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Researchers Examine Role of microRNA in Epilepsy Treatment

Jørgen Kjems and Morten Trillingsgaard Venø, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), contribute to an article on microRNA-128 just published in Science.

24 Dec 2013

Reverse Costing Analysis Report on STMicroelectronics 9-Axis MEMS IMU

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "STMicroelectronics LSM9DS0 9-Axis MEMS IMU - Reverse Costing Analysis" report to their offering.

24 Dec 2013

AXT and TESCAN To Sponsor Conference on Microscopy and Nanotechnology

AXT Pty Ltd, a leading supplier of microscopes and microscopy-related equipment are proud to announce that they, and their major supplier TESCAN will both be gold sponsors at the upcoming ACMM23/ICONN2014 conference. The...

23 Dec 2013

Molecules Caught in the Act of Biosynthesis

Chemists have caught molecules in the act of biosynthesis revealing an animated view of how a fundamental piece of cellular machinery operates. The system they observed, a critical metabolic pathway, generates fatty acids, essential components of fats and structures such as cell membranes. Nature published their findings in the early online edition December 22.

23 Dec 2013

Prototype Scanner with MEMS Mirror Acquires 3D OCT Images of the Retina

A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool—about the size of a hand-held video camera—scans a patient's entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of retinal diseases including diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describe their new ophthalmic-screening instrument in a paper published today in the open-access journal Biomedical Optics Express, published by The Optical Society (OSA).

23 Dec 2013

Nanopore Chips Developer, NorthShore Bio, Selected as 2014 FiReStarter Company

Strategic News Service (SNS) is proud to announce that NorthShore Bio has been selected as a 2014 FiReStarter company, to be featured at the 12th annual SNS Future in Review (FiRe) conference. Described by The Economist as "the best technology conference in the world," FiRe features global thought leaders in technology and the global economy, including Elon Musk, Paul Jacobs, Mark Hurd, Vint Cerf, Leroy Hood, Azim Premji, Craig Venter, Michael Dell, and many others.

23 Dec 2013

New Report on Recycling and Recovery of Nanomaterials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Recycling Nanomaterials - Recovery, Life Cycle Analysis and Transforming Waste into High-Value Applications" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 23 Dec 2013

Novel Technique to Generate Stable Femtosecond Pulses, Optical Combs and Microwave Signals

Development of electronics and communication requires a hardware base capable for increasingly larger precision, ergonomics and throughput. For communication and GPS-navigation satellites, it is of great importance to reduce the payload mass as well as to ensure the signal stability. Last year, researchers from the Moscow State University (MSU) together with their Swiss colleagues performed a study that can induce certain improvements in this direction.

23 Dec 2013

New Report on Nano-Solutions for the 21st Century

A recently released technology report titled Nano-solutions for the 21st century outlines nanotech-based solutions to global challenges. Several years in the making, the report was co-authored by Dennis Pamlin, Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Research Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD web site currently in Chinese only), and Eric Drexler, Academic Visitor with the Oxford Martin School’s Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology and author of Radical Abundance. The report has a strongly international perspective, and the Abstract is presented in both English and Chinese.

23 Dec 2013

Nano-Sized Copper Pump Safeguards Body's Cells Against Copper Poisoning

We are fundamentally dependent on the presence of copper in the cells of the body. Copper is actually part of the body's energy conversion and protective mechanisms against oxygen radicals, as well as part of the immune system, and it also has great importance for the formation of e.g. hormones and neurotransmitters.

23 Dec 2013

New Report on Global Nanocomposites Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the International Nanocomposites (Carbon Nanotubes, Polymer Metal Fiber, Nanofibers, Graphene, Nanoplatelet And Others) Market - Includes Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 23 Dec 2013

Cambridge Nanotherm Receives 2013 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

Based on its recent research on the thermal management solutions for the LED lighting market, Frost & Sullivan presents Cambridge Nanotherm with the 2013 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Trends in the light emitting diode (LED) market point to a shift from costly ceramic–based substrates to basic aluminium-based substrates for better thermal management.

From Frost and Sullivan 23 Dec 2013

DNA Clamp Detects Mutations with Greater Efficiency

As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with greater efficiency than methods currently in use. Their work could facilitate rapid screening of those diseases that have a genetic basis, such as cancer, and provide new tools for more advanced nanotechnology. The results of this research is published this month in the journal ACS Nano.

23 Dec 2013

X-ray Free-Electron Laser Helps Image Structure of G Protein-Coupled Receptors at Room Temperature

A group of researchers from Arizona State University are part of a larger team reporting a major advance in the study of human proteins that could open up new avenues for more effective drugs of the future. The work is being reported in this week's Science magazine.

From Arizona State University 23 Dec 2013

3D Flower-Shaped Array with Transparent Liquid Crystal Petals

A team of material scientists, chemical engineers and physicists from the University of Pennsylvania has made another advance in their effort to use liquid crystals as a medium for assembling structures.

20 Dec 2013