Researchers from A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) join efforts to fight emerging infectious diseases with their breakthrough total analysis solution that combines sample extraction, ribonucleic acid amplification and detection into one set-up.
Mar 2nd, 2010
Read moreA new device could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology could be applied to ultrafast, high-capacity communications, imaging of the Earth's surface and for encrypting secure messages.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreOne-atom-thick sheet offers new microelectronic possibilities.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreThe same antifreeze proteins that keep organisms from freezing in cold environments also can prevent ice from melting at warmer temperatures.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreApplications are now being accepted for Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology's summer 2010 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program. Both undergraduate and graduate positions are available. Application deadline is March 19, 2010.
Mar 1st, 2010
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Microelectromechanical devices gave us the Wii and the digital projector. MIT researchers have found a way to manufacture them by stamping them on plastic, opening up the possibility of coating large areas with tiny sensors.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreScientists in Manchester have found a clean and green way of making tiny magnets for high tech gadgets - using natural bacteria that have been around for millions of years.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreThe TRAMS project aims to guarantee that the memory for future nanoscale processors, with teraflop capacity, is resilient, reliable, fault tolerant, and energy efficient, with advanced features.
Mar 1st, 2010
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Researchers have demonstrated that the molecules in cell membranes move in a flowing motion rather than chaotically, as previously thought.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreGerman and US researchers have produced a super-sharp, strong, and resilient carbon tip that has earned top place as the industry's current benchmark.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreThe leading UK nanotechnology event, focused on commercialization of nanomaterials, will take place on 8-10 June 2010 at the Hotel Russell in London, UK.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreAn imaging technique combining ultrasound and specially modified contrast agents may allow researchers to noninvasively detect cancer and show its progression.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreNanoparticles are atmospheric materials so small that they can't be seen with the naked eye, but they can very visibly affect both weather patterns and human health all over the world - and not in a good way, according to a new study.
Mar 1st, 2010
Read moreMIT neuroscientists have designed a new MRI sensor that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine, an achievement that may significantly improve the specificity and resolution of future brain imaging procedures.
Mar 1st, 2010
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Heat helps in low power data storage scheme.
Mar 1st, 2010
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Another decisive step forward in the development of quantum computers has been successful. For the first time ever, researchers have accomplished to place two nitrogen atoms in a distance of only few nanometers, so that laser excitation will be capable of creating a quantum mechanical coupling.
Mar 1st, 2010
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