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Measuring the performance of antimicrobial products against biofilms

Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills '99 percent' of bacteria, it really does the job.

August 22, 2008 Read more

Leading edge medical technology on display in November in Germany

COMPAMED, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market of medical manufacturing opens its doors simultaneously to MEDICA from November 19 to 21, 2008 again in Dusseldorf, Germany.

August 22, 2008 Read more

Military funds $35 million research program on traumatic brain injury

A consortium of physicians and scientists in the Houston region is now undertaking a research initiative to improve diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and develop innovative treatment strategies.

August 22, 2008 Read more

Rapid test for pathogens could be used to detect diseases used by bioterrorists

Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours.

August 22, 2008 Read more

Protein scanning breakthrough leads to easy to make biochips for disease detection

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new and fast method for making biological chips - technology that could lead to quick testing for serious diseases, fast detection of MRSA infections and rapid discovery of new drugs.

August 22, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology work earns students $50k and $25k Davidson Fellowships

Two students working on carbon naotubes are among the 20 young people named as 2008 Davidson Fellows.

August 22, 2008 Read more

New technique allows direct observation of charge ordering of exotic electronic materials

Researchers have developed a technique for directly visualizing the distribution of charge within certain manganese oxides, which is a valuable tool for learning more about charge ordering in these and other materials.

August 22, 2008 Read more

An easy way to control electric polarization in multiferroics

A rare class of materials, known as multiferroics, holds great promise for future applications, for example as data storage devices or sensors. Researchers in Japan have now synthesized a multiferroic material in which electric polarization can be easily controlled by small magnetic fields.

August 22, 2008 Read more

US federal funding for science and engineering fields declines second year in a row

Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

August 21, 2008 Read more

Weaponized anthrax is coated with silica nanoparticles

When bacillus anthracis spores are weaponized, the spores are coated with silica nanoparticles that look almost like lint under the microscope. The 'lint' makes the particles 'bouncier' and less likely to clump and fall to the ground.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Solar, nanoscience, photonics, and optical engineering get attention at SPIE Optics+Photonics

SPIE Optics+Photonics drew 4,812 attendees this year, an impressive count for the even-year version of the symposium.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Mapping the unique smell of skin cancer

US researchers mapping the volatile chemicals emitted from skin cancers have found that the levels of just two compounds could differentiate diseased from healthy tissue.

August 21, 2008 Read more

European Union launches open access pilot program for EU-funded research

The European Commission has launched a pilot project which will see the results of EU-funded research in seven key subject areas made freely available online.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Tomorrows batteries are half the size of a human cell and built with viruses

Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.

August 21, 2008 Read more

eLab4Life lab-on-a-chip project received 2.4m euros funding

Point-of-care diagnostics in the starting blocks.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Neues Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Material- und Nanotechnik

Das 'Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Nano- und Materialtechnik' der Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nuernberg mit einem Projektvolumen von 1,2 Millionen Euro hat fuer die Jahre 2009 bis 2014 629.000 Euro aus dem Europaeischen Fonds fuer regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) bewilligt bekommen.

August 21, 2008 Read more