In the realm of science fiction, the idea of tiny nanorobots that can enter the human body and seek out and destroy unwanted elements has been prevalent.
16 April, 2009
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) can detect osteoarthritis several months before conventional morphology-based diagnostic techniques.
16 April, 2009
Researchers have come up with a new type of non-toxic nanoparticle
12 April, 2009
Feynman's famous 1959 proclamation “There's plenty of room at the bottom” largely referred to the untapped storage ability for information at the nanoscale.
12 April, 2009
One of the major obstacles preventing the development of implantable biosensors, artificial kidneys, and other “active” medical devices has been the reduction in device function after implantation.
12 April, 2009
Much research activity is presently devoted to organic photovoltaic devices (OPV), in particular ones comprising polymers as donors and a variety of C60 fullerenes with organic molecules attached as acceptors.
12 April, 2009
When deciding upon a particular project, do not simply consider benefits and costs, but do ask “whose benefits and whose costs?
12 April, 2009
Using the art of origami a group of scientists [MIT tech talk (2009) 53, 4] and [Arora, et al., J. Microelec. Syst. (2009) 18, 98] have successfully fabricated a functional microscale super capacitor, which is essentially a nanostructured 3D device.
12 April, 2009
Until now it has been virtually impossible to record meaningful and reproducible data from single non-bonded molecules.
12 April, 2009
Silicon nanocrystals are particularly useful for applications in nanoelectronic, optoelectronic and biological disciplines, and their production has become increasingly important.
12 April, 2009
Scientists have developed a novel fullerene species
06 April, 2009