#Artificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart metal wires Engineers at Saarland University have taken a leaf out of natures book by equipping an artificial hand with muscles made from shape-memory wire.
#Switchable adhesion principle enables damage-free handling of sensitive devices even in vacuum Components with highly sensitive surfaces are used in automotive, semiconductor and display technologies as well as for complex optical lens systems.
However, a quantum computer displays its talents only for such special tasks: For normal types of basic computations, it is pitifully slow w
and his team at Washington University in St louis were able to see blood flow, blood oxygenation, oxygen metabolism and other functions inside a living mouse brain at faster rates than ever before.
The results are published March 30 in Nature Methods advanced online publication("High-speed label-free functional photoacoustic microscopy of mouse brain in action".
TPM and wide-field optical microscopy, have provided information about the structure, blood oxygenation and flow dynamics of the mouse brain.
which allowed them to get high-resolution, high-speed images of a living mouse brain through an intact skull.
"In addition, we were able to map the mouse brain oxygenation vessel by vessel using this method.""
Touchless touchscreen and heat-sensitive cameras As demonstrated by experiments, the cyberwood sensor can identify warm bodies even at distance;
for instance, in the development of a'touchless touchscreen'that reacts to gestures, with the gestures recorded by multiple sensors.
which one monomer forms the core and the other forms the outer shell. The monomers are the hydrophilic poly (ethylene glycol
and have a core of halophilic PSB with a hydrophilic PEG shell. However, the team showed that the micelles reassemble themselves
PEG formed the core, and PSB formed the shell to create an nversemicelle. he material is controlled easily by salt alone, rather than by a combination of several stimuli like ph, temperature or light,
Researchers are optimistic that the approach can be applied readily to other multimetallic catalysts potentially lowering the cost of catalytic material production.
The Pt3ni nanoframe catalysts achieved a more than 36-fold and 22-fold enhancement in two different measures of catalytic activity (mass and specific activities, respectively) for the oxygen reduction reaction in comparison to state-of-the-art
carbon-supported Pt catalysts (Pt/C) during prolonged exposure to reaction conditions. This work is a significant advance towards developing more efficient electrocatalysts for water-splitting reactions and fuel generation.
and surface composition should be readily applicable to other multimetallic catalysts s
#Plant cell structure discovery could lead to improved renewable materials (Nanowerk News) Major steps forward in the use of plants for renewable materials,
Unlike conventional computers that store data on transistors and hard drives, quantum computers encode data in the quantum states of microscopic objects called qubits.
"Considering that it could potentially be necessary to fabricate millions of FETS for display applications,
The same bonding that makes the molecules soluble for printing fabrication processes also leaves them prone to low melting points,
Today the most commercially successful organic electronic devices are OLEDS (organic light emitting diodes) found in smart phone displays.
making it possible to conduct late stage diversification of core structures containing benzene. The study, published online on April 10, 2015 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society("para-CH Borylation of Benzene derivatives by a Bulky Iridium Catalyst),
"displays the development of a powerful synthetic method that enables rapid access to para-functionalized benzene derivatives to construct libraries of bioactive compounds that are useful in medicinal chemistry.
I figured that para-selective C-H functionalization would be an extremely useful technique for the late-stage diversification of core structures.
and, with the help of STEVE, she/he can discover its interior components, such as nucleus and organelles, on any screen and in a limitless amount of colors.
a full 3d image of the cell is displayed on the computer screen. Nanolives technology was published in Nature Photonics in 2013("Marker-free phase nanoscopy),
"Bimetallic lanthanide complexes that display a ratiometric response to oxygen concentration"in the periodical Chemical sciences and"Spectrally resolved confocal microscopy using lanthanide centred near-IR emission"in Chemical Communications.
For example, a keyboard sticker could be used to type and send messages. Currently the sensor stickers are connected via cable to a computer system.
Images showing the development of a human tumour implanted into a mouse, produced using the new device,
forming a water-soluble nanoparticle with the drug hidden in its core. These nanoparticles are highly soluble in blood
#Using lasers to tailor the properties of graphene Carbon nanomaterials display extraordinary physical properties, outstanding among any other substance available,
and the traditional technology used for silicon-based processors (solid state) is not suitable for graphene processing (molecular material).
