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Playing Pinball With Atoms: How To Turn Nanotech Devices On And Off
With nanotechnology yielding
a burgeoning menagerie of
microscopic pumps, motors,
and other machines for
potential use in medicine
... > full story
Nanoscopic Screening Process To Speed Drug Discovery
Researchers are using
nanotechnology to search for
new cancer-fighting drugs
through a process that could
be up to 10,000 times faster
than current methods. ... > full story
High Powered New Explosive Developed
Scientists have developed a
novel tetranitrate ester,
which is solid at room
temperature, is a highly
powerful explosive, and can
be melt-cast into the
desired shape. ... > full story
New Knowledge About Thermoelectric Materials Could Give Better Energy Efficiency
New research could be used
to develop motors that are
more fuel-efficient and
provide for more
environmentally friendly
... > full story
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Brightening The Future For Optical Circuits
October 14, 2008 — By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical ... > full story -
Under Pressure At The Nanoscale, Polymers Play By Different Rules
October 13, 2008 — Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the ... > full story -
Paving The Way Towards Optical Sensing Foils
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors. With this technique, it becomes possible ... > full story -
Researchers Write Protein Nanoarrays Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields
October 13, 2008 — Most tools capable of patterning on the nanoscale were developed for the silicon microelectronics industry and cannot be used for soft and relatively sensitive biomaterials such as DNA and proteins. ... > full story -
Blowing Bubbles On A Nanoscale
October 13, 2008 — Scientists are puzzled by the nanobubbles that can develop on surfaces under water. It should be impossible for them to exist but nevertheless they remain intact for hours. They are something of a ... > full story -
Scientists Explore Putting Electric Cars On A Two-way Power Street
October 12, 2008 — Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid. ... > full story -
Nanotechnology Boosts War On Superbugs
October 12, 2008 — Scientists are using nanotechnology to investigate the workings of vancomycin, one of the few antibiotics that can be used to combat increasingly resistant infections such as MRSA. The researchers ... > full story -
Mimicking Gecko Feet: Dry Adhesive Based On Carbon Nanotubes Gets Stronger
October 10, 2008 — The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive just got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported by US ... > full story -
Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films
October 10, 2008 — Scientists have successfully produced two-layer thin films where neither layer is superconducting on its own, but which exhibit a nanometer-thick region of superconductivity at their interface. The ... > full story -
Baked Slug: New Method To Test Fireproofing Material
October 10, 2008 — Researchers have developed a technique for measuring a key thermal property of fire-resistive materials at high temperatures. The measurement technique has already been adopted commercially and ... > full story
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