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Metascreen Invisibility Cloak Hides 3D Objects from Microwaves

Up until now, the invisibility cloaks put forward by scientists have been fairly bulky contraptions – an obvious flaw for those interested in Harry Potter-style applications.

26 Mar 2013

LiqTech Grants FMC Technologies Exclusive Use of Silicon Carbide Membrane Nanotechnology for Shale Oil/Gas Industry

LiqTech International, Inc. a clean technology company that manufactures and markets highly specialized filtration technologies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a global leader in oilfield equipment and services, FMC Technologies, Inc., for the use of its state-of-the-art disruptive silicon carbide membrane technology for oil/gas applications.

26 Mar 2013

New Experimental Method to Study Positively Charged Ions

Scientists at the Department of Physics of the University of Oulu have teamed up with scientists in France, Russia and Japan to propose a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions.

26 Mar 2013

Synopsys’ Latest Galaxy Custom Router Supports Nanometer-Scale Process Technology Rules

Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced advances in its Galaxy™ Implementation Platform with the introduction of Galaxy Custom Router technology.

From Synopsys, Inc. 26 Mar 2013

Nanoparticles Incorporated into Scintillators Can Detect Nuclear Radiation

A team of industrial and university researchers has shown that nanoparticles with sizes smaller than 10 nanometers – approximately the width of a cell membrane – can be successfully incorporated into scintillation devices capable of detecting and measuring a wide energy range of X-rays and gamma rays emitted by nuclear materials.

26 Mar 2013

Quantum Dots Embedded Within Nanowires Boost Efficiency of Photovoltaic Cells

Using exotic particles called quantum dots as the basis for a photovoltaic cell is not a new idea, but attempts to make such devices have not yet achieved sufficiently high efficiency in converting sunlight to power. A new wrinkle added by a team of researchers at MIT — embedding the quantum dots within a forest of nanowires — promises to provide a significant boost.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 26 Mar 2013

Researchers Study Organic Semiconductor Crystals to Develop Novel Thin Film Devices

Advances in organic semiconductor technology could one day lead to video screens that bend like paper and electronics sewn into clothing.

25 Mar 2013

Study Demonstrates Great Potential of Nanowire-Based Solar Cells

Scientists from the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institut, Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of highly efficient solar cells is great.

25 Mar 2013

Paintable, Directly Writeable Nanoscale Plastic Electronics

Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way for cheaper, greener, "paint-on" plastic electronics.

25 Mar 2013

Liposomes Disguise Chemotherapy Drug Packed into Trojan Horse Nanobins

A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists to be less toxic to a young woman's fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug tested while in development for its effect on fertility using a novel in vitro test.

25 Mar 2013

Carbon Nanotube Logic Switches Presented at TexasWISE

The Computer Engineering and Systems Group (CESG) from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering initiated the inaugural Texas Workshop on Integrated System Exploration (TexasWISE), which was designed to promote interactions between integrated circuits/systems faculty and industry members.

25 Mar 2013

Novel Nanotechnology Chips Help Perform Multidimensional and Multiplexed Immune-Monitoring Assays

A new study of genetically modified immune cells by scientists from UCLA and the California Institute of Technology could help improve a promising treatment for melanoma, an often fatal form of skin cancer.

From University of California, Los Angeles 25 Mar 2013

Nanomedicine Part of Major Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study

Northwestern University scientists are part of a multi-institution interdisciplinary consortium that has been awarded a $6.2 million grant over five years from the National Eye Institute to develop new treatments for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

25 Mar 2013

Nanotechnology-Inspired Technique Helps Detect Lyme Disease

Early diagnosis is critical in treating Lyme disease. However, nearly one quarter of Lyme disease patients are initially misdiagnosed because currently available serological tests have poor sensitivity and specificity during the early stages of infection. Misdiagnosed patients may go untreated and thus progress to late-stage Lyme disease, where they face longer and more invasive treatments, as well as persistent symptoms.

25 Mar 2013

Carbon Nanotubes Store Information in the Form of Vibrations

Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up to now, researchers have experimented primarily with electrically charged particles. Because nanomechanical devices are not charged, they are much less sensitive to electrical interference.

25 Mar 2013