Microorganisms may soon be efficiently and inexpensively producing novel pharmaceutical compounds, such as flavonoids, that fight aging, cancer or obesity, as well as high-value chemicals.
Sep 18th, 2007
Read moreUsing nanotechnology, engineering researchers have developed a small but powerful device capable of enhancing the delivery of drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses.
Sep 18th, 2007
Read moreThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded more than $31 million over five years to a partnership of Atlanta academic, research and healthcare institutions focused on accelerating the translation of laboratory discoveries into healthcare innovations for patients.
Sep 18th, 2007
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Could nanotechnology help protect the world's environment or may it be another thorn on our ailing rose? Join the fall Nano Cafe on Oct. 23 to explore Nanotechnology and the Environment.
Sep 18th, 2007
Read moreAdvance in creating inexpensive polarized light may lead to better displays on laptop computers, cell phones and other devices.
Sep 18th, 2007
Read moreA provision in the competitiveness legislation that President Bush signed in August deletes the Commerce Department agency charged with bringing U.S. innovation from laboratories to the marketplace.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read moreA team from the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has taken a significant step toward unraveling the mystery of how proteins fold into unique, three-dimensional shapes.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read morePodcast explores how nanotechnology can help capture and store the sun's energy.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read moreFor the first time scientists have been able to film, in real-time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read moreGood news for public health: Bioengineering researchers from the EPFL in Switzerland, have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction of the cost of current vaccine technologies.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read moreScientists have have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash memory and micro-drives, all using less power and space than current memory technologies.
Sep 17th, 2007
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For orthopaedic implants to be successful, bone must meld to the metal that these artificial hips, knees and shoulders are made of. A team of engineers has discovered a new material that could significantly increase this success rate.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read moreA new $2.9 million graduate student training program at Cornell, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), will help bridge the problematic gap among various scientific disciplines, in an effort to solve common problems a range of scientists face.
Sep 17th, 2007
Read morePhysicists have coaxed two separate atoms to communicate with a sort of quantum intuition that Albert Einstein called "spooky."
Sep 15th, 2007
Read moreScuola Interpolitecnica di Dottorato is a special project whereby the three Italian Technical Universities, the Polytechnic of Torino, the Polytechnic of Bari and the Polytechnic of Milano, aim to offering a joint PhD program of high qualification in the areas that the three Polytechnics consider strategic.
Sep 14th, 2007
Read moreGreek Transport Institute IMET at the National Center for Research and Technology Development in Thessaloniki is working on a smart system that will be able to monitor alertness levels in drivers, recognize symptoms of sleepiness and give drivers a wake-up call.
Sep 14th, 2007
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