We knew galaxies collide with each other, but we rarely see beautiful pictures of them about to engage in a titanic clusterfuck. This is one of those: VV 340 North about hit VV 340 on the bracket. More »
Lookout towers are often more dramatic pieces of architecture than tall buildings because they only have a single floor - the top one. This means that they can be very skeletal and the design is all about a dramatic staircase. Here are some of our favorite examples, accidental architectural gems, like mini Eiffel Towers used for watching everything from forest fires to smugglers. More »
In this week's app roundup: pictures, turned panoramic; videos, made flickery; messages, killed by Facebook; cocktails, made and drank; NYC, re-affirmed as the best city; graffiti, virtualized; people, sculpted; penises, played with and much, much more. More »
Lately, anytime the gaping maw of AT&T opens, no matter what it's talking about—puppies! or unlimited data (boring) or financial data—it has to slip in at least a tiny reference to how badly the T-Mobile merger has to happen, or all of our phones are going to explode and the puppies will die and go extinct forever. More »
Nanostart-holding Nanosys, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded it funds to refine and bring to scale its SiNANOde materials for the automotive market. These innovations will enable Electric Vehicles to travel 300 miles on a single charge.
Imec, a research institute that has continually been at the forefront of advances in semiconductor technology and has always served as proving ground for advancements in microelectronics with close collaboration with the global industry, is being honored by IEEE with the 2011 IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition.
Seit kurzem ist die Uni Duisburg-Essen (UDE) an einer Initiative beteiligt, die sich der Thematik Regenerative Medizin widmet: Die Forschergruppe "Nanopartikel" arbeitet fuer den DFG-Exzellenzcluster REBIRTH (Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy).
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. announced the launching of a new product, a syndiotactic elastomer NOTIO SN. The company manufactures and widely distributes elastomers (flexible polymeric materials) for uses which include automotive, packaging, and construction materials.
DNA origami is a design technique that is used by nanotechnology researchers to fold DNA strands into something resembling a programmable pegboard on which different nanocomponents can be attached. These DNA assemblies allow the bottom-up fabrication of complex nanostructures with arbitrary shapes and patterns on a 100 nm scale. For instance, DNA origami have been heralded as a potential breakthrough for the creation of nanoscale circuits and devices. DNA can also be metallized with different metals, resulting in conducting nanowires. Researchers have now have developed a method to assemble metallic nanocircuits with arbitrary shapes, by attaching metallic nanoparticles to select locations of the DNA origami and then fusing them to form wires, rings, or any other complex shape. These pre-designed structures are programmed by fully utilizing the self-assembling and recognition properties of DNA.
Two Lehigh physicists have developed an imaging technique that makes it possible to directly observe light-emitting excitons as they diffuse in a new material that is being explored for its extraordinary electronic properties. Called rubrene, it is one of a new generation of single-crystal organic semiconductors.
An international team of researchers has developed a procedure that enhances the surface exposure of gold nanoparticles and their catalytic activity over a range of reactions.
These improvements were obtained through the chemical and mechanical modification and functionalization of carbon nanotubes in order for them to be accepted and integrated properly into the vinyl ester matrix.
Companies recognized for industry-leading 20-nanometer NAND flash memory process technology
The National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) in Thailand celebrated its 8th Anniversary on August 8.
So far, no one has managed to explain why, at the molecular level, a stable liquid would want to confine itself to such a small area. Now, using a novel method to calculate the dynamics of water molecules, Caltech researchers believe they have solved the mystery. It turns out that entropy, a measurement of disorder, has been the missing key.
Nanoco Group plc, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots, announces that it has signed a joint development agreement with one of the world's largest lighting companies which is already a major producer of light emitting diode (LED) lights.
Ein neuartiges High-Tech-Mikroskop haben Forscher aus Bielefeld, Kaiserslautern und Wuerzburg entwickelt: Es stellt Objekte millionenfach vergroessert und Bewegungen um eine Million Milliarden Mal verlangsamt dar.
New understanding of high-performing cathode compound could facilitate rapid evaluation of improved alternatives.
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) in College Park, Maryland, operated by the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and at Georgetown University have uncovered evidence for a long-sought-after quantum state of matter, a spin liquid.
