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New Way to Seek Out Specific Proteins Using Nothing but Light

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light. The technique lends itself to the creation of new antibacterial and antimicrobial films to help curb the spread of germs, and also holds promise for new methods of seeking out and killing tumors in the human body.

11 Dec 2007

Super-Microscopes Gives Scientists Unique Opportunities to Design New Materials

Seven new super-microscopes and a specially designed building will give scientists at DTU unique opportunities to design new materials. Among the areas that will benefit are the environment, manufacturing, energy and transport.

10 Dec 2007

Breakthrough Shines a Light on Supercomputers

IBM researchers report a significant advance in the quest to send information between multiple cores - “brains” - on a chip using pulses of light through silicon, instead of electrical signals on wires.

7 Dec 2007

Nikon Uncovers Secrets of Our Solar System

One of the UK¡¯s largest planetary science departments is using its new Nikon LV-100D microscope to study dust collected by NASA¡¯s Stardust spacecraft during its fly-by of comet Wild-2. This fly-by was the first mission to return cometary particles to earth.

7 Dec 2007

Supercomputers Fits Into a Laptop PC Thanks to Breakthrough by IBM Scientists

Supercomputers that consist of thousands of individual processor "brains" connected by miles of copper wires could one day fit into a laptop PC, thanks in part to a breakthrough by IBM scientists announced today.

6 Dec 2007

UK's Improved Radiotherapy Strategies Uses Charged Particles Rather Than X-Rays

The University of Surrey welcomes the Government’s announcement today (3 December) that improved radiotherapy strategies are going to be at the forefront of government policy in the fight against cancer. This announcement is extremely timely, but it is extremely sad that the UK currently has no plans for the newest type of radiotherapy which uses charged particles rather than X-rays.

6 Dec 2007

Researchers Employ a Nanotechnology Atomic Force Microscope to Measure Cell Softness

A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists was able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the cells' softness.

5 Dec 2007

Agilent Enters Failure Analysis Probing Market

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Multiprobe Inc. today announced their intent to expand the companies' strategic partnership. As a result, Multiprobe's Multiscan Atomic Force Prober (AFP), the world's highest-resolution nanoprober, will be sold and supported by Agilent to customers in Asia and Japan.

4 Dec 2007

Applied Materials Named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for Pioneering Work on Solar Modules

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it was named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for its pioneering work on the Applied SunFab Thin Film Line, at a gala presenting the prestigious 9th Annual Platts Global Energy Awards.

4 Dec 2007

German Research Foundation Establishes Ten New Collaborative Research Centres

On 1 January 2008 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish ten new Collaborative Research Centres, which will receive a total of 74.4 million euros in funding over the next four years, as well as a lump sum of 20 percent to cover indirect costs incurred by the projects.

4 Dec 2007