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Resolving Some of the Problems Scientists Face in Quantum Mechanics

Using quantum systems to simulate other quantum systems could resolve some of the problems scientists face in quantum mechanics. A review in Science this week (Friday October 2nd) outlines the main theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum simulation and emphasizes some of the challenges and promises of this fast-growing field.

2 Oct 2009

Physicists For First Time Observed Magnetic Behaviour in Atomic Gas

An international team of physicists has for the first time observed magnetic behaviour in an atomic gas, addressing a decades-old debate as to whether it is possible for a gas or liquid to become ferromagnetic and exhibi...

2 Oct 2009

Micrometer-Sized Capsules to Safely Deliver Drugs Inside Living Cells

Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.

1 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology Research Earns Award for UA Chemist

The Information Storage Consortium has awarded its 2009 Technical Achievement Award to Jeffrey Pyun, UA assistant professor of chemistry, for pioneering research that improves materials for magnetic tape used for long-term archival storage.

1 Oct 2009

Controlling the Formation of Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of electronics that would be faster and smaller than conventional silicon-based transistors.

1 Oct 2009

Carbon Nanotubes Having Potential to Transport Electricity Faster and Over Greater Distances

Microscopic carbon nanotubes 100,000 times thinner than a human hair may have the potential to transport electricity faster and over greater distances with minimal loss of energy, according to new research that will be p...

1 Oct 2009

New Way to Target Brain Cancer Cells Using Nanotechnology

Scientists from the DOE's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago's Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorganic titanium dioxide nanoparticles bonded to ...

1 Oct 2009

Meetings Focuses on Hydrogen Bond and Molecular Interactions

Meetings of Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and other scientists from all over the world, which have been focused on hydrogen bond and molecular interactions, have a long tradition. A continuation of this tradition is this y...

1 Oct 2009

ItN Nanovation Developing High Performance Coatings for BepiColombo Probe

ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461) with its high expertise and successful work in the field of nanoscale coatings has been selected to develop important thermal coatings for the BepiColombo Mercury probe of the European space agency ESA and JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency.

1 Oct 2009

New Administration Framework for Chemical Management Reform in US

In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA.

30 Sep 2009