Tiny tango: Device sorts microscopic particles with speed and precision
...uang said the device could also result in improved ink jet printers, which produce better results if the ink particles are sized precisely. The researchers are now working to make a tango array for e...Genetic sequence identified for anti-bacterial sea slug protein
...anti-microbial protein called Escapin found in the ink of the common Aplysia sea slug or hare. The findin...countering predators, sea slugs discharge a purple ink containing Escapin which chemically resembles toxins of some venomous snakes. Among its properties, ...New polyelectrolyte inks create fine-scale structures through direct writing
... inks, and represents a major step forward in both ink design and pattern resolution," said Lewis, a Will...ecular engineering at Illinois. "Because this new ink is based solely on polyelectrolyte mixtures rather than colloidal particles, we are able to produce ...NSF news tips - September 22, 2003
...n Sign Language, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ink jet printers and tissue engineering. The NSF CAREER program, which has supported three of the Brilliant 10, recognizes research and education excellence by those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the future; NSF m...UCSD scientists develop novel way to screen molecules
...they wanted to attach to this surface to the empty ink wells of an inkjet printer cartridge and used the printer to "print" the molecules onto the CD. This resulted in a CD with molecules bound to its readable surface in specific locations relative to the pits in the metal layer of the CD encoding the d...Fabricated microvascular networks could create compact fluidic factories
...nic ink. A computer-controlled robot squeezes the ink out of a syringe, almost like a cake decorator, building the scaffold layer by layer. "The ink exits the nozzle as a continuous, rod-like filament that is deposited onto a moving platform, yieldi...Death by color: Spiny spiders' bright stripes attract prey
... striped dorsal surface on the spiders' backs with ink from a black felt-tip pen. Spiders with the black dorsal surface caught less prey than spiders with their normal