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Materials Research Society | Published: 31 January 2013 As a prestreched elastomer film relaxes, a graphene sheet attached to it crumples, as seen under a scanning electron microscope. Image credit: Xuanhe Zhao. Click image to enlarge. Graphene has electrical and mechanical properties that are promising for electronics and energy storage applications. However, the atomically thick material has a penchant to stick together and crumple ... Read More »

Electrical engineer develops new nanoscale tools to aid discoveries in the life sciences A digital microarray from the lab of Ken Shepard, a professor of electrical engineering, can measure individual DNA molecules, which are shown in this image. The new technology dramatically improves and simplifies genetic analysis. (Phys.org)—Ken Shepard, a professor of electrical engineering, believes there is nowhere else in ... Read More »

Jan. 30, 2013 — Enzymes, workhorse molecules of life that underpin almost every biological process, may have a new role as “intelligent” micro- and nanomotors with applications in medicine, engineering and other fields. That’s the topic of a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, showing that single molecules of common enzymes can generate enough force to cause ... Read More »

Microchip Moves Information Around in 3-D: From Left to Right, Back to Front, and Up and Down Jan. 30, 2013 — Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created, for the first time, a new type of microchip which allows information to travel in three dimensions. Currently, microchips can only pass digital information in a very limited way — from ... Read More »

Nanotechnology can help solve many problems. But it is a technology that involves risks as well, for people and for the environment. In a PhD study conducted at Alterra Wageningen UR and Wageningen University, doctoral candidate Merel van der Ploeg explored the effects of nanoparticles on soils. Caution, it turns out, is still called for in nanotechnology’s use. Create Carbon ... Read More »

The definition of nanotechnology is simple: It’s merely technology that manipulates matter at the atomic level. When I think of nanotechnology, however, I often picture the complicated, such as a tidal wave of the tiniest of robots doing the greatest of medical work: repairing organs, binding skin. In essence, I envision a Philip K. Dick science fiction world of nano. ... Read More »

Fars NA - TEHRAN – Secretary-General of the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Prof. Saeed Sarkar announced on Wednesday that Iran has reached self-sufficiency in the field of nanotechnology. “Iran has attained self-sufficiency in the field of nanotechnology and the Nano Olympiad for students has been recognized as an official event,” Sarkar said on Wednesday in a ceremony to inaugurate ... Read More »