http://www.generef.com/ Nanotechnology News | GeneRef en-us Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:35:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102420 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102420 Wonder material graphene has been touted as the next silicon, with one major problem – it is too conductive to be used in computer chips. Now scientists from the University of Manchester have given its prospects a new lifeline. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102386 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102386 Today sees the announcement of full details of how an additional £50 million will be spent to keep the UK at the forefront of research into 'wonder material' graphene. 200 times stronger than steel yet less than an atom thick, graphene is the strongest Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:19:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102349 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102349 Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods to self-assemble into aligned and ordered macroscopic structures. This technique should enable more effective use of nanorods in solar cells, m Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:19:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102342 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102342 Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:19:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102266 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102266 Photodetectors made from graphene can process and conduct light signals as well as electric signals extremely fast. Within picoseconds the optical stimulation of graphene generates a photocurrent. Until now, none of the available methods were fast enough Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102262 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102262 Atomic-level defects in graphene could be a path forward to smaller and faster electronic devices. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102263 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102263 A painstaking study by Rice University has brought a wealth of new information about single-walled carbon nanotubes through analysis of their fluorescence. The researchers found that the brightest nanotubes of the same length show consistent fluorescence Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102240 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102240 ... Investment. The Sunnyvale, Calif.,-based company uses nanotechnology to create a thin transparent film that can conduct electricity. ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:21:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102234 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102234 Researchers at Rice University are using carbon nanotubes as the critical component of a robust terahertz polarizer that could accelerate the development of new security and communication devices, sensors and noninvasive medical imaging systems as well as Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102235 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102235 Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have successfully shown that they can replace useful little particles of an ion exchange material with even tinier nano-sized particles, making them even more useful for a va Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102222 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102222 Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered why a promising technique for making quantum dots and nanorods has so far been a disappointment. Better still, they've also discovered how to correct the problem. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102205 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102205 The Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, has experimentally confirmed a theory by Rice University Professor Boris Yakobson that foretold a pair of interesting properties about nanotube growth: That the chirality of a nanotube controls the speed Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102178 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102178 ... in 1931, the laboratory at first focused on nuclear energy but has gradually diversified and is now as much known for microscopy and nanotechnology as it is ... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:21:01 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102165 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102165 A new company formed around Michigan State University nanotechnology promises to move speedy detection of deadly pathogens and toxins from the laboratory directly to the field. Food contamination and other biohazards present a growing public health concer Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:19:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102136 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102136 Wonder material graphene has revealed another of its extraordinary properties -- University of Manchester researchers have found that it is superpermeable with respect to water. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102083 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102083 WASHINGTON - Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny ... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:21:01 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102073 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102073 WASHINGTON - Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny ... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:21:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102032 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=102032 A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of "bilayer graphene" that the researchers say is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in particle physics. The physicists found that when the number of Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=101979 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=101979 A new study by scientists at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has determined that gold, copper and silicon get just as wet when clad by a single continuous layer of graphene as they would without. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:19:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=101975 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=101975 Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there. A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows how the extreme thinness of graphene enables near-perfect wetting Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:19:03 PDT