They then used electrohydrodynamic jet (e-jet) printing technology to precisely print the QD-embedded polymers onto photonic crystal structures.
and more efficient displays. ince screens consume large amounts of energy in devices like laptops, phones,
because the display would only draw half as much power as conventional displays. To demonstrate the technology,
These catalysts work by binding to carbon dioxide molecules, orienting them in a way that is ideal for chemical reactions.
"We're interested in finding new catalytic reactions that will be more efficient than the current catalysts,
Meanwhile, the researchers are interested in searching for other catalysts that might even outperform their copper tetramer.
These catalysts can be varied in size, composition and support material, which results in a list of more than 2, 000 potential combinations, Vajda said.
and then test the catalysts that seem most promising.""We haven't yet found a catalyst better than the copper tetramer,
and evaluated the penetration capability by using mouse brains in vitro/in vivo. In addition, as an actual needle application, we demonstrated fluorescenctce particle depth injection into the brain in vivo,
San diego defines the core set of genes and functions that a bacterial cell needs to sustain life.
2015("Systems biology definition of the core proteome of metabolism and expression is consistent with high-throughput data".
"This core set of genes is"the smallest common denominator that microbes need to have to become functional,
which can end up toying with the cell's core genes and functions, resulting in a"sick"cell.
Rather than risk compromising the cell's core genes and functions, a new engineering approach could involve building the cell starting with the core set
and adding on the extra desired functions, like chemical production. The PNAS paper presents the minimum core components that are absolutely necessary to include in the blueprints of an engineered cell."
"By defining the vital set of genes and functions that need to always be present in a cell to sustain life,
Defining the core set of genes and functions for cellular life In this study the researchers defined the core set of genes
and functions as the"paleome,"referring to the ancestral genes and proteins that are at the heart of sustaining life for microbial cells."
"Our paleome definition is representative of core function not only in the well-studied strain of E coli,
rather than just relying on traditional chemical screens, says Hubbard, an assistant professor of pharmacology in the University of Albertas Faculty of medicine & Dentistry.
"The University of Bristol's pioneering'Quantum in the Cloud'is the first and only service to make a quantum processor publicly accessible
#A new material for transparent electronics he performance of solar cells, flat panel displays, and other electronics are limited by today's materials.
The development of high-performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOS) is critical to many technologies ranging from flat panel displays to solar cells.
and their small footprint offers large storage capacity all these attributes make them well suited to new data storage applications or high-resolution displays.
or in displays with resolutions that have thus far been hard to attain.""This makes possible displays along the lines of the Kindle reader with a pixel size that is thousand times smaller and a much faster response time,
"the scientist explains s
#New research could help build computers from DNA Scientists have found a way to'switch'the structure of DNA using copper salts
An embedded system with common peripherals. To understand the new technique, you have to know a little about embedded systems.
One part consists of"power stage"hardware that controls the storage and flow of power.
The controller can be designed a specifically circuit or a separate processor which runs special control software.
and incorporated the power converter software into the embedded system processor. These methods guarantee that the other software on the embedded system's processor will not disturb the power converter's correct operation,
"Dean explains.""This eliminates the need for a separate processor or controller circuit on the power converter itself,
which in turn makes the overall system less expensive.""It also makes the embedded system smaller, lighter and more flexible."
"Because the embedded system software and power converter software are using a shared processor on a single chip,
#Turning clothing into information displays Researchers from Holst Centre (set up by TNO and imec), imec and CMST,
imec associated lab at Ghent University, have demonstrated the world first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor (TFT) driven LED display laminated into textiles.
This paves the way to wearable displays in clothing providing users with feedback. Wearable devices such as healthcare monitors and activity trackers are now a part of everyday life for many people.
Today wearables are separate devices that users must remember to wear. The next step forward will be to integrate these devices into our clothing.
A key step towards realizing wearable devices in clothing is creating displays that can be integrated into textiles to allow interaction with the wearer. earable devices allow people to monitor their fitness
The conformable display is very thin and mechanically stretchable. A fine-grain version of the proven meander interconnect technology was developed by the CMST lab at Ghent University
and Holst Centre to link standard (rigid) LEDS into a flexible and stretchable display. The LED displays are fabricated on a polyimide substrate
and encapsulated in rubber, allowing the displays to be laminated in to textiles that can be washed.
