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Research Watch Blog
| EMFs and biochemistry |
| February 23, 2011 |
| Evidence is accumulating
that electromagnetic fields induce biochemical changes. A study published
in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that
cellphone EMFs temporarily boost brain cell metabolism... |
| Nanotech: for good and ill |
| February 22, 2011 |
| A pair of research
papers shows nanotechnology's Jekyll and Hyde nature. |
| Has quantum biology's time come? |
| January 28, 2011 |
| The idea that
quantum processes, particularly entanglement, could play a role in
consciousness has intrigued physicists, philosophers and New Age dreamers
for decades. But the improbability of fragile quantum states surviving
in living beings... |
| As the worm turns — on demand |
| January 24, 2011 |
| We’ve seen remote control rats and remote control cockroaches... |
Papers of Note
Looks like nature picked a good one when she came up with the onion. Fill an onion-like nanoparticle with the right protein, fuse the nanolayers to each other, and you have a vaccine that’s safer than live viruses and more effective than synthetic vaccines.
Interbilayer-crosslinked multilamellar vesicles as synthetic vaccines for potent humoral and cellular immune responses, Nature Materials
Structure networks like an onion, with a tightly connected core and concentric outer layers, and you can make them more secure against attacks.
Onion-like network topology enhances robustness against malicious attacks, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
Stories Elsewhere
Carbon Nanotube Solution Could Eliminate Need for Indium Tin Oxide in Electronic Displays, IEEE Spectrum
Biodegradable replacement proposed for indium tin, EE Times
(Source: Nature Nanotechnology paper Controlling electrical percolation in multicomponent carbon nanotube dispersions)
True-color holograms may light up small displays, ars technica
(Source: Science paper Surface-Plasmon Holography with White-Light Illumination)
Speedier Nanotube Circuits, PUB
(Source: Nano Letters paper Linear Increases in Carbon Nanotube Density Through Multiple Transfer Technique)
New Type of Drug Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Technology Review
Material-by-Design Paradigm Suggested with New Bacteria Killing Nanoparticle, IEEE Spectrum
IBM uses chip engineering to beat MRSA, EETimes
(Source: Nature Chemistry paper Biodegradable nanostructures with selective lysis of microbial membranes)
Making Bacteria into Drug Blimps, Technology Review
(Source:American Chemical Society National Meeting paper Toward a bacterial dirigible: Autonomous localization and actuation)
Drugging the Undruggable, Technology Review
(Source: American Chemical Society National Meeting paper Drugging the"undruggable")
Computer chips wired with nerve cells, Science News
(Source: ACS Nano paper Semiconductor Nanomembrane Tubes: Three-Dimensional Confinement for Controlled Neurite Outgrowth)
Mechanical Insect Hovers with Printed Wings, Discovery News
(Source: Artificial Life paper Untethered Hovering Flapping Flight of a 3D-Printed Mechanical Insect)
A Quantum Communications Switch, Technology Review
(Source: Physical Review Letters paper Ultrafast Switching of Photonic Entanglement)
A Stretchy Sensing Tool for Surgery, Technology Review
Stretchy Electronics Promises Speedier Heart Surgery, Nature News
(Source: Nature Materials paper Materials for multifunctional balloon catheters with capabilities in cardiac electrophysiological mapping and ablation therapy)
Diodes Built Inside Fiber, IEEE Spectrum
(Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper Fiber draw synthesis)
'Jumping' artificial atom is tracked in real time, physicsworld.com
(Source: Physical Review Letters paper Observation of quantum jumps in a superconducting artificial atom)
Zinc peels back graphene layers, physicsworld.com
(Source: Science paper Layer-by-Layer Removal of Graphene for Device Patterning)
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