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By Revealing 3-D Structure of DNA, Scientists Explain How it Manages to Stay Untangled

Scientists have long known that DNA is arranged in a double helix. But if the double helix did not fold further, each cell's genome would be two meters long - far too large to fit into the nucleus of a human cell, which is about a hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.

9 Oct 2009

Nano Silicon Pillars Unlocks New Materials Design Ideas

Silicon, the most important semiconductor material of all, is usually considered to be as brittle and breakable as window glass. On the nanometer scale, however, the substance exhibits very different properties, as Empa researchers have shown by creating minute silicon pillars. If the diameters of the columns are made small enough, then under load they do not simply break off, as large pieces of silicon would, but they yield to the pressure and undergo plastic deformation, as a metal would.

9 Oct 2009

New Research Centre for Developing Nanotechnologies in Electronics, Photonics, and More

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Thales have established a joint international research unit (Unité Mixte Internationale) called C...

9 Oct 2009

Leading MEM Producers Develops APS Plasma Tool for Deep Oxide Etching

Surface Technology Systems plc (STS), a leader in plasma process technologies for manufacturing MEMS and advanced semiconductor devices, today announced that they have received an order from Onera (Office National d'...

9 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology Breakthroughs Essential to Addressing World Issues

Nanotechnology breakthroughs will be essential in developing game-changing solutions to address world issues, such as energy shortages, environmental concerns and greater connectivity, said Alcoa

9 Oct 2009

Improvement to Cellulosic Ethanol Processes Help Improve Biofuel Efficiency

Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental an...

9 Oct 2009

Bioengineers Develop New Technique for Targeting Drugs with Limited Side Effects

Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and reduce the chances for side effects. Pharmaceutical commercials can cause the unsettling feeling that if the disease doesn't kill, the cure w...

9 Oct 2009

Dendrimers Shows Potential to Provide More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Cells

University of Florida chemists have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, cheaper solar cells. "This gives...

9 Oct 2009

MIT Scientists Defines Light Propagation Leading to Simpler Lightwave Technology

Light readily bounces off obstacles in its path. Some of these reflections are captured by our eyes, thus participating in the visual perception of the objects around us. In contrast to this usual behavior of light, MIT researchers have implemented for the first time a one-way structure in which microwave light flows losslessly around obstacles or defects.

9 Oct 2009

Novel Technique Creates Nano Butterfly Wings

A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano scale. The resulting biomaterial could be used to make optically active structures, such as optical diffusers for solar panels.

8 Oct 2009

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By Revealing 3-D Structure of DNA, Scientists Explain How it Manages to Stay Untangled

Nano Silicon Pillars Unlocks New Materials Design Ideas

New Research Centre for Developing Nanotechnologies in Electronics, Photonics, and More

Leading MEM Producers Develops APS Plasma Tool for Deep Oxide Etching

Nanotechnology Breakthroughs Essential to Addressing World Issues

Improvement to Cellulosic Ethanol Processes Help Improve Biofuel Efficiency

Bioengineers Develop New Technique for Targeting Drugs with Limited Side Effects

Dendrimers Shows Potential to Provide More Efficient, Cheaper Solar Cells

MIT Scientists Defines Light Propagation Leading to Simpler Lightwave Technology

Novel Technique Creates Nano Butterfly Wings

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