Importantly, the technology uses fabrication steps that are known to the manufacturing industry enabling rapid industrialization.
Following an initial demonstration at the Society for Information Display Display Week in San jose, USA earlier this year, Holst Centre has presented the next generation of the display at the International Meeting on Information Display
These second-generation displays offer higher pitch and increased, average brightness. The presentation will feature a 32x32 pixel demonstrator with a resolution of 13 pixels per inch (ppi) and average brightness above 200 candelas per square meter (cd/m2.
"could lead to ultracompact optical systems such as advanced microscopes, displays, sensors, and cameras that can be mass-produced using the same photolithography techniques used to manufacture computer microchips."
Manipulating the polarization of light is essential for the operation of advanced microscopes, cameras, and displays;
We replaced the molecular dyes in previous LSC systems with core/shell nanoparticles composed of cadmium selenide (Cdse) cores
As well as offering new opportunities for industry, it will stimulate the search for even better basic catalysts
Catalysts come in multiple forms including: acids, solid metal nanoparticles, and large protein molecules or enzymes in human bodies.
Ninety percent of industrially important chemicals are made using catalysts. It is a major field in applied science;
an extremely useful chemical in industry for making plastics. his study opens a new way for designing metal-based catalysts with complexities, for example, geometry and composition, promoters and poisons, defects,
#Inexpensive new carbon-based catalysts can be tuned fine Researchers at MIT and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a new type of catalyst that can be tuned to promote desired chemical reactions,
Catalysts enhance the rate of a chemical reaction but are consumed not in the process. As a result, the repeated action of very small amounts of a catalyst can have large and long-lasting effects.
By finding a way to make this material tunable in the same ways as molecular catalysts
In addition to their possible uses in fuel cells, such new catalysts could also be useful for enhancing chemical reactions,
invisibility cloaks could prove useful for 3d displays s
#Physicists discover spiral vortex patterns from electron waves In their new study("Electron Vortices in Photoionization by Circularly Polarized Attosecond Pulses),
and printer right at the hospital to create custom nerve guides right on site to restore nerve function."
#New frontiers in 3d printing Three dimensional printing is revolutionizing the production of new devices and structures, including soft robots,
for the first time, allow for the simultaneous control of composition and geometry during printing. Lewis is a Core Faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard university and the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of engineering and Applied sciences (SEAS.
The goal of integrating different material and structural properties within printed objects has demanded the invention of new, flexible printing platforms.
For example, to print a functional"wearable device including its electronic components, a 3d printer would need to seamlessly transition from the flexible material that moves with the wearer joints to the rigid material that holds the electronic components.
This is a crucial step in creating a new generation of foldable electronics-think a flat-screen television that can be rolled up for easy portability-and implantable medical devices.
The researchers used mouse embryonic fibroblast cells to determine biocompatibility; that, along with the fact that the stretchability of gold nanomesh on a slippery substrate resembles the bioenvironment of tissue
Electronic exchange of data between processors and the memory limits the speed of modern computers.
it is not sufficient to optically connect memory and processor, as the optical signals have to be converted into electric signals again.
but also with latest processors, Professor Harish Bhaskaran of Oxford university adds. The new memory can store data for decades even
and our approach can define a new speed limit for future processors, by delivering extremely fast on-chip optical data storage In addition,
With low-cost fabrication, long-term stability and a wide palette of colors, they have become a building blocks of the display technology,
This way, researchers were able to compress the inner core, creating the intense internal electric field.
Unlike most 3-D printing, this technique does not require photoinitiators, compounds that promote photoreactivity
"If we can use SPRNT to screen for drugs that specifically disrupt the functioning of these proteins,
Using mouse models, the researchers tested their sunblock against direct ultraviolet rays and their ability to cause sunburn.
potentially outperforming traditional monitoring tools such as cardiac event monitors. The researchers published a paper on their patent-pending process in Advanced Materials.
which is similar in scope to 3-D printing but different in that material is removed instead of added.
