Oct

31

Biomaterials Resources

October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Biomaterials Network (Biomat.net). ‘This site is a collection of some selected internet links related to Biomaterials and also some relevant links to biomedical engineering, biology, medicine and health sciences in general. Biomat.net facilities also include a job exchange section, the Directory of Researchers, where research expertise can be searched, and a monthly newsletter. Membership to [...]

Oct

31

Biomedical Textiles

October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Developments in Textiles. The use of biomedical textiles is expanding as a result of innovations in medical procedures and textile technology, and the miniaturisation of electronic devices. In each application area of biomedical textiles, advances continue, but they all depend on the properties of the fibre (or fibre blend) and the constructions fabricated from them. [...]

Oct

30

Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering at Yale University

October 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering Established at Yale. ‘Yale University today announced the establishment of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, which will unite and expand Yale’s existing efforts in this rapidly developing science and technological frontier. An initial investment of $5.5 million will bolster the Institute’s infrastructure and initiate seed projects [...]

Oct

29

Cheryl Safren: Chemistry as Art

October 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Cheryl Safren – Unique artwork created by chemistry on copper panels. “With Chemistry as Art Safren uses chemical reactions on metal surfaces to create dynamic images. With these works Safren brings to the fore the chemical materiality of painting and the intimacy of individual artist with their materials. Safren’s ‘paintings’ interact with their viewers through [...]

Oct

29

About Ferrian Adrià and Molecular Gastronomy

October 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Ferran Adrià, Molecular Gastronomist—Who, Me?. ‘Most people know Ferran Adrià as food’s preeminent futurist, the godfather of foam and other gastronomic advances, a mad Catalonian scientist who spends half the year cloistered away in his culinary lab and the other half making culinary history at El Bulli. But when he and nine like-minded compatriots came [...]

Oct

29

A New Kind of Ice

October 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Putting Hydrogen on Ice. ‘Researchers looking for better ways to make and store hydrogen have accidentally discovered an entirely new kind of ice. Made of molecular oxygen and hydrogen, the highly energetic and as-yet-unnamed compound currently exists only under rarefied laboratory conditions. It is different from the 17 known forms of ice, but researchers think [...]

Oct

23

The Discovery (or Creation?) of Element 118

October 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Livermore scientists team with Russia to discover element 118. ‘Scientists from the Chemistry, Materials and Life Sciences Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Dubna, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia , have discovered the newest superheavy element, element 118. n experiments conducted at the JINR U400 cyclotron [...]

Oct

23

Microsoft and Drug Discovery: Collaborative Molecular Environment (C-ME)

October 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Expands Life Sciences Effort. ‘ Microsoft said Thursday it has struck agreements with several life sciences and software companies to develop and distribute software to help researchers create new drugs. Microsoft said it reached a deal with IO Informatics, a maker of software for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, to commercialize prototype software for visualizing [...]

Oct

23

The Behavior of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules Explained

October 23, 2006 | 1 Comment

New method edges closer to holy grail of modern chemistry: Research frontier on verge of wide applications to molecular systems. ‘University of Chicago chemist David Mazziotti has developed a new method for determining the behavior of electrons in atoms and molecules, a key ingredient in predicting chemical properties and reactions. He presented the details of [...]

Oct

22

Polymer-Based (Polypyrrole) Battery

October 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Brown Engineers Build a Better Battery – With Plastic. ‘It’s thin, light, flexible – and plastic. Brown University engineers Hyun-Kon Song and Tayhas Palmore have created a prototype polymer-based battery that packs more power than a standard alkaline battery and more storage capacity than a double-layered capacitor. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, will be [...]

Oct

22

Environmental Sensor Networks

October 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Environmental Sensor Networks: A revolution in the earth system science?, Jane K. Hart and Kirk Martinez, Earth-Science Reviews, 78, 177-191 (2006). Abstract: ‘Environmental Sensor Networks (ESNs) facilitate the study of fundamental processes and the development of hazard response systems. They have evolved from passive logging systems that require manual downloading, into ‘intelligent’ sensor networks that [...]

Oct

21

All About Charles Darwin – Online Archive Launched

October 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. ‘This site currently contains more than 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images of both publications and handwritten manuscripts. There is also the most comprehensive Darwin bibliography ever published and the largest manuscript catalogue ever assembled. More than 150 ancillary texts are also included, ranging from secondary reference [...]