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Understanding the Mystery of Olfaction

Olfaction (the act of smelling) is a truly enigmatic sense: scientists still do not understand what it is about a particular molecule that smells! We can smell almost any molecule that is small, volatile and hydrophobic ...

22 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop Unique Fault-Current Limiter Module using Superconducting Thin Films

Researchers Develop Unique Fault-Current Limiter Module using Superconducting Thin Films

Hirofumi Yamasaki of the Superconductor Technology Group, the Energy Technology Research Institute, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and co-workers have developed a unique 500 V/200 A fault-current limiter (FCL) module, using superconducting films.

22 Jul 2009

Tyndall National Institute Selects Cambridge NanoTech Fiji to Enhance ALD Research Capabilities

Tyndall National Institute Selects Cambridge NanoTech Fiji to Enhance ALD Research Capabilities

Cambridge NanoTech, the world leader in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) science and equipment, today announced that Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland has purchased the Fiji™ Plasma ALD System to enhance their ALD research capabilities.

22 Jul 2009

Nanodiamonds Providing Strong Evidence of Cosmic Impact Event 12,900 Years Ago

Nanodiamonds Providing Strong Evidence of Cosmic Impact Event 12,900 Years Ago

Nanosized diamonds found just a few meters below the surface of Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara provide strong evidence of a cosmic impact event in North America approximately 12,900 years ago, according to a new study by scientists.

22 Jul 2009

Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of "Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation" guide to their offering. Selected, pee...

From Research and Markets 21 Jul 2009

Race is on for a Successor to the Popular "Flash" Memory

Race is on for a Successor to the Popular "Flash" Memory

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.

21 Jul 2009

$10 Million Grant to Study How the Motion of Atoms Contribute to Enzyme Function

$10 Million Grant to Study How the Motion of Atoms Contribute to Enzyme Function

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.

21 Jul 2009

Cellscope Project to Bring Low-Cost Lab Tools to the Field

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 o...

21 Jul 2009

Translume Launches New Models of its Fused Silica Microfluidic Chips

Translume, Inc. announced today that it has launched new models of its fused silica microfluidic chips for bio, medical and chemical applications. In response to overwhelming demand, Translume's microfluidic chips no...

From Translume Inc. 21 Jul 2009

A Single Atom Makes a Big Difference

A Single Atom Makes a Big Difference

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.

From Sandia National Laboratories 21 Jul 2009

Idaho National Laboratory Researchers Wins Three R+D 100 Awards

Idaho National Laboratory researchers posted an unparalleled performance this year, earning R+D 100 Awards for three of four nominated technologies during the 2009 international competition. "These three award-wi...

21 Jul 2009

Rice Lab's Atomic Map of Hepatitis E may Reveal Strategies to Fight it

Rice Lab's Atomic Map of Hepatitis E may Reveal Strategies to Fight it

Researchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV).

21 Jul 2009

Nanologica Shortlisted as Top 5 Most Interesting Material Development Company in the World

Nanologica is shortlisted as the top 5 most interesting material development company in the world by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, Fortune, and Science magazine. The World Technology Network,...

From Nanologica 21 Jul 2009

Argonne Researcher Wins AWIS Innovator Award for Semiconductor Nanoparticles Research

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 Centr...

From Argonne National Laboratory 21 Jul 2009

Nanoscale Device can Instantly Measure the Mass of an Individual Molecule

Nanoscale Device can Instantly Measure the Mass of an Individual Molecule

Using devices millionths of a meter in size, physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a technique to determine the mass of a single molecule, in real time.

21 Jul 2009

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