"We are trying to add more types of sensors including blood pressure and oxygen saturation monitors to the low-cost patch
They are expected also to be used for precise color matching in light-emitting devices and displays,
These attributes should lead to new LEDS and display devices not only with precisely matched colors--better color accuracy and brightness--but also with improved performance lifetime and improved ease of manufacturing."
"QDS are already in use in display devices (e g. Amazon Kindle and a new Samsung TV
we believe it will be much easier to manufacture a full-scale processor chip than for any of the leading designs,
"He said that a key next step for the project is to identify the right industry partners to work with to manufacture the full-scale quantum processor chip.
Such a full-scale quantum processor would have major applications in the finance, security and healthcare sectors, allowing the identification
These microscopic widgets could be customized into incredibly sensitive chemical detectors or long-lasting catalysts, to name a few possible applications.
The nanosheet layers include a water-repelling core (yellow), peptoid backbones (white), and charged sidechains (magenta and cyan).
next-generation health monitoring devices such as electronic stick-on tattoos (see for instance"wearing single-walled carbon nanotube electronics on your skin",a"temporary tattoo to monitor glucose levels"or"graphene nanosensor tattoo
on teeth monitors bacteria in your mouth")."In order for these wearable sensor devices to become fully integrated into sophisticated monitoring systems,
faster processors and more storage space. Standard memory devices are based on electrons which are displaced by applying voltage.
antifouling materials developed in the lab of Joanna Aizenberg, the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials science and core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard university.
especially in printing highly viscous and sticky biological and polymeric materials where friction and contamination are major obstacles.
and make the processor work.""This architecture gives us the dense packing and parallel operation essential for scaling up the size of the quantum processor,"says Scientia Professor Sven Rogge, Head of the UNSW School of Physics."
"Ultimately, the structure is scalable to millions of qubits, required for a full-scale quantum processor."
"Background In classical computers, data is rendered as binary bits, which are always in one of two states:
#Researchers create transplantation model for 3-D printed constructs Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer,
Bioengineering graduate student Samantha Paulsen and research technician Anderson Ta worked together to develop a proof-of-concept construct--a small silicone gel about the size of a small candy gummy bear--using 3-D printing.
Using an open-source 3-D printer that lays down individual filaments of sugar glass one layer at a time
Professor Wallace said. his paves the way for the use of more sophisticated printers to create structures with much finer resolution. 3d printing of layered brain-like structures using peptide modified gellan gum substrates
The facile ability to form discrete cell-containing layers validates the application of this novel printing technique to form complex, layered and viable 3d cell structures.
10.1073/pnas. 1502134112abstractlarge-scale evidence of dependency length minimization in 37 languagesexplaining the variation between human languages and the constraints on that variation is a core goal of linguistics.
The rats were asked to choose between two identical visual shapes by pressing their nose against one of them on a touchscreen (similar to an ipad), in exchange for rewards in the form of sugar pellets.
Full open access research for mall-Molecule-Driven Direct Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts into Functional Neuronsby Xiang Li, Xiaohan Zuo, Junzhan Jing, Yantao Ma,
The brain tissue here was mouse cerebral cortex. The rapid freezing method is able to prevent the water in the tissue from forming crystals,
DARPA portfolio of neurotechnology programs includes the Restoring Active Memory (RAM) and Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) programs,
mouse model of Alzheimer disease developed at the RIKEN BSI by Takaomi Saido team. After showing how Scales treatment can preserve tissue,
-based screen in which the activity of each gene under investigation was knocked down, or silenced, to examine its effects on mitochondrial calcium levels.
and represent it on a computer screen. In this article, Inserm researchers, using MRI, have succeeded in detecting natural shear waves in the brain using computational techniques borrowed from seismologists
Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical school and Boston University have shown successfully neuroprotection in a Parkinson mouse model using new techniques to deliver drugs across the naturally impenetrable blood-brain barrier.
The Ohio-based company says its printing system can package potent drug doses of up to 1, 000 milligrams into individual tablets.
battery and display technology are all going to receive big overhauls. What likely to be includedthe big advancement with the iphone 6s we are likely to see is Force Touch screen technology reports Business Insider.
Apple debuted this new type of display with the Apple Watch and new Macbook earlier this year,
where the device can detect different pressures used when touching the screen. For example, when using the Apple Watch,
you can press down with slightly more force to change the watch face. Even though it hasn been announced yet,
While Apple fiddling around with the screen technology, it also expected that both models will receive a higher screen resolution for a clearer display.
