[NEWS] Contact: Helen Paxton paxton@andromeda.rutgers.edu 973-353-5262 Rutgers University Side effects and drug resistance; additional research focuses on practical application of nanotechnology across a wide range of fields including homeland defense and the environment Huixin He, associate professor, nanoscale che…
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Stressed nanomaterials display unexpected movement
[NEWS] Contact: Phil Sneiderman prs@jhu.edu 443-287-9960 Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that, under the right conditions, newly developed nanocrystalline materials exhibit surprising activity in the tiny spaces between the geometric clusters of atoms called nanocrystals from which they are made. This finding, detailed …
Nanotech discovery may green chemical manufacturing
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Contact: William Raillant-Clark william.raillant-clark@mcgill.ca 514-398-2189 McGill University McGill researcher develops eco-friendly nanocatalyst This release is available in French. A new nanotech cat…
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
[NEWS] Contact: Sarah Yang scyang@berkeley.edu 510-643-7741 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley – In research that gives literal meaning to the term “power suit,” University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing and textiles. These nano-siz…
Caltech researchers develop nanoscale structures with superior mechanical properties
[NEWS] Contact: Kathy Svitil ksvitil@caltech.edu 626-395-8022 California Institute of Technology PASADENA, Calif. – Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile – yet stronger than ever – simply by reducing their size. The work, by Dongchan Jang, senio…
Nano imaging takes turn for the better
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Contact: David Ruth druth@rice.edu 713-348-6327 Rice University Photothermal technique provides new way to track nanoparticles Stephan Link wants to understand how nanomaterials align, and his lab's latest work is a step in the right direction. Link's Rice University group has found a way to use gold nanorod…
Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas
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Contact: Laura Ost laura.ost@nist.gov 303-497-4880 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from industry and academia have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly effi…
New nanoparticles target cardiovascular disease
[NEWS] Contact: Jen Hirsch jfhirsch@mit.edu 617-253-1682 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Could potentially eliminate need for arterial stents in some patients CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medici…
Golden ratio discovered in a quantum world
[NEWS] Contact: Prof. Alan Tennant tennant@helmholtz-berlin.de 49-308-062-2741 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Hidden symmetry observed for the first time in solid state matter This release is available in <a href=”http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases_ml/2010-01/aaft-r010…