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Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds

Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during surgery.

March 1, 2010 Read more

Template engineering demonstrates possibilities of new superconducting material

A breakthrough approach by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their collaborators in fabricating thin films of a new superconducting material has yielded promising results: The material has a current-carrying potential 500 times that of previous experiments, making it significant for a variety of practical applications.

March 1, 2010 Read more

Researchers determine how ATP, molecule bearing 'the fuel of life', is broken down in cells

Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center have figured out how ATP is broken down in cells, providing for the first time a clear picture of the key reaction that allows cells in all living things to function and flourish.

March 1, 2010 Read more

New approach could produce multi-function nanodevices

A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed a new approach for creating powerful nanodevices, and their discoveries could pave the way for other researchers to begin more widespread development of these devices.

March 1, 2010 Read more

New technique allows study of protein folding, dynamics in living cells

A new technique to study protein dynamics in living cells has been created by a team of University of Illinois scientists, and evidence yielded from the new method indicates that an in vivo environment strongly modulates a protein's stability and folding rate.

February 28, 2010 Read more

Using nanoscale microscopy to evaluate individual regions on the surface of the heart

Researchers have developed a novel nanoscale scanning technique that gives a detailed look at how heart failure impacts the surface of a person's heart muscle cell.

February 27, 2010 Read more

Exploring the implications of nanotechnology

When Arizona State University researchers talk about the nanorevolution, they mean more than something limited to the technological realm.

February 27, 2010 Read more

Rhodia research collaboration to leverage academic and government resources for sustainable technologies

Three prominent research organizations from academia, government and industry will focus their combined worldwide expertise to develop new, sustainable technologies in the field of soft condensed matter, a science at the interface of chemistry, biology, physics and nanotechnology.

February 26, 2010 Read more

New nanotechnology electrodes could generate electricity at lower cost than solar arrays

A new study reveals that thermocells based on carbon nanotube electrodes might eventually be used for generating electrical energy from heat discarded by chemical plants, automobiles and solar cell farms.

February 26, 2010 Read more

European companies working together to create innovative curtain walls with nanomaterials

The CIDEMCO-Tecnalia Technological Centre is coordinating the FACOMP project, for sections of curtain walls based on polymeric nanocomposites.

February 26, 2010 Read more

German Research Foundation establishes ten new research units

With its ten new Research Units, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is intensifying interdisciplinary and multiple-location collaboration among researchers pursuing specific scientific questions and new avenues of research.

February 26, 2010 Read more

College of Microscopy brings researchers together for expert-led Electron Backscatter Diffraction Workshop

The College of Microscopy, JEOL and EDAX provided a free workshop on EBSD, sharing applications of EBSD to materials analysis in geology and metallurgy.

February 26, 2010 Read more

Hohe Auszeichnung an OLED-Nachwuchsforscher

Fuer seine Forschungsleistung auf dem Gebiet neuartiger, elektroluminiszierender Materialien ist Dr. Matteo Mauro jetzt mit dem prestigetraechtigen 'eni award 2010 - Debut in Research' ausgezeichnet worden.

February 26, 2010 Read more

New graphene 'nanomesh' could change the future of electronics

The new structure is able to open up a band gap in a large sheet of graphene to create a highly uniform, continuous semiconducting thin film that may be processed using standard planar semiconductor processing methods.

February 26, 2010 Read more

Long-predicted physical effects confirmed for the first time by a model system of strongly interacting electrons

From the study of an unusual two-dimensional electron system that is generated on the surface of low-temperature liquid helium, a RIKEN-led international research team has revealed that electrons free of atoms interact more strongly with each other than their counterparts in a semiconductor.

February 26, 2010 Read more

Palladium catalysts containing unique molecular ligands couple aromatic rings together in surprising ways

Scientists in Japan have developed a palladium-catalyzed procedure that couples aromatic rings in completely unexpected ways, thanks to a new molecular ligand with specially designed spatial attributes.

February 26, 2010 Read more