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Photonic Crystal Biosensors Detect Protein-DNA Interactions
Scientists have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid...
End of world fears an anticlimax
Despite apocalyptic fears, each atomic collision in the Large Hadron Collider will only release an amount of energy equal to colliding mosquitoes, a report has found.
Genetic Testing Anywhere: Micro-sizes Hand-held 'Lab-on-a-chip' Devices Under Development
Using new "lab on a chip" technology, chemists hope to create a hand-held device that may eventually allow physicians, crime scene investigators, pharmacists, even the general public to quickly and...
New Technology Paves The Way For Future Of Identifying Proteins Inside Cells
A new technology enables scientists to identify proteins by making a map of the energy flow inside the protein.
Purifying Nanorods: Big Success With Tiny Cleanup
Chemists have discovered a novel method to produce ultra-pure gold nanorods -- tiny, wand-like nanoparticles that are being studied in dozens of labs worldwide for applications as broad as diagnosing...
Controlling Light With Sound: New Liquid Camera Lens As Simple As Water And Vibration
New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature...
Three Harvard faculty members net MacArthur fellowships
Three biologists — one current and two future faculty members at Harvard — have won MacArthur Foundation “genius” grants, $500,000 no-strings-attached awards intended to encourage creativity, originality, and innovation in...
Innovative development projects receive awards
The Tech Museum of Innovation in the United States has recognised 25 laureates for their innovative development projects.
Simulations Help Explain Fast Water Transport In Nanotubes
By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation nanofluidic devices for drug delivery, water purification...
Steam Heat: Researchers Gear Up For Full-scale Hydrogen Plant
Hydrogen has many industrial uses and may one day replace fossil fuels such as gasoline to power vehicles without emitting carbon dioxide. But finding an environmentally friendly way to produce...
Seven Years Later: Electrons Unlocked Post-9/11 Anthrax Mail Mystery
When materials scientist Joseph Michael and his team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., trained their high-powered electron microscope on anthrax spore samples the FBI had sent them in...
MacArthur Foundation awards annual grants
Andrea Ghez of UCLA and Alexei Kitaev of Caltech are among the 25 researchers, artists and doctors honored for exceptional creativity. ...
New Tool For 'Right First Time' Drug Manufacture
A technology which provides high quality images of the crystallization process marks the next step towards a "right first time" approach to drug manufacture, according to engineers.
Deactivating Radioactive Waste In Hundreds, Not Millions, Of Years
It may be possible to dramatically reduce the radioactive waste isolation time -- from several million years to as little as 300 - 500 years. In order to decrease the...
Pollution, Everyday Allergens, May Be Sources Of Laryngitis
Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis.
Smoothest Surface Ever Created: May Lead To World's First Atomic Microscope
Physicists have created the "quantum stabilized atom mirror", the smoothest surface ever, according to an article in Advanced Materials. The innovation is already being used in the design of the...
Interactive technology could help students feel what can't be seen
Equations or graphs can explain what happens when atoms bump into each other, but a technology called haptics could help students know how it feels. A Purdue University researcher says...
High-temperature superconductor 'pseudogap' imaged
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have produced the first atomic-scale description of what electrons are doing in the mysterious "pseudogap" in high-temperature superconductors.
Invention could help reduce highway repairs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio University has licensed a new device that tests the durability of highway asphalt to an Athens, Ohio-based company founded by the engineering professor who invented the technology.
Atom-smasher investigation could give findings this week
An investigation into technical problems with the world's largest atom-smasher could produce its preliminary findings this week into why it had to be shut down.
Toward a fast, life-saving test for identifying the purity of heroin
Scientists in Spain are reporting an advance toward a new method for determining the purity of heroin that could save lives by allowing investigators to quickly identify impure and more...
U.S. officials seek clean coal technology
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced an $8 billion solicitation in federal loan guarantees for projects employing new clean coal technology.
Introducing The Next Generation Of Chemical Reactors
Unique nanostructures which respond to stimuli, such as pH, heat and light will pave the way for safer, greener and more efficient chemical reactors.
Self-steering Vehicle Designed To Mimic Movements Of Ants
A team of engineers in the Canary Islands has designed the “Verdino”, a self-steering vehicle that can sense the road surface using a technique called Ant Colony Optimisation. This method...
LHC team confronts first major hitch since 'switch on'
New teams are organized to investigate problem that may require the replacement of several magnets
New Ways to Use Biomass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the...
Imaging Molecular Escapes
Method lets researchers watch hydrocarbon chains pass through pores in a nanotube
Debating Science
Chemistry council, toxicologist clash at House panel hearing on scientific peer reviews