California Science and Technology News - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:51:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Scientists Create First Free-Standing 3-D Cloak http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_create_first_free-standing_3-d_cloak Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:48:44 +0100 Researcher Nears Creation of Superlens http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researcher_nears_creation_of_superlens A superlens would let you see a virus in a drop of blood and open the door to better and cheaper electronics. It might, says Durdu Guney, make ultra-high-resolution microscopes as commonplace as cameras in our cell phones CalTechNews Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:15:14 +0100 Wire Four Atoms Wide, One Atom Tall Created http://www.ccnmag.com/article/wire_four_atoms_wide,_one_atom_tall_created The smallest wires ever developed in silicon -- just one atom tall and four atoms wide -- has been shown by a team of researchers to have the same current-carrying capability as copper wires. CalTechNews Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:20:30 +0100 Nanophotonics Used to Peer Inside Living Cells http://www.ccnmag.com/article/nanophotonics_used_to_peer_inside_living_cells An endoscope that can provide high-resolution optical images of the interior of a single living cell, or precisely deliver genes, proteins, therapeutic drugs or other cargo without injuring or damaging the cell, has been developed by researchers CalTechNews Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:05:11 +0100 World's Smallest Steam Engine: Heat Engine Measuring Only a Few Micrometers http://www.ccnmag.com/article/world_s_smallest_steam_engine_heat_engine_measuring_only_a_few_micrometers What would be a case for the repair shop for a car engine is completely normal for a micro engine CalTechNews Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:22:19 +0100 World's Lightest Material Created http://www.ccnmag.com/article/world_s_lightest_material_created A team of researchers have developed the world's lightest material -- with a density of 0.9 mg/cc -- about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam™. CalTechNews Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:20:18 +0100 Researching Graphene Nanoelectronics for a Post-Silicon World http://www.ccnmag.com/article/researching_graphene_nanoelectronics_for_a_post-silicon_world Copper's days are numbered, and a new study at could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics. This is good news for technophiles who are seeking smaller, faster devices CalTechNews Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:28:17 +0100 2-D Patterns Made Into 3-D Objects Using Light http://www.ccnmag.com/article/2-d_patterns_made_into_3-d_objects_using_light Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple way to convert two-dimensional patterns into three-dimensional (3-D) objects using only light CalTechNews Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:08:44 +0100 Nano Car Has Molecular 4-Wheel Drive http://www.ccnmag.com/article/nano_car_has_molecular_4-wheel_drive Reduced to the max: the emission-free, noiseless 4-wheel drive car, jointly developed by Empa researchers and their Dutch colleagues, represents lightweight construction at its most extreme CalTechNews Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:56:01 +0100 Super-Black Material Opens New Frontiers http://www.ccnmag.com/article/super-black_material_opens_new_frontiers NASA engineers have produced a material that absorbs on average more than 99 percent of the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and far-infrared light that hits it -- a development that promises to open new frontiers in space technology CalTechNews Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:30:30 +0100