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World-Famed Scientist in Nanostructures Says Hydrogen is Plentiful, Affordable and Proven

The man Time Magazine once named Hero of the Planet, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, will give a keynote presentation on the subject at the important nanotechnology conference in October. But Ovshinsky revealed the basics of his ...

17 Sep 2008

Flexible and Modular Microscope Brings Maximum Fun

Life science research and routine applications will benefit from the outstanding flexibility and adaptability brought to the market by the Axio Scope.A1 microscope from Carl Zeiss. The modular design allows users to configure a microscope to their precise needs, safe in the knowledge that changes and upgrades can be implemented easily and quickly if demands change.

17 Sep 2008

CompoZr Zinc Finger Nuclease Platform Enables Precise Modification of Genome

Sigma-Aldrich today launched its CompoZrTM platform of zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) reagents. The CompoZr ZFN platform of reagents is expected to provide researchers with the ability to target and precisely manipulate the ...

17 Sep 2008

Validated Solution Features NuGEN Ovation and Hamilton MICROLAB STARlet

NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that develops and commercializes nucleic acid amplification and sample preparation systems, and the Hamilton Company, a world leader in precision liquid handling announc...

17 Sep 2008

Five Years of Research on Reforms in the Research System

German research system? How should sustainable reforms be designed? For five years now the research group "Governance of Research" has been examining these questions. The aim is to provide guidelines and altern...

17 Sep 2008

University of Miami Scientist Awarded NIH EUREKA Grant

A team of scientists headed by neuroscientist Dr. Akira Chiba has been awarded the first ever EUREKA grant by the National Institute of Health (NIH), to develop a technique that can lead to a new treatment for spinal cor...

17 Sep 2008

New Approach Allows Most Labs to Conduct World-Class Analyses via Current Equipment

As transistors and the "wires" that connect them continually shrink to make computer chips more powerful, defects in the device nanostructures become more difficult to detect. Semiconductor Research Corporation...

17 Sep 2008

Major Ramifications on Use of Carbon Nanotubes for Electronic and NEMS Applications

Researchers at the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (UK) have used scanning tunnelling microscopy to confirm remarkable changes in the fundamental electronic behaviour when double-walled carbon na...

17 Sep 2008

Granzymes Going About Their Deadly Work

Our body is almost constantly being threatened by pathogens and cancerous cells that appear out of the blue. But the body puts up a fight: specialized cells in the immune system smuggle small molecules (granzymes) into cancer cells and those body cells that have fallen prey to viruses.

17 Sep 2008

Graphene Shows Potential of Storing Large Quantities of Renewable Electrical Energy

Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have achieved a breakthrough in the use of a one-atom thick structure called "graphene" as a new carbon-based material for storing electrical charge...

17 Sep 2008

A Giant Leap Forward in the Process of Producing Flexible Liquid Crystal Displays

Kent Displays Inc. (KDI), a Kent State University partner, yesterday took delivery of a roll-to-roll production line which enables the manufacture of flexible displays, representing a significant change in the way liquid...

17 Sep 2008

Rapid Transport of Water in Carbon Nanotubes

By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation nanofluidic devices for...

17 Sep 2008

City College of New York Receives $5 Million from NSF to Establish Center for Nanotechnology

The City College of New York (CCNY) announced today that it has received $5 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a new, interdisciplinary research center that will investigate n...

17 Sep 2008

Finding Could Speed the Use of Sensors or Barcodes at Nanoscale

In a finding that could speed the use of sensors or barcodes at the nanoscale, North Carolina State University engineers have shown that certain types of tiny organic particles, when heated to the proper temperature, bob...

17 Sep 2008

Improving Ability to See a Single Molecule Inside a Living Cell

It's not easy to see a single molecule inside a living cell. Nevertheless, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are helping to develop a new technique that will enable them to create detailed high-resolution images, giving scientists an unprecedented look at the atomic structure of cellular molecules.

17 Sep 2008