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Tiny DNA tweezers can catch and release objects on-demand
Researchers in China are reporting development of a new DNA 'tweezers' that are the first of their kind capable of grasping and releasing objects on-demand.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2008
Read moreRecord high performance with new solar cells
Researchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the sun a mainstay source of energy in the future.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2008
Read moreGates Foundation grant for nanopatch delivery of DNA-based malaria vaccines to skin
The University of Queensland?s (UQ) Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Professor Mark Kendall.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2008
Read moreCover art winners of nanotechnology image competition
In honor of its first issue, Nano Today: An International Rapid Reviews Journal ran a best nano-related image competition for publication on the cover for one of six 2009 issues.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreSoldering at the nanoscale
Japanese researchers have developed a way of soldering metal wires together on the nanoscale. The method will open the door to applications in nanocircuitry, they claim.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreOptical microscope technique to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions
A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreMIT is developing new technologies for neuroscience research
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT today announced six awards to develop new technologies for neuroscience research.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreNanocenter offers promising non-invasive cancer treatment
A team of scientists at Arkansas Nanotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has developed what promises to be a non-invasive method of eradicating cancer cells while reducing the life-threatening side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreNovel optical fiber allows ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions
Researchers have developed a novel optical fiber that enables transmission of ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions. The researchers transmitted light pulses of 13 fs duration over one meter distance, with the pulses only stretching to about double of the initial duration.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreEngineering technique to uncover the critical genes responsible for disease development
A novel computational biology method developed by a research team led by Ali Abdi, PhD, associate professor in NJIT's department of electrical and computer engineering, has found a way to uncover the critical genes responsible for disease development.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreScience writing, video production courses tell nanoscience stories
The Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) at Johns Hopkins University strives to be integrative and multidisciplinary. With 170 faculty and more than two dozen graduate students and undergraduates with backgrounds as diverse as physics and computational medicine, the institute has sought to broaden skills and foster collaborations among its student body and its faculty members.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreUnraveling the mysteries of physics on the nanoscale
Quantum dots have been studied in lasers, solar paneling, and biomedical therapeutics. Nina Markovic, affiliated faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology and assistant professor of physics in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, believes this emerging technology will prove important in cancer therapies, energy transmission, and drug delivery.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreU.S. Energy Department Streamlines Access to high-tech user facilities at DOE National Laboratories
The U.S. Department of Energy's Technology Transfer Coordinator, Under Secretary for Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, announced today two new model agreements that will expand access to DOE's world-class research facilities by academia and industry.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology formulation for marijuana addiction
Aphios Corporation today announced receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop an improved oral formulation for marijuana addiction and unmet medical needs.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreCarbon nanotube mass sensor to weight atoms with an unprecedented resolution
A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
Read moreNew OLED element can be manufactured using printing technology
Researchers working in the European ROLLED project have developed a flexible OLED element that can be mass produced using roll-to-roll printing technology.
Posted: Oct 28th, 2008
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