CRANN nanotechnology labs win 3.2m euros funding
Three of Trinity College Dublin's CRANN PIs were last week announced as award winners under Science Foundation Ireland's Principal Investigator Programme.
May 2nd, 2010
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Researchers isolate collection of 'pure' or spin polarized positronium atoms for the first time
Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together. In 2007, physicists at the University of California, Riverside created molecular positronium, a brand-new substance, in the laboratory. Now they have succeeded in isolating for the first time a sample of spin polarized positronium atoms.
May 2nd, 2010
Read moreRegistration opens for Bristol Nanoscience Symposium 2010
Registration opens today (May 1) for the Bristol Nanoscience Symposium 2010, a two-day event that will bring together leading figures from the international scientific community at one of the finest nanoscience facilities in the world.
May 1st, 2010
Read moreSensor predicts glass breakage
Modern glass facades inform the architecture of major cities throughout the world. In recent years, however, there have been cases of broken glass, with collapsing facades endangering passers-by. Now, a special sensor can detect micro-fissures and warn of impending breakage beforehand.
May 1st, 2010
Read moreNew nanocoating ensures a perfectly non-reflecting view on displays
A new nanocoating ensures a perfectly non-reflecting view on displays and through eyeglasses. The necessary surface structure is applied to the polymeric parts during manufacture, obviating the need for a separate process step. The hybrid coating has further advantages: the components are scratch-proof and easy to clean.
May 1st, 2010
Read moreArtificial nose gives as good as it gets
Is smell a personal sense, one that is specific to culture? No, says an Israeli team of scientists who have successfully 'trained' an electronic system capable of predicting the pleasantness of new odours.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreLooking beyond diamond for quantum computing
A team of scientists at UC Santa Barbara that helped pioneer research into the quantum properties of a small defect found in diamonds has now used cutting-edge computational techniques to produce a road map for studying defects in alternative materials.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreUnlocking the secret of how cells maintain the spatial distribution of proteins
Scientists have discovered how cells ensure the correct distribution of proteins throughout their interior. What they have found is that many of the proteins which need to be transported to the cell membrane are furnished with a kind of anchor consisting of a fatty acid, which serves to embed the proteins in the cell membrane.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreScientists discover inexpensive metal catalyst for generating hydrogen from water
Hydrogen would command a key role in future renewable energy technologies, experts agree, if a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing it can be developed. An important step towards this elusive goal has been taken by a team of researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreNanopediatric research focuses on nanomedicine for children
'Children are not small adults' - pediatricians say that's what makes their specialty different from the practice of medicine in adults. For similar reasons, researchers exploring the medical uses of nanotechnology believe that the use of molecular-level nanomedicine techniques in children will also require its own specialty.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreAn odd couple - photoluminescent liquid crystals based on metal clusters
Combine liquid crystals (mesogens) and metal clusters and you get clustomesogens - a new class of compounds, the first examples of which have now been produced.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreDNA construction kit for nanoengines
Scientists have succeeded for the first time in making, out of DNA double stands, an interlocked molecule (rotaxane) with freely moveable components. This opens up exciting possibilities for nanorobotics and synthetic biology.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreMolecular probe tracks changes in a protein
Scientists have succeeded in introducing a molecular probe into a protein and tracking the changes caused by it in detail using spectroscopy.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreNanomedicine: Reality now and soon - ESF-UB conference in biomedicine
The application of nanotechnology will have a major influence in many fields of medicine. Novel nano-based materials appear in drug delivery systems, diagnostics, imaging, biosensing, and medical materials and devices.
Apr 30th, 2010
Read moreMagnetic, fluorescent nanoparticles may help surgeons by marking brain tumors
Researchers have developed a way to enhance how brain tumors appear in MRI scans and during surgery, making the tumors easier for surgeons to identify and remove.
Apr 29th, 2010
Read morePrized workshop for molecular footballs
Wolfgang Kraetschmer has been awarded the European Inventor Award 2010 in the category of 'lifetime achievement' for the development of the synthesis of fullerenes like C60
Apr 29th, 2010
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