Scientists at the Oregon State University (OSU) have recently announced the creation of a new type of “plasmonic nanorod metamaterial,” which relies on the power of small, gold nanorods to create advanced nanosensors. The new devices could have a wide array of applications in fields ranging from medicine ... |
14 October 2009
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Creating the best possible reactants and catalysts is the basic step in any chemical reaction, as long as experts know what they are trying to obtain. In recent years, chemists have noticed that nanoparticles featuring both platinum and gold make for an exquisite catalyst in a variety of chemical reactions related to... |
1 September 2009
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Zinc oxide has been in use in the nanotechnology industry since its early days, and researchers in Saudi Arabia have now devised a non-toxic and environmentally friendly method of producing it en masse. In a paper published in the International Journal of Nanoparticles, the scientists show that this class of nanopart... |
24 August 2009
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Standard-sized DVDs and BluRay discs could soon be made obsolete at their tens of gigabytes of data storage capacities, by a new, highly expected type of storage medium, which is currently under development in Australia. Rather than encoding the data stream in just two dimensions, such as in conventional systems, the... |
21 May 2009
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have again proved their genius recently, when they have created a new method of targeting cancer tumors directly inside a patient's body. It's long been known that heat is one of the phenomena that can significantly hinder the growth of a tumor, and... |
5 May 2009
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According to scientists in the field, one of the basic requirements for advancing the 3D-chip technology is growing appropriate nanorods, which are the basic components of these types of circuits. These products have to be as “sticky” and slim as possible, so as to fit more of them in a tight place, witho... |
18 March 2009
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Sarah Tolbert, from the University of California at Los Angeles, US, together with Richard Kaner and other colleagues have developed a super-hard material that is tough enough to scratch diamond. Until now, diamond has been the hardest natural material known to humans and the third hardest known material after the ... |
21 April 2007
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