Fractals aid efforts to understand heat transport at nanoscale

Researchers for the first time have applied a modern theory of heat transport in experiments with semiconductors used in computers and lasers, with implications for the design of devices that convert waste heat into electricity and the control of overheating in miniaturized and high?speed electronic components.

Research breakthrough paves way for post-silicon future with carbon nanotube electronics

IBM Research today announced a major engineering breakthrough that could accelerate carbon nanotubes replacing silicon transistors to power future computing technologies.

Hydrogen for all seasons

Chemists have developed novel porous materials called 'covalent organic frameworks', which provide a basis for the design of polymeric photocatalysts with tunable physical, chemical and electronic properties.

DOE creates new Center for Computational Materials

The revolution of computational materials design is in the making, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken a firm step toward achieving it by creating the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials (MICCoM) at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory.

Extending a battery's lifetime with heat

Researchers find that heat can break down the damaging branch-like structures that grow inside batteries, which may possibly be used to extend battery lifetimes.

Anti-aging treatment for smart windows

Scientists have worked out an entirely new way to rejuvenate smart windows which have started to show signs of age. The study may open the way to other areas of application.

Nanotechnology could lead to touchless displays superseding touchscreens

Researchers have developed nanostructures that change their electrical and even their optical properties as soon as a finger comes anywhere near them.

Graphene nanoribbons as electronic highways

Physicists have developed a method to synthesise a unique and novel type of material which resembles a graphene nanoribbon but in molecular form. This material could be important for the further development of organic solar cells.

Semiconductor nanoparticles show high luminescence in a polymer matrix

Highly luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles immobilized in a polymer matrix using environmentally benign supercritical CO2.

New DNA stain for live-cell nanoscopy

Scientists have developed a new DNA stain that can be used to image living cells.

Electron partitioning process in graphene observed

Toward the realization of electron interferometer devices which utilize the wave nature of electrons.

Researchers measure how specific atoms move in dielectric materials

Scientists have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectric materials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications - from handheld electronics to defibrillators.

Joseph DeSimone receives $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine

International prize recognizes advances in nanotechnology for medicine and biology.

Phoenix effect: Resurrected proteins double their natural activity

Scientists found that bringing proteins back to life is not only possible, but can be carried out with an improvement over their original activity. This strange phenomenon owes to a new technique of protein renaturation based on combining thermally denatured proteins (carbonic anhydrase) with a colloid solution of inorganic aluminum oxide nanoparticles.

Brilliant colors from environmentally friendly quantum dots

Researchers are working to develop a promising alternative to cadmium-based nanocrystals: quantum dots based on indium phosphide.