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Nanocantilevers Eliminating the Need for Electric Transducers and Expensive Laser Setups

As researchers push towards detection of single molecules, single electron spins and the smallest amounts of mass and movement, Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than the wavelength of light, that operate on photonic principles eliminating the need for electric transducers and expensive laser setups.

26 Apr 2009

Decoded Structure of Secretion System Could Lead to New Drugs

New details of the composition and structure of a needlelike protein complex on the surface of certain bacteria may help scientists develop new strategies to thwart infection.

26 Apr 2009

Nanotechnology Offering New Means to Treat Erectile Dysfunction

Cutaneous application of nanoparticles may offer a new means of delivering drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), according to findings presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Assoc...

26 Apr 2009

German Scientists Spin Stretchier and Stronger Spider Silk

German scientists have added tiny amounts of metal to spider silk to make it even stronger and more elastic. The technique could lead to the development of super-tough textiles, surgical thread or artificial tissues such as bones or tendons, the researchers say.

25 Apr 2009

Digital Pathology Leader Adds ScanScope FL to Suite of Innovative Scanners

Today at the 100th annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) being held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Aperio Technologies, Inc., (Aperio) a global leader in digital pathology for...

25 Apr 2009

UWO Offering the Most Popular and Well Organized Annual Short Course in Modern X-Ray Spectrometry

The Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Western Ontario is proud to announce that it will continue offering the most popular and well organized annual Short Course in Modern X-ray Spectrometry (XRF2009) from June 1 to June 12, 2009 at its main campus in London, Ontario, Canada.

25 Apr 2009

STIX Market Research Celebrates its Tenth Year in Business

STIX Market Research, an association of technology analysts, market researchers, and science writers, has celebrated its tenth year in business. Donald Saxman, co-founder and Vice President says, "STIX began operati...

25 Apr 2009

Cost-Effective Micro Hardness Measuring Instrument Enables Economic Quality Testing in Industrial Nanotechnology

Under the term nanotechnology, specialists develop and realize coatings or objects with thicknesses or dimensions of only a few nanometers. Due to their special, physical properties, the coatings or objects that are only a few atomic layers thin have particular advantages.

25 Apr 2009

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Scientists Discover Way to Make Spider Silk Three Times Stronger

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: KBLB), a developer of natural fibers from silkworms and spiders for use in a wide variety of applications, today announced that scientists have discovered a way to make spider si...

24 Apr 2009

Georgia Tech Set to Dedicate Marcus Nanotechnology Building

Three years after breaking ground, Georgia Tech is set to dedicate the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, one of the most ambitious and expensive projects in the Institute’s history. The ceremony will be held on Friday, April 24, at 3PM.

24 Apr 2009

Quantum System with Two Extreme States

A team led by Oxford University scientists has turned one of the key problems with quantum entangled systems - that they are easily 'disturbed' by their environment - into an advantage which promises quantum sensors that are fundamentally more sensitive than their conventional counterparts.

24 Apr 2009

SERS of TiO2 Nanoparticles

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. This capability presents new approaches for studying the biophysical and biomedical properties of complex biologically relevant systems in situ.

24 Apr 2009

UAlbany Connections Lead Physician to Success

When Dr. Sara Brenner first met Barack Obama, she was on a mission to make disease prevention a higher priority in federal health policy. Little did she know she was speaking with the future President of the United States.

24 Apr 2009

Making Spider Silk Significantly More Break-Resistant and Ductile

Spiderman would definitely have an easier time of things with this spider silk - for example, if he had to stop a getaway car moving off at 100 kilometres per hour. A five-millimetre-thick thread would do the job from a distance of 20 metres - assuming it had been treated by a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics.

24 Apr 2009

Electronic Device for Quick and Painless Glucose Test to Aid Diabetics

A skin patch could one day provide a less-invasive alternative for diabetics who need to take regular samples of their own blood to keep glucose levels in check. The common method of drawing blood from fingertips and usi...

24 Apr 2009