European researchers have developed a promising solution to 'mask-less' semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players.
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2008
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, the University of Stuttgart and the Colorado School of Mines have constructed micromachines using the same trick that model makers use to get ships into a bottle where the masts and rigging of the sailing ship are not erected until it is in the bottle.
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2008
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A team led by Stanford researchers has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier treatment and dramatically improved chances of survival.
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2008
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A team led by researchers at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed a compact prototype detector that uses magnetic nanotechnology to spot cancer-associated proteins in a human blood serum sample with much higher sensitivity than current detectors.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreIf doctors were able to conduct efficient genetic analysis at the point of care, using inexpensive, portable equipment, it would revolutionise disease detection and treatment. European researchers are close to enabling this revolution.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
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Professor Rod Boswell and the Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion Group at ANU have been working with plasmas for many years and recently became interested in the possibility using plasma deposition technology to dramatically reduce the cost of making fuel cells.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreA certain type of piezoelectric material can covert energy at a 100 percent increase when manufactured at a very small size ? in this case, around 21 nanometers in thickness.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreThe event will cover the recent FP7 project calls announced in the Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies. Materials and new Production technologies (NMP) area.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreThe partnership will oversee the development of collaborations in nanoscience, technology and engineering with the King Abdullah Institute of Nanotechnology.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreJudith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, has been awarded funds from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to assist faculty researchers with the most promising patentable inventions with funding grants of up to $50,000. The money, known as Gap grants, is designed to help bridge the chasm between an interesting idea and a commercial product.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
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Penn State reports a record $717 million in research funding for 2007-2008, ranking the University among top universities nationwide. Such a vibrant enterprise plays a key role in finding solutions to public problems and growing the economies in Pennsylvania and the nation, according to the University.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreScientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have uncovered new properties of imidazolium salts (IMSs), which suggest that they could play a vital role in disease prevention and treatment.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
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Scientists studying a material that appeared to lose its ability to carry current with no resistance say new measurements reveal that the material is indeed a superconductor - but only in two dimensions.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2008
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A magazine that showcases the latest research, discoveries and innovations from the University of Cambridge has now been launched online.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2008
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The creation of chirality from the elementary building blocks of matter is one of the great mysteries of the origin of life. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to induce this handedness in pre-biological molecules.
Posted: Nov 29th, 2008
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In the future, tablet-shaped robots could perform some surgical operations without injuring the body.
Posted: Nov 29th, 2008
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