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Laser Lab Enable Researchers to Change the Face of Medicine

Many people equate lasers with a sci-fi battle in a galaxy far, far away or, closer to home, with grocery store scanners and compact disc players.

13 Mar 2008

A Single-Crystal Semiconductor Inside an Optical Fiber

An international science team from Penn State University in the United States and the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom has developed a process for growing a single-crystal semiconductor inside the tunnel of a hollow optical fiber.

13 Mar 2008

Joint-Development Agreement to Bring TiO2-Based Nanowires to Market

Today, IP2Biz LLC of Atlanta and International Speciality Chemicals Ltd. (ISC) of London, announced a joint-development agreement for the purpose of bringing titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based nanowires to market.

12 Mar 2008

Overview of Mobile Display Technology and Applications

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Mobile Displays: Technology and Applications to their offering.

11 Mar 2008

Printed Photovoltaics Will Make the Most Difference

According to a new NanoMarkets report, printing will serve as a key manufacturing strategy to help thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) serve purposes in that cannot be created easily with traditional photovoltaics (PV).

10 Mar 2008

Finding the Key to Gold’s Chemical Reactivity

In the hands of jewelers, gold can be fashioned into rings and pendants of long-lasting beauty. But, when reduced in size to nanocrystals containing a few thousand atoms, this noble metal is a surprisingly good catalyst.

10 Mar 2008

Tracking Motions of Nanoparticles in 3D

A clever new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three dimensions.

10 Mar 2008

Educational Program Shines the Light on Cutting-Edge Laser Research

The world's top laser experts will gather in Kissimmee, Fla., to share innovations in lasers and emerging technologies at the 28th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY (ASLMS).

6 Mar 2008

Researchers Create Invisibility Cloak for Nanoparticles

Carnegie Mellon University's Michael Bockstaller and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski have created a version of Harry Potter's famed "invisibility cloak" for nanoparticles.

6 Mar 2008

Current is Flowing Through a Simple Silicon-Based Molecular Sandwich

Using an unusual spectroscopic technique, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided the most convincing evidence yet that current is flowing through a simple silicon-based molecular "sandwich," which is the most basic structure of molecular electronics.

6 Mar 2008