A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
University of California Santa Barbara researcher Erkki Ruoslahti
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a potential new drug delivery system. The finding is a biological mechanism for delivery of nanoparticles into tissue. The results are published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Carbon nanowires coated with silicon (bottom) produces a material that can store six times as much charge
Lithium ion has become the battery of choice for electric vehicles, driving researchers to improve the technology’s performance, longevity, and reliability. A new type of nanowire electrode developed by materials science and engineering professor Yi Cui at Stanford is a step toward that goal.
Continue reading… “Nanowire Advance Can Boost Life And Performance Of Lithium-Ion Batteries”
In 2003, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, then director of the National Cancer Institute outlined his goal to eliminate suffering and death from cancer by 2015. “This prediction does not mean that we will eliminate cancer by then,” he said, “I don’t know when that will happen. But the challenge is to understand the disease and create interventions so that no one will suffer and die prematurely from cancer.”
Continue reading… “End of Cancer Deaths Predicted By 2015”
International Business Machines Corp is looking to the building blocks of our bodies — DNA — to be the structure of next-generation microchips.
Continue reading… “IBM Uses ‘DNA Origami’ To Make Next-Gen Microchips”
Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago
Developed by a consortium of researchers, dubbed the “spaser”, it is the thinnest laser ever developed. About 44 nanometers in diameter and about 10 times smaller than the wavelength of light, the nanolaser could pave way for superfast computers, which use light to process data instead of electrons currently used. This novel invention that emits visible light, has been brought about by harnessing clouds of electrons called “surface Plasmons,“ which produce photons of light waves.
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Impantable device monitors cancer
Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
Continue reading… “Cancer Detecting Implant Created By MIT Engineer”
Material that repels hot water developed by scientists from University of Minnesota
In a breakthrough study, scientists from University of Minnesota in St Paul have developed a new material that can repel hot water.
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In 2006, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars published a warning and a challenge to the scientific community about its responsible use and handling of nanomaterials, as they were known to cause damage to the lungs. Now, research conducted at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, has unveiled how the damage occurs and a possible means of control.
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Can we build a brain from the ground up, one neuron (or so) at a time? That’s the goal of neurobotics, a science that sits at the convergence of robotics, artificial intelligence, computer science, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, physiology, mathematics and several different engineering disciplines. Computationally demanding and requiring a long view and a macroscopic perspective (qualities not often found in our world of impatient specialization), the field is so Here Come the Neurobotsfundamentally challenging that there are only around five labs pursuing it worldwide. Continue reading… “Brain Bots”
MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and “remember” cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order.
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Researchers have developed a stretchable OLED display that can be bent and deformed without breaking. The rubber-like OLEDs are currently monochrome and each have just 256 pixel resolution; however the University of Tokyo team responsible for their development are now working on adding color and increasing resolution.
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A new generation of anti-impotency drugs that are rubbed into the skin could prove more effective than Viagra, research indicates.
Continue reading… “New Generation of Anti-Impotency Drugs Uses Nanotechnology”
