Nanoplasmonic 'Whispering Gallery' Breaks Emission Time Record in Semiconductors Monday, 25 July 2011 01:28 Renaissance architects demonstrated their understanding of geometry and physics when they built whispering galleries into their cathedrals. Read more...   Nanomechanics: New Test Measures Key Properties of Polymer Thin Films and Membranes Friday, 22 July 2011 01:12 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a measurement technique that reliably determines three fundamental mechanical properties of near-nanoscale films. Read more...   Arrays of Long Nanotubes May Help Measure Terahertz Laser Power Friday, 22 July 2011 00:14 Terahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials -- plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissues -- making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection and imaging skin tumors. Read more...   Nanotechnology: Injections or Sampling? New 'Molecular Syringes' Under Testing Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:36 Which is better, a quick vertical jab on the buttock or the delicately soft entry of a blood sample? Waiting to find out "for what," some are already wondering "how" to use those tiny "molecular syringes" which are carbon nanotubes. With a diameter of less than one millionth of a millimetre (nanometre) and a maximum length of just a few millimetres, Read more...   How to Grow Wires and Tiny Plates: Liquid Processing Method Can Control Shapes of Nanowires and Produce Complete Electronic Devices Monday, 18 July 2011 01:52 Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow submicroscopic wires in water with great precision, using a method that makes it possible to produce entire electronic devices through a liquid-based process. Read more...   'Amplified' Nanotubes May Power the Future Monday, 18 July 2011 00:49 Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will be a weave of metallic nanotubes that can carry electricity with negligible loss over long distances. Read more...   Narrowest Bridges of Gold Are Also the Strongest, Study Finds Friday, 15 July 2011 01:56 At an atomic scale, the tiniest bridge of gold -- that made of a single atom -- is actually the strongest, according to new research by engineers at the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Quantum Devices. Read more...   Light Propagation Controlled in Photonic Chips: Major Breakthrough in Telecommunications Field Wednesday, 13 July 2011 02:11 Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to engineer the index of refraction and fully control light dispersion. Read more...   Extremely Rapid Water: Scientists Decipher a Protein-Bound Water Chain Wednesday, 13 July 2011 00:06 Researchers from the RUB-Department of Biophysics of Prof. Dr. Klaus Gerwert have succeeded in providing evidence that a protein is capable of creating a water molecule chain for a few milliseconds for the directed proton transfer. The combination of vibrational spectroscopy and biomolecular simulations enabled the elucidation of the proton pump mechanism of a cell-membrane protein in atomic detail. Read more...   Nano Detector for Deadly Anthrax Monday, 11 July 2011 03:22 An automatic and portable detector that takes just fifteen minutes to analyze a sample suspected of contamination with anthrax is being developed by US researchers. The technology amplifies any anthrax DNA present in the sample and can reveal the presence of just 40 microscopic cells of the deadly bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Read more...   Juvenile Diarrhea Virus Analyzed Down to the Atomic Level Monday, 25 July 2011 01:25 Rice University scientists have defined the structure -- down to the atomic level -- of a virus that causes juvenile diarrhea. The research may help direct efforts to develop medications that block the virus before it becomes infectious. Read more...   New Graphene Discovery Boosts Oil Exploration Efforts, Could Enable Self-Powered Microsensors Friday, 22 July 2011 01:09 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of self-powered microsensors for more accurate and cost-efficient oil exploration. Read more...   Writing Nanostructures: Heated AFM Tip Allows Direct Fabrication of Ferroelectric Nanostructures On Plastic User Rating :  / 1 Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:37 Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL), researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer-scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would be unable to withstand the processing temperatures normally required to create such nanostructures. Read more...   Monitoring Cellular Interactions at Nano-Scale in More Detail Than Ever Before Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:32 Using nanotechnology to engineer sensors onto the surface of cells, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a platform technology for monitoring single-cell interactions in real-time. This innovation addresses needs in both science and medicine by providing the ability to further understand complex cell biology, track transplanted cells, and develop effective therapeutics. Read more...   Red Light from Carbon Nanotubes Monday, 18 July 2011 00:54 To the human eye, carbon nanotubes usually appear as a black powder. They can hardly be forced to emit light, as they are excellent electrical conductors and capture the energy from other luminescent chemical species placed nearby. Read more...   Supramolecules Get Time to Shine: Technique Reveals Interactions Between Nanotubes, Photoluminescent Materials Friday, 15 July 2011 01:57 What looks like a spongy ball wrapped in strands of yarn -- but a lot smaller -- could be key to unlocking better methods for catalysis, artificial photosynthesis or splitting water into hydrogen, according to Rice University chemists who have created a platform to analyze interactions between carbon nanotubes and a wide range of photoluminescent materials. Read more...   New Way to Store Sun's Heat: Modified Carbon Nanotubes Can Store Solar Energy Indefinitely, Then Be Recharged by Exposure to the Sun Friday, 15 July 2011 01:53 A novel application of carbon nanotubes, developed by MIT researchers, shows promise as an innovative approach to storing solar energy for use whenever it's needed. Read more...   Nanocrystal Transformers: Researchers Observe Structural Transformations in Single Nanocrystals Wednesday, 13 July 2011 02:09 While a movie about giant robots that undergo structural transformations is breaking box office records this summer, a scientific study about structural transformations within single nanocrystals is breaking new ground for the design of novel materials that will serve next-generation energy storage batteries and solar energy harvesting devices. Read more...   Chips Hold the Key to Understanding the Human Brain Monday, 11 July 2011 03:23 Chips based on ARM processor technology will be linked together to simulate the highly-complex workings of the brain, whose functionality derives from networks of billions of interacting, highly-connected neurons. Read more...   Prototype 'Optics Table On a Chip' Places Microwave Photon in Two Colors at Once Monday, 11 July 2011 03:18 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a single microwave photon (particle of light) in two frequencies, or colors, at the same time. Read more...

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