The study tested the principle that combined positron emission tomography and X-ray computed tomography (PET/CT) may be used to select children with primary…
For Hollywood celebrities, the term “splitsville” usually means “check your prenup.” For scientists wanting to mass-produce high quality nanoribbons from boron…
University of Illinois engineers have developed a silver-inked rollerball pen capable of writing electrical circuits and interconnects on paper, wood and other…
This will not only help robots to better navigate in their environments, it will also enable robot self-perception for the first time. A single robotic arm has…
Most of us have had a doctor prescribe an antibiotic for a stubborn bacterial infection, or for a cut that gets infected. However, prescribing an antibiotic…
Some areas of the southern United States are suffering from the longest dry spell since 1887 and a new Baylor University study shows that could prove…
Dr. Alexander Weiss and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Arizona, who are presenting their paper published in Royal Society…
At a recent Kavli Futures Symposium, 19 experts from a diverse range of fields discussed the promise of using the lab to understand and exploit the evolution…
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered a naturally occurring disease in monkeys that is very much like multiple sclerosis in humans…
*Note: This news was first mentioned in the June 2011 issue of Nanotech Japan Update*Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), the University of Tokyo and…
*Note: This news was first mentioned in the June 2011 issue of Nanotech Japan Update*Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo and RIKEN…
*Note: This news was first mentioned in the June 2011 issue of Nanotech Japan Update*Tohoku University, Osaka University and Japan Science and Technology…
The Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), hosts the…
Patients receiving a high dose of the therapy, called SERCA2a, experienced substantial clinical benefit and significantly reduced cardiovascular…
The mechanics of instinctive behavior are mysterious. Even something as simple as the question of how a mouse can use its powerful sense of smell to detect and…
The four Balzan Prizewinners for 2011 will be officially announced in Milan on 5 September, 2011. The General Prize Committee of the Balzan Foundation “Prize”,…