A first-of-its kind inhalable measles vaccine for developing countries, where the disease remains a scourge. A nanogenerator that could recharge iPods and other electronic devices with a shake. And for Fido and Fluffy, a long-awaited once-a-month pill for both ticks and fleas. It's list season, the time to prepare inventories of what stood out in 2009 and holds promise for the year ahead.
Nov 16th, 2009
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With a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. That's enough to completely switch the optical properties of the structure from opaque to transparent.
Nov 16th, 2009
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A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies.
Nov 16th, 2009
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The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") presented its first-ever 'Nano in the Mall' program on November 14, highlighting the role of nanotechnology in enabling energy efficiency and conservation.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreCornell University announced today that the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) in partnership with Purdue University has received a National Science Foundation award to deploy The MathWorks MATLAB on the TeraGrid as an experimental computing resource.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreScientists have developed a simple, cheap, accurate test to find undetected landmines. Students from the University of Edinburgh have created a custom-made bacteria that glows green when it comes into contact with chemicals leaked by buried explosives.
Nov 16th, 2009
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Juelich physicists have presented their prototype of a new detector that can reliably and rapidly distinguish between liquid explosives and harmless substances.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreNanoProfessor, a division of NanoInk, Inc. focused on nanotechnology education, announced today that Dakota County Technical College, in Rosemount, Minn., will serve as the inaugural pilot site of the NanoProfessor NanoScience Education Program.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreThe freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals.
Nov 16th, 2009
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For the first time, it has been possible to measure electron density in individual molecular states using what is known as the photoelectric effect.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreJena scientists from different disciplines founded a new network in order to utilize so-called nanocontainers for applications in the biomedical field. The research collaboration is now being funded by the State of Thuringia for the next 3 years with EUR 1.25 million.
Nov 16th, 2009
Read moreDas Exzellenznetzwerk fuer Biophotonik Photonics4Life, bisher bestehend aus 13 europaeischen Forschungsinstituten, hat sich heute um sechs neue Partner verstaerkt.
Nov 16th, 2009
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Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters.
Nov 16th, 2009
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Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.
Nov 16th, 2009
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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first 'universal' programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics using two quantum bits (qubits) of information.
Nov 15th, 2009
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In order to effectively fight pathogens, even at remote areas of the human body, immune cells have to move quickly and in a flexible manner. Scientists have now deciphered the mechanism that illustrates how these mobile cells move on diverse surfaces.
Nov 15th, 2009
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