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Examining the Ethical Issues on the Future of Synthetic Biology

Synthetic biology takes genetic engineering techniques developed in the 1970s many steps forward. Those methods were largely confined to moving genes from one organism to another. Now, using techniques from molecular bio...

17 Dec 2008

Novel MEMS-based Pedestrian Navigation System Help Keep Pedestrian Safe

VTI Technologies has announced a novel MEMS-based pedestrian navigation solution demonstrator. Making its debut at CES 2009, the small wearable device can track the position, speed and distance of a pedestrian. It relies...

17 Dec 2008

Solar Cells Produce from Quantum Dots Demonstrate Increased Efficiency Compare to Existing Photovoltaic Panels

Solar cells made from a new class of materials, called quantum dots, could capture much more sunlight than existing photovoltaic panels. If produced in bulk, an upcoming generation of solar technology promises to be chea...

16 Dec 2008

Virage Logic Expands 40-Nanometer (nm) Silicon Embedded Memory Compiler Enabling Faster Manufacturing

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the expansion of its silicon proven 40-nanometer (nm) embedded memory compiler and logic library product portfo...

16 Dec 2008

Conductive Carbon Nanotube-coated "Smart Yarn" to Detect Blood and Monitor Health

A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.

15 Dec 2008

Adding Salt and Nanoparticles as Alternative Energy Source

Instead of fossil fuels going in your gas tank, how about adding a pinch of salt? That may be the case in the future as a new process is under development to convert a type of salt into a biofuel. New properties of im...

14 Dec 2008

New Applications of Graphene Attract Large Grants form EPSRC

Five-year grants totalling £20m will be given to Bath, Imperial, London School of Economics, Edinburgh, Exeter, Heriot-Watt, Lancaster, Manchester and Strathclyde Universities as a result of the EPSRC 2008 Science ...

14 Dec 2008

Novel X-Ray Technique Allows Never Seen Before Observation of Molecular Motion

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Result...

14 Dec 2008

Thin Film and Organic Photovoltaic Materials Markets to Worth $2.4 Billion by 2011

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, today announced it has released an updated analysis of the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) and organic photovoltaics (OPV) materials markets. Although projected gro...

11 Dec 2008

Research May Lead to a New Class of Specialty Plastics

Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe.

11 Dec 2008