From an article at phys.org: Tinier than the AIDS virus—that is currently the circumference of the smallest transistors. The industry has shrunk the central elements of their computer chips to fourteen nanometers in the last sixty years. Conventional methods, however, are hitting physical boundaries. Researchers around the world are looking for alternatives. One method could [...]
From an article by Christopher Wanjek at Space.com: Astronauts may have no trouble moving heavy objects in the weightlessness of space, but that doesn't mean that the experience isn't hard on their backs. Astronauts on long-duration spaceflights routinely report back pain, both during and after the flight. Now doctors think they know what's causing this. In [...]
From an article written by AZoNano: Nanoscience research includes molecules that are only 1/100th the size of cancer cells and these molecules have the ability to improve the quality of our lives and our health. Currently, nine leading nanoscientists foresee what we can expect in the future, and conclude that nanoscience is ready to make [...]
From an article by Jamie Seidel, News Corp Australia Network: Radiation sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin. “Most people will say the big problem is going to be radiation,” he told News Corp yesterday. “I don’t think we [...]
From Nanowerk News: Nanoparticles are particles that are smaller than 100 nanometers. They are typically obtained from metals and, because of their tiny size, have unique properties that make them useful for biomedical applications. However, without treatment to make their surfaces biologically inert, their effectiveness is severely limited. Researchers led by Kazuhiko Ishihara at the [...]
From an article written by AZoNano: Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed needle-electrodes with a diameter of 5 µm on block modules with the dimensions 1 mm x 1 mm. The tiny needles could help to solve [...]
From an article at Genesis Nanotechnology: Drug discovery is a long and difficult process that requires a comprehensive understanding of the molecular structures of compounds under investigation. It’s difficult to have an idea of the precise shape of complex molecules such as proteins, but researchers at University of Melbourne in Australia have come up with [...]
From Nanowerks News: If drugs could be targeted to exactly the right place in the body, we could probably do with significantly smaller doses – and consequently fewer side effects. To allow for such precise delivery, we need tiny nanocarriers and even smaller nanotrackers to monitor them. Researchers in Finland are working on both of [...]
From an article written by AZoNano: Anti-reflective coating is applied to most lenses, eyeglass lenses, lasers, and objectives, however this coating only functions optimally within a narrow wavelength range. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart has developed an alternative technology by manipulating the surface instead [...]
From an article by Elizabeth Howell, Discovery News: After months in space, your crew has finally made it to Mars, but there's a nasty readjustment awaiting all of them. Living in zero gravity during the Earth-Mars transit will have some pretty harsh side effects, but most urgently they'll have to readjust to gravity again. And [...]
