A little bit of gas can provide a lot of important information which can be used for things as diverse as saving lives during fires and making vehicles run more efficiently. Now a new generation of optical sensors, developed by European researchers, is revolutionising trace gas detection.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreThis book explores in an accessible and informative way how nanotechnology is likely to impact the lives of ordinary people in the coming years and why ethical reflection on nanotechnology is needed now.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreMedicalnanotec has launched its new website medicalnanotec.com with an improved layout.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreA global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized a massive number of regulatory documents dealing with the rapidly advancing technology.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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The demonstration not only paves the way for exploring the complex natural phenomena involving charged particles in magnetic fields, but may also contribute to an exotic new form of quantum computing.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreA new study reveals how molecular motors that power important subcellular movements can generate cyclical motion.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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For the first time, researchers used x-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to directly visualize protein structures essential for catalysis at the rare high-energy state.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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Researchers have developed a novel state-of-the-art system for light-driven proton reduction with iron catalysts.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when you look at diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, under a microscope.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreResearchers at Amirkabir University of Technology, in collaboration with colleagues from University of Tehran, introduced a highly efficient method for the modification of carbon electrodes which enables them to detect silver ion down to picomolar concentrations.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreThe two winners of Nanochallenge and Polymerchallenge 2009 have been announced. After two days of presentation the international jury made a decision choosing the two winners among the eight finalist teams.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreProfessor Samuel Stupp, Director of Northwestern's Institute for BioNanotechnology and a great visionary within biomaterials research, visits Goteborg on December 8 to sign a new cooperation agreement with Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreThe University of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which connects scientists who work on tissue engineering, cell therapies, artificial organs and biodevices, has been awarded a Shared University Research (SUR) Award from IBM.
Dec 2nd, 2009
Read moreThe Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University offers undergraduate students from colleges and universities around the country a chance to participate in research projects in the exciting and rapidly growing area of nanobiotechnology, a place where biology, medicine, and nanotechnology meet.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell.
Dec 2nd, 2009
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