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Researchers Fabricate Silk Metamaterial Composite at Terahertz Frequency

Researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering and Boston University have fabricated and characterized the first large area metamaterial structures patterned on implantable, bio-compatible silk substrates. ...

13 Aug 2010

Harvard University Researchers Develop New NanoFETs to Probe Inside Cells

Chemists and engineers at Harvard University have fashioned nanowires into a new type of V-shaped transistor small enough to be used for sensitive probing of the interior of cells.

13 Aug 2010

Fractals Make Better Superconductors

Superconductivity, where a material conducts electricity at very low temperature with no resistance, and therefore transmission wastes virtually no energy, has applications ranging from medical scanners to maglev trains. Until now, scientists have focused on atomic-scale phenomena to explain this mysterious property of some special compounds.

12 Aug 2010

Scientists Develop New Gene-Delivery System Using Venom-Based Nanoparticles

An ingredient in the venom of the "deathstalker" scorpion could help gene therapy become an effective treatment for brain cancer, scientists are reporting. The substance allows therapeutic genes — gene...

12 Aug 2010

New Photoacoustic Imaging Technique Uses Gold Nanocages to Detect Melanoma

Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer but it accounts for the majority of the skin cancer deaths (about 75 percent).

12 Aug 2010

Understanding of Blinking Phenomenon in Fluorescent Quantum Dots

A new paper by University of Notre Dame physicist Boldizsár Jankó and colleagues offers an important new understanding of an enduring mystery in chemical physics.

12 Aug 2010

EUREKA Grant Helps to Design Nanofiber-Based Polymer Thin Films for Tumor Treatment

The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a EUREKA grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design a new way to treat invasive brain tumors by capturing the migrating cells that spread the disease.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 12 Aug 2010

Groundbreaking Ceremony for EnerG2’s New Carbon Electrode Plant in Albany, Oregon

EnerG2, an innovative seven-year-old company focused on introducing advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage, today announced the groundbreaking of the world's first facility dedicated to the commercial-scale production of synthetic high-performance carbon electrode material.

From EnerG2 11 Aug 2010

Smart Nanomaterial Can Improve Lives of Glaucoma Sufferers

A "smart" nanomaterial recently developed at the University of Dayton Research Institute for multi-purpose use in aircraft coatings, wind turbines and other large-scale commercial applications may also lead to ...

11 Aug 2010

Optomec’s Aerosol Jet System Supports FSU for Nanomaterial Development

Optomec announced today that Florida State University (FSU) has purchased an Aerosol Jet deposition system. The system, which is installed at FSU’s Materials Research Building, will be used by researchers at the High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) for the development of multifunctional composites incorporating printed sensors.

From Optomec 11 Aug 2010