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Liquid Or Solid? Charged Nanoparticles In Lipid Membrane Decide
November 13, 2008 — Patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors. Using charged nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to ... > full story -
Environmentally Friendly Acrylic Glass Made Of Sugar: New Enzyme Could Revolutionize Production Of Plastics
November 13, 2008 — Acrylic glass could be made from natural raw materials such as sugars, alcohols or fatty acids, according to new research. Compared with the previous chemical production process, a biotechnological ... > full story -
Contact Lenses That Germs Can't Adhere To? Scientists Breed Designer Molecular Furs On Surfaces
November 13, 2008 — Proteins play a decisive role in both the tolerability of contact lenses and the adherence of mussels to the hulls of ships. They develop a biofilm during their initial contact with the foreign ... > full story -
Miniaturizing Memory: Taking Data Storage To The Molecular Level
November 12, 2008 — Researchers are now exploring ways of exploiting the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create a cheap and compact memory cell that uses little power and writes information at high ... > full story -
Nano-scale Electromechanical Sensors In Handheld Devices
November 12, 2008 — Physicists are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put them into a small handheld device and the potential is there ... > full story -
Nature’s Own Chemical Plant
November 12, 2008 — Crude oil is getting more and more expensive, a fact clearly felt by the chemical industry. An alternative source of carbon is biomass, for instance colza and whey, which can likewise be used to ... > full story -
New Method Can Capture Catalysis, One Molecule At A Time
November 12, 2008 — Researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic ... > full story -
New Nanomaterial Could Be Breakthrough For Implantable Medical Devices
November 12, 2008 — Researchers have made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found that the unique properties of a new ... > full story -
'Liquid Mirror' Advance May Lead To Better Eye Exams, Improved Telescopes
November 12, 2008 — Scientists in Canada are reporting progress toward a new type of "liquid mirror" -- mirrors made with highly reflective liquids -- whose shape can be changed to provide superior optical properties ... > full story -
Femtosecond, Chirped Laser Pulse Trains Could Reduce Decoherence
November 12, 2008 — A physics professor is proposing to use femtosecond, chirped laser pulse trains to reduce decoherence. Controlling coherence can overcome current barriers in a variety of fields, from quantum ... > full story -
Mass Production Method For Nanomaterial Graphene Devised
November 11, 2008 — Graphene sheets have an array of attractive benefits in electronics but research on them has been restricted due to the difficulty of creating single layer samples. An article in the journal Nature ... > full story -
Almost Frictionless Gears With Liquid Crystal Lubricants
November 11, 2008 — Lubricants in bearings and gear units ensure that not too much energy is lost through friction. Yet it still takes a certain percentage of the energy to compensate for friction losses. Lubricants ... > full story
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