A team of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University reports that it has designed a new graphite-based, magnetic nanomaterial that acts as a semiconductor and could help material scientists create the…
Read MoreA team of Northwestern University researchers has figured out a way to use nanodiamonds to deliver DNA for gene-therapy application. By modifying the surface of nanodiamond particles with a special…
Read MoreAldo Boccaccini is a professor in materials science at Imperial College, U.K. and a member of the London Center for Nanotechnology, a joint project between Imperial College and University College,…
Read MoreSolar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle “inks” that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb…
Read MoreA group from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the Fine Ceramics Research Association in Nagoya, Japan, reported in a recent issue of Science about their…
Read MoreVia the Nanowerk website, we get a story about efforts by the Institute of Energy Research at the German Research Center Jülich (FZJ) to deal with some of the practical…
Read MoreEngineers are getting craftier and craftier about making one material that is capable of more than one function, especially in the realm of nanomaterials. It can be a little difficult…
Read MoreTwo recent stories illustrate how having a visual understanding of systems and processes can help researchers to explain and clarify the underlying science. The first story comes from the Lawrence…
Read MoreTechnology Review reported that carbon nanotubes are at the heart of a new X-ray machine that is slated for clinical tests later this year at the University of North Carolina…
Read MoreA group of Rice University researchers, led by Bob Hauge, think they have an approach that could ultimately lead to single-walled carbon nanotubes of unlimited length. Hauge’s group started playing…
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