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Organic transistor paves the way for new generations of neuro-inspired computers

For the first time, CNRS and CEA researchers have developed a transistor that can mimic the main functionalities of a synapse.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Quantum information processing - lifting the big veil

The QIP (International Workshop on Quantum Information Processing) is a major meeting point for quantum theorists. Renato Renner, an assistant professor of theoretical physics at ETH Zurich and co-organizer of this year's convention, explains why we will be contemplating application programs over the next few days even though we are still a far cry from a universally operational quantum computer.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Nanoscale motors facilitate communication between brain cells

MRC-funded scientists led by Dr Josef Kittler (UCL Neuroscience) have identified how nano-sized motors in nerve cells help to regulate the balance of communication in the brain.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Neuron connections seen in 3D

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in communication between neurons.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Singapore Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology forges new partnerships

Science education in Singapore will receive a boost with new partnerships forged between the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, and four partner schools to develop future scientists and technopreneurs.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Scientists using x-ray vision to produce more nutritious flour

Pioneering research combining plant breeding and high-intensity x-rays is being used by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to explore the possibility of developing wheat which could be used to make potentially life-saving mineral enriched flour.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Partnership will leverage on Southeast Asia's fastest supercomputer to develop advanced solutions for key industries in Singapore

Fujitsu and the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) announced today an R+D partnership to jointly develop advanced applications technologies for the next generation of scientific computing known as petascale computing.

January 22, 2010 Read more

Watching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films

Cornell researchers shed new light on how atoms arrange themselves into thin films. Led by assistant professor of physics Itai Cohen, they recreated conditions of layer-by-layer crystalline growth using particles much bigger than atoms, but still small enough that they behave like atoms.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Brain protein critical to movement, memory, and learning deciphered at the Advanced Light Source

The structure of a protein that is sending electrical pulses between neurons in your brain as you read this article has been fully mapped for the first time using Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Nanocoating that acts as efficient heat pump could reduce need for energy-guzzling air conditioning

A research by Australian scientists has suggested that a heat pump based on nanoparticles could one day cool buildings without the need for energy-intensive air conditioning.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Applications of micro and nanosensors in security, health and environmental monitoring

Micro and Nano Sensors Interest Group (MiNSIG) of the Sensors + Instrumentation KTN is organising a conference and exhibition titled 'Applications of Micro and Nanosensors in Security, Health and Environmental Monitoring'.

January 21, 2010 Read more

New sensor could help treat, combat diabetes, other diseases

A tiny new sensor could provide fresh, inexpensive diagnosis and treatment methods for people suffering from a variety of diseases.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Researcher suggests the mineral kotoite as new memory insulator material

A Cornell scientist believes that the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions, found in computers, cell phones and magnetic field sensors.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Multiple wavelength laser helps silicon chip see the light

Assoc. Professor David Moss, a senior researcher at The University of Sydney, leads an international team which has developed a multiple wavelength laser on a silicon chip that produces light to process and transmit information, and in doing so will speed up computing.

January 21, 2010 Read more

Supermarkets urged to lead debate on nanotechnology in foods

Big-name retailers like Tesco and Carrefour should help prepare consumers for innovations in the food sector, according to the top civil servant in the EU executive's directorate for health and consumer protection.

January 20, 2010 Read more

Funding to push battery technology from Argonne Laboratory to marketplace

After more than a decade of experience in lithium-ion battery research, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory know well the challenges of getting manufacturers interested in advanced materials for their batteries.

January 20, 2010 Read more