[NEWS] Contact: Lynn Yarris lcyarris@lbl.gov 510-486-5375 DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon, is a potential superstar for the electronics industry. With freakishly mobile electrons that can blaze through the material at nearly the speed of light – 100 times faster than electrons can move th…
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Atoms spiral toward a charged carbon nanotube under dramatic acceleration before splitting apart
[NEWS] Contact: Steve Bradt steve_bradt@harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Atoms spiral toward a charged carbon nanotube under dramatic acceleration before splitting apart CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 6, 2010 — Carbon nanotubes, long touted for applications in materials and electronics, may also be the stuff of atom…
New study on carbon nanotubes gives hope for medical applications
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Contact: Katarina Sternudd katarina.sternudd@ki.se 46-852-483-895 Karolinska Institutet A team of Swedish and American scientists has shown for the first time that carbon nanotubes can be broken down by an enzyme – myeloperoxidase (MPO) – found in white blood cells. Their discoveries are presented in Nature Nanotechnology and c…
Mini generators make energy from random ambient vibrations
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Contact: Nicole Casal Moore ncmoore@umich.edu 734-647-7087 University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich.—-Tiny generators developed at the University of Michigan could produce enough electricity from random, ambient vibrations to power a wristwatch, pacemaker or wireless sensor. The energy-harvesting devices, created at U-M's Engineering R…
Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications
[NEWS] Contact: Joe Caspermeyer joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu 480-727-0369 Arizona State University The self-assembling properties of the DNA molecule have allowed for the construction of an intriguing range of nanoscale forms. Such nanoarchitectures may eventually find their way into a new generation of microelectronics, semiconductors, biolog…
Nano-based RFID tags could replace bar codes
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Contact: David Ruth druth@rice.edu 713-348-6327 Rice University Rice, Korean collaboration produces printable tag Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass. Rice researchers, in collaboration with a team led by Gyou-jin Cho at Sunchon National…
New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of cellular phenomena
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Contact: Jen Hirsch jfhirsch@mit.edu 617-253-1682 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT scientists record first microscopic images showing deadly effects of AMPs CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring prot…