News tagged with assembly process

Spiders at the nanoscale: Molecules that behave like robots

A team of scientists from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have programmed an autonomous molecular "robot" made ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles — this time resulting ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Microwave oven key to self-assembly process meeting semiconductor industry need

Thanks to a microwave oven, the fundamental nanotechnology process of self assembly may soon replace the lithographic processing use to make the ubiquitous semi-conductor chips.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Precise assembly of engines

In the automotive industry, combustion engines are still assembled mostly manually. Researchers from Fraunhofer are developing procedures and methods to automate assembly processes to continuously improve ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For manufacturing simulation, Wii devices might be a perfect fit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ready to give up on that new year's resolution to get in shape? If so, don't sell your Wii Fit on eBay just yet. Dr. Ming Leu might have a use for it - or for the remote, anyway.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture

Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life

Researchers in the field of synthetic biology are still a long way from being able to assemble living cells from scratch in the laboratory. But according to biochemist David Deamer of the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...

Biology /

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1