Imagine a world where the windows of high-rise office buildings are powerful energy producers, offering its inhabitants much more than some fresh air, light and a view. For the past four years a team of researchers from Flinders University has been working to make this dream a reality - and now the notion of solar-powered windows could be coming to a not too distant future near you.
Mar 20th, 2012
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Zu Beginn des Jahres stellte die Fraktion Buendnis 90/Die Gruenen eine Kleine Anfrage hinsichtlich des Umgangs der Bundesregierung mit den Ergebnissen und Empfehlungen der NanoKommission. Die Antwort der Bundesregierung liegt nun vor.
Mar 20th, 2012
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Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can "re-wire" DNA in yeast.
Mar 20th, 2012
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Ein Forscherteam der TU Muenchen und der Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt hat ein System aus festkoerperbasierten Nanoporen entwickelt, mit dem sich einzelne Molekuele identifizieren lassen. Gegenueber frueheren Arbeiten auf diesem Gebiet haben die Wissenschaftler erreicht, dass der Sensor zwei Eigenschaften vereint: er reagiert auf einzelne Molekuele und erkennt gleichzeitig ihre Identitaet.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Scientists have proposed a new quantum experiment using Planck-mass mirrors. Such an experiment could test certain predictions made by quantum gravity proposals in the laboratory.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Research will help understand body's response to superbugs.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Researchers from Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg have shown that nanocellulose stimulates the formation of neural networks. This is the first step toward creating a three-dimensional model of the brain. Such a model could elevate brain research to totally new levels, with regard to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, for example.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Scientists have developed a procedure to provide access to cellular regions which were previously nearly inaccessible. Using focused ion beam (FIB) technology, specific cellular material can be cut out, opening up thin "windows" into the cell's interior. This alternative approach enables the preparation of larger cellular samples devoid of artefacts.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Ein internationales Forscherteam hat mit einzelnen Elektronen eine neue Art von Bits realisiert, die so genannten Quantenbits. Bislang existierten Quantenbits nur in relativ grossen Vakuumkammern, das Team erzeugte sie nun in Halbleitern.
Mar 19th, 2012
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Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.
Mar 18th, 2012
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New integrated circuit design could lead to cheaper, faster DNA sequencing.
Mar 18th, 2012
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Graphene could play an important role in the modelling of cell membranes. For example, the lipid bilayer is the fundamental structure of cell membranes, and the structure and dynamic of bilayer membranes govern the transport of materials and information in and out of cells.
Mar 17th, 2012
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The Graphene Research Group at Toyohashi Tech report on the synthesis of graphene by reducing graphene oxide using microorganisms extracted from a local river.
Mar 17th, 2012
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New work by theoretical physicists in Sweden intends to draw the attention of both communities, particle and condensed matter physics, to the illustrative analogies between Kaluza-Klein theories and carbon nanotube systems.
Mar 17th, 2012
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32 leading experts from around the world argue for immediate ambitious reforms.
Mar 17th, 2012
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A team of international researchers have fired ultra-fast shots of light at oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide molecules as part of a development aimed at mapping the astonishingly quick movements of atoms within molecules, as well as the charges that surround them.
Mar 17th, 2012
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