Nano World: Carbon Nanotube Capacitors
New York (UPI) Feb 03, 2006
Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
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Method Developed To Assess Safety, Health Risks Of Nanomaterials
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2006
Shades of science fiction surround the potential of the booming nanotechnology industry - like Michael Crichton's novel "Prey", which features tiny nano-robots threatening to take over the world.
New Theory Explains Electronic And Thermal Behavior Of Nanotubes
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 20, 2006
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have made an important theoretical breakthrough in the understanding of energy dissipation and thermal breakdown in metallic carbon nanotubes. Their discovery will help move nanotube wires from laboratory to marketplace.
Carbon Nanotubes That Detect Disease Causing Mutations Developed By Pitt Researcher
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 26, 2006
University of Pittsburgh researcher Alexander Star and colleagues at California-based company Nanomix, have developed devices made of carbon nanotubes that can find mutations in genes causing hereditary diseases, they report in the Jan. 16 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. This method is less expensive and takes less time than conventional techniques.
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Nano World: First Solar-Powered Nano Motor
New York (UPI) Jan 24, 2006
An international team of scientists has created the first molecular motor powered solely by sunlight, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Purdue Engineers Solve Chaos Mystery In Use Of High-Tech Microscope
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 20, 2006
Mechanical engineers at Purdue University have proven that the same sort of "deterministic chaos" behind the baffling uncertainties of the stock market and long-term weather conditions also interferes with measurements taken with a commonly used scientific instrument.
Protein 'Nanosprings' Most Resilient Found In Nature
Durham NC (SPX) Jan 19, 2006
A component of many proteins has been found to constitute one of the most powerful and resilient molecular "springs" in nature, researchers have discovered. The engineers and biologists from Duke University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute say their discovery could lead to a new understanding of mechanical processes within the living cell.
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Nano Material Can Store Big Amounts Of CO2
Ann Arbor MI (UPI) Jan 19, 2006
University of Michigan scientists say they've discovered a new class of materials that might be used to remove carbon dioxide from factory emissions.
Nanocages May Someday Replace Fossil Fuels
Gaithersburg MD (UPI) Jan 19, 2006
A strategy to stack more hydrogen in nanoscale, zinc-based box scaffoldings may ultimately replace fossil fuels in vehicles, U.S. scientists report.
New Nanotech Law Called For
New York (UPI) Jan 18, 2006
A new law specifically targeting nanotechnology could prove necessary to regulate its potential risks and promoting its continued development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
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Study Shows Nanoparticles Could Damage Plant Life
Newark NJ (SPX) Nov 23, 2005
A nanoparticle commonly used in industry could have a damaging effect on plant life according to a report by an environmental scientist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
Nanotubes Offer Bright Future For Telecom Packet Switching
New York (UPI) Nov 22, 2005
Carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter could serve as ultra-bright light sources for telecommunications, IBM scientists told UPI's Nano World.
Scientists Create Nanostructures
Berlin (UPI) Nov 21, 2005
German scientists say they've found combining a scanning tunneling microscope and atoms bound to a surface can create nanostructures.
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