News tagged with molecular manufacturing
DNA engine observed in real-time traveling along base pair track
In a complex feat of nanoengineering, a team of scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford have succeeded in creating a programable molecular transport system, the workings of which can be observed in real ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 06, 2011 |
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Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Marine microbes creating green waves in industry
New technology designed to analyse large numbers of novel marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ways to manufacture new drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, diabetes, flu and other viruses, as well as ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Turning DNA into a hard drive
Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far smaller scale, recording data within individual cells. One way to do that is to create ...
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Computer-designed proteins programmed to disarm variety of flu viruses
Computer-designed proteins are under construction to fight the flu. Researchers are demonstrating that proteins found in nature, but that do not normally bind the flu, can be engineered to act as broad-spectrum ...
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Researchers develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks'
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 30, 2012 |
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Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup
(Phys.org) -- A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...
May 29, 2012 |
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How ion bombardment reshapes metal surfaces
To modify a metal surface at the scale of atoms and molecules — for instance to refine the wiring in computer chips or the reflective silver in optical components — manufacturers shower it with ions. ...
May 23, 2012 |
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New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential
(Phys.org) -- The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Northwestern University researchers ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 23, 2012 |
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MIT biologist relishes the challenge of picking apart the cell's most complex structure
One of the most important structures in a cell is the nuclear pore complex — a tiny yet complicated channel through which information flows in and out of the cell’s nucleus, directing all other cell ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Nasa's new carbon-counting instrument leaves the nest
(Phys.org) -- Its construction now complete, the science instrument that is the heart of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) spacecraft - NASA's first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2012 |
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Researchers fold origami with light
(Phys.org) -- Replacing the need for nimble fingers, researchers have demonstrated how to make origami using light of a specific wavelength. They call the new folding technique photo-origami, and it could ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Soybeans soaked in warm water naturally release key cancer-fighting substance
Soybeans soaking in warm water could become a new "green" source for production of a cancer-fighting substance now manufactured in a complicated and time-consuming industrial process, scientists are reporting ...
May 09, 2012 |
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