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Researchers Demonstrate Dielectron Charging Process of Nanoscale Water Droplets

Scientists have found basic steps to charge water droplets of nanoscale dimensions and explained the hydrogen emission mechanism from irradiated water.

29 Jun 2011

European Researchers Introduce Graphene-Based Device for Spintronics Applications

European researchers have introduced a graphene-based device to identify minute magnetic fields with an excellent sensitivity as low as the stray field of some magnetic molecules.

29 Jun 2011

MIT Researchers Induce Band Gap in Graphene for Electronics Applications

Graphene, one atom thick pure carbon lattice with amazing strength, electrical and thermal conductivity lacks one key property.

29 Jun 2011

Researchers Use Fluorescent Carbon Nanotubes for Drug Delivery and Imaging

Hongjie Dai from Stanford University, a member of the National Cancer Institute's Alliance for nanotechnology in cancer, found that fluorescent nanotubes can serve a dual purpose of drug delivery and imaging at the same time, to enable high precision of a drug in reaching its target cells. National Academy of Sciences published the findings of Dr. Dai and his team in its proceedings.

29 Jun 2011

Researchers Fabricate Waveplate from Two Layers of Nanorods

A Charles Godfrey Binder professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, collaborated with engineers from the National Taipei University of Technology to formulate a technique for manufacturing materials that are periodically multilayered similar to the lens in the peacock mantis shrimp’s eye.

28 Jun 2011

Scientists Develop Nanoscale Testing Method to Improve Lifetime of Nuclear Reactor

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Berkeley Lab, the University of California have developed a nanoscale method for testing irradiated substances that offer macroscale materials - strength characteristics.

28 Jun 2011

FutureChemistry Introduces Fully Integrated Flow Chemistry Solution

FutureChemistry, a world leading supplier in innovative instruments for chemical laboratories, launches FlowStart Evo. This product is an important evolution from FlowStart, which has made microreactor technology accessi...

27 Jun 2011

Malvern to Sponsor International Colloid and Surface Science Symposium

Malvern Panalytical is a major sponsor for UK Colloids 2011, a new international colloid and surface science symposium that takes place in London, UK, from 4-6 July.

From Malvern Panalytical 27 Jun 2011

CALSEC Reports Study on Femtoneutrons and DNA Nucleotides for Diagnosing Cancer

California Science & Engineering (CALSEC) reported at the Seventh International Conference on Biological Physics that the bombardment of DNA nucleotides with femto-neutrons has resulted in novel findings about the interaction between subatomic particles and DNA nanoparticles which are million times larger.

27 Jun 2011