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Nanolithographic Technique Producing High-Res Patterns of Chemicals on a Single Chip

News - 15 Dec 2009

Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic technique that can produce high-resolution patterns of at least three different chemicals on a single chip at writing speeds of up to one...

Scientists Take Theoretical Research on 'Nasty' Molecule to Next Level

News - 4 Dec 2009

Some atoms don't always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule made up of two atoms that University of Delaware physicists Krzysztof Szalewicz and Konrad Patkowski...

Ground-Breaking Research into Molecular Depleted Uranium Chemistry

News - 19 Nov 2009

A scientist at The University of Nottingham has been recognised for his outstanding and creative early career research with a prestigious €1m (£893,775) grant to study speculative and...

First Conclusive Link Between Size, Activity and Electronic Properties of Catalysts

News - 5 Nov 2009

University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical reactions....

UD Wins $4.4 Million to Develop Next-Generation Magnets using Nanotechnology

News - 27 Oct 2009

The University of Delaware has won a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to lead a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research...

Easy to Use Designer Molecule Quickly Detects Cyanide in Water Samples

News - 21 Oct 2009

A small molecule designed to detect cyanide in water samples works quickly, is easy to use, and glows under ultraviolet or "black" light. Although the fluorescent molecule is not yet ready...

Novel Spectroscopic Technique Reveals New Fundamental Property of Air/Water Interfaces

News - 15 Oct 2009

Contrary to expectations, structurally different molecules can display different solvent properties at an interface between air and water, researchers in Japan have discovered1. Tahei Tahara and...

New Technique for Synthesizing Stable Metallic Nanowires

News - 7 Oct 2009

Wires with atomic dimensions are potential structural elements for future nanoscopic electronic components. Such fine wires have completely new electronic properties. However, apart from the...

Toxicological Approach to Hazard Assessment of Carbon Nanotubes

News - 16 Sep 2009

Italian scientists suggest that we need a much more detailed toxicological approach to hazard assessment before judgement regarding the long-term safety of carbon nanotubes can be made. They outline...

New Look at the Way Nanoparticles are Selected When Studying Impacts on Human Health and Environment

News - 13 Sep 2009

The same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human health. However, little is known which particles...