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Cell Biologists Discover How Dyneins Organize Chromosome Placement to Prepare for Cell Division

University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing. Their unexpected finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal, Current Bio...

2 Feb 2009

KLD Energy Technologies Secures Worldwide Rights to Breakthrough Motor System Technology

Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, Inc. has secured the worldwide, exclusive rights to license and produce Green Ray Technologies' patented, high-frequency, low RPM, transmissionless motor system for two- and three-wheeled vehicles.

2 Feb 2009

Company Playing Crucial Role in ESA Mission to Mars

Denbighshire-based high-tech company Laser Micromachining Limited (LML) is set to play a crucial role in a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Mars after developing a vital component in the next generation of space te...

2 Feb 2009

Gift Will Help Fund Construction of New Physics Building

A gift from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust to Rice University's Centennial Campaign will help fund construction of a new physics building -- one of the most complex design challenges for architects. The 1...

2 Feb 2009

Researchers Fabricating Organic Semiconducting Materials With a Little Help from Supercritical CO2

Someday, moving a large, flat-screen TV across the country might be as simple as taking it off the wall, rolling it up and sliding it into a study tube. That's the vision of researchers Christopher Ober and George Malliaras at Cornell University, and Andrew Holmes at the University of Melbourne, Australia, who are fabricating organic semiconducting materials with a little help from supercritical carbon dioxide, or CO2.

2 Feb 2009

Free Analytical Online Tool for Discerning Trends, Patterns and Subject Experts within Scientific Research

Science+Business Media has launched the website www.AuthorMapper.com, a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within scientific research.

2 Feb 2009

Nansulate Now Incorporated into Solar Hot Water Heater and Solar Panel Systems

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate protective thermal insulation coatings are now incorporated into solar hot water heater an...

2 Feb 2009

New Technologies Providing Continuous Monitoring of Structural Integrity of Bridges

Virginia Tech's Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) has teamed with Physical Acoustics Corporation (PAC), of Princeton Junction, N.J., to develop a suite of new technologies to provide a continuous, energy independent monitoring of the structural integrity of U.S. bridges.

2 Feb 2009

Static Electricity on the Nanoscale Generates Chiral Patterns

These objects are all chiral - they cannot exactly superimpose their mirror image by translation or rotation. A common example of this is human hands - a right hand cannot superimpose itself into its mirror image, a left...

2 Feb 2009

Microkit for Fast and Accurate Detection of Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Rapid, easy and affordable tests for cancer and avian flu and other infectious diseases move a step closer to patients as DYAMED Biotech Pte Ltd licenses a unique all-in-one automated diagnostic system called MicroKit fr...

2 Feb 2009

Researchers Working to Discover the Health Risks of Quantum Dots

A team of Rice researchers has been working to discover the health risks of quantum dots, molecule-sized semiconducting nanocrystals that are generally composed of heavy metals surrounded by an organic shell. Pedro A...

2 Feb 2009

Rice Boy Racers Pimp Their Rides at The Nanoscale With Modified Nanocars

The drivers of Rice University's nanocars were surprised to find modified versions of their creation have the ability to roll at room temperature. While practical applications for the tiny machines may be years away, the breakthrough suggests they'll be easier to adapt to a wider range of uses than the originals, which had to be heated to 200 degrees Celsius before they could move across a surface.

2 Feb 2009