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Students from the Nano and Emerging Technologies (NExT) Club Participate in NanoDays
The University of Virginia event, organized Professor Jerry Floro, is part of a national educational outreach effort by the NSF NISE Network. Find an event in your neighborhood. (Learn More >>)
New Film Changes Colors When You Stretch It
Researchers at UC Berkeley are reporting that they've made a thin film that changes colors when they tug on it. (Learn More >>)
Central Pennsylvania Wins 'Best Use of Nanotechnology' Award at Future City
The team from Central Pennsylvania took home the prize for the NNI's "Best Use of Nanotechnology" at the National Finals in this year's Future City Competition. (Learn More >>)
Sticky Tape Perfect for DIY Nanotech to Kill Bacteria
Northwestern University chemists discover a new nano-enabled use for that roll of tape in your desk drawer. (Learn More >>)
CNN: Will Nanotechnology Allow You to "Swallow the Doctor?"
"We're making microscopic robots that are guided by externally generated magnetic fields for use in the human body," mechanical engineer Brad Nelson told CNN. (Learn More >>)
Google is Making Fake Human Skin to Test its Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles
In a video from The Atlantic, employees explain that they'll be using light signals to talk to the wristband through the superficial veins on the underside of the wrist. (Learn More >>)
Designed Molecules Trap Cancer Cells in Deadly Cages
Chemists have designed a carbohydrate-based molecule that can surround and strangle bone cancer cells by self-assembling into a tangled web of nanofibers. (Learn More >>)
Nanowire Clothing Could Keep People Warm
Scientists have now developed a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat and trap the heat from our bodies better than regular clothes. (Learn More >>)
Fast, Accurate New Nanoparticle-Based Sensor System for Screening Cancer Drugs
Using an engineered gold nanoparticle and three fluorescent proteins provides "a three-channel sensor that can be trained to detect subtle changes in cell surface properties." (Learn More >>)
NASA Experiments with Self-Assembly Techniques on the International Space Station
The Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions (InSPACE) experiments explored nanoparticles suspended in magnetorheolocial fluids, a type of smart fluid that tends to self-assemble into shapes in the presence of a magnetic field. (Learn More >>)
Technique Simultaneously Determines Nanomaterials' Chemical Makeup
Researchers from DOE's Argonne National Laboratory & Ohio Univ. have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height of a single atom. (Learn More >>)
Bullet-Proof Armour and Hydrogen Sieve Add to Graphene's Promise
One-atom-thick material blocks 'bullet' strikes but allows protons to pass through. (Learn More >>)
Nanoparticle Detects the Deadliest Cancer Cells in Blood
The nanoparticles—dubbed nanoflares—attach themselves to individual cancer cells in a blood sample and then glow, allowing cancerous cells to be detected and sorted with the help of a laser. (Learn More >>)
Nanomaterial Converts 90% of Captured Light into Heat
This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot program. (Learn More >>)
Crystallizing the DNA Nanotechnology Dream
For the last 20 years, scientists have tried to design large DNA crystals with precisely prescribed depth and complex features—a design quest just fulfilled by a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. (Learn More >>)
Optimal Particle Size for Anticancer Nanomedicines Discovered
Researchers evaluated the size-dependent biological profiles of three monodisperse drug-silica nanoconjugates to determine the optimum particle size for tissue penetration and tumor inhibition. (Learn More >>)
Join the Conversation: Data Readiness Levels
A new online forum is now available to discuss the concepts of Data Readiness Levels (DRLs) that were developed by the Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure (NKI) Signature Initiative in May 2013. (Learn More >>)
Three Scientists Win Chemistry Nobel for Nanoscopy Work
Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work that allows optical microscopes to study cells in the tiniest molecular detail, aiding in research of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. (Learn More >>)
New nanoparticles get us closer to artificial photosynthesis, mass carbon capture
The discovery at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab could one day allow us to vacuum excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and turn it into usable biofuel. (Learn More >>)
NSF investment aims to take flat materials to new heights
Researchers will explore fundamental materials properties, synthesis & characterization, predictive modeling techniques and scalable fabrication and manufacturing methods to create new devices for photonics, electronics, sensors & energy harvesting. (Learn More >>)
Nanotubes help healing hearts keep the beat
Carbon nanotubes serve as bridges that allow electrical signals to pass unhindered through new pediatric heart-defect patches invented at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital. (Learn More >>)
NanoArt's Tiny Masterpieces
The Wall Street Journal features images from the third International Festival of NanoArt. (Learn More >>)
Graphene sensor will let us see through walls
A team of researchers from the University of Maryland recently developed a graphene-based sensor that lets people see through walls. (Learn More >>)
Atom-Sized Construction Could Shrink Future Gadgets
