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Batteries Made of Paper Could Power Electronics in the Future

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery - an amazing battery made out of paper.

23 Sep 2009

Scientists Develop Way to Target Brain Cancer Cells using Nanotechnology

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center's Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorgani...

23 Sep 2009

Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent made of gold-coated carbon na...

23 Sep 2009

Physicists Trap Atoms with Light to Probe High-Temp Superconductivity

A Rice University-led team of physicists at seven U.S. universities has won $5 million from the Department of Defense to build a simulator capable of tackling high-temperature superconductivity, one of the most vexing mysteries of modern physics.

23 Sep 2009

Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnol...

From Research and Markets 23 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop Unique Nanomaterial that Kills Antibiotic-Resitant Bacteria

Doctors are not well armed in the fight against antibiotic-resitant bacteria. It is very difficult - or, in the worst case, impossible - to fight such infections. A team of researchers in Münster has now developed a...

23 Sep 2009

Fabrics with Embedded Nanoparticles Detects Explosives and Dangerous Chemicals

Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.

22 Sep 2009

Thin Carbon Sheets Enhance Titanium Dioxide-Based Batteries

Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material. But titanium dioxide on its own doesn't perform well enough to replace the expensive, rare-earth metals or fire...

22 Sep 2009

Diamonds Turning Out to be a Patient's Best Friend As Well

Diamonds, it has long been said, are a girl's best friend. But a research team including a physicist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently found* that the gems might turn out to be a patient's best friend as well.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 22 Sep 2009

NIST Issues New Nano-Ruler

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially ava...

22 Sep 2009