Smart textiles for enhanced personal protection and nanomedicine: The key to future healthcare
A special bumper issue of NANO Magazine focuses on two topics - textiles and nanomedicine.
Apr 14th, 2010
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Einblick in die Nanowelt - das Unsichtbare sichtbar machen
Die Friedrich-Alexander Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg bekommt ein neues 'Auge', mit dem Wissenschaftler die Wunderwelt von Nanomaterialen untersuchen koennen: Am 30. April 2010 weiht die Universitaet das Transmissionselektronenmikroskop TITAN3 und das eigens dafuer errichtete Gebaeude in einem Festakt offiziell ein.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreQuantum dot lasers open application fields in biomedicine and nanosurgery
Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreNew detector counts photons with 99 percent efficiency
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which is able to count individual particles of light traveling through fiber optic cables with roughly 99 percent efficiency.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreNew drug design technique could dramatically speed discovery process
Scientists here are taking the trial and error out of drug design by using powerful computers to identify molecular structures that have the highest potential to serve as the basis for new medications.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read morePrinted origami offers new technique for complex structues
Although it looks small and unassuming, the tiny origami crane sitting in a sample dish in University of Illinois professor Jennifer Lewis' lab heralds a new method for creating complex three-dimensional structures for biocompatible devices, microscaffolding and other microsystems.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreCell adhesion: Sticky predictions
More accurate measurements of the forces that bind cells together have been made possible by a new computer model.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreCell detection chip provides fast and selective detection of low levels of vascular disease biomarkers
To reduce patient discomfort and delay in vascular disease diagnosis, a team led by Yu Chen from the Institute of Microelectronics of A*STAR, Singapore, has developed a microfluidic device that rapidly detects low EPC levels in blood-cell samples.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreIntegrated electronics: Keeping cool
A compact water-circulation system prevents stacks of electronic chips from getting too hot.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreeBeam Initiative members publish collaborative results at Photomask Japan 2010
The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that several of its members will jointly present the latest breakthroughs in design-for-e-beam (DFEB) mask technology at Photomask Japan 2010 - one of the world's premier symposia for advanced lithography mask technology.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreHow Nanoparticles penetrate thin layers of fullerenes
Physicists discover an important mechanism for the decomposition of nano-composites.
Apr 14th, 2010
Read moreNew nanotool is a molecular switch that turns itself on or off
Two chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have synthesized a new nano-scale scientific tool - a tiny molecular switch that turns itself on or off as it detects metallic ions in its immediate surroundings.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read moreUltrasharp nano-electrode harnesses electric current from plant cell
In an electrifying first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to algae cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production - photosynthesis, a plant's method of converting sunlight to chemical energy.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read moreNew method paves way for more sensitive and precise diagnostics
EU-funded scientists in Sweden have developed a novel method to study genetic variation directly in individual cells and in tissues. Their findings provide valuable new insights into gene expression in humans that could significantly improve diagnostic tests.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read moreNeuer Ansatz optimiert Lotus-Effekt von schmutzabweisenden Textilien
Mittels einer neuen Faserstrukturierung wurde der schmutzabweisende Effekt erstmals durch eine faserimanente Strukturierung der Oberflaeche realisiert.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read moreLaser adds extra dimension to lab-on-chip
A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics.
Apr 13th, 2010
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