News

  • New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
    Nov 11, 2009

    Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead...
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  • Better control of carbon nanotube 'growth' promising for future electronics
    Oct 02, 2009

    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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  • Purdue, India researchers form center on nanomaterials and energy
    Sep 29, 2009

    Researchers at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center are collaborating with Indian colleagues at the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for...
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  • New findings could help hybrid, electric cars keep their cool
    Sep 22, 2009

    Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design...
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  • New nanolaser key to future optical computers and technologies
    Aug 17, 2009

    Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations...
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  • Discovery to aid study of biological structures, molecules
    Aug 12, 2009

    Researchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in...
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  • Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
    Jul 28, 2009

    Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical...
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  • Indiana life-sciences firm signs deal to use research space at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnol...
    Jul 16, 2009

    An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories...
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  • Complete atom-by-atom transistor simulation run in 15 minutes
    Jun 18, 2009

    A simulation of electrical current moving through a futuristic electronic transistor has been modeled atom-by-atom in less than...
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  • New 'broadband' cloaking technology simple to manufacture
    May 20, 2009

    Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of...
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  • Innovation could make lab-on-a-chip devices easier to use, cheaper to make
    Apr 21, 2009

    Researchers have designed a lab on a chip capable of being programmed to perform a variety of jobs, a step toward more widespread...
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  • Nano-tetherball biosensor precisely detects glucose
    Mar 03, 2009

    Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using...
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  • New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions
    Oct 08, 2009

    Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder...
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  • Tiny 'MEMS' devices to filter, amplify electronic signals
    Aug 10, 2009

    Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used...
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  • Re-thinking electronics - from the bottom up
    Jul 28, 2009

    More than 70 graduate students from across the country and Purdue University are on campus this week to learn about a new approach...
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  • Purdue centers partner with Indian researchers for nanomedicine, cellular biology symposi...
    Jun 11, 2009

    Purdue University's Bindley Bioscience and Birck Nanotechnology centers will lead an international research symposium on Thursday...
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  • Indiana translational medicine institute pioneers secure federated identity management
    May 11, 2009

    Translational medicine researchers from across the country can now access a range of data and advanced technology resources using...
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  • Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells
    Mar 19, 2009

    A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack...
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  • About the BNC

    The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health.

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    Birck Nanotechnology Center
    1205 W State Street
    West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057