An electronically readable bacterial sensor, which is also wildlife friendly.
28 October, 2010
Call for papers
28 October, 2010
A new amplifier which can change operation mode in situ.
27 October, 2010
Researchers have managed to electronically read an individual electron's spin in silicon.
27 October, 2010
UK scientists help to create standards for measuring electric materials on the nanoscale
25 October, 2010
As industries and consumers increasingly seek improved battery power sources, cutting-edge microscopy is providing an unprecedented perspective on how lithium-ion batteries function.
08 October, 2010
Lightweight and corrosion-resistant, aluminum alloys could provide an excellent alternative to steel or titanium—except for one problem.
08 October, 2010
Researchers from Stockholm University, [Olsson, et al., nature nanotech 2010) doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2010.155 together with colleagues from KTH, have modified bacterial cellulose with magnetic nanoparticles to produce a hybrid nanocomposite that can be used as a magnetic hydrogel, aerogel, or compress to a stiff nanopaper.
08 October, 2010
Colloidal manganese-doped semiconductor nanocrystals capable of pronounced intrinsic high-temperature dual emission have been developed by researchers at the University of Washington in the US [Vlaskin et al., Nano Lett (2010) doi: 10.1021/nl102135k].
08 October, 2010
The ability of phase-change materials to readily and swiftly transition between different phases has made them valuable as a low-power source of non-volatile or “flash” memory and data storage.
08 October, 2010
In a step towards the manipulation of atoms, researchers have designed a nanomagnetic atom mirror that can be switched on or off, depending on whether a magnetic field is applied in parallel or perpendicular to the mirror [Hayward et al., J App Phys (2010) 108, 043906].
08 October, 2010
UCLA physicists have taken a significant step in controlling chemical reactions mechanically, an important advance in nanotechnology, UCLA physics professor Giovanni Zocchi and colleagues report. [Tseng, et al., EPL (2010) doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/91/18005].
08 October, 2010
A thin film of europium titanate stretched across a substrate of dysprosium scandate is the strongest simultaneously ferroelectric and ferromagnetic material synthesised since 1966.
08 October, 2010
A team led by Yale University researchers has come up with a new technique to study the mechanics of coatings as they dry and peel, and has discovered that the process is far from mundane.
08 October, 2010
A new study has shown how the connection between titanium joint-replacement implants and the bones of a patient can be strengthened by manipulating the signals that cells use to encourage growth.
08 October, 2010
New insight into the structure of switchgrass and poplars is fueling discussions that could result in more efficient methods to turn biomass into biofuel.
08 October, 2010
US researchers have used the world’s darkest material to develop an infrared detector. The coating is made from a forest of carbon nanotubes and the electric-field poling of lithium tantalate and reflects almost no visible light.
08 October, 2010
New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program for 2015.
08 October, 2010
Two scientists who discovered graphene at The University of Manchester have today been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
06 October, 2010