Structural 'snapshots' of a protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease
A recent study describes the structure of the active form of BACE1, which is an enzyme implicated in Alzheimer?s disease.
Posted: Sep 26th, 2008
Read moreStudy obtains protein structures more efficiently using a combination of techniques
The chances of obtaining crystals of sufficient quality and quantity to allow determination of three-dimensional protein structures using synchrotron radiation are significantly increased using a mix of robots geared to different crystallization techniques.
Posted: Sep 26th, 2008
Read moreMetamaterials shake up electrons
A team at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako has predicted that man-made structures called metamaterials could produce instabilities in electron beams.
Posted: Sep 26th, 2008
Read moreNew work allows scientists to create and study different types of graphene
A new graphene-based material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and production, and transportation such as airplanes and cars, has been created by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreNew research could lead to practical uses for metal-organic frameworks
Acting like molecular-scale sponges, these MOFs have wide ranging potential uses for filtering, capturing or detecting molecules such as carbon dioxide or hydrogen storage for fuel cells.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreScientists peer into heart of compound that may detect chemical, biological weapons
A light-transmitting compound that could one day be used in high-efficiency fiber optics and in sensors to detect biological and chemical weapons at long distance almost went undiscovered by scientists because its structure was too difficult to examine.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreBottom-up nanotechnology technique will make computers faster and more efficient
For the first time, the UCSB scientists have created a way to make square, nanoscale, chemical patterns - from the bottom up - that may be used in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips as early as 2011. It is called block co-polymer lithography.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreThe Precautionano Principle - free nanotechnology regulation conference report published
The final report of the 4th NanoRegulation Conference held on from September 16-17 in St.Gallen is now available online on the website of the Innovation Society. The document gives an overview of the presentations, workshops and participants of this year's conference that focused on the topic of 'Voluntary Measures in Nano Risk Governance'.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreSave-the-date: Major nanotechnology, energy, and biomed meeting
Next month in Boston, the AVS 55th International Symposium and Exhibition will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and engineering devoted to discoveries on the edge-in a vacuum, at interfaces, in plasmas, and in other controlled environments used to develop new materials and technologies.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreTop nanotechnology nations push ahead
Governments and industries in nations around the world are investing billions of dollars, euros, yen, yuan and rubles to position themselves as leaders in the emerging enterprise called nanotechnology.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreNanoelectronics to the rescue of overheating computer chips
Two researchers at the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science aim to lay the scientific groundwork that will solve the problem of ever hotter computer chips using nanoelectronics, considered the essential science for powering the next generation of computers.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology: Regulating the smallest details
Local lawyers and others working with business and technology can hear what nationally prominent scholar Gary Marchant thinks about the nano regulation issue when he talks from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the University of Dayton School of Law's Keller Hall.
Posted: Sep 25th, 2008
Read moreWhy metal alloys degrade
Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications - from jet engines to satellites to cell phones - and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreThe Conversion of Energy through Molecular Platforms program (ConvEne)
A new program funded by the National Science Foundation means UC Santa Barbara is now able to offer graduate students deep and broad experience in solving the energy challenges facing the country.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreNew $5 million Chair in Nanoelectronics at University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Robert Magnusson has been appointed to the Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics, a $5 million endowed chair for The University of Texas at Arlington.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreNew protein encyclopeadia covers 20,325 human proteins
Speaking at the 10th anniversary conference of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in Berne, Switzerland, its director Professor Ron Appel described his institute as a 'Swiss success story'. He said that he was proud that as pioneers at the heart of science one of the SIB's 25 working groups was today able to announce the completion of the annotation of human proteins.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
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