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ORNL Researchers Discover Mystery Behind Vanadium Dioxide Phase Behavior

A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scientist...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 Nov 2010

Tel Aviv University Researchers Explore Bio-Ferrography Technique to Treat Osteoarthritis

Tel Aviv -- Ferrography, a practice used by the American and Israeli air forces to monitor the condition of machinery, extracts tiny iron particles from lubricants such as oil and grease to analyze wear in machines. Determining whether a system requires preventative maintenance can be the key to preventing catastrophic failure.

24 Nov 2010

Chemists Produce Fuel Cell Using Less Platinum

Fuel cells could create a breakthrough for electric cars, because refuelling them is fast and easy, just like your traditional gas guzzler. But there's an obstacle. Current fuel cells need platinum in order to work. ...

24 Nov 2010

Stuttgart Physicists Prove Superposition of Ultralong-Range Rydberg Molecules

Everybody is familiar with the problem to choose between two alternatives. This also holds for relationships. The question whether being a couple or not has a yes-or-no answer – either one is a couple or not. Quantum physics offers an interesting alternative. There, the couples are pairs of atoms that are held together by binding forces to form molecules.

24 Nov 2010

German Scientists Find Method to View 3-D Images of Magnetic Domains

Every magnetic material is divided into such magnetic domains. Scientists call them "Weiss domains" after physicist Pierre-Ernest Weiss, who predicted their existence theoretically more than a hundred years ago.

24 Nov 2010

Novel Method of Depositing Nano-Materials for Various Applications

Easy-to-use nano-coating sprays with optical, electronic, biological properties, etc to cover surfaces! Teams from the Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS / Université de Strasbourg), in collaboration with researchers from the Laboratoire de Biomatériaux et Ingénierie Tissulaire (Inserm / Université de Strasbourg), have managed to improve and extend their technique of “layer by layer” deposition.

24 Nov 2010

Researchers Develop New System to Convert Exhaust Heat into Electricity

Researchers are creating a system that harvests heat from an engine's exhaust to generate electricity, reducing a car's fuel consumption.

24 Nov 2010

Researchers Demonstrate Methane-Fueled Micro-SOFC to Charge Devices

Making fuel cells practical and affordable will not happen overnight. It may, however, not take much longer. With advances in nanostructured devices, lower operating temperatures, and the use of an abundant fuel sourc...

24 Nov 2010

Solar3D Files Patent Application for Innovative Solar Cell Technology

Solar3D, Inc. the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that the Company has filed a patent application for its innovative solar cell design and methods of fabrication.

24 Nov 2010

Special Journal Issue Devoted to Electrospun Nanofibers and Nanoporous Materials

The November issue of Materials Science and Technology (MST) focuses on ‘Electrospun nanofibres and electrospun nanoporous materials: reality, potential and challenges’ through a selection of articles and reviews that report on the promising development of nanotechnology in the area of electrospinning.

24 Nov 2010

Ultrasmooth Silver Surfaces Promise Invisibility Cloaks and Ultrahigh-resolution Lenses

Surface plasmon resonance—the coherent excitation of free electrons on the surface of metals—is crucial to the operation of extremely small photonic devices, which have applications ranging from optoelectroni...

24 Nov 2010

Highly Specific Electronic Sensor Array Detects Messenger RNA Below Femtomolar Concentrations

Electrical sensor arrays are useful tools for rapid and early diagnosis of cancer and other genetic diseases. Zhiqiang Gao and co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed an arr...

24 Nov 2010

Magnetically Vectored Nanocapsules for Tumor-Penetration and Remotely Switchable On-Demand Drug Release

To improve the tumor-specific delivery of drug to tumors, a team of investigators from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has created a system of nanoparticles-within-a-nanoparticle that can be directed to an...

23 Nov 2010

Performance of Expansile Nanoparticles in Treating Lethal Abdominal Cavity Tumors

Too often, patients with ovarian cancer or mesothelioma develop metastases that spread within the abdominal cavity, and when that occurs, the chances of surviving beyond five years drops to less than 40%, even after surg...

23 Nov 2010

Integrated Microfluidic and Imaging Platform for Kinase Activity Radioassay to Analyze Minute Patient Cancer Samples

Inappropriate growth and survival signaling, which leads to the aberrant growth of cancer cells, is a driving force behind the development of tumors. Much current cancer research focuses on the kinase enzymes whose mutations are responsible for such disregulated signaling, and many successful molecularly targeted anti-cancer therapeutics are directed at inhibiting kinase activity.

23 Nov 2010

Nanotechnology News

ORNL Researchers Discover Mystery Behind Vanadium Dioxide Phase Behavior

Tel Aviv University Researchers Explore Bio-Ferrography Technique to Treat Osteoarthritis

Chemists Produce Fuel Cell Using Less Platinum

Stuttgart Physicists Prove Superposition of Ultralong-Range Rydberg Molecules

German Scientists Find Method to View 3-D Images of Magnetic Domains

Novel Method of Depositing Nano-Materials for Various Applications

Researchers Develop New System to Convert Exhaust Heat into Electricity

Researchers Demonstrate Methane-Fueled Micro-SOFC to Charge Devices

Solar3D Files Patent Application for Innovative Solar Cell Technology

Special Journal Issue Devoted to Electrospun Nanofibers and Nanoporous Materials

Ultrasmooth Silver Surfaces Promise Invisibility Cloaks and Ultrahigh-resolution Lenses

Highly Specific Electronic Sensor Array Detects Messenger RNA Below Femtomolar Concentrations

Magnetically Vectored Nanocapsules for Tumor-Penetration and Remotely Switchable On-Demand Drug Release

Performance of Expansile Nanoparticles in Treating Lethal Abdominal Cavity Tumors

Integrated Microfluidic and Imaging Platform for Kinase Activity Radioassay to Analyze Minute Patient Cancer Samples

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