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Researchers Demonstrate Monolithically-Cooled Chip using 28nm FPGA Devices

Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it's needed the most - a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are operating.

6 Oct 2015

Researchers Introduce New Class of Light-Emitting Quantum Dots with Tunable and Equalized Fluorescence Brightness

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have introduced a new class of light-emitting quantum dots (QDs) with tunable and equalized fluorescence brightness across a broad range of colors. This results in more accurate measurements of molecules in diseased tissue and improved quantitative imaging capabilities.

6 Oct 2015

Insoluble Nanoparticulate Carbon Black Linked to Severe Emphysema

When pathologists perform autopsies on smokers who died with severe emphysema, they find that lungs are black in appearance.

6 Oct 2015

Optofluidic Chip Detects Multiple Flu Strains

New chip-based optical sensing technologies developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz and Brigham Young University enable the rapid detection and identification of multiple biomarkers. In a paper published October 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a novel method to perform diagnostic assays for multiple strains of flu virus on a small, dedicated chip.

6 Oct 2015

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes, 2015-2025

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies, Production, End User Markets and Opportunities Analysis, 2015-2025" report to their offering.

6 Oct 2015

Nontoxic Dopamine-Based Nanocoating Holds Promise for Flame Retardant Applications

Inspired by a naturally occurring material found in marine mussels, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a new flame retardant to replace commercial additives that are often toxic and can accumulate over time in the environment and living animals, including humans.

6 Oct 2015

Electron Tomography Enables Real Time Visualization of Chemical Reactions in 3D with Sub-Nanometre Precision

SC Johnson was awarded a 2015 Wright Spirit Award on October 3 by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

6 Oct 2015

Knowm Memristors Enable Bi-Directional Learning

Knowm Inc., a start-up pioneering next-generation advanced computing architectures and technology, today announced they are the first to develop and make commercially-available memristors with bi-directional incremental learning capability.

5 Oct 2015

Researchers Investigate Formation of Nanostructured Material Using Supercritical CO2

Semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly being used as photoluminescent materials in bio-imaging, photonics, and optoelectronic applications.

5 Oct 2015

IBM Breakthrough Could Accelerate Carbon Nanotube Electronics

IBM Research today announced a major engineering breakthrough that could accelerate carbon nanotubes replacing silicon transistors to power future computing technologies.

5 Oct 2015

Practical Method to Create Nano-Electronic Devices One Atomic Layer at a Time

The field of quantum mechanics deals with materials at atomic dimensions, and big discoveries often happen at a very small scale. Researchers in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, in collaboration with an international team of engineers and scientists, have uncovered a phenomenon that could have major implications for the development of nano-electronic circuits and devices.

5 Oct 2015

Bruker Introduces EOS 500 Hand-Held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometer

Bruker Corporation, a technology leader in hand-held, mobile and portable (HMP) metals and alloy analyzers, today introduces the new EOS500 hand-held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometer (HH-LIBS).

5 Oct 2015

Nanostructure Changes Colour When Finger Comes Near

While touchscreens are practical, touchless displays would be even more so. That’s because, despite touchscreens having enabled the smartphone’s advance into our lives and being essential for us to be able to use cash dispensers or ticket machines, they do have certain disadvantages.

5 Oct 2015

USC Awarded $8 Million MGI Grant to Establish Center for Discoveries in Nanomaterials

Priya Vashishta, professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and director of the Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, along with USC colleagues Aiichiro Nakano, and Rajiv K. Kalia, were awarded an $8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy under The White House Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) to establish a center for long-sought discoveries in nanomaterials.

5 Oct 2015

Quantity, Dimensions of Carbon Black Nanoparticles Crucial for Lithium-Ion Battery Function

A Stanford undergraduate has contributed to a discovery that confounds the conventional wisdom in lithium-ion battery design, pointing the way toward storage devices with more power, greater capacity, and faster charge and discharge capabilities.

5 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Demonstrate Monolithically-Cooled Chip using 28nm FPGA Devices

Researchers Introduce New Class of Light-Emitting Quantum Dots with Tunable and Equalized Fluorescence Brightness

Insoluble Nanoparticulate Carbon Black Linked to Severe Emphysema

Optofluidic Chip Detects Multiple Flu Strains

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes, 2015-2025

Nontoxic Dopamine-Based Nanocoating Holds Promise for Flame Retardant Applications

Electron Tomography Enables Real Time Visualization of Chemical Reactions in 3D with Sub-Nanometre Precision

Knowm Memristors Enable Bi-Directional Learning

Researchers Investigate Formation of Nanostructured Material Using Supercritical CO2

IBM Breakthrough Could Accelerate Carbon Nanotube Electronics

Practical Method to Create Nano-Electronic Devices One Atomic Layer at a Time

Bruker Introduces EOS 500 Hand-Held Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometer

Nanostructure Changes Colour When Finger Comes Near

USC Awarded $8 Million MGI Grant to Establish Center for Discoveries in Nanomaterials

Quantity, Dimensions of Carbon Black Nanoparticles Crucial for Lithium-Ion Battery Function

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