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Researcher for First Time Made Graphene Visible on Gallium Arsenide

PTB has for the first time made graphene visible on gallium arsenide - A successful combination of two unique electronic materials.

16 Sep 2009

Albumin Nanoparticles Can be Used to Carry Radioactive Isotopes to Site of a Cancerous Tumour

Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid many of the side-effects of conventional radiotherapy. Virg...

16 Sep 2009

MIT Team Finds Way to Combine Materials for Semiconductor Manufacture

For decades, researchers have been trying to combine semiconductor materials that have different and potentially complementary characteristics into a single microchip. Now, an MIT team has finally succeeded in this effort, an advance that could point to a way of overcoming fundamental barriers of size and speed facing today's silicon chips.

15 Sep 2009

New NSF Grant Supports Development of Sustainable and Nanomaterials

A new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) on the development of materials to advance sustainable living.

15 Sep 2009

Scientists Develop New "Adjuvant" using Nanotechnology

Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new "adjuvant" that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many di...

15 Sep 2009

Treating Second-Degree Burns using Nanotechnology Greatly Reduces Inflammation

Treating second-degree burns with a nanoemulsion lotion sharply curbs bacterial growth and reduces inflammation that otherwise can jeopardize recovery, University of Michigan scientists have shown in initial laboratory s...

14 Sep 2009

Size isn't the Only Thing that Matters for Data Storage

Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers at ETH Zurich have found a clever technique to get a grip on the molecules. Their findings are reported in Physical Review Letters and highlighted in the September 14 issue of Physics.

14 Sep 2009

Researchers Make the Extra Small Extra Strong

Being able to swing through the air like Spiderman on strands of 'spider silk' may be one step-or swing-closer with researchers at Deakin University discovering a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres, ultra-fine ...

14 Sep 2009

Work Unlocks New Potential for Study of Material Ageing Processes at the Nanoscopic Level

Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made possible thanks to the utilisation of cutting-edge X-ray sources, known as electron synchrotrons.

14 Sep 2009

Investigation Reveals Shape-Shifting Atomic Interactions

How much difference can a tenth of a nanometer make? When it comes to figuring out how proteins work, an improvement in resolution of that miniscule amount can mean the difference between seeing where atoms are and understanding how they interact.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 13 Sep 2009