The National Nanotechnology Initiative today published the proceedings of a technical interchange meeting on 'Realizing the Promise of Carbon Nanotubes: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Pathway to Commercialization'.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
3D printer for small molecules opens access to customized chemistry
Scientists have simplified the chemical synthesis of small molecules, eliminating a major bottleneck that limits the exploration of a class of compounds offering tremendous potential for medicine and technology.
Biotech materials made simple - crystal structures altered by a single protein
Researchers have shown that the crystal lattice of calcium carbonate can be altered using just a single protein species.
Optogenetics without the genetics
Gold nanoparticles enable precise stimulation of normal, non-genetically modified neurons with light.
Engineers solve the mystery of the dancing droplets (w/video)
Years of research satisfy a graduate student's curiosity about the molecular minuet he observed among drops of ordinary food coloring.
Ghent University leads large-scale European training project on quantum dots
Phonsi is a consortium combining research institutes, IBM and a startup (Single Quantum) with world leading expertise in synthesis, characterization and integration of these nanocrystals.
Chameleon-like artificial 'skin' shifts color on demand
Borrowing a trick from nature, engineers have created an incredibly thin, chameleon-like material that can be made to change color - on demand - by simply applying a minute amount of force.
Sweet buckyballs target stroke
Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell damage and inflammation occurring after stroke.
Raspberry-like nanostructures as light-bending metamaterials
Researchers have devised a way of mass-producing metamaterials that exhibit magnetic resonance in optical frequencies. Called 'raspberry-like metamolecules' due to their unique shape, these nanoscale structures could be used as building blocks for metamaterials that could scatter light as if they had magnetic properties, which could be relevant to applications in optical processing and signal handling.
Dunkin' Donuts ditches nano titanium dioxide - but is it actually harmful?
In response to pressure from the advocacy group As You Sow, Dunkin' Brands has announced that it will be removing allegedly 'nano' titanium dioxide from Dunkin' Donuts? powdered sugar donuts.
U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative 2016 funding brings total to $22 billion
Cumulatively totaling more than $22 billion since the inception of the NNI in 2001, this funding reflects nanotechnology's potential to significantly improve our fundamental understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale and to translate that knowledge into solutions for critical national needs.
New metal-organic framework material captures carbon at half the energy cost
Chemists have made a major leap forward in carbon-capture technology with a material that can efficiently remove carbon from the ambient air of a submarine as readily as from the polluted emissions of a coal-fired power plant.
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