Bionanomachines: Proteins as resistance fighters
Scientists of Dresden BIOTEC and MPI-CBG measure drag/friction of single molecules.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreScientists of Dresden BIOTEC and MPI-CBG measure drag/friction of single molecules.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreScientists have known for a long time that when DNA is damaged, a key enzyme sets off a cellular 'alarm bell' to alert the cell to start the repair process. Researchers have now identified a whole family of proteins capable of a direct response to the alarm signal.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreWhile the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreThe American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced that it will hold a meeting of its Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) this September in Chicago, co-located with the NanoBusiness Alliance's Eighth Annual NanoBusiness Conference.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreResearchers in Japan have found a simple way to mimic the initial stage of photosynthesis by mechanically trapping a guest molecule inside a cage structure.
Aug 14th, 2009
Read moreA diagram of the three-terminal single-molecule transistor looks like an elaborate necklace and pendant, made up of six-sided rings of carbon atoms bedecked with hydrogen and nitrogen atoms.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moremproving medical monitoring and diagnosis through wearable bio-technology devices is IMEC's aim at Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreA team of scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences will be working with the National Cancer Institute as part of a national effort to bring more targeted cancer therapies to patients as quickly as possible.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University announced today that they are developing a regional partnership to explore complementary scientific research efforts.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreA new centre for doctoral training at UCL is preparing to train the next generation of experts in the growing science of photonics.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreResearch at the University of Liverpool has found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical state of superstructures.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreFundierte Entscheidungshilfe zum Umgang mit Nano-Know-how gibt die Fachtagung NanoPatentierung am 9. September 2009 in Darmstadt.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreLeading nanoscientist Paul S. Weiss has been named director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and holder of the Fred Kavli Chair in Nanosystems Sciences.
Aug 13th, 2009
Read moreResearchers have discovered that defects at the grain boundary in ultrananocrystalline diamond hold primary responsibility for the fundamental mechanism of energy dissipation.
Aug 12th, 2009
Read moreFour recent accomplishments underscore the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) internationally recognized leadership in working with diverse partners to further research on the occupational safety and health implications and applications of nanotechnology.
Aug 12th, 2009
Read moreA Northwestern University professor and his students have found a new way of turning graphite oxide - a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder - into graphene, a hotly studied material that conducts electricity.
Aug 12th, 2009
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