Bringing lively discussions on technologies with life-changing potential, SPIE Optics and Photonics runs through Thursday in the San Diego Convention Center. Approximately 4,500 international attendees are expected to attend the technical presentations and panels, professional development courses, and exhibition.
Aug 4th, 2009
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Architects have unveiled the first glimpse of plans for the A$10 million collaboration between research giants Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreResearchers working on the three-year InForm project include University of Sydney researcher Daniela Traini, who will be researching drug delivery to the lung.
Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreOur cells are controlled by billions of molecular 'switches' and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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Researchers have devised a way to encapsulate bacteria in a synthetic polymer hydrogel. These new, stable, bio-hybrid materials maintain the microbes' ability to exchange nutrients and metabolic products with their environment, and could find widespread applications, for example, as biosensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, or in wastewater treatment
Aug 3rd, 2009
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This new technique could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreOn July 30, 2009, the European Commission has launched six new FP7 calls in Theme 4 NMP 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies'.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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Researchers have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the bloodstream. The tiny particles can safely cross the blood-brain barrier, an almost impenetrable barrier that protects the brain from infection.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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Hydrogen, the most common element in the universe, is normally an insulating gas, but at high pressures it may turn into a superconductor. Now, scientists at the Carnegie Institution in Washington D.C., US, have discovered a hydrogen-based compound that could be helpful in the search for metallic and superconducting forms of hydrogen.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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The future of quantum computing depends on engineers being able to develop quantum error-correction codes that allow quantum devices to compute reliably in a world so fragile that information is destroyed or altered as soon as it is measured or read.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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UCLA researchers have developed technology to perform more than a thousand chemical reactions at once on a stamp-size, PC-controlled microchip, which could accelerate the identification of potential drug candidates for treating diseases like cancer.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreThin-film zeolite membranes with tiny, molecule-sized pores are one step closer to replacing the energy-intensive processes now used in industrial separations, a group of academic researchers is reporting.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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Researchers of the Max Planck Institutes for Nuclear Physics and Quantum Optics investigate for the first time helium atoms by means of electron holography in ultra-short laser pulses.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreThe principle is easy: one starter and one motor atom in a ring of laser light - and a bit of fine tuning, in order to move always into the right direction.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreThe College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany, in partnership with the National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering headquartered at Northwestern University, will host a national conference this week to assess the current state of nanoscale science and engineering education and chart a course for the future.
Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreRecognized leaders to discuss state of the economy and growth opportunities at leading conference for manufacturers.
Aug 3rd, 2009
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