It also rumoured that they will finally have a sapphire glass screen which will help keep it protected from scratches and shattering when dropped.
Apple has been putting a lot of emphasis on the iphone as a photography device, and that looking to take a step even further with the iphone 6s.
so don expect any new screen sizes or a new design. At best, they might introduce a new colour,
Alphabet will be comprised of the core Google business including internet search, mapping and Youtube along with newer businesses that will be managed separately, such as Google Fiber, Nest and the investment arm Google Ventures.
will be CEO of the core Google business. Under the new structure, Page said the ewer Google is slimmed a bit down,
and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens,
it has launched a variety of projects in recent years that are related marginally at best to its core operation.
Google also invented a new typeface called roduct Sansthat is meant to resemble the simple printing in a grade-school book.
The overhaul also will change the appearance of the letter that Google uses as its shorthand logo on the smaller screens of smartphones and other mobile devices.
he told Motherboard. ur biggest initial worry was about whether it would stay on the tail,
People in intensive care are hooked already up to a host of monitors, which together keep track of numerous parameters including heart rate and levels of glucose and oxygen in the blood.
People in intensive care are hooked already up to a host of monitors which keep track of things such as heart rate and levels of glucose and oxygen in the blood.
Van der Wiel hopes the research will lead to specialised processors that can solve problems such as pattern recognition
Van der Wiel hopes the work will lead to specialised processors that can solve problems that are difficult for computers, such as pattern recognition.
It works like a scaffold, allowing the printing of intricate patterns that would collapse without its support such as nested Russian-doll-like structures and thin
Printing into supportive gel gets around that challenge preventing the creations from sagging or buckling before they solidify.
and diagnosis. Catheline hopes his technique will eventually help doctors diagnose diseases and monitor the success of their treatment.
An invisibility cloak built for a mouse could hide warm bodies from predators with thermal vision
using it to hunt down their prey. e want to simulate the scene of catching a mouse,
leaving a 2. 7-centimetre-wide cavity in the middle for the toy mouse. The camera was placed on one side.
The germanium sent infrared rays from behind the mouse on a curved path around the cavity, then bent them back into straight lines for the camera,
#Your Pill Is Printing: FDA Approves First 3-D-Printed Drug In a first, the Food and Drug Administration has given approval to a drug that is produced on a 3-D printer.
The pill, produced by Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, treats seizures. It's expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2016.
"The new tablets are manufactured using 3-D printing, which creates objects by very precisely spewing out one layer of a substance on top of another. 3-D printing is being used to make all sorts of things these days."
"The FDA had approved previously medical devices made with 3-D printing. The company that makes Spritam says the 3-D-printed version of the drug allows it to dissolve more quickly,
which makes it easier to swallow.""Another benefit of the process, says Aprecia, the drug's maker, is that it allows a high drug load up to 1,
Aprecia says it based its printing platform on technology that originated at the Massachusetts institute of technology o
They manufactured the implant with a $1. 3 million metal printer at a government-run lab. The printer uses an electron beam to melt titanium powder,
The printer then paints each layer of the device one on top of another.""As each layer is fused,
As metallic printers become more common, she wrote, so will printed 3-D implants. Surgeons typically use a combination of flat plates,
The 3-D printing technology allowed the surgeons to create an implant that"fitted like glove"in the man's chest, Dr. Jose Aranda
We can use them to make more efficient displays for mobile devices, sensors with greater resolution,
When the DWLS is done printing, a much thicker layer of liquid crystal is applied, amplifying the pattern on the underlying thin film.
just like a regular printer. And it can also vary the intensity of the light.
Down to earth applications In addition to astronomy, the DWLS has found use in creating geometric phase holograms for use in mobile displays, holographic imaging,
For example, Escuti's university startup company, Imagineoptix Corporation, has created technologies ranging from an ultra-efficient pocket projector the size of a few quarters to components for active photonic hardware supporting internet traffic."
First, the laser pulse ploughs through a plasma consisting of positively charged atomic cores and their electrons like a ship through water, producing a wake of oscillating electrons.
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