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Nano-Camo for Fashionistas and Environmentalists

Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change color like fish do.

8 Apr 2009

Colloidal Quantum Dots Breakthrough has Enormous Potential Significance for Future of Laser Technology

McGill University researchers have successfully amplified light with so-called "colloidal quantum dots," a technology that had been written off by many as a dead-end. Over the last 15 years, repeated quantum...

2 Apr 2009

Behavior Of Quantum Dots When Combined To Form Molecules Doesn't Fit With Atomic Physics Theory

A study has demonstrated that the behaviour of quantum dots is different from that posited by atomic physics so far, and this is due to the spin of the electron. This is one of the findings of the theoretical study c...

1 Apr 2009

Waterborne Raw Materials for Coatings and Adhesives Take Center Stage at European Coatings Show

Waterborne raw materials for coatings and adhesives take center stage on the stand presented by Bayer MaterialScience AG and its Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties (CAS) Business Unit at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in...

1 Apr 2009

Alignment and Measurement of Electron Spin - New Step Towards Quantum Computers

The intrinsic rotation of electrons - the "spin" - remains unused by modern electronics. If use as an information carrier were possible, the processing power of electronic components would suddenly increase to a multiple of the present capacity.

28 Mar 2009

First Luminescent Nanoparticle Designed to Minimize Toxic Side Effects

Small is promising when it comes to illuminating tiny tumors or precisely delivering drugs, but many worry about the safety of nanoscale materials. Now a team of scientists has created miniscule flakes of silicon that gl...

26 Mar 2009

Researchers Have Produced a Strongly Hydrophobic Nanodiamond Material

Vadym Mochalin, Senior Researcher, and Yury Gogotsi, Trustee Chair Professor of Materials Science + Engineering at Drexel University, have produced a strongly hydrophobic nanodiamond material that shows bright blue fluorescence, just as macroscopic diamonds do.

25 Mar 2009

European Commission and Japan Deepen Collaboration in Energy Research

The European Commission and Japan are going to deepen their collaboration in energy research. The prime areas for cooperation are photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Following the experience of the new European Public-Private Partnership on fuel cells and hydrogen, both sides agreed that in the future fuel cells and hydrogen should form a further area of cooperation with an industry expert workshop to be organised jointly.

23 Mar 2009

MIT Scientist to Deliver Keynote Address in Nanoscience at ACS's 237th National Meeting

Angela M. Belcher, Ph.D., a noted scientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Keynote Address in Nanoscience here today at the American Chemical Society's 237th National Meeting.

From American Chemical Society 17 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology - Ingredients for More Reliable Power

Imagine flexible lighting devices manufactured by using printing techniques. Imagine solar power sources equally as reliable and as portable as any conventional power source. Such advances are among aims of research ...

13 Mar 2009