The funding is in support of research and development programs that focus upon methodologies to attain the cost-effective production of high-purity, high-quality metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) inks. These advancements will enable production of a wide variety of high-performing electronic devices incorporating CNTs.
Silica nanoparticle coating makes wool superhydrophilic
Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool - already regarded as the 'wonder fabric' for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities.
Spider web glue spins society toward new biobased adhesives
New findings about spider silk are an advance toward a new generation of biobased adhesives and glues - 'green' glues that replace existing petroleum-based products for a range of uses.
Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images
Scientists at Cornell are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make 3-D images - a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging.
Turning on a gene switch in a single cell using infrared laser
Researchers in Japan have developed a new microscopic technology which can achieve a single-cell gene induction by heat-shock response evoked with cell heating using infrared laser irradiation under a microscope in vivo.
Elpida Begins Mass Production of 40nm 2-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM
Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that its Hiroshima Plant has begun volume production of 40nm process 2-gigabit DDR3 SDRAMs.
Neues Verfahren kann die Schichtdicke von Gold auf Schmuck halbieren
Die baden-wuerttembergischen Firma Nanocraft Coating (Engen) will mit Unterstuetzung der DBU voellig neuartige Beschichtungsverfahren entwickeln, die es ermoeglichen, Edelmetalle wesentlich duenner als bisher aufzutragen. Die DBU foerdert das Projekt mit rund 122.000 Euro.
Carbon science breakthrough leads to dramatically stronger nanotube composites
No other element in the periodic table bonds to itself in an extended network with the strength of the carbon-carbon bond. This special nature of carbon, combined with the molecular perfection of single-walled nanotubes endows these nanotubes with exceptional material properties, such as very high electrical and thermal conductivity, strength, stiffness, and toughness. As a result, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are the strongest material known to science. SWCNTs potentially can add incredible strength, stiffness and electrical conductivity to all kinds of composite materials. Unfortunately, they are always held together in rope form due to their extremely small dimension and van der Waals attraction and their strength can neither be exploited nor measured. However, if several SWCNTs are concentrically nested in a confined space, the sliding issue can be resolved and the SWCNTs may share the applied tensile load to realize nanometer-scale materials remarkably stronger than the individual SWCNTs.
RUSNANO approves project for bifacial crystalline silicon solar modules
Realization of the project will bring Russian bifacial crystalline silicon solar modules to the world market. The new modules will have efficiency factors that surpass unifacial modules by 10% to 70% - 10% when installation is done without additional construction; 70% when reflectors and tracking systems are built.
Tracing the traces – nano-concentrations of a toxic compound detected in chlorinated tap water
Scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada have now revealed a chlorination by-product of great interest in tap water: They were able to detect traces of the toxic compound dichloroquinone.
DNA nanomachines that can be turned on and off with a flip of a switch
One challenge in designing nanomachines is being able to establish how well they work and optimize their performance. This is where single molecule techniques will play an important role. With advances in nanotechnologies, it is possible to construct simple nanomachines that can perform simple functions such as opening and closing of a DNA device (e.g. DNA tweezers or DNA switches), small rotational and translational motors and energy transfer cascades. Using single-molecule techniques researchers can watch individual nanomachines working and determine the functionality of their design. Researchers in Germany now have incorporated optical addressability to these nanomachines. Hence, they can optically detect and eventually control the state of the nanodevice.
A combination of analytical techniques can trace the real-time progression of simultaneous chemical reactions
Researchers have combined calorimetry with vibrational spectroscopy - a technique that measures how molecules respond to certain light frequencies - to identify real-time heat evolutions during single and multiple chemical processes
Thanks to nanoparticles, DNA detection by the naked eye is now possible
A sensitive yet uncomplicated method to detect differences in DNA strands using metal nanoparticle solutions has been developed by Roejarek Kanjanawarut and Xiaodi Su at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering at A*STAR, Singapore.
Bioluminescence imaging allows real-time monitoring of cancer spreading through the body
Scientists from A*STAR in Singapore and the USA have developed a fast bioluminescence imaging technique that may greatly assist in the search for drugs that target mobile - or metastatic - cancer cells.
Nano-electromagnets powered by light turn invisibility cloak into a possibility
A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light. This breakthrough is of major importance in the quest for magnetic metamaterials with which light rays can be deflected in every possible direction.
UMass Lowell will receive $4 million for nanomanufacturing research and development
UMass Lowell Nanomanufacturing will receive $4 million under a defense appropriations bill passed by Congress Saturday and signed by President Obama Monday.
New study sheds light on plant cell nanoridges
Microscopic ridges contouring the surface of flower petals might play a role in flashing that come-hither look pollinating insects can't resist. Michigan State University scientists and colleagues now have figured out how those form.
You Know You Want the Safe Sexting iPhone App [IPhone]
With all the sexting craze going on, and teens getting arrested left, right, and center on child pornography charges, I'm surprised the Safe Sexting iPhone application—which allows you to take and easily censor any photos—didn't appear months ago.
It works easily: Just take a photo, apply a censorship patch out of a total of four kinds, and save. I like the silk patch, which apparently lets you send photos with a censorship you can see through. Unfortunately, I have no use for this application. I still sext in the old school way: Using text messages.
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See? Me so horny. [Safe Sexting]
non contact sensing
suggest me a best method for non contact sensing of voltage and current(a.c)
Split cores for toroid manufacturing
Hi, We are into the mfg. of toroid transformers the toroidal cores are at present of single piece construction. We are planning to build it in 3 piece construction. FOr ex instead of 60 mm height core, we are planning to build it in 20 mm X 3 nos. This toroid we are using it for magnetic transfor