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`Chipping` Children Would Not Make Them Safer, Claims Technology Expert
A leading expert on personal location technology at the University of Leicester has hit out at national reports that suggest children might be safer if they were `chipped`. view more (2002-09-09)
Thin films of silicon nanoparticles roll into flexible nanotubes
By depositing nanoparticles onto a charged surface, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have crafted nanotubes from silicon that are flexible and nearly as soft as rubber. view more (2005-06-15)
Nanoscopic changes to pancreatic cells reveal cancer
A team of researchers in Chicago has developed a way to examine cell biopsies and detect never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a new paper in the Optical Society (OSA) journal Optics Letters. view more (2009-02-13)
First-Ever Study: Lack of Critical Lubricant Causes Wear in Joints
Mice that don't produce lubricin, a thin film of protein found in the cartilage of joints, showed early wear and higher friction in their joints, a new study led by Brown University researchers shows. view more (2007-11-07)
Ericsson head named honorary doctor at Lule'å
For his "ability, in his leadership, to turn technology into business in the stiffest possible international competition," Carl-Henric Svanberg has been awarded an honorary doctorate at Lule'å University of Technology in northern Sweden. Since April 2003, Carl-Henric Svanberg has been CEO of Swedish Ericsson. Every year the... view more... (2004-09-08)
European Information Centre on Marine Science and Technology - EurOcean gets three new members
The Flanders Marine Institute (Belgium), the Institute of Oceanology - Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) and the Marine Institute (Ireland) have decided to become members of EurOcean, European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology, joining the two founding member organisations: the Foundation for Science and Technology... view more... (2004-05-12)
Graphene yields secrets to its extraordinary properties
Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphene, a technologically promising, two-dimensional form of carbon that has tantalized and puzzled scientists since its discovery in... view more... (2009-05-15)
NIST imaging system maps nanomechanical properties
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials-how stiff or stretchy they are, for example-at scales on the order of billionths of a meter. view more (2007-12-13)
Yale researchers make cell biology quantitative
Yale researchers have reported a method to count the absolute number of individual protein molecules inside a living cell, and to measure accurately where they are located, two basic hurdles for studying biology quantitatively. view more (2005-10-20)
Technology barometer developed in Finland to measure the technological-scientific state of a country
On commission by the Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a globally unique technology barometer, or economic barometer, that measures the state of technological and scientific expertise in a given country. VTT collected comparable measurement data from seven countries. Taking into... view more... (2004-01-30)
Eminent health economist comes home to head up Wessex Institute
Eminent health economist, Professor James Raftery, has been appointed as the new Director of the Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development (WIHRD) at the University of Southampton's School of Medicine. Professor Raftery, who is currently Director of the Health Economics Facility at the University of Birmingham, takes up his new post on... view more... (2005-03-08)
Secretary Of State Goes Back To The Future With Supermarket Science!
Today (Monday 25th February) the shape of supermarket products to come could be set to take a new turn as ASDA calls on kids to suggest what we could all be putting in our trollies in the future. Education and Skills Secretary Estelle Morris will be launching the Big Science, ASDA's latest education initiative, with the help of children from... view more... (2002-02-22)
Invitation to the Press - Science Minister to launch Star Tiger Project
Science Minister Lord Sainsbury will be officially inaugurating the European Star Tiger project on Monday 24 June at 2pm, and you are invited to attend the ceremony and talk to team members and guests. The ceremony will take place at the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, where the project is taking place. The small team of... view more... (2002-06-13)
£11.5 Million for world-leading project at the Daresbury Laboratory - Ministers give go-ahead for the next development stage of 4GLS in Cheshire
The building of the world-leading 4GLS (4th generation light source) has come one step closer with the announcement today of £11.5 million for an exploratory phase of the project. This phase involves a 3-year study to establish the technical know-how needed to build this innovative scientific research facility, including the construction of... view more... (2003-04-02)
Flow of high-pressure form of ice tells tales of interiors of giant icy moons
Everyday ice used to chill that glass of lemonade has helped researchers better understand the internal structure of icy moons in the far reaches of the solar system. view more (2006-03-03)
raGraphene and gallium arsenide: two perfect partners find each other
It is the marriage of two top candidates for the electronics of the future, both excentric and extremely interesting: Graphene, one of the partners, is an extremely thin fellow and besides, very young. view more (2009-09-17)
IT and The Law - What`S The Score?
A pioneering centre dedicated to tackling the new legal challenges associated with the fast-moving world of information technology will open at the University of Bristol this summer [June 1, 2002]. This is a cross-disciplinary venture building on existing strengths in the Faculties of Law and Engineering and Computer Sciences. The new Centre will... view more... (2002-03-07)
Precision bonding makes tiny high performance actuators possible
Using a new precision bonding process they developed, Penn State researchers have designed and fabricated tiny new piezoelectric microactuators - the largest only a hair's breadth wide - based on coupling commercially available materials with existing micromachining technology. view more (2005-10-04)
'Micro-boxes' of water used to study single molecules
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of water droplets as minuscule "boxes" for small numbers of biomolecules. view more (2006-07-24)
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)
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