Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are proving that a camera phone can capture far more than photos of people or pets at play. They have now developed a cell phone microscope, or CellScope, that not only takes color images of malaria parasites, but of tuberculosis bacteria labeled with fluorescent markers.
Jul 22nd, 2009
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The race is on for a successor to the popular flash memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily fabricated 'crossbar' architecture.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Rice lab's atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it.
Jul 21st, 2009
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By substituting a single atom in a molecule widely used to purify water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a far more effective decontaminant with a shelf life superior to products currently on the market.
Jul 21st, 2009
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $10 million grant to study how the motion of atoms on both extremely small and long time scales contribute to enzyme function.
Jul 21st, 2009
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The nanostars gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and can scatter light to produce a pulsating or 'twinkling' effect. This twinkling allows them to stand out more clearly from noisy backgrounds like those found in biological tissue
Jul 21st, 2009
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Sustained-release could ease treatment of glaucoma and other conditions.
Jul 21st, 2009
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To understand transformations of matter, scientists at DOE?s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aided in developing methods to determine how fast clusters of molecules form and their corresponding stability.
Jul 21st, 2009
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A team of researchers from Yale University and a Spanish company have developed a system to detect the vapours emitted by human skin in real time. The scientists think that these substances, essentially made up of fatty acids, are what attract mosquitoes and enable dogs to identify their owners.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Development of high-performance batteries is an indispensable prerequisite for the economic efficiency of electric cars. For Germany to reach a top level in international electrochemistry research again, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is now funding a consortium of selected universities and non-university research institutions in southern Germany.
Jul 21st, 2009
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The Chicago chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) granted its third annual Innovator Award to Tijana Rajh, group leader of the Nanobio Interfaces research group at Argonne National Laboratory?s Center for Nanoscale Materials.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Ob Mikromedizin, Brennstoffzellentechnologie oder RFID - in allen wichtigen Hightech-Feldern ist Mikrosystemtechnik zu finden. Deutschland steht in dieser Zukunftstechnologie weltweit an der Spitze. Damit dies so bleibt, veranstalten das BMBF und der VDE vom 12. bis zum 14. Oktober in Berlin den deutschen Mikrosystemtechnik-Kongress.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Researchers from the University of Central Florida report on the first lab-grown motor nerves that are insulated and organized just like they are in the human body.
Jul 21st, 2009
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly faster and make diesel engines cleaner and more efficient.
Jul 21st, 2009
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Using nanoparticles, scientists have found a way to preserve membrane proteins intact, enabling detailed analysis of their structure, molecular functions, and interaction with potential anticancer agents.
Jul 21st, 2009
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