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IBM Scientists Develop Breakthrough 3D-Nanopatterning Technique

IBM (IBM) scientists have created a 3D map of the earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.

24 Apr 2010

Researchers Develop New Imaging Tool to Study Living Cells

Atomic force microscopy, a tactile-based probe technique, provides a three-dimensional nanoscale image of a material by gliding a needle-like arm across the material's surface.

22 Apr 2010

NanoImaging Secures SBIR Fund to Develop New Methods Using Electron Microscopy

NanoImaging Services, Inc., announced today that it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Research Resources to develop new methods for quantitative characterization of nanoparticle morphology and aggregation state using transmission electron microscopy.

20 Apr 2010

EU-Funded Project Demonstrates How to Build Optical Sensors into Labs-on-Chips

A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics.

16 Apr 2010

Scientists Use CVD Technique to Synthesize Graphene Films

Graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, is a potential superstar for the electronics industry. With freakishly mobile electrons that can blaze through the material at nearly the speed of light – 100 times faster than electrons can move through silicon – graphene could be used to make superfast transistors or computer memory chips.

9 Apr 2010

Scientists Used Raman Spectroscopy to Examine Ferroelectric Nanowires

Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices.

1 Apr 2010

Importance of Biophotonics in Medical Field

Biophotonics, or photomedicine, is a relatively unknown discipline, though it has existed for years now. You may have even benefited from it without realizing it.

26 Mar 2010

Nanowire Research Can Lead to Efficient Photovoltaic Cells and LEDs

A recent advance by Arizona State University researchers in developing nanowires could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells for generating energy from sunlight, and to better light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that could replace less energy-efficient incandescent light bulbs.

22 Mar 2010

Researchers Use Low-Power Lasers to Light Up Nanoparticles

University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design.

19 Mar 2010

Exposure to Light Twists Nanoparticle Ribbons

In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.

18 Mar 2010