Landmark discovery will lay the path for energy-efficient, cost-effective creation of nanocrystals for potential applications in biomedicine, bio-imaging and production of 3D movies and displays.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreBy mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreThe method is flexible and generally applicable to obtaining structural information for signal forwarding pathways in the cell or in the regulation of gene expression.
Feb 25th, 2010
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Researchers have developed a generic means for depositing many nanocomposites on multiple surfaces with nanoscale precision. Metal nanoparticles that were conducting, tiny magnetic nanoparticles, and nanoparticles that glowed, were all deposited using this one technique.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreAs part of LaserFest, the year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first working laser, the Optical Society (OSA) and the American Physical Society (APS) sponsored a special day-long seminar on the birth, growth and future developments in laser science and technology at the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreA team of scientists led by Dr Simon Richardson at the University of Greenwich has got a step closer to one of the holy grails of drug delivery.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreRevised model will help scientists better understand transport of fluid constituents, with a wide range of applications.
Feb 25th, 2010
Read moreSubatomic particles called neutrons are poised to play a big role in fighting HIV, slowing global warming, and improving manufacturing processes. The reason: They are the focus of a process called neutron scattering that provides unprecedented ways to study the chemistry of a wide range of important materials, including coal and biological cells.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreScientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreUniversity of Florida engineers have achieved what they label in a new paper a 'nearly perfect hydrophobic interface' by reproducing, on small bits of flat plastic, the shape and patterns of the minute hairs that grow on the bodies of spiders.
Feb 24th, 2010
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Using large-scale supercomputer calculations, researchers have analyzed how the placement of metallic contacts on graphene changes the electron transport properties of the material as a factor of junction length, width and orientation.
Feb 24th, 2010
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Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have obtained the first glimpse of miniscule air bubbles that keep water from wetting a super non-stick surface.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreA group of Biophysicists at LMU Munich hav developed a unique technology called 'microscale thermophoresis' that allows to measure intereactions under close-to-native conditions, thus improving the decision making process in drug development.
Feb 24th, 2010
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Dartmouth researcher Ivan Aprahamian and his team have developed a new molecular switch that changes its configuration as a function of the pH of the environment.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreChemists at the University of Helsinki have managed to manufacture new polymer-stabilised silver nanoparticles. The result is significant because the antimicrobial characteristics of silver are used in textiles, floor coatings and paints even though the impact on health of silver nanoparticles are not entirely known.
Feb 24th, 2010
Read moreA symposium which will reveal new methods for making future low-power, lighter, smarter and more economical computers and mobile phones will take place at the University of Southampton next week and has attracted almost 100 delegates.
Feb 24th, 2010
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