabricated an energy storage device where all essential ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Researchers develop “net” nanodetector

Bin Ding and his team of researchers at Donghua University, Shanghai, China, have developed a new method of testing for formaldehyde using an electro-spinning netting technique. The process, described in their paper published ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Transparent electronics from graphene-based electrodes (w/ Video)

Flexible, transparent electronics are closer to reality with the creation of graphene-based electrodes at Rice University.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Artificial nanoparticles influence the heart rate

In light of the increasing demand for artificial nanoparticles in medicine and industry, it is important for manufacturers to understand just how these particles influence bodily functions and which mechanisms ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Portable device detects anthrax in under an hour

A portable device can detect the presence of the anthrax bacterium in about one hour from a sample containing as few as 40 microscopic spores, report Cornell and University of Albany researchers who invented ...

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A new catalyst for ethanol made from biomass

Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed a new catalyst material that could replace chemicals currently derived from petroleum and be the basis for more environmentally friendly products including ...

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Ecologically friendly, industrial foams from renewable resources

A method to use paper mill waste to produce ecologically friendly, industrial foams from renewable resources has been developed by a graduate student in agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Flexible nanowire electronics that can attach to any material developed at Stanford

Stanford researchers have developed a new method of attaching nanowire electronics to the surface of virtually any object, regardless of its shape or what material it is made of. The method could be used in making everything ...

A new device with memorizing and forgetting functions like human brain is reported

A joint research group of International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles succeeded in developing a new inorganic device named ...

Memristors with a twist: Quasi-liquid soft matter foreshadows biocompatible electronics and flexible robots

In some circles, memristors (from "memory resistor," as coined by Leon Chua in a 1971 paper outlining memristive theory) are all the rage – and for good reason: As circuit elements which "remember" the ...

Prototype tools for mass producing nanostructures to launch in Singapore

The Industrial Consortium On Nanoimprint (ICON), which is helmed by the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research ...

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NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter

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New X-ray microscopy technique images magnetic nanostructure

The long and short of sperm tails

Roman civilization travelled further than history books tell us

Researchers prove existence of antiproton radiation belt around Earth

First scorpion sting drug receives FDA approval

Brain training increases dopamine release

Engineers create polymer light-emitting devices that can be stretched like rubber

Researchers create “antimagnet” cloaking device

What shapes a bone?

Dolphin conservationists save tigers in Bangladesh

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New invisibility cloak hides objects from human view

For the first time, scientists have devised an invisibility cloak material that hides objects from detection using light that is visible to humans. The new device is a leap forward in cloaking materials, according to a report ...

Graphene nanocomposite a bridge to better batteries

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable ...

Artificial cilia spur new thinking in nanotechnology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that perform feats such as clearing microscopic debris from the lungs and determining the correct location of organs during development, move in mysterious ...

Resistive switches based on piezoelectric nanowires allow electrical signals to be produced from mechanical actions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of the unique properties of zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have demonstrated a new type of piezoelectric resistive switching device in which the write-read access of memory ...

Scientists design nano-sized drug transporter to fight disease

Scientists seeking to improve cancer treatments have created a tiny drug transporter that maximizes its ability to silence damaging genes by finding the equivalent of an expressway into a target cell.


Nipples stimulate the same area of the brain as genitals do

NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter

Right to remain silent not understood by many suspects

Study shows man-made fat may limit damage to heart attack victims

New X-ray microscopy technique images magnetic nanostructure

The long and short of sperm tails

Roman civilization travelled further than history books tell us

Researchers prove existence of antiproton radiation belt around Earth

First scorpion sting drug receives FDA approval

Brain training increases dopamine release

Engineers create polymer light-emitting devices that can be stretched like rubber

Researchers create “antimagnet” cloaking device

What shapes a bone?

Dolphin conservationists save tigers in Bangladesh

Penmanship still important skill for kids to have

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