The brain of the fly - a high-speed computer
Neurobiologists use state-of-the-art methods to decode the basics of motion detection.
Jul 12th, 2010
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Fibers that can hear and sing
MIT researchers pass a milestone on the path to sophisticated fibers that interact with their surroundings in new ways.
Jul 12th, 2010
Read moreResearchers apply computing power to crack egg shell problem
Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Sheffield have applied computing power to crack a problem in egg shell formation. The work may also give a partial answer to the age old question 'what came first the chicken or the egg'?
Jul 12th, 2010
Read morePrediction markets to facilitate real-time science?
Kaggle, a web platform for data prediction competitions, has just issued a press release that touts the usefulness of open prediction technology for data-heavy scientific problems. The platform allows researchers and organizations to post their problem and have it scrutinized by the world's best statisticians to predict the future (produce the best forecasts) or predict the past (find the best insights hiding in data).
Jul 12th, 2010
Read moreThai labs build capabilities in agricultural nanotechnology
Thailand's National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives have signed a research collaborative MoU to identify and initiate agricultural research activities. The initial phase of the collaboration will focus on nanotechnology particularly in the area of food packaging and encapsulation technology for control release of fertilizers.
Jul 12th, 2010
Read moreReducing lithography nanopatterns to 6 nanometers in size
NanoNed researcher Vadim Sidorkin is the first in the world to succeed in patterning a substrate with markings only 6 nanometres in size and only 14 nanometres apart. A spacing of 14 nanometres, would increase in the capacity of the memory chips of, for example, new generation mobile phones tenfold.
Jul 10th, 2010
Read moreDNA through graphene nanopores
A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology announces a new type of nanopore devices that may significantly impact the way we screen DNA molecules, for example to read off their sequence.
Jul 10th, 2010
Read moreDie Anziehungskraft des Goldes
Elektrische Spannung reguliert Bindung von DNA.
Jul 10th, 2010
Read moreExplained: Phonons
When trying to control the way heat moves through solids, it is often useful to think of it as a flow of particles.
Jul 10th, 2010
Read moreNanogenerator for mechanical energy harvesting
The journal, Nano Letters, recently published an article highlighting the fascinating nanogenerators developed by Dr. Yong Shi, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreChemical engineers discover an enhanced delivery method of DNA payloads into cells
Chang Lu and his chemical engineering research group at Virginia Tech have discovered how to greatly enhance the delivery of DNA payloads into cells
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreRegistration opens for inaugural Particle Summit
Information-rich, practical program focusing on particle and molecular characterization.
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreResearchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in mice
Researchers at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center demonstrate that mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), tiny particles with thousands of pores, can store and deliver chemotherapeutic drugs in vivo and effectively suppress tumors in mice.
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreOSIRIS Project to increase competitiveness of Europeans in ICT
IBBT leads an International Consortium which has acquired EU funding for coordinating and support action project and establishing an Open and Sustainable ICT Research Infrastructure Strategy.
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreWie sich Fullerene unter Graphenschichten verschieben
HZB-Forscher beobachten atomare Vorgaenge beim Dotieren von Halbleitermaterialien.
Jul 9th, 2010
Read moreThailand's National Nanotechnology Center studies triacetin methanolysis to develop biodiesel
Researchers at Thailand's National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), Nanoscale Simulation Laboratory are investigating the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the methanolysis and hydrolysis reactions of glycerol triacetate or triacetin, using Density Functional Theory (DFT).
Jul 9th, 2010
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