In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny 'lab on a chip' to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreSmall or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton?s Research Park.
Aug 27th, 2008
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A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreThe European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed the UK's National Physical Laboratory to survey nanotechnology capabilities in Europe. NPL's Nanomaterials group will lead a consortium to identify the next generation of nano and smart materials that will be used in future space missions.
Aug 27th, 2008
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.
Aug 27th, 2008
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Wissenschaftler vom Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) konnten ein weiteres Mal erfolgreich ihr Know-how in der Nano-Strukturierung von Oberflaechen demonstrieren.
Aug 27th, 2008
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A new high-throughput screening system based on photonic crystals could quickly and cheaply detect molecules that disrupt binding between proteins and DNA, offering a new way to look for novel classes of drugs, say scientists in the U.S.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreWhile sophisticated microscopes allow scientists to take pictures of a single molecule, capturing images of single molecules in a living cell has been particularly challenging. Lawrence Miller, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, hopes to meet that challenge with the help of a four-year, $1.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutics Development Meeting features the latest findings in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. This year's meeting focuses on new biologic markers and imaging methods.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreUsing semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university?s Electronic Materials Research Institute have created a new microlens that focuses infrared light at telecommunication frequencies.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the University have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreThe inaugural year of The Kavli Prize will be celebrated with a special ceremony that features H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon Magnus presenting the prize to the seven Kavli laureates.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreA group of internationally known researchers at the University of Oklahoma with expertise in the development of mid-infrared lasers is working to create a sensor to detect biomarker gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreAmid mounting agreement that future clean, carbon-neutral, energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun?s light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, the cyanobacteria.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreACE USA today launched a new audio podcast discussing the risk management issues and challenges associated with rapidly evolving nanotechnologies as medical research and government regulation lag marketing development.
Aug 25th, 2008
Read moreThe UT Dallas' Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) and the George A. Jeffrey NanoExplorers NanoTech Institute are both finalists in the 8th annual Tech Titans Awards.
Aug 25th, 2008
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