Nanotechnology News - June 2008 Archives

New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency (6/30/2008)

Hyper-efficient boiling could lead to smaller computer chips, lower energy costs ...> Full Article

Nanotubes could aid understanding of retrovirus transmission between human cells (6/30/2008)

How to form nanotubes, simply and easily ...> Full Article

Research investigates potential harm from nanomaterials (6/29/2008)

Potential risks from the use of nanomaterials will be explored by three Arizona State University engineering faculty ...> Full Article

A look into the nanoscale (6/28/2008)

Researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale. ...> Full Article

New process brings nanoparticles into focus (6/27/2008)

Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution ...> Full Article

Hard X-ray Nanoprobe provides new capability to study nanoscale materials (6/26/2008)

Novel microscopy tool provides highest resolution for hard x-rays ...> Full Article

Researchers peer into water in carbon nanotubes (6/26/2008)

Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves within these tiny channels. ...> Full Article

Upgrading Li-battery performance via nanotechnology (6/25/2008)

Chinese researchers have made progress in V2O5 hollow microspheres for high-performance cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries ...> Full Article

Tethered molecules act as light-driven reversible nanoswitches (6/25/2008)

New technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal surfaces allows the molecules to be switched between two different configurations in response to exposure to different wavelengths of light. Because the configuration changes are reversible and can be controlled without direct contact, this technique could enable applications that can be controlled at the molecular scale. ...> Full Article

Gene silencer and quantum dots reduce protein production to a whisper (6/24/2008)

Researchers have succeeded in using nanotechnology known as quantum dots to silence genes. Their technique is 10 to 20 times more effective than existing methods for injecting the gene-silencing tools, known as siRNA, into cells. ...> Full Article

Scientist discovers natural 'invisible' (6/24/2008)

Nanoparticles of gold too small to be seen with the naked eye have been created in laboratories, but up until now, have never been seen in nature. ...> Full Article

Microscopic 'Clutch' Puts Flagellum in Neutral (6/20/2008)

Insights into the workings of the flagellum may advance nanotechnology ...> Full Article

Nanotechnology, biomolecules and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells (6/17/2008)

Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light. ...> Full Article

Secret ingredient: nanoparticles aid bone growth (6/15/2008)

Nanotube-reinforced material produces denser bone tissue ...> Full Article

Small suds make a big splash at SEAS (6/14/2008)

Researchers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles ...> Full Article

'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules (6/12/2008)

New fabrication technique called "nanoglassblowing" that creates nanoscale (billionth of a meter) fluidic devices used to isolate and study single molecules in solution-including individual DNA strands ...> Full Article

Carbon nanotubes used for molecular transport by researchers (6/11/2008)

Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life’s processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses. ...> Full Article

Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery (6/11/2008)

In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it. ...> Full Article

Tiny Particles Solve Big Problems (6/10/2008)

Cutting edge nanotechnology research at North Carolina State University is leading to advances in everything from revitalizing HIV drugs to creating harder, stronger nanocrystalline iron that can really take the heat. ...> Full Article

Team develops better X-ray nanomirrors (6/10/2008)

Nanotechnology will enhance future telescopes ...> Full Article

Fibonacci sequence fronts new nanoscience building (6/9/2008)

A famous mathematical pattern has inspired the stunning curved sail façade of Bristol University's new £11 million Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information. ...> Full Article

Physicists receive big 'nano' grant (6/8/2008)

Queen's University professor is co-leader of new, $4.2-million nanotechnology research project. ...> Full Article

Research unveiling the secrets of nanoparticle haloing (6/7/2008)

Research may give scientists a new way to control the stability of some colloidal suspensions ...> Full Article

New detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases (6/6/2008)

Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin. ...> Full Article

Researchers work toward ending cartilage loss (6/4/2008)

A nanotechnology engineer has published a first-ever study that shows how a surface of carbon nanotubes combined with electrical pulses could help regenerate cartilage naturally in the body. ...> Full Article

Scientists create new nanotech building blocks (6/4/2008)

In the fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are constantly on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. ...> Full Article

Researcher develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills (6/2/2008)

Nanowire mesh can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil ...> Full Article

Research Measures Movement of Nanomaterials in Simple Model Food Chain (6/2/2008)

New research shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher multicelled ones, the amount transferred was relatively low and there was no evidence of the nanomaterials concentrating in the higher level organisms ...> Full Article

Moving molecules within molecules (6/1/2008)

Experts in the field of nanoscience have discovered a way of controlling the motion and detecting the forces that move molecules within molecules. ...> Full Article

Engineers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles (6/1/2008)

Discovery could significantly extend the lifetimes of common gas-liquid products ...> Full Article