Tag: nanotechnology
Using magnets and iron nanoparticles to cook cancer
A combination of iron-oxide nanoparticles and an alternating magnetic field, which together generate heat, have activated an immune system response to tumors in mice...
Physicists produce a potentially revolutionary material: Artificial graphene
A new breed of ultra thin super-material has the potential to cause a technological revolution. "Artificial graphene" should lead to faster, smaller and lighter...
Researcher Tests Nanoballoons for Anti-Cancer Applications
A novel nanotechnology study by Jonathan Lovell, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, will refine a drug delivery method using nanoballoons, also known as...
Bold claim: NSF-funded research may revolutionize electronics
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of Stanford University engineers has for the first time built a tiny computer with...
Impossible material made by Uppsala University researchers
A novel material with world record breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities has been synthesized by researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden. The results...
Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films
Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two...
Nano-scale material can speed up, squeeze light
In a process comparable to squeezing an elephant through a pinhole, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have designed a way to...
Nanotech converts body heat into power
Never get stranded with a dead cell phone again. A promising new technology called Power Felt, a thermoelectric device that converts body heat into...
Researchers develop paint-on solar cells
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to...
Physicists report nanotech feat with proteins
UCLA physicists have made nanomechanical measurements of unprecedented resolution on protein molecules.
The new measurements, by UCLA physics professor Giovanni Zocchi and former UCLA physics...
