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University of Delaware Professor Awarded NSF Grants for Directed Self-Assembly Research

Eric Furst, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received two grants totaling $727,000 for his work on directed self-assembly of soft materials.

20 Oct 2009

Chemist Turns Light into a Weapon Against Cancer

Chemist Michael Therien works at the interface of light and matter, as when sunlight shines on a leaf. "We make structures of matter, such as nanoscale objects that do interesting things when they interact with light," said Therien, a professor of chemistry who has just moved his research group to Duke from the University of Pennsylvania.

20 Oct 2009

adidas Golf Creating New Generation of High-Performance Golf Footwear using Nanotechnology

adidas Golf has signed up to use P2i's revolutionary ion-mask™ liquid-repellent nano-coating, to create a new generation of high-performance golf footwear that will transform traditional expectations of comfort and performance.

20 Oct 2009

Manhattan Scientifics Enters into Non-Binding LOI with Edward R. Flynn

Manhattan Scientifics (OTCBB: MHTX) announced today that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Edward R. Flynn, Ph.D. and his company, Senior Scientific, LLC, to acquire all the manufacturing and ...

20 Oct 2009

NIST and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Organizes 2010 Mobile Microrobotics Challenge

The scientists and engineers who introduced the world to tiny robots demonstrating soccer skills are creating the next level of friendly competition designed to advance microrobotics-the field devoted to the construction and operations of useful robots whose dimensions are measured in micrometers (millionths of a meter).

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 20 Oct 2009

Novel Method for Controlled Formation of Patchy Particles

Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as d...

20 Oct 2009

Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next wonder drug, however, they have to confront a long-standing problem: how to produce large quantities of the protein in a highly pure state.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 20 Oct 2009

Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking

Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland and their collaborators have found that properly tuned radio-frequency waves can influence how much the atoms attract or repel one another.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 20 Oct 2009

Artificial Cells Acting as a Tiny Battery

Trying to understand the complex workings of a biological cell by teasing out the function of every molecule within it is a daunting task. But by making synthetic cells that include just a few chemical processes, researchers can study cellular machinery one manageable piece at a time.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 20 Oct 2009