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Studying Ultrafast Dynamics of Materials on the Nano-Scale

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale. Using femtosecond X-ray free electron laser (FEL) pulses, the team, led by A...

24 Jun 2008

Nanopump is Less Than One Fourth the Size of Existing Insulin-Pump Devices

The tiny device can be mounted on a disposable skin patch to provide continuous insulin infusion, enabling substantial advancements in the availability, treatment efficiency and the quality of life of diabetes patients.

24 Jun 2008

Controlling Number of Electrons on the Surface of High-Temperature Superconductors

A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two ...

24 Jun 2008

Researchers Discover Light-Activated Reversible Nanoswitch

Our ability to see is based on molecules in the eye that flip from one conformation to another when exposed to visible light. Now, a new technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal surfaces allows the molecules to be switched between two different configurations in response to exposure to different wavelengths of light.

24 Jun 2008

Moving Nanotechnology Innovation from Research Lab to Market

Applications of nanotechnology to electronics, photonics and renewable energy will be the focus of a joint forum to be held from August 10 to 14, 2009 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. An innovation wo...

24 Jun 2008

Forming Lipid Nanotubes Quickly and Easily

Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells - a fact that may explain why vaccines fare poorly against some invaders.

24 Jun 2008

One-Pot Method of Making Hydrogen Storage Material

Chemists in the US have developed a simple reaction to make ammonia borane - a powder more hydrogen-dense than even liquid hydrogen. Their one-pot synthesis of this promising hydrogen storage material is reported in the ...

24 Jun 2008

New Tool Could Help Advance the Field of Nanoparticles-Cell Interactions

Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge N...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 Jun 2008

NanoTracker Allows Users to Trap and Track Particles Down to 30nm

With the NanoTracker, the user can trap and track particles from several µm down to 30nm with the ability to control, manipulate and observe vesicles, endosomes, gene and drug spheres, viruses and bacteria, nanoprobes or -carriers, biomarkers or even whole cells in real time with nanometer precision.

24 Jun 2008

Environmental TEM for Performing Chemical Research at the Atomic Level

FEI Company, a leading provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, today announced the release of the Titan 80-300 environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM).

24 Jun 2008

DARPA Funds Phase III Research Project Led by Argonne National Laboratory

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing $1.4 million to a Phase III research project led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to develop high-performance integrate...

From Argonne National Laboratory 23 Jun 2008

Understanding the Nature of Glass

Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.

23 Jun 2008

Making Nanotube Circuits Commercially Viable

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today joined with researchers at Stanford University to announce multiple &#39...

21 Jun 2008

Funding Further Development of New Nanoscale Fabrication and Measurement Strategies

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $1 million for the U...

21 Jun 2008

Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Nanotechnology

A chemistry professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and his graduate students have published new results in Nature Nanotechnology showing how they isolated a particular type of carbon nanotube from a sample and manipulated it in a way that could have broad applicability in drug and gene delivery, electronic devices, and nanotechnology research.

21 Jun 2008