(PhysOrg.com) — Polymer strands wriggle their way through nanometer-sized pores in a membrane to get from here to there and do their jobs. New theoretical research by Rice University scientists quantifies precisely how long the journey takes.

Rice study give pros, cons of nanotech-enhanced building materialsNanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry, where they can offer significant advantages for a variety of applications ranging from making more durable concrete to self-cleaning windows. But widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks when those materials …

( Rice University ) Researchers in the lab of Pulickel Ajayan, Rice’s Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of chemistry, have figured out how to make sheets of h-BN, which could turn out to be the complementary apple to graphene’s orange.

( Rice University ) Rice University researchers have created a theoretical method to calculate the time it takes long-chain polymers to pass through nano-sized pores in membranes. The researchers studied how membrane pore geometry affects the translocation of long polymers. They say the new method, which appears this month in the Journal of Chemical Physics, works for pores of any geometry …

Japan’s industry ministry has ordered Apple to report on measures it will take regarding cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire, an official said Thursday.

( Rice University ) Registration is open for Year of Nano events to be held Oct. 10-13 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the carbon 60 molecule, the buckminsterfullerene, at Rice.

While those wonderful light sabers in the Star Wars films remain the figment of George Lucas’ fertile imagination, light mills – rotary motors driven by light ? that can power objects thousands of times greater in size are now fact. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s…

The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to recognize the groundbreaking research presented yesterday at its topical meeting, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), by Intel Corporation. IPR is currently being held at the Monterey Plaza Hotel in Monterey, Calif., USA through today.

Pioneering research projects into new regenerative-medicine products, tools and technologies are to receive over £5m in funding from the Technology Strategy Board.

DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Surface Engineering in Materials Science III” to their offering.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules.

(PhysOrg.com) — Demonstration of precision DNA-based nanoassembly method for making light-emitting particle clusters could lead to advances in solar cells, optoelectronics, and biosensors

The Nano Science and Technology Institute , in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office , announced today a National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit to mark the 10th anniversary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative to be held December 8-10, 2010 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD …

WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ — The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), announced today a National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit to mark the 10th anniversary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to be held December 8-10, 2010 at the …

Those who fear needles have good news awaiting them. Australian researchers have developed a new method of vaccine delivery using needle-free nano-patches. These could also be mailed to people during pandemics. This breakthrough is published in the latest edition of the journal Small.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules.

(PhysOrg.com) — Demonstration of precision DNA-based nanoassembly method for making light-emitting particle clusters could lead to advances in solar cells, optoelectronics, and biosensors

Flexible OPVs may lead to clothing that generates power

The Nano Science and Technology Institute , in cooperation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office , announced today a National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit to mark the 10th anniversary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative to be held December 8-10, 2010 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD …

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