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Could previously unknown type of electron crystal help the future of electronics?

McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Artificial nerve cell connection in the brain shown to stimulate paralyzed muscles

An artificial connection between nerve cells in the brain and muscles has been shown to restore voluntary movement to paralyzed limbs.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Self-assembling nano-fiber hydrogel releases drugs on target without toxic residue

Two teams of scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that is biocompatible, efficient at drug release, and easy to tailor.

October 21, 2008 Read more

New window into nanoscale chemistry could help improve pollution control, fuel cell technologies

The first-ever glimpse of nanoscale catalysts in action could lead to improved pollution control and fuel cell technologies.

October 21, 2008 Read more

The secret lives of carbon nanotubes

A short time-lapse video clearly reveals the answer to a long-standing carbon nanotube question: During their formation, the free end of a growing nanotube is a closed cap, not an open tube.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Tuning magnetic nanotubes

New research could help engineers design nanotube geometries that are optimum for data storage, or for other possible applications in microelectronics and medicine.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Buckyball beams

Scientists have greatly improved the sensitivity of detection of the ejected material by using an infrared laser for photoionization prior to analysis by the mass spectrometer.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Soft method produces hard-to-make nanostructures

Techniques for three dimensional and molecular scale nanofabrication.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Where single molecules go to dance

Thanks to a machine built by Adam Cohen and his colleagues at Harvard, it may be possible to confine a single molecule and study its motions at the same time.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Researchers discover new class of graphene-based electrodes

Scientists successfully demonstrated the fast electron transfer, excellent electrocatalytic and biosensing properties of graphene sheets for the first time.

October 21, 2008 Read more

German scientists advance light microscopy with contact-free laser technique

Researchers present the Optical Cell Rotator, a novel tool for the contact-free orientation of biological samples using laser radiation.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Researchers are on the verge of unleashing the power of the element boron in a new generation of drugs and therapies

Boron has to date far been one of biology's best kept secrets, but is now attracting fast growing research interest and investment from the pharmaceutical industry in the quest for novel drugs to tackle cancer and infectious diseases, potentially overcoming limitations and side effects of current products.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Australian researchers and industry get access to state-of-the-art fabrication facilities

A $100 million Australian National Fabrication Facility launched this month in Canberra includes a Queensland node, based at The University of Queensland.

October 21, 2008 Read more

Magnetic tweezer for cells and molecules

Researchers have developed a new way to tweeze apart interacting cells and molecules using magnetic forces. This technology, which relies on attaching microscopic magnetic particles, allows them to measure exactly how strongly the interactions are between biological molecules.

October 20, 2008 Read more

A first step in the eventual design of a new biotechnology aimed at spinal cord injuries

Scientists have developed a technology for patterning molecules on a surface in a way that can help guide the growth of new neurons.

October 20, 2008 Read more

Work on nanoscale imaging microscope wins award

R+D Magazine has recognized a tabletop microscope developed by a team of Colorado State University and Berkeley researchers at the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Science and Technology as one of the Top 100 most significant technological advances for 2008.

October 20, 2008 Read more