Beautiful nanotechnology images from the SPMage09 contest
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Aug 4th, 2009
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New fluorescent probe technique gives hope for killer lung disease
A team of researchers in Germany has used a new technique to shed light on the development of chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as emphysema and bronchitis.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read morePlans for a $7 million Arkansas Nanotechnology Center
Members of UALR?s Board of Visitors voted unanimously Monday to recommend to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees a $31.6 million bond initiative for capital improvements on the UALR campus.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreDer perfekte Schnitt
Um Siliziumbloecke in hauchduenne Wafer zu zersaegen, braucht man das richtige Werkzeug: einen Kilometer langen Draht, benetzt mit einer Art Schleifpaste. Doch muessen alle Parameter optimal angepasst sein - nur so vermeidet man beim Schneiden grosse Materialverluste.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreConference brings together solar technology and nanoscience experts
Bringing lively discussions on technologies with life-changing potential, SPIE Optics and Photonics runs through Thursday in the San Diego Convention Center. Approximately 4,500 international attendees are expected to attend the technical presentations and panels, professional development courses, and exhibition.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read morePlans for new Indian-Australian Research Academy released
Architects have unveiled the first glimpse of plans for the A$10 million collaboration between research giants Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreAustralian nanoscientists to participate in InForm project
Researchers working on the three-year InForm project include University of Sydney researcher Daniela Traini, who will be researching drug delivery to the lung.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreChemists explain the switchboards in our cells
Our cells are controlled by billions of molecular 'switches' and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreNew bio-hybrid materials could be used as sensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, more
Researchers have devised a way to encapsulate bacteria in a synthetic polymer hydrogel. These new, stable, bio-hybrid materials maintain the microbes' ability to exchange nutrients and metabolic products with their environment, and could find widespread applications, for example, as biosensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, or in wastewater treatment
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreSculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond
This new technique could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreEuropean Commission launches six new FP7 calls in nanotechnology
On July 30, 2009, the European Commission has launched six new FP7 calls in Theme 4 NMP 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies'.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreNanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to 'paint' brain tumors
Researchers have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the bloodstream. The tiny particles can safely cross the blood-brain barrier, an almost impenetrable barrier that protects the brain from infection.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreOn the path to metallic hydrogen
Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, have discovered a hydrogen-based compound that could be helpful in the search for metallic and superconducting forms of hydrogen.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreA code without restrictions for the fragile realm of quantum
The future of quantum computing depends on engineers being able to develop quantum error-correction codes that allow quantum devices to compute reliably in a world so fragile that information is destroyed or altered as soon as it is measured or read.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreNew microchip technology may accelerate drug discovery for cancer, other diseases
UCLA researchers have developed technology to perform more than a thousand chemical reactions at once on a stamp-size, PC-controlled microchip, which could accelerate the identification of potential drug candidates for treating diseases like cancer.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreNew technique eliminates grain boundary defects in zeolite membranes
Thin-film zeolite membranes with tiny, molecule-sized pores are one step closer to replacing the energy-intensive processes now used in industrial separations, a group of academic researchers is reporting.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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