New research could mean faster computers and better mobile phones
Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. View More (2012-05-15)
Nanopower: Avoiding electrolyte failure in nanoscale lithum batteries
It turns out you can be too thin-especially if you're a nanoscale battery. Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, College Park, and Sandia National Laboratories built a series of nanowire batteries to demonstrate that the thickness of the electrolyte layer can dramatically affect the performance of the battery, effectively setting a... View More (2012-03-22)
Nanotrees harvest the sun's energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen fuel generation. View More (2012-03-08)
MIT research: A new twist on nanowires
Nanowires - microscopic fibers that can be "grown" in the lab - are a hot research topic today, with a variety of potential applications including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and sensors. View More (2012-02-22)
Researchers Find Strange New Nano-region Can Form in Quasicrystals
A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure. View More (2012-02-17)
Boiling breakthrough: Nano-coating doubles rate of heat transfer
By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that heat travels from a solid surface - such as a pot on a stove - into the liquid in the pot. View More (2012-02-16)
ORNL microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link
Individual atoms can make or break electronic properties in one of the world's smallest known conductors-quantum nanowires. View More (2012-02-14)
A 3-Dimensional View of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures
Just 100 nanometers in diameter, nanowires are often considered one-dimensional. But researchers at Northwestern University have recently reported that individual gallium nitride nanowires show strong piezoelectricity - a type of charge-generation caused by mechanical stress - in three dimensions. View More (2012-01-06)
A single cell endoscope
An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring or damaging the cell, has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). View More (2011-12-21)
Nanowires could be solution for high performance solar cells
Tiny wires could help engineers realize high-performance solar cells and other electronics, according to University of Illinois researchers. View More (2011-11-09)
Scientists carve nanowires out of ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films
A team of scientists working at Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL) Center for Nanoscale Materials has successfully carved ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin films into nanowires, boosting the material's functionality and providing potential improvements to the fabrication of biosensors. View More (2011-11-04)
Single photons for optical information transfer
Managing light to carry computer data, such as text, audio and video, is possible today with laser light beams that are guided along a fibre-optic cable. View More (2011-10-31)
New hybrid technology could bring 'quantum information systems'
The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum information systems" far more powerful than today's computers. View More (2011-10-31)
Copper Film Could Lower Touch Screen, LED and Solar Cell Costs
Copper nanowires may be coming to a little screen near you. View More (2011-09-27)
New hybrid carbon material discovered
New hybrid carbon material, which combines both graphene and SWNTs, Graphene Nanoribbons encapsulated into Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (GNR@SWNTs) have been discovered by researchers from Aalto University (Finland) and Umea University. View More (2011-09-22)
Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste
Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. View More (2011-09-07)
Nanowires get into the groove
Growing up is not easy, especially for tiny nanowires: With no support or guidance, nanowires become unruly, making it difficult to harness their full potential as effective semiconductors. View More (2011-08-23)
Rice scientists build battery in a nanowire
The world at large runs on lithium ion batteries. New research at Rice University shows that tiny worlds may soon do the same. View More (2011-08-01)
Penn: Nanoplasmonic 'Whispering Gallery' Breaks Emission Time Record in Semiconductors
Renaissance architects demonstrated their understanding of geometry and physics when they built whispering galleries into their cathedrals. View More (2011-07-25)
With a simple coating, nanowires show a dramatic increase in efficiency and sensitivity
By applying a coating to individual silicon nanowires, researchers at Harvard and Berkeley have significantly improved the materials' efficiency and sensitivity. View More (2011-07-07)
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