The Pentagon's recently launched Atoms to Product (A2P) program aims to develop atom-size materials to build state-of-the-art military and consumer products. (Learn More >>)
UMass patch would spot stressed-out soldiers
Based on research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, armed services personnel may soon have access to wearable health monitoring technology, in the form of a wearable sensor that would gauge stress and fatigue. (Learn More >>)
NREL bolsters batteries with nanotubes
Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to nanotubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium-ion batteries, the energy sources for cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. (Learn More >>)
3D Printed Nanostructured Materials Are Strong, Light, Have Many Uses
Engineers at MIT and Lawrence Livermore National Lab have devised a way to translate that airy, yet remarkably strong, structure down to the nanoscale — designing a system may set new records for stiffness for a given weight. (Learn More >>)
NY Times: Nanosilver May Help Provide a Path Away from Antibiotic Resistance
An NC State biomed professor tests a nanosilver-coated bandage on a persistent infection from a bug bite, instead of taking a course of oral antibiotics, and it worked. (Learn More >>)
Drug-Delivering Nanomotor is 500 Times Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
A group of engineers at the University of Texas have developed what they are calling the smallest and best such nanomotor ever built. (Learn More >>)
The business potential of (amazing, wonderful, futuristic) graphene
Fortune magazine reports: It's a better conductor. It's transparent. It's lightweight. It's strong. It's flexible and elastic. Can it change the electronics business? (Learn More >>)
New Apparel Could Ward Off Chemical Weapons
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an NNI-member agency, engineered the nanotubes to hold a copper-based catalyst that breaks down a key chemical bond in nerve agents. (Learn More >>)
Scientists made color-changing paint out of gold nanoparticles
These sensors made of gold nanoparticles change colors as you press on them. They can be painted on or applied like a bandage, and they convey differences in pressure at certain points of impact. (Learn More >>)
MIT attempts to thwart counterfeiters with nanocrystals
MIT researchers created anoparticles that come in a range of customizable colors, can be embedded invisibly just about anywhere, and can be authenticated using nothing more than an accessorized smartphone. (Learn More >>)
Targeting Cancer with a Triple Threat
MIT chemists have devised a new way to build nanoparticles that can carry and deliver precise ratios of three or more different drugs. (Learn More >>)
Popping nanoballoons to fight cancer
Developed by researchers at the University at Buffalo, these miniscule particles can deliver anti-cancer medications straight to the tumor itself, without causing unwanted damage along the way. (Learn More >>)
Engineers design 'living materials'
MIT researchers created hybrid materials that combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. (Learn More >>)
NanoDays Being Celebrated at More Than 200 Sites Nationwide
UVa's Nanoscience Institute opened its labs over the weekend to visitors as part of NISE Net's NanoDays program. (Learn More >>)
NNI-Sponsored "Best Use of Nanotechnology" Award Goes to Hyde Park Middle School!
Congratulations to Nevada Southern's Hyde Park Middle School for winning the NNI-sponsored Future City Special Award for the "Best Use of Nanotechnology" with their city Koru. (Learn More >>)
Market report on emerging nanotechnology now available
NSF and NNCO-funded independent study identifies more than $1 trillion in global revenue from nano-enabled products in 2013. (Learn More >>)
Graphene Microbattery Ushers in New Age for Biotelemetry
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a battery that has successfully been used in monitoring the movements of salmon through rivers. (Learn More >>)
Graphene conducts electricity ten times better than expected
This finding could help graphene realize its promise in high-end electronics, where researchers have long hoped it could outperform traditional materials such as silicon. (Learn More >>)
Flexible device harnesses the power of your beating heart
Researchers created nanoribbons which were placed on a flexible silicone surface that could be put on an organ and move as it moved. (Learn More >>)
Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating
NIST researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in upholstered furniture and other soft furnishings. (Learn More >>)
World's Fastest Thin-Film Organic Transistors
Researchers created thin-film organic transistors that could operate more than five times faster than previous examples of this experimental technology. (Learn More >>)
Vapor nanobubbles rapidly detect malaria through the skin
Researchers at Rice University have developed a noninvasive technology that accurately detects low levels of malaria infection through the skin in seconds with a laser scanner. (Learn More >>)
Scientists grow liquid crystal "flowers" to use as lenses
This represents a significant step forward in "directed assembly," where scientists build minute structures by specifying starting conditions and letting physical and chemical processes do the assembly work, instead of doing it themselves. (Learn More >>)
'Walking' DNA motor on nanotube tracks could someday deliver drugs
By changing its shape and binding to consecutive parts of the tube's surface, these natural molecules are able to travel as far as a micrometer (1,000 nanometers) by taking steps of 8 nanometers at a time. (Learn More >>)
Graphene: Growing Giants
NIST researchers discovered a new substrate for growing graphene, which holds promise for faster internet speeds, cheaper solar cells, novel sensors, space suits spun from graphene yarn, and more. (Learn More >>)
Scientists ID new nanocatalyst for cleanup of nitrites
Chemical engineers at Rice University have found a new catalyst that can rapidly break down nitrites, a common and harmful contaminant in drinking water that often results from overuse of agricultural fertilizers. (Learn More >>)
New nanoparticle opens doorway to oral treatment of chronic diseases
A team of researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital has developed a new type of nanoparticle that could afford patients the choice – potentially making uncomfortable injections a thing of the past. (Learn More >>)
MIT Freshman Wins Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Award
Bandyopadhyay created a nanoscale infrared detector, which could reduce car crashes by allowing vehicles to sense each other in darkness, detect land mines, and monitor global warming. Unlike other infrared sensors, it operates at room temperature. (Learn More >>)
NASA material engineers are experimenting with atomic layer deposition
Atomic layer deposition is one of many techniques for applying thin films, which can improve computer memory, protect materials against corrosion, oxidation, and wear, and perform as batteries when deposited directly onto chips. (Learn More >>)
Ga Tech center advancing low cost electronics
The NNI-funded Georgia Tech Center for Low Cost Electronics Packaging (PRC) is developing electronic systems that are expected to trend to mega-functional systems at lowest cost in smallest size. (Learn More >>)
Nanogrid, activated by sunlight, breaks down pollutants in water, leaving biodegradable compounds
This NSF-funded project could help clean up oil spills. Research created a new catalyst that can break down hydrocarbons in water, and it does not contaminate the water. (Learn More >>)
Nano-cone textures generate extremely 'robust' water-repellent surfaces
Scientists at DOE's Brookhaven Lab found that when it comes to designing extremely water-repellent surfaces, shape and size matter. (Learn More >>)
Berkeley Lab researchers create new material resembling molecular velcro for biosensing applications
Taking inspiration from the human immune system, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab have created a new material that can be programmed to identify an endless variety of molecules. (Learn More >>)
NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology launches updated NanoFab website
The CNST, NIST's nanotechnology user facility, launched a major update to the NanoFab website. The shared-use NanoFab gives researchers economical access to and training on a state-of-the-art tool set for cutting-edge nanotechnology development. (Learn More >>)
UPenn spin-off to develop roll to roll graphene production
The NSF-supported spin-off will use technology that allows continous, roll-to-roll production of single-layer graphene at atmospheric pressure, which is much less expensive than conventional graphene production using high vacuum furnaces. (Learn More >>)
If you can't take the heat....try nano
Nanoparticle-coated tungsten can withstand high temperature and potentially enable thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices. TPVs convert both heat and light to power; this discovery could enable a more efficient alternative energy device. (Learn More >>)
Nano skin sensor tracks eyeball motion
The super-flexible nanogenerator demonstrated its great potential to work as a sensor capable of detecting the eye ball movement when it was attached on the surface of the eyelid for monitoring sleep pattern, tiredness, and possible brain activity. (Learn More >>)
Wagon-wheel pasta shape for better LED
This study showed wagon-wheel molecules emit light randomly in all directions – a necessary feature for a more efficient OLED. Existing OLEDs now in some smart phones and TVs use spaghetti-shaped polymers that emit only polarized light. (Learn More >>)
Water glides freely across 'nanodrapes'
Researchers used graphene—the thinnest material on Earth—to waterproof materials with rough surfaces. The"nanodrapes" are less than a nanometer thick, chemically inert, and provide a layer of protection without changing the underlying material. (Learn More >>)
US-based scientists build the first carbon nanotube computer
The invention shows that carbon fiber transistors can be assembled into a general purpose computer, which can run a basic operating system, perform calculations and switch between different processes running at the same time. (Learn More >>)
Shattering records: The world's thinnest glass
Just two atoms in thickness, making it literally two-dimensional, the glass was an accidental discovery that occurred when researchers were making graphene. (Learn More >>)
NNI R3 Workshop Webcast Archive Now Available for Viewing
See the archived webcast from the R3 workshop, held in Washington, DC on Sept. 10-11, 2013. This public workshop highlighted practical tools that might be used by Federal and non-Federal decision makers in their consideration of potential risks. (Learn More >>)
A new super material is emerging
High-quality BNNT material has been notoriously difficult to make. Even a year ago, you could literally hold the world's supply of synthesized high-quality BNNT material in one hand at the NASA lab. (Learn More >>)
First million digits of pi engraved on sapphire crystal with gold
The engraving contains 200 times more digits than any other known engraving and is a landmark feat for the never-ending constant. The characters are so small that two digits can be etched on the end of a human hair. (Learn More >>)
Printed flexible CNTs for cheaper electronics, wall-sized displays
Researchers used a conventional, high-throughput printing process to create sheets of high-quality carbon nanotube transistors on flexible plastic (PET) sheets. These flexible sheets are made from the same kind plastic as the Coke bottle. (Learn More >>)
Nano-enabled smart windows
Unlike existing technologies, the coating provides selective control over visible light and heat-producing near-infrared (NIR) light, so windows can maximize energy savings and comfort in a wide range of climates. (Learn More >>)
"Mini Lisa," a nano-sized replica of the Mona Lisa
The world's most famous painting has now been created on the world's smallest canvas. Researchers at Georgia Tech "painted" the Mona Lisa on a substrate surface approximately 30 microns in width - or one-third the width of a human hair. (Learn More >>)
Nanoscale thermostat to measure and control temperature inside living cells
This DARPA-funded research could lead to better thermal management of electronics, monitoring the structural integrity of high-performance materials, cell-specific treatment of disease, and new tools for medical research. (Learn More >>)
Tattoo biosensor warns when athletes are about to 'hit the wall'
The sensor monitors lactate, a form of lactic acid released in sweat when the muscles need more energy than the body can supply from "aerobic" respiration. At a certain point, the lactate build up is too much and an athlete just cannot continue. (Learn More >>)
Researchers break record for thinnest light-absorber
Stanford scientists have created the thinnest, most efficient absorber of visible light on record. The nanosize structure, thousands of times thinner than an ordinary sheet of paper, could lower the cost and improve the efficiency of solar cell. (Learn More >>)
Exposure to air transforms gold alloys into catalytic nanostructures
Brookhaven Lab scientists create novel core-shell gold-indium oxide nanoparticles through room-temperature oxidation. (Learn More >>)
Nanocubes Help Scientists Tell Left from Right
Scientists at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Ohio University used gold-and-silver cubic nanoparticles to amplify the difference in left- and right-handed molecules' response to a particular kind of light. (Learn More >>)
Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
Researchers created nano-volcanoes by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale "crystal ball" made of a synthetic polymer. The nano-volcanoes can store precise amounts of other materials and hold promise for new drug-delivery technologies. (Learn More >>)
Nanosensor detects harmful airborne substances
This "electronic nose" sensor is currently being commercialized and will be further refined to detect deadly pathogens including toxic pesticides in the global food supply chain. (Learn More >>)
Carbon nanotube catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could enable the practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid electric vehicles. (Learn More >>)
Gorgeous nanocrystal flowers sprout under electron microscope
By making slight alterations in the acidity and concentration of chemicals, a Harvard researcher discovered how to control the growth of self-assembling crystals, resulting in stunning, flower-like structures. (Learn More >>)
Graphene study confirms 40-year-old physics prediction
Researchers from the U.S. and Japan have observed a rare quantum effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum, confirming the longstanding prediction of this quantum fractal energy structure called Hofstadter's butterfly. (Learn More >>)
Injectable nanoparticles may simplify treatment for Type 1 Diabetes
Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. (Learn More >>)
NNI Supplement to the President's 2014 Budget
This document gives a description of the activities underway in 2012 and 2013 and planned for 2014 by the Federal Government agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). (Learn More >>)
Can Solar Energy Get Bigger by Thinking Small?
National Geographic looks into advances in solar energy and examines the various ways in which nanotechnology could provide a gigantic boost in solar energy efficiency and affordability. (Learn More >>)
Nanotube-infused silicone liquid crystal stiffens with repeated compression
Squeeze a piece of silicone and it quickly returns to its original shape. But scientists at Rice University have discovered that the liquid crystal phase of silicone becomes 90% stiffer when silicone is gently and repeatedly compressed. (Learn More >>)
Supertough & Strong Nanofibers
UNL materials engineers have developed a structural nanofiber that is both strong and tough, two traits that are usually mutually exclusive. This discovery could transform everything from airplanes and bridges to body armor and bicycles. (Learn More >>)
Nanosponges To Absorb Toxins
UCSD researchers invented a "nanosponge" capable of safely removing a broad class of dangerous toxins from the bloodstream, including toxins produced by MRSA, E. Coli, poisonous snakes, and bees. (Learn More >>)
Not slippery when wet
Geckos adhere to surfaces submerged underwater and scientists are now studying this phenomenon to inform future high tech adhesives. (Learn More >>)
Record-breaking resolution at the nanoscale
NIST researchers are part of an international team that made this significant advancement possible. (Learn More >>)
Nanofoams for better body armor
UCSD engineers are developing nanofoams that could prevent traumatic brain injury and blast-related lung injuries, and protect buildings from impacts and blasts. (Learn More >>)
Creating indestructible self-healing circuits
Imagine if your smart phone could repair itself, recovering in microseconds from less-than-ideal battery power or even total transistor failure. (Learn More >>)
Practicing medicine at the nanoscale
MIT's new Institute for Medical Engineering and Science aims to reshape medicine through new scientific knowledge, novel treatments and products, better management of medical data, and improvements in health-care delivery. (Learn More >>)
Nano beads on a string
Researchers believe this structure is more resilient than flat silicon coatings because the beads grow like flexible balloons (Learn More >>)
Engineers Week 2013: Family Day
The NNI sponsored an educational, nanotechnology-focused booth at Family Day, an annual Engineers Week event held at the National Building Museum in DC. The booth featured hands-on demonstrations by UVa volunteers. (Learn More >>)
A Nanoscale Look at Picasso
Researchers at Argonne National Lab used a hard x-ray nanoprobe to examine Pablo Picasso paintings, revealing that the famous artist used common house paint for his work! (Learn More >>)
Magnetic nanoparticles may explain why artificial joints fail
An NSF-funded study embeds nanoparticles into artificial joints to study degradation and wear and potentially curb the need for replacement surgeries. (Learn More >>)
Circuits on Cellulose
Paper electronics could pave the way to a new generation of cheap, flexible gadgets (Learn More >>)
Nanoparticles digging the world's smallest tunnels
Researchers dug tiny tunnels into graphite samples and created nanoporous graphite for potential use in medical applications and battery technology. (Learn More >>)
A new level of control over liquid crystals
Directed assembly is where scientists aim to manufacture nanostructures without individually manipulating each component. Instead, they set out precisely defined starting conditions and let the physics and chemistry do the rest. (Learn More >>)
World's smallest magnet made of only five iron atoms
The peculiar properties of magnets have found their way into a vast number of technologies ranging from information technology to medical imaging. (Learn More >>)
Slice, stack, roll: A nanofiber method for collagen scaffolds
This new technique leverages the natural properties of collagen, opening the door to biomedical applications including tissue engineering. (Learn More >>)
Nanotube lens serves as invisible sonic scalpel
By converting light into tiny, targeted soundwaves, this carbon nanotube lens could usher in a new era of ultra-precise, non-invasive surgery. (Learn More >>)
Nanofibers clean sulfur from fuel
Researchers found that metal oxide nanofibers are much more efficient at removing sulfur than traditional materials. These nanofibers could lead to better, lower cost catalysts, or be used in advanced energy applications and toxic gas removal. (Learn More >>)
Seeing in color at the nanoscale
Researchers at DOE's Berkeley Lab have a new microscopy tool called the "campanile" tip that delivers exquisite chemical details and information on interactions with light--the atomic microscopy equivalent to color. (Learn More >>)
Drag-and-Drop Drug Development
Using a simple "drag-and-drop" computer interface and DNA self-assembly techniques, researchers have developed a new approach for drug development that could drastically reduce the time required to create and test medications. (Learn More >>)
Nanosensor mimics dog's nose to detect explosives
This device is reportedly capable of real-time detection and identification of certain types of molecules at concentrations of one part per billion or below. (Learn More >>)
Nanotextured butterfly wings inspire self-cleaning surfaces
These nanotextured surfaces prevent dirt build up and reduce drag, and could enable applications ranging from more efficient airplanes to self-cleaning medical equipment. (Learn More >>)
Airless bike tires use carbon nanotubes to keep their shape
A U.S. designer has built a prototype of bike tires that use adjustable carbon nanotube composites, rather than air-filled innertubes. (Learn More >>)
One step closer to a roll-up e-tablet, smartphone
The "E-sheet" will be ultra-thin and virtually indestructible; it would be as rollable as a rubber mat and able to withstand rolling or folding 10's of thousands of times. (Learn More >>)
Manufacturing complex 3D metallic structures at nanoscale made possible
Scientists made the discovery while studying the irregular folding of metallic thin films. (Learn More >>)
Nanotechnology Solar Cell Achieves 18.2% Efficiency
NREL researchers made 'black silicon'-- nano-islands of silver on a silicon wafer with billions of holes-- that reduces light reflection allowing for greater energy capture. (Learn More >>)
CNT Sensors can be Drawn with Mechanical Pencils
MIT chemists designed a type of pencil lead made of a compressed powder of CNTs, which can be used like a normal pencil to draw sensors onto paper. (Learn More >>)
NIST Physicist David Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize
An American scientist discovered a way to manage, measure and control fragile quantum states. Wineland shares the prize with France's Serge Haroche. (Learn More >>)
Join the US Pavilion at nano tech 2013 in Tokyo!
Japan's annual "nano tech" is the world's largest nanotechnology exhibition, hosting more than 50,000 attendees last year. (Learn More >>)
Graphene Films Could Protect Metals in Harsh Environments
The thin coating is invisible to the human eye and has been shown to make copper nearly 100 times more corrosion resistant. (Learn More >>)
IEEE Nano Calls for 2013 Award Nominations
This year's categories are the Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology; the Early Career Award; and the Distinguished Service Award. (Learn More >>)
Cleaning up oil spills with magnets and nanotechnology
MIT researchers say that when mixed with water-repellent nanoparticles that contain iron, the oil can be magnetically separated from the water. (Learn More >>)
Wood-based Nanomaterial May Be as Strong as Bulletproof Vest
At it's new pilot plant in Wisconsin, the U.S. Forest Service has created a nanocrystalline cellulose fiber that is super strong, light weight, and renewable. (Learn More >>)
Now Accepting Questions for NNI Webinar
Tweet or email your suggestions and comments for improving Nano.gov! Questions will be answered and submission read live online today, Sept. 20 at 12:15pm. (Learn More >>)
NNI Center to Develop Self-Powered Health-Monitoring Sensors
Depending on the biological system being monitored, sensors could be worn as a patch on the chest, on the wrist like a watch, or even as a cap that fits over a tooth. (Learn More >>)
'Nanoresonators' might improve cell phone performance
Researchers have learned how to mass produce tiny mechanical devices that could help cell phone users avoid the nuisance of dropped calls and slow downloads. (Learn More >>)
Nanoparticles reboot blood flow in brain
In a traumatic brain injury, cells release an overwhelming number of toxic free radicals, which affect blood flow. Researchers found that a combination nanoparticle quickly restores normal blood flow to the brain, preventing additional damage. (Learn More >>)
Researchers Build Circuit on Novel 2-Dimensional Material
The one-molecule-thick material is made of molybdenum disulfide and has a natural bandgap, which does not exist in graphene. (Learn More >>)
DNA Encoding Breaks Data Density Record
Researchers have used DNA to encode a genetics textbook with over 50,000 words and 11 images. Theoretically, this high-density storage medium could enable scientists to store the entire Library of Congress in the volume of a sugar cube. (Learn More >>)
What is it?
The cliffs of Dover? The caldera of Santorini? A terraced mountainside in Central Asia? Actually, it's the chipping at the edge of a silicon wafer when seen through a scanning electron microcope! (Learn More >>)
Zoom into Nano in Your State
The NNI Interactive Web Map allows you to zoom into the regional, state, and even city levels to see the facilities and programs in you area. Zoom into your neighborhood today! (Learn More >>)
NNI Launches Interactive Web Map
This map features all the facilities in the U.S., including higher education programs, NNI centers and user facilities (labs), and regional, state, & local initiatives. Find out what's in you area! (Learn More >>)
Through the Looking Glass
Failure analysts show off the strange images they see in their microscopes. This image won the top prize in this year's IEEE competition. (Learn More >>)
Scientists solve 25 year old question: "How do buckyballs form?"
Experiments at the National Science Foundation-funded "MagLab" shed light on the self-assembly of these carbon networks. (Learn More >>)
First manned nanocomposite boat launched
Designed with carbon fiber composite for fuel efficiency and rough sea stabilization, this boat can travel up to 40 knots and more than 1500 nautical miles-- three times the range of a similar sized boat. (Learn More >>)
Nanogels transport two-pronged attack on cancer
Yale researchers develop a drug delivery system that carries dual-acting medicines in one package. (Learn More >>)
Nano-enabled Stretchable Electronics?
NC State researchers developed highly conductive and elastic conductor from silver nanowires that may open the door to electronics that bend and stretch. (Learn More >>)
NNI Launches Nanotechnology Signature Initiative on Nanosensors
This NSI will open the door to the development of inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly detect, identify, and quantify biological and chemical substances. (Learn More >>)
Nanoparticles Cleanup Water A Billion Times Faster
Scientists found that palladium-gold nanoparticles are a billion times faster than the conventionally used iron at destroying TCE--a carcinogen found in the groundwater at more than half of all U.S. Superfund sites. (Learn More >>)
Nano-Infused Paint Can Detect Strain
A new kind of paint made with carbon nanotubes can detect strain and deformations in building, bridges, and airplanes. (Learn More >>)
Nanotech Method for Capturing Firefly Light
Researchers use nanotechnology to harness bioluminescence, offering potential for ultra-high efficiency conversion of chemical energy to light. (Learn More >>)
Nanotech Goes Big
Large sheets made from carbon nanotubes could lead to lighter aircraft and more resilient space probes. (Learn More >>)
Unzipped CNTs could energize fuel cells
Stanford scientists developed a technique that could make carbon nanotubes (CNTs) a cost-effective alternative to platinum-- an expensive metal currently used in fuel cells. (Learn More >>)
Exploring Rational Design
This Berkeley Lab experiment may prove a contentious theory of nanocrystalline growth and self-assembly, paving the way to the energy devices of the future. (Learn More >>)
NNI Announces New Nanotechnology Signature Initiative
The member agencies of the NNI and OSTP have unveiled plans for the "Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure." (Learn More >>)
New 3-D Nanostructures Assemble with Remarkable Precision
A team of scientists and mathematicians are developing self-assembling, three-dimensional nanostructures that can be used for targeted drug delivery. (Learn More >>)
MIT Develops Revolutionary Glare-Free Glass
The nanotextured surface of this 'multifunctional glass' is also anti-fog and self-cleaning. (Learn More >>)
Quantum computer built inside a diamond
Built by a team at the Univ. of Southern California, this demonstration is particularly promising because it can be easily scaled up in size. (Learn More >>)
Nano 3D printing hits the fast track
Using femtosecond pulses from an 800-nm laser, researchers created this 285 micron racecar in just 4 minutes. (Learn More >>)
Hybrid nanoparticles could reduce greenhouse gases
MIT scientists combined gold and copper nanoparticles, creating a stable metal that can convert CO2 using very little electricity. (Learn More >>)
NNCO Welcomes New Director
Dr. Robert Pohanka joins NNCO after serving as Director of the DoD's Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative (DeVenCI), where he led and directed the strategy for finding private sector technologies and bringing them to the marketplace. (Learn More >>)
Russian Scientists Visit NNCO
The visit was co-sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center (an independent agency in the U.S. legislative branch) and the State Department under a program to foster relationships between U.S. and Russian leaders in various fields. (Learn More >>)
NanoDays Festival Underway Across the Country
NanoDays-- a festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering-- will take place at more than 200 locations nationwide. Find an event near you! (Learn More >>)
NNI Participates in Nano Tech 2012 in Japan
With 510 companies from 23 countries, this event is the largest annual nanotechnology conference in Asia. (Learn More >>)
RSL 2012: Limited Space Left
The NNI Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology 2012 Workshop (RSL 2012) will be held in Portland, OR on May 1-2, 2012. Register now-- space is still available to present a poster. (Learn More >>)
DoD and NIH research collaboration leads to early cancer detection startup company
Highly sensitive biosensors detect cancer using a silicon nano-membrane. (Learn More >>)
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Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus held event on Job Creation
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MORE THAN A MONTH has passed since Haiti was devastated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. While worldwide relief efforts to assist the island nation continue, members of the MGH community are doing their own part to support relief efforts.
Recently, the Organization of Minority Residents and Fellows (OMRF), a subcommittee of the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office (MAO), planned a major fundraising project. The OMRF executive board – including Audley Osbourne, MD, of MGH Urology; Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, of Radiation Oncology; Fola May, MD, MPhil, of Internal Medicine; and Andrea Jackson, MD, of Obstetrics and Gynecology – hosted an evening gala, with support from MGH Human Resources and MAO, to benefit the MGH Haitian Relief Fund.
Held at the Liberty Hotel, the gala sold out with more than 450 guests and raised more than $35,000 for the MGH Haitian Relief Fund. Since its creation in January, the fund has raised more than $140,000 to support MGH and Haitian community relief efforts. It also is being used to fund an employee grant program, which already has helped many of the more than 200 MGH employees directly affected by the earthquake.
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It is a common and dangerous reaction: Patients with bipolar disorder are often depressed, and so their physician prescribes antidepressants. Instead of the intended euthymia, however, the result is antidepressant-induced mania (AIM).
Joanna M. Biernacka, Ph.D., is a statistical geneticist and a co-principal investigator of the Mayo Clinic Individualized Medicine Biobank for Bipolar Disorder. While enrolling patients for a study of whether some persons with bipolar disorder are particularly disposed to a manic response to antidepressant treatment, she and her team of co-investigators began to review the literature.
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Dr. Biernacka and her co-investigators evaluated the evidence for association between the serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and AIM in "Pharmacogenomics and Antidepressant Induced Mania: A Review and Meta-analysis of the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5HTTLPR) Association," published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (136[1-2]:e21-e29). The study concluded that published data are insufficient to confirm an association between 5HTTLPR and AIM.
Dr. Biernacka's team plans to use the biobank data to study both the genetic risk factors for bipolar disorder and the genetic predictors that contribute to response to treatment, especially when that response is AIM.
"The biobank has enrolled more than 800 of the 2,000 adults with bipolar disorder we hope will participate," notes Dr. Biernacka. "For this study, we are collecting detailed information about treatments and response to treatments, plus blood samples. We've profiled prior studies. Now we'll expand on them to more fully understand AIM."
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A bit of a treat for fans of Hugo Pratt. I stumbled across this in Hurricane Annual 1965, published in the late summer of 1964. But is it an original UK strip or a reprint? Whatever, it's a fine example of Pratt's war art that probably hasn't been seen in nearly 50 years.
Part 2 tomorrow.
Friday, April 22, 2011
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- Smurfswacker said...
The first three panels aren't by Pratt...an English artist?
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- archives said...
This story was published in 1961 in Argentina
See my post http://archivespratt.over-blog.com/article-destroy-the-guns-en-vo-72386984.html
BR - Apr 23, 2011, 6:12:00 PM
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2. All sheep purchased are guaranteed as breeders. Rams are guaranteed fertile. If a ram is found to be infertile by a licensed veterinarian within six months of purchase, he will be replaced. The ram must be returned, at the buyers expense, and tested by our veterinarian to determine that he is in fact infertile. If found infertile the ram will be replaced. Ewes are guaranteed to breed and deliver a lamb. If a ewe will not breed she must be returned, at the buyers cost, and then given an opportunity to be bred by our rams. If the ewe will not conceive she will be replaced. Ewes sold as open are not guaranteed to be open but are in our best estimation to not have been bred. Ewes that are shown subsequent to purchase are not guaranteed as breeders.
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phone looks like a bigger version of the iphone5.
that screen shot they used, that front screen looks like the front screen of a samsung tablet.
good luck apple. You got more peeps copying ya stuff.
that being said, you learn from the best, thats why Samsung did, and now thats what Rim is going to do.
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Looks very iphone'y to me.
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Top riders have gathered here in Adelaide, Australia for the 2013 Tour Down Under to test their early season fitness. Blanco team sprinter – and Aussie local – Mark Renshaw is testing Giant's new Propel Advanced SL aero road bike, too, and hopes its new low-drag shape will carry him to success at the finish line.
Giant launched its new bike just days prior to the start of the race so it's no surprise that Renshaw is using it here. According to Giant, the new bike is substantially speedier aerodynamically than the team's TCR Advanced SL – a second per kilometer, to be exact – while still only weighing 950g for a Renshaw's medium frame and coming close in terms of rigidity, too.
We suspect Renshaw's particular bike closes that gap substantially, though, and perhaps even surpasses a stock TCR Advanced SL in that respect based on the 7.59kg (16.73lb, without SRM computer) actual weight. For reference, a comparable Propel Advanced SL 0 would weigh about 7.25kg with Shimano's admittedly lighter Dura-Ace Di2 9070 group and identical pedals but heavier aero clincher wheels, too.
Given that Giant has built specially reinforced bikes before for powerful riders like Mark Cavendish before, we're guessing some of the extra mass in Renshaw's bike comes courtesy of a few extra carbon plies.
Blanco team bikes also sub in team-only machined aluminum linear-pull brakes instead of the molded carbon composite arms used on production Giant Propel Advanced SL. The material change and chunkier shape certainly add weight – and look to possibly impact the aerodynamic performance, too, at least on paper – a quick pull of the lever reveals that they work quite a bit better, too.
Lever feel is firmer and more positive than on production bikes we've ridden, the cable anchor uses a bigger and more cable-friendly clamp design, and the fully enclosed stainless steel noodle locks into a more secure socket. Team brakes sport a dual-position noodle anchor, too, to more easily accommodate narrow and wide-profile rims without requiring additional adjustment.
Finally, we spotted what looks to be a new PRO stem on Renshaw's bike, slammed down with a particularly low-profile FSA upper headset cone. Key features include a Giant OverDrive 2-friendly 1 1/4" steerer clamp, a carbon-wrapped body, and four-bolt handlebar clamp.
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I wouldn't imagine this out of Drake as I feel like grabbing a box of tissue every time I put his CD on... no one else does that?
It's no secret that Drake has hooked up with Rihanna. Although I don't have a timeline as it is hard to keep track of Riri's sexual exploits. I also didn't know that it took place while Brown and Rihanna were together, that has to hurt. Chris Brown's girl hooked up with a dude in a wheelchair, I would flip my s**t too haha.
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Brown (reportedly) tried to bury the hatchet by sending a bottle of champagne to Drake's table at New York's WIP nightclub, but the bottle was promptly returned with a message that read "I'm f*ckng the love of your life [Rihanna], deal with it." An altercation ensued, during which Drake allegedly punched Chris in the face before "someone" cracked his chin open with a bottle.
Afterwards, Brown took to twitter with a photo of his chin and some sob story. Problem is that makes him look like a pansy and it was taken down. I love twitter.
Here is the blood on his transformers caddy, which btw, didn't feel like transforming and saving him from big bad Drake.
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Hubble Views the Pluto System
These Hubble Space Telescope images, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveal Pluto, its large moon Charon, and the planet's two new putative satellites. In the short-exposure image [left], taken June 11, 2002, the candidate moons cannot be seen. They do, however, appear in the middle and right-hand images. Longer exposure times were used to take these images. Pluto and Charon are overexposed in these images, causing the bright streaks or "blooms" that emerge vertically from them. The candidate moons are not overexposed because they are thousands of times less bright than Pluto and Charon. In these unprocessed images, various optical artifacts of the Advanced Camera for Surveys system are visible, such as the radial spokes of light caused by the telescope's optics. The enhanced-color images of Pluto and Charon were constructed by combining images taken in filters near 475 nanometers (blue) and 555 nanometers (green-yellow). The images of the new satellites were taken in a single filter centered near 606 nanometers (yellow), so no colour information is available for them.
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ya no matter what u do MSpaint will always suck.
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A armour games shield
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Well this is a section to post your art, so it's okay if you continue posting, but I guess try to make them a little better. Oh, and the reason why that last picture didn't work is because it has a sapce in it. Just fix that up and it'll work.
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Csn you give me some ideas Switch?
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um how about u do a comic. no matter how suck the drawings if its funny it will always be good
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A comics kinda hard to do with the space you have and i would be weird,But from swtich any drawing ideas?
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Stop making double posts! Haven't you realised that YOU CAN'T UPLOAD IMAGES THAT HAVE SPACES IN THE TITLE??? And also, try to do something better than add captions to armatars or make them into little stick figure drawings. I'm starting to see this a spam...
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