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Cancers to be Detected Earlier With the Help of Gold Nanoparticle Probes

Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasivel...

24 Dec 2007

UC Riverside Research on Nanolasers Promises an Massive Leap in Computer Memory Capacity

Every advance in memory storage devices presents a new marvel of just how much memory can be squeezed into very small spaces. Considering the potential of nanolasers being developed in Sakhrat Khizroev’s lab at the...

24 Dec 2007

Nanosolar Solar Panel Auction for Charity Cancelled by eBay

Nanosolar had put their second commercially produced solar panel up for auction on eBay. People loved it: The eBay auction started at 99 cents and quickly reached more than $13,000.00, and there was still more than 6 day...

From Nanosolar, Inc. 24 Dec 2007

Mikcell to Use a DWL 1100 for Production of Large Area Photomasks

Heidelberg Instruments, a leader in design, development and production of laser lithography systems, announced an order for a DWL 1100 Maskless Lithography System from Mikcell Oy, Finland. DWL 1100 maskless lithograph...

24 Dec 2007

Next Generation Military Micro Detonators Enabled Using Nanoporous Copper

Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain mil...

24 Dec 2007

Fizeau Interferometers Using New Method to Analyse Surfaces With Different Reflectivities

Due to their stable design, Fizeau interferometers are used to determine the topography of surfaces such as, e.g., plane surfaces. PTB has now developed a method which makes it possible to analyse surfaces with different...

24 Dec 2007

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center Accepting Proposals for Product Development Projects

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has announced its third call for proposals from companies throughout Pennsylvania to apply for grants available for the development of nano-related products. The...

24 Dec 2007

Research Heads Toward New Class of High Temperature Superconductors

Fifty years after the Nobel-prize winning explanation of how superconductors work, a research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University are suggesting another mechanis...

21 Dec 2007

Spin Excitations May Explain What Binds Electrons During High Temperature Superconductivity

A team of Boston College researchers led by Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan (Physics) has identified an alternative explanation for the microscopic origins of the “glue” that binds electrons during high-temperatur...

21 Dec 2007

Quantum Chemical Methods Being Investigated for New Drug Development

New research, led by a Virginia Tech chemist, may someday help natural-products chemists decrease by years the amount of time it takes for the development of certain types of medicinal drugs. The research by T. Daniel Cr...

21 Dec 2007

Porous Metal Foam Makes Great Shape Changing Metal Alloy, Magnetic Shape Memory Foams

In the world of commercial materials, lighter and cheaper is usually better, especially when those attributes are coupled with superior strength and special properties, such as a material's ability to remember its or...

21 Dec 2007

Gecko Glue a Step Closer with Release of Another Super Sticky Research Paper

Velcro, Superglue and Post-It Notes… Three things that started out as obscure inventions but are now indispensable for everyday life. So what will the next idea to stick with modern society look like" The ans...

21 Dec 2007

Human Genetic Variation Named as Science "Breakthrough of the Year"

In 2007, researchers were dazzled by the degree to which genomes differ from one human to another and began to understand the role of these variations in disease and personal traits. Science and its publisher, AAAS, the ...

21 Dec 2007

Concept Store Introduces Rapid Prototyping Machine

Three dimensional nanomanufacturing has now hit the market in time for Christmas. The MAKE blog is reporting that the UMBRA Concept Store is equipped with a 3D replicator for producing rapid prototypes of new designs. ...

21 Dec 2007

Experts Work Together to Develop Next Generation MEMS Devices

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny components etched from silicon. Production is extremely complex, sometimes with hundreds of steps, each with dozens of parameters. One European project has developed softwar...

21 Dec 2007