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Carbon Nano Tube Technology to Address Oil Crisis

Next Alternative’s CEO, Robert Ireland has announced that the company is exploring deeper into Carbon Nano Tube (CNT) technology. The company has filed for technical patents for production of an additive for Emulsion Fuel and batteries.

16 Mar 2011

Silicon on Insulator Technology to Strengthen Design Kit Libraries

Grenoble-based InfiniScale and CEA-Leti have signed a multi-year joint venture to concentrate on process-variability monitoring in aggressive technologies such as SOI sub-28 nm systems.

16 Mar 2011

Zetasizer Nano Proves Invaluable for Liposomal Investigations of Viral Proteins

Dr Peterson Årsköld believes that, because her research depends on accurate, routine sample quality control in a wide range of sample conditions, it would not be feasible without the rapid, reliable, resource-efficient measurement capabilities of the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical.

From Malvern Panalytical 9 Mar 2011

Northwestern Scientists Explore New Shapes of Microcompartment Shells

In nature and engineering, microcompartments — molecular shells made of proteins that can encapsulate cellular components — provide a tiny home for important reactions. In bacterial organelles, for example, microcompartments known as carboxysomes trap carbon dioxide and convert it into sugar as an energy source.

5 Mar 2011

ASU's Research on Single Molecule Aids Development of Future Nanoscale Devices

In research appearing in a recent issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Nongjian “NJ” Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute at ASU, has demonstrated a clever way of controlling electrical conductance of a single molecule, by exploiting the molecule’s mechanical properties.

From Arizona State University 4 Mar 2011

KIT to Submit Proposals for Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will go into the final round of the Excellence Initiative II with three new and three follow-up proposals.

4 Mar 2011

Illinois Physicists Combine Two Molecular Imaging Technologies to Study DNA Proteins

Illinois researchers have combined two molecular imaging technologies to create an instrument with incredible sensitivity that provides new, detailed insight into dynamic molecular processes.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 4 Mar 2011

New Microfluidic Device Manipulates Age of T Cells to Enhance Cancer Therapy

Manipulation of cells by a new microfluidic device may help clinicians improve a promising cancer therapy that harnesses the body's own immune cells to fight such diseases as metastatic melanoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and neuroblastoma.

3 Mar 2011

CNSE and Downstate Announce New Program in Nanoscale Medical Applications

In a pioneering initiative that will prepare a new generation of research physicians to be leaders in 21st century health care, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany and SUNY...

3 Mar 2011

Indiana Scientists Unravel Mystery Behind Main Energy Storage Molecules in Human Body

Indiana University scientists have solved a perplexing mystery regarding one of the body's main energy storage molecules, in the process shedding light on a possible route to treatment of a rare but deadly disease in teenagers.

3 Mar 2011