Materials

: Invisibility-Cloak Breakthrough; By Katherine Bourzac
Friday, January 16, 2009; New software has enabled metamaterials to work with a broad band of frequencies.

: Bigger, Stretchier Graphene; By Prachi Patel-Predd
Thursday, January 15, 2009; High-quality, clear graphene films are a leap toward bendable OLED displays.

: Electronic Inks from Carbon Nanotubes; By Corinna Wu
Wednesday, January 14, 2009; Researchers have solved one of the fundamental problems in making electronics from nanotubes.

: Nanotube Superbatteries; By Katherine Bourzac
Friday, January 09, 2009; Dense films of carbon nanotubes store large amounts of energy.

Materials Blogs

Materials Tricks for Better Wine: By Katherine Bourzac | 01/16/2009
A Dirt-Bag Fuel Cell: By Kristina Grifantini | 01/14/2009 | 4 Comments
EPA's Voluntary Nanomaterials Program Ineffective: By Katherine Bourzac | 01/13/2009
Repulsive Force Could Eliminate Nanofriction: By Katherine Bourzac | 01/08/2009 | 1 Comment
A Tasty Molecular Clue to Better Drugs: By Katherine Bourzac | 01/07/2009
Nanotube Loudspeakers: By Katherine Bourzac | 11/13/2008
Sticky Space Spider: By Kristina Grifantini | 11/06/2008 | 1 Comment
Nanobama: By Katherine Bourzac | 11/05/2008 | 1 Comment
X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape: By Katherine Bourzac | 10/23/2008 | 4 Comments
EPA's Lousy New Nanotech Program: By Kevin Bullis | 01/28/2008 | 2 Comments

News from Around the Web

Quadrupole DNA sequencing: 09/13/2008 | via nanotechwire.com; Using the Paul trap to manipulate DNA between nanotube electrodes could result in a lower cost alternative to nanopore sequencing, which works by moving ...

Low cost graphite alternative to fabricating nanotechnology biosensors: 09/08/2008 | via nanowerk.com; Carbon nanomaterials have been extensively used in electroanalysis, and the most common forms are spherical fullerenes, cylindrical nanotubes, and carbon fibers and blacks. Since the ...

Nanosensor Detects Immune Cell Signals; Could Fight Aids, Cancer: 09/04/2008 | via dailytech.com; Nanosensor Detects Immune Cell Signals; Could Fight AIDS, CancerDailyTech, IL - 31 minutes agoThe design of the multi-trap nanophysiometer (MTN) is seen on the left, with a ...

Chinese scientists develop new approach for early diagnosis of cancer: 09/01/2008 | via nanowerk.com; A research project entitled 'A real-time analysis of the early diagnosis of cancer markers', undertaken by the CAS Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, recently passed ...

Gadget Designers Push the Limits of Size, Safety: 08/28/2008 | via blog.wired.com; The nano incident illustrates how risk can increase as devices decrease in size, says Roger Kay, an analyst at Endpoint Technologies. ...

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TR10: NanoRadio
March/April 2008
Alex Zettl's tiny radios, built from nanotubes, could improve everything from cell phones to medical diagnostics.
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