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  Laser process doubles brightness of light bulbs for the same amount of energy

  Caption: Chunlei Guo stands in front of his femtosecond laser, which can double the efficiency of a regular incandescent light bulb. (Image: University of Rochester) May 29, 2009 ( Nanowerk News) — An ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers, say optics ...

  Phil Duby added 5 months ago

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  Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

  ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2009) — For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have built micro-robots as small as bacteria. Their purpose is to help cure human beings. They look like spirals with tiny heads, and screw through the liquid like miniature corkscrews. When moving, they resemble rather ...

  Phil Duby added 7 months ago

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  Simple Device Can Ensure Food Gets To The Store Bacteria Free

  ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2009) — A Purdue University researcher has found a way to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could eliminate worries concerning some food-borne illnesses. Kevin Keener designed a device consisting of a set of high-voltage ...

  Phil Duby added 8 months ago

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  Implant Makes Cells Kill Cancer

  One of cancer's cleverest tricks is its ability to hide from the immune system. A new approach to cancer treatment called immunotherapy could spare patients at least some of the grueling battery of chemotherapy treatments by retraining the body's own defenders--the cells of the immune system--to ...

  Phil Duby added 10 months ago

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  Nanotechnology writes with atoms using an Atomic Force Microscope

  An international team of scientists, among them researchers from the department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), present a new method to manipulate atoms.

  Phil Duby added 10 months ago

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