Discovery

Though most dermatologists agree that cellulite is “physiologically normal”, it is still a problem for us. Cellulite does not differ from “normal” fat, it differs only in the way it is held and distributed in the body tissues. The actual chemical nature of the fat is not different from other body fat. We can see the [...]

Carbon nanotube research is a very active area with many hundreds of papers appearing in technical journals each year. In 1991 the first carbon nanotubes were made[Iijima, 1991]. These structures have promise of being the strongest material yet discovered. This strength combined with the low density of the material makes it critically important when considering [...]

Microsoft is working on brain reading software—that can interface directly with the human brain—and it might one day be implementing for the purpose of diagnostics, or for control of home electronics via specialized peripheral computer accessories. The patent application describes a method of classifying EEG data in a way that separates the wheat from the [...]

The Austrian researchers want games to be more challenging by having emotional, not just coolly calculating, computer players. Instead of just challenging your rational planning and decision skills, you’ll have use your emotional intelligence too. So, they experimenting an aggressive, defensive, neutral and neurotic bots to play Age of Mythology, based on psychological models of emotion. [...]

Problems with the heart’s valves or damage to its walls will make our heart cannot pump enough blood to meet our body’s metabolic needs. Then, there will be a heart failure problem. Bilal Shafi and colleagues at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, US, created a protective band around the heart to [...]

What if pumps the size of molecules could be implanted to deliver life-saving medicines precisely when and where they are needed? These scenarios may sound unbelievable, but they are the long-term goals of the NIH Roadmap’s Nanomedicine initiative that we anticipate will yield medical benefits as early as 10 years from now. Over the past two [...]

For you who have been suffered by cancer for such a long time, this therapy may become a new hope. Researchers at Rice University under Prof. Jennifer West, have demonstrated the use of 120 nm diameter nanoshells coated with gold to kill cancer tumors in mice. This nanoshells is targeted to bond to cancerous cells [...]

Since the 1970’s, nanolayers have been important parts of lasers and other optical devices that require good 2-D confinement in a thin layer. Nanolayers has been around longer than other nanotechnology applications. Actually, a nanolayer is a layer of material which is no thicker than a few nanometers. Nanolayers are more commonly known as [...]

Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology. It may be defined as the monitoring, repair, construction and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nanodevices and nanostructures. Nanotechnology involves the creation and use of materials and devices at the level of molecules and atoms. Research in nanotechnology began with applications outside of [...]

Synthetic biology has long been used to describe an approach to biology that attempts to integrate different areas of research in order to create a more holistic understanding of life. This is a combination between science and engineering in order to design and build novel biological functions and systems. Now, US researchers showing off their ability [...]