News tagged with applied sciences


Researchers develop new technique for fabricating nanowire circuits

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), collaborating collaborating with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating ...





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Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope

Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester could be potentially paving the way for the development of a powerful new strategy for both the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate ...


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New angle on gecko research: Scientists discover trigger that deploys geckos' amazing grip

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Geckos are very adept at climbing through difficult terrain using an intricate adhesive system. Until now it has not been known when and how they switch on their unique system of traction.


Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


Scientists demonstrate effect of confining dielectrics on semiconductor nanowire conductivity

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), have demonstrated, for the first time, that the activation energy ...


Researchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn State information technology ...


'Rock-breathing' bacteria could generate electricity and clean up oil spills

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

A discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) could contribute to the development of systems that use domestic or agricultural waste to generate clean electricity.


Search engines are source of learning

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.


Using synthetic evolution to study the brain: Researchers model key part of neurons

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The human brain has evolved over millions of years to become a vast network of billions of neurons and synaptic connections. Understanding it is one of humankind's greatest pursuits.


Mouse brain rewires its neural circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function after stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Japanese research group led by Professor Junichi Nabekura in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS, Japan, found that, after cerebral stroke in one side of the mouse brain, another side of the brain rewires ...


Facebook (and systems biologists) take note: Network analysis reveals true connections

Facebook (and Systems Biologists) Take Note: Network Analysis Reveals True Connections

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Facebook figures out that you know Holly, although you haven't seen her in 10 years, because you have four mutual friends -- a good predictor of direct friendship. But sometimes Facebook gets ...



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