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A new theoretical analysis could help design better microlasers

Tiny disk-shaped lasers as small as a speck of dust could one day beam information through optical computers.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Quantum technologies move a step closer with the demonstration of an 'entanglement' filter

A team of physicists and engineers has demonstrated an optical device that filters two particles of light (or photons) based on the correlations between their polarisation that are only allowed in the seemingly bizarre quantum world.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Smart nanotechnology coating to fight rust

Batelle researchers have come up with a smart coating that can reveal where corrosion is forming on metal even though one can't see the degradation with the naked eye.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Kleberg Foundation gift will put UTSA nanotechnology research on the map

Officials with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) today announced receipt of a $1.2 million gift from the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation that will be used to purchase a second generation aberration corrected electron microscope.

Jan 22nd, 2009

New portable device detects Salmonella in under an hour

IIK4 Technological Alliance has designed a low-cost, rapid diagnostic device for detecting the presence of Salmonella spp. and other bacteria in less than one hour, a much shorter time than current systems. Unlike others, this project used clinical samples directly, without prior treatment in a laboratory.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Efficient working in confined spaces: New insights into the architecture of cellular protein factories

Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry have now, for the first time, been able to reveal the three-dimensional structure of polysomes.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Nanotechnology tetherball biosensor precisely detects glucose

Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored to gold-coated nanocubes.

Jan 22nd, 2009

New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells

Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain injuries and other diseases.

Jan 22nd, 2009

CELL PEN report considers health risks of nanomaterials in relation to cellular translocation

In a report published by DEFRA this week, the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, together with a team of multi-disciplinary experts presents an informed commentary and research agenda toward elucidating the importance of translocation in nanoparticle toxicology.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future of healthcare

On March 4 - 6, 2009, international experts will gather in Berlin for the NanoMed 2009 conference to discuss the state of the art in medical applications of nanotechnology.

Jan 22nd, 2009

Researchers tune graphene's properties by growing it on different surfaces

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for controlling the nature of graphene, bringing academia and industry potentially one step closer to realizing the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics.

Jan 21st, 2009

New stretchable electronics design accomodates extreme bending and straining

Researchers have developed a new design for stretchable electronics that can be wrapped around complex shapes, without a reduction in electronic function.

Jan 21st, 2009

Semi-conducting nanotubes produced in quantity

After announcing last April a method for growing exceptionally long, straight, numerous and well-aligned carbon cylinders only a few atoms thick, a Duke University-led team of chemists has now modified that process to create exclusively semiconducting versions of these single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Jan 21st, 2009