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Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make...
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The smallest wires ever developed in silicon - just one atom tall and four atoms wide - have been shown by a team of researchers...
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Researchers have shown how arrays of tiny "plasmonic nanoantennas" are able to precisely manipulate light in new ways that could...
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Researchers have created a new type of optical device small enough to fit millions on a computer chip that could lead to faster...
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Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace...
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Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream...
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Researchers are making progress in developing a system that measures the mechanical properties of living cells, a technology...
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Purdue University scientists have developed a method for stacking synthetic DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode...
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The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum...
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A leading researcher advancing efforts in thermoelectric energy conversion at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been...
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Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far...
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Researchers have created and tested miniature devices that are implanted in tumors to generate oxygen, boosting the killing power...
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Alexandra Boltasseva, a Purdue University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named one of the...
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A team of Purdue University researchers is among a small group in the world that has successfully created ultrapure material...
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Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Vlad Shalaev has been appointed as Scientific Director...
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Researchers are developing new technologies that combine a laser and electric fields to manipulate fluids and tiny particles...
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Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, an advance that opens up...
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For the second consecutive year, top high school students will travel to Purdue University to participate June 5-17 in the ninth...
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John R. Weaver, facility manager at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, has been named a recipient of the 2011 Monroe...
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The fascinating, tiny world of nanotechnology will take center stage during the second annual NanoDays on April 15 and 16 at...
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Researchers are developing a new type of biological and chemical sensor that has few moving parts, is low-cost and yet highly...
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Researchers are developing a new class of "plasmonic metamaterials" as potential building blocks for advanced optical technologies...
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Purdue University researchers have reproduced portions of the female breast in a tiny slide-sized model dubbed "breast on-a-chip"...
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Every Friday, Purdue Today's "Did You Know?," a new feature, will explore unusual, unique and fascinating details that make this...
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Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using...
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Researchers are creating a system that harvests heat from an engine's exhaust to generate electricity, reducing a car's fuel...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University and three other U.S. universities have announced a multiyear partnership aimed at strengthening...
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Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles"...
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A biosensor utilizing black platinum and carbon nanotubes developed at Purdue University will help give scientists a better understanding...
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Researchers have shown that an advanced cooling technology being developed for high-power electronics in military and automotive...
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Nine top Purdue University graduate students at the Birck Nanotechnology Center will form the inaugural class in the Discovery...
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Purdue University will lead a new research center to improve photovoltaic solar cells as part of a national effort to bring alternative...
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Purdue University researchers have developed a miniature device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency...
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Longtime Purdue University professor James Cooper has been named interim director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, a Discovery...
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in efforts to use tiny structures called carbon nanotubes to create a new class of...
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A simulation of electrical current moving through a futuristic electronic transistor has been modeled atom-by-atom in less than...
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Online courses covering the fundamentals of nanotechnology will be offered beginning in 2012 by the science portal nanoHUB, the...
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The use of a piezoelectric element (acoustic excitation) to vibrate the base of a microcantilever is a popular way to perform...
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Fifty-nine Purdue University faculty, staff and students whose discoveries received patents during the 2010-2011 fiscal year...
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Researchers at Purdue University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a device small enough...
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Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an...
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A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University biochemist has demonstrated a process using nanotechnology to better assess whether...
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Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in developing breath-analysis technology to rapidly diagnose patients by detecting...
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Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics...
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Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in developing breath-analysis technology to rapidly diagnose patients by detecting...
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A Purdue University research team developed a nanoparticle that can hold and release an antimicrobial agent as needed for extending...
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Purdue University has been awarded $1.5 million to study quantum information science, a new field paving the way for quantum...
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Purdue University and several Colombian agencies have signed an agreement establishing the Colombia-Purdue Institute for Advanced...
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A new technology enabling tiny machines called micro electromechanical systems to "self-calibrate" could make possible super-accurate...
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Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in using new "metamaterials" for radical advances in optical technologies, including...
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An interactive Web site called nanoHUB.org, which makes available scientific simulations, seminars, interactive courses and other...
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A new approach in the design of miniature, insectlike robots could lead to "microids" the size of ants that move their tiny legs...
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