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Public Release: 22-Apr-2013

Nature Photonics
Germanium made laser compatible
Good news for the computer industry: a team of researchers has managed to make germanium suitable for lasers. This could enable microprocessor components to communicate using light in future, which will make the computers of the future faster and more efficient.

Swiss National Science Foundation

Public Release: 19-Apr-2013

Journal of the American Chemical Society
Freedom of assembly
Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have, for the first time, captured movies of nanoparticle self-assembly, giving researchers a new glimpse of an unusual material property.

National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy

Public Release: 19-Apr-2013

ACS Nano
Revolutionary new device joins world of smart electronics
Smart electronics are taking the world by storm. From techno-textiles to transparent electronic displays, the world of intelligent technology is growing fast and a revolutionary new device has just been added to its ranks. Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a new photoelectric device that is both flexible and transparent.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Public Release: 19-Apr-2013

Nano Letters
Research harnesses solar-powered proteins to filter harmful antibiotics from water
UC research just published in the journal, Nano Letters, details how solar-powered proteins can be used to filter antibiotics and other harmful compounds from rivers and lakes at a significantly higher rate than present treatment standards.

Public Release: 18-Apr-2013

Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Food safety and bioterrorism defense may benefit from improved detection test developed at MU
From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed by University of Missouri professor of engineering Shubhra Gangopadhyay's group may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate. The detection test also could accelerate warnings after bioterrorism attacks.

Public Release: 18-Apr-2013
Indiana University surgeon's nanoparticle research takes inspiration from Greek mythology
An Indiana University School of Medicine breast cancer surgeon is pursuing research that will utilize glass, gold, nanotechnology and Greek mythology hoping to vanquish breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

US Department of Defense

Public Release: 18-Apr-2013

Nature Communications
Discovery paves the way for ultra fast high resolution imaging in real time
Ultrafast high-resolution imaging in real time could be a reality with a new research discovery led by the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Public Release: 17-Apr-2013

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Super-nanotubes: 'Remarkable' spray-on coating combines carbon nanotubes with ceramic
Researchers from NIST and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes and ceramic that has unprecedented ability to resist damage while absorbing laser light. Coatings that absorb as much of the energy of high-powered lasers as possible without breaking down are essential for measuring the output of such lasers.

Public Release: 17-Apr-2013

Nature
Quantum computing taps nucleus of single atom
Australian engineers have demonstrated that quantum information can be "written" onto the nucleus of a single atom and "read" out with incredible accuracy. The result was achieved using a silicon chip that can be wired up and operated electronically. This world-first result will be published on April 18 in the journal Nature.

Australian Research Council, US Army Research Office

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013

Nature Communications
Small in size, big on power: New microbatteries the most powerful yet
The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car battery -- and then recharge the phone in the blink of an eye. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the new microbatteries out-power even the best supercapacitors and could drive new applications in radio communications and compact electronics.

National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013
Polymer platform technology innovates drug delivery
A University of Alberta pharmacy researcher has patented a nano-scale polymer that improves drug absorption, targets delivery and reduces side-effects.

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013

Scientific Reports
NREL and Stanford team up on peel-and-stick solar cells
It may be possible soon to charge cell phones, change the tint on windows, or power small toys with peel-and-stick versions of solar cells, thanks to a partnership between Stanford University and the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. A scientific paper, "Peel and Stick: Fabricating Thin Film Solar Cells on Universal Substrates," appears in the online version of Scientific Reports, a subsidiary of the British scientific journal Nature.

US Department of Energy

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013

ACS Nano
Building a better capacitor with custom nanorods
A new process for growing forests of manganese dioxide nanorods may lead to the next generation of high-performance capacitors.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013

Rapid Research Letters
Layered '2-D nanocrystals' promising new semiconductor
Researchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could replace today's transistors.

National Science Foundation

Public Release: 16-Apr-2013
CIC nanoGUNE launches Simune, an atomic-scale simulations service for companies
CIC nanoGUNE launches a new service called Simune with the aim of supporting a large variety of companies and institutions in their R+D processes. This service will perform computer simulations in order to study the behavior of matter at the atomic scale. In this way, Simune will help to solve specific technological problems with a lower investment.

Public Release: 15-Apr-2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Plant protein puzzle solved
Researchers from North Carolina State University believe they have solved a puzzle that has long vexed science. The researchers provide the first three-dimensional model of an enzyme that links a simple sugar, glucose, into long-chain cellulose, the basic building block within plant cell walls that gives plants structure. Cellulose is nature's most abundant renewable biomaterial and an important resource for production of biofuels that represent alternatives to fossil fuels.

US Department of Energy

Public Release: 15-Apr-2013

Advanced Materials
UCLA researchers find nanodiamonds could improve effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
Researchers at the UCLA School of Dentistry and their collaborators have developed a new drug delivery system based on nanodiamonds to effectively delivery cancer chemotherapy. The agent they created, called a nanodiamond-lipid hybrid particle, or NDLP, was used to deliver the highly toxic chemotherapy drug epirubicin. When tested on mice with highly aggressive triple negative breast cancers the drug-carrying NDLP caused a marked reduction in tumor size while virtually eliminating the drug's devastating side effects.

Public Release: 15-Apr-2013
VCU Medical Center first in Virginia to implant telescope for macular degeneration
Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular degeneration.

Public Release: 14-Apr-2013

Nature Nanotechnology
Nanosponges soak up toxins released by bacterial infections and venom
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have 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.

National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Public Release: 12-Apr-2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
New device could cut costs on household products, pharmaceuticals
A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for soap products that depend on certain molecules to effectively deal with grease and dirt. Researchers at the University of Washington published their findings online April 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Public Release: 11-Apr-2013
Small satellites becoming big deal for CU-Boulder students
NASA recently selected the University of Colorado Boulder as one of 24 institutions or organizations to fly tiny satellites designed and built by students as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned for launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

NASA, National Science Foundation

Public Release: 11-Apr-2013

Nature Communications
Diamond as a building material for optical circuits
The application of light for information processing opens up a multitude of possibilities. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have now for the first time used polycrystalline diamond to manufacture optical circuits and have published their results online in Nature Communications.

Public Release: 11-Apr-2013

Science
Tiny wireless device shines light on mouse brain, generating reward
Using a miniature electronic device implanted in the brain, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign have tapped into the internal reward system of mice, prodding neurons to release dopamine, a chemical associated with pleasure. The scientists report their findings in the journal Science.

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience, US Department of Energy

Public Release: 10-Apr-2013

Nature Communications
Interdisciplinary team demonstrates superconducting qualities of topological insulators
An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, has measured superconductive surface states in TIs where the bulk charge carriers were successfully depleted. Findings may prove useful in search for elusive Majorana quasiparticle.

Office of Naval Research

Public Release: 10-Apr-2013

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
Nanoparticles boost therapeutic potential of siRNA drugs
New classes of drugs that can silence specific genes, such as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), offer great therapeutic potential.


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