President Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in the emerging technologies that will create high quality manufacturing jobs and enhance our global competitiveness. Investing in technologies, such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, will support the creation of good jobs by …
Researchers from the University of Hull have discovered a way to load up nanoparticles with large numbers of light-sensitive molecules to create a more effective form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer. The nanoparticles have been designed so the pressure in the blood vessels will push them through the space between the cells to …
The US added 2 more months to life expectancy and is lagging behind the UK and Europe and countries like Hong Kong and Japan by a couple to several years. Some consider this lag to be a problem for US public health. However, Leon Kass (previously George Bush’s science advisor) would interpret this as americans …
The so-called “superstreet” traffic design results in significantly faster travel times, and leads to a drastic reduction in automobile collisions and injuries, according to North Carolina State University researchers who have conducted the largest-ever study of superstreets and their impacts. Superstreets are thoroughfares where the left-hand turns from side streets are re-routed, as is traffic …
UCLA researchers attached a controllable molecular spring made of DNA to the enzyme. The spring is about 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. They can mechanically turn the enzyme on and off and control how fast the chemical reaction occurs. In their newest research, they attached the molecular spring at three …
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Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Erika DeBenedictis is a high school student who wrote a prototype software system that would allow a spacecraft to autonomously calculate and fly low-energy orbits. Erika is one of ten winners of the Intel Science contest who were at the Techonomy conference. The Interplanetary Superhighway is …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Physical Review Letters – Ultrafast Fourier Transform with a Femtosecond-Laser-Driven Molecule 4 page pdf) Vibrations of the atoms in a molecule are used to implement a Fourier transform orders of magnitude faster than possible with devices based on conventional electronics. Abstract : Wave functions of electrically …
For the second time in just over a year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper temporarily shut down Parliament on Wednesday The anticipation is that Harper will call an election shortly after parliament returns in March. While recent polls have not put the Conservatives decisively ahead, they have shown that the Liberals, the main opposition party, are …
The Toronto Star writes about Zenn Motor betting its company on EEStor. Zenn Motor is waiting for EEStor to deliver that first commercial unit by the end of this year. ZENN’s future is riding on that delivery. “The entire aspect of our business model is dependent on EEStor commercializing that technology,” he says. “The transformative …