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Using carbon nanotubes to seek and destroy anthrax toxin and other harmful proteins
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light.   view more (2007-12-11)

DNA gets new twist: Carnegie Mellon scientists develop unique 'DNA nanotags'
Carnegie Mellon University scientists have married bright fluorescent dye molecules with DNA nanostructure templates to make nanosized fluorescent labels that hold considerable promise for studying fundamental chemical and biochemical reactions in single molecules or cells.   view more (2007-01-29)

Quantum dot lasers — 1 dot makes all the difference
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford and Northwestern Universities have built micrometer-sized solid-state lasers in which a single quantum dot can play a dominant role in the device's performance.   view more (2007-04-13)

Spectacular Views Of An Exploding Star
An astronomer from the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes has obtained spectacular images of the star V838 Monocerotis which became the brightest in our Galaxy when it exploded in January 2002. One of the images will be highlighted on the front cover of the journal Nature on 27 March 2003 and in a... view more (2003-03-27)

Despite Britain's weather, the sun always shines on PV
Contrary to popular opinion, Britain's weather is suited to solar power, say researchers at the University of Oxford. In an independent test of the leading types of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, they are finding out which types of solar panels work best in Britain's often dull and varied climate.... view more (2001-05-24)

Max Planck researchers channel microcapsules into tumour cells and release their contents using a laser impulse
Treating malignant tumours is difficult. Doctors have to destroy the tumour, but healthy tissue needs to be preserved. Chemotherapy tends to kill diseased cells, at the same time causing great damage to the body in general.   view more (2006-08-24)

A Class Of Their Own
This year sees the 50th anniversary of the decision by the American Supreme Court to end racial segregation in schools in the Southern states. As Black History Month gets underway, one researcher, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) is preparing to shed new light on a relatively... view more (2004-10-01)

Optical 'frequency comb' can detect the breath of disease
Exhale on a cold winter day and you will see the water vapor coming out of your mouth. Light up your breath with a Nobel-Prize-related tool, and you could potentially detect trace amounts of over 1,000 compounds, some of which provide early warning signs of disease.   view more (2008-02-20)

Science meets the arts over a cuppa
Visitors to the sci-art cafe in the Royal College of Art could find themselves discussing light sculptures with Sir Isaac Newton over a sandwich. The sci-art café, part of creating SPARKS, the annual festival of science which is being held in London this year, will bring science and the arts... view more (2000-08-17)

Hubble's sweeping view of the Coma Galaxy Cluster
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the Universe.   view more (2008-06-10)

Good smells and bright light are good "medicine" for people with dementia
Aromatherapy and bright light therapy can reduce symptoms such as agitation and sleep disturbances and improve the quality of life for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, according to information presented here today at the 11th Congress of the International Psychogeriatric... view more (2003-08-18)

Astronomers discover dozens of mini-galaxies
A new survey made with the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) has revealed dozens of previously unsuspected miniature galaxies in the nearby Fornax galaxy cluster. They belong to a class of galaxies dubbed "ultra-compact dwarfs" (UCDs), which was unknown before the same team of astronomers... view more (2004-03-25)

Plan to identify watery Earth-like planets develops
Astronomers are looking to identify Earth-like watery worlds circling distant stars from a glint of light seen through an optical space telescope and a mathematical method developed by researchers at Penn State and the University of Hawaii.   view more (2008-04-24)

Earth light: Terrestrial vegetation detected in the spectrum of the earthshine
A team including Pierre Riaud and Jean Schneider of the Observatoire de Paris and Luc Arnold, Sophie Gillet and Olivier Lardie're of the Observatoire de Haute Provence detected for the first time the color characteristic of the terrestrial vegetation in the "Earthshine", i.e. the dark part of the... view more (2002-01-23)

Near infrared laser device can measure brain oxygen levels
A new device that uses near-infrared light to non-invasively monitor the oxygenation of the brain during surgery appears to be a promising alternative to the more invasive techniques currently in use, according to a new study by Duke University Medical Center anesthesiologists.   view more (2005-10-24)

REVOLUTIONARY NEW DETECTOR FOR TOXIC GASES
The work has been carried out by physicists at St Andrew's University led by Dr Miles Padgett, who has now moved to the University of Glasgow, together with a consortium of industrial collaborators. The project was part of the government's LINK photonics programme, funded by the Engineering and... view more (1999-10-05)

Graz team sheds new light on dark states - another Austrian breakthrough in quantum physics
Vienna, 16 June 2003 Light shines through opaque materials if certain conditions are met. By establishing the existence of another such condition, scientists at the Graz University of Technology have created additional possibilities for using light to control revolutionary new optical components.... view more (2003-06-16)

Faster than ever seen before - speeding electrons will be snapped by new UK attosecond 'camera'
Ultrafast lasers helping to make some of the shortest pulses of light ever seen in the UK will be at the heart of a new system to capture the movements of electrons as they whizz around the nucleus of atoms. A UKP3.5 million research grant from the UK Research Councils' Basic Technology Programme... view more (2003-01-15)

Laser Surgery Probe Targets Individual Cancer Cells
Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy and other diseases.   view more (2008-06-25)

WORLD'S FIRST 'INTELLIGENT MAST' FOR SAILING YACHTS
The underlying technology is now being developed to monitor the integrity of a variety of structures, from bridges to aircraft.   view more (1999-12-16)

MIT develops 'tractor beam' for cells, more
In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a "tractor beam" of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip.   view more (2007-10-31)

Fishing biomolecules
Rapid substance identification is an indispensable tool for laboratories and process monitoring. An optical biochip developed as part of the EU-funded project BIOMIC is capable of simultaneously measuring the concentrations of eight different proteins or DNA fragments.   view more (2004-03-18)

UV lotion lights the way to cleaner facilities
A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned.   view more (2008-05-12)

Shedding new light on biology
Physicists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have developed a state-of-the-art microscope that gives scientists a much deeper look into living organisms than ever before. The new technology will undoubtedly become a standard fixture in modern biology labs. Its many advantages and... view more (2004-08-09)

UC San Diego Physicists Reveal Secrets of Newest Form of Carbon
Using one of the world's most powerful sources of man-made radiation, physicists from UC San Diego, Columbia University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new secrets about the properties of graphene-a form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers,... view more (2008-06-11)
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