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Cooling Strontium Could Lead to Increasingly Precise Clocks, Quantum Computers and Ultracold Chemistry

Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures and control its motion could lead to increasingly precise clocks and may advance our progress toward quantum computers and novel experiments in ultracold chemistry.

9 Nov 2009

Professor Wins 'EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award' for Microbubble Research

To celebrate its fifth year of publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface in conjunction with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) honoured the best research article published in the journal at an awards ceremony in London on 6th November.

9 Nov 2009

Best Shape to Use for Man-Made Nanoparticles that Target Cancers

Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his l...

9 Nov 2009

Materials Scientists Found New Use for Chemical Compound Traditionally Viewed as Electrical Conductor

Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it.

9 Nov 2009

Combining Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques Shedding New Light on Tungstated Zirconia Catalyst

The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities. I...

9 Nov 2009

A Marvel of Technology - The Large Hadron Collider

Inside an insulating vacuum chamber in a tunnel about 100 meters below the surface of the Franco-Swiss plain near Geneva, packets of protons whirl around the 27-km diameter of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at a speed c...

9 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Making Self-Cleaning Materials Based on Insect Wings

Researchers in Australia and the UK are flying the idea that insect wings could act as a model for making self-cleaning, frictionless, and superhydrophobic materials. They discuss the latest developments in their laboratories in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanomanufacturing.

9 Nov 2009

Physicists Discover Previously Unknown Metallic Features of High-Temperature Superconductors

At the High-Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) at Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) highest magnetic fields are to be used for material research. Here physicists from the Walther-Meißner-Institute of the Bavar...

9 Nov 2009

ACS's Award-Winning Magazine Making its YouTube Debut

The American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning high school chemistry magazine ChemMatters is making its YouTube debut with its first video podcast.

From American Chemical Society 8 Nov 2009

New Approach for Treating Spinal Cord Injuries using Nanotechnology

Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident. The synth...

8 Nov 2009

Nanomaterials in 2026: Commercial Adoption in Medicine, Aerospace, and 3D Printing

As nanomaterials gain commercial traction, they have the potential to revolutionize medicine, aerospace, and 3D printing, and are set to surpass $15 billion in market size by 2026.

Market Report: The Next Wave of Atomic Force Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is pivotal in nanoscience, offering high-resolution imaging and manipulation for advancements in semiconductors and life sciences.

Could Sodium-Ion Batteries Challenge Lithium, and What Role Does Nanotechnology Play?

Sodium-ion batteries, enhanced by nanotechnology, present a viable alternative to lithium-ion, addressing sustainability and performance challenges.

Nanomaterials News

Cooling Strontium Could Lead to Increasingly Precise Clocks, Quantum Computers and Ultracold Chemistry

Professor Wins 'EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award' for Microbubble Research

Best Shape to Use for Man-Made Nanoparticles that Target Cancers

Materials Scientists Found New Use for Chemical Compound Traditionally Viewed as Electrical Conductor

Combining Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques Shedding New Light on Tungstated Zirconia Catalyst

A Marvel of Technology - The Large Hadron Collider

Nanotechnology Researchers Making Self-Cleaning Materials Based on Insect Wings

Physicists Discover Previously Unknown Metallic Features of High-Temperature Superconductors

ACS's Award-Winning Magazine Making its YouTube Debut

New Approach for Treating Spinal Cord Injuries using Nanotechnology

Fast 2D Piezo Scanning Stage for Image Stabilization and Resolution Enhancement

New Nanomedicine Approach Boosts Chemotherapy And Immune Activity In Pancreatic Cancer

See the Latest Advancements in Fast Steering Mirrors, Hexapods and Nanopositioning Technology

NY Creates Begins Installation of First Major Tool for High NA EUV Lithography Center at Albany Nanotech Complex

Improved Surface Chemistry Lifts HgTe Nanocrystal Photodiode Voltage

How First Graphene is Turning Potential into a Reality

Smarter, Faster Stability Testing: Improving Detergent and Cosmetic Formulation Development

Combining Flexibility and Automation in FIB-SEM for TEM Lamella Preparation

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Nanomaterials in 2026: Commercial Adoption in Medicine, Aerospace, and 3D Printing

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Could Sodium-Ion Batteries Challenge Lithium, and What Role Does Nanotechnology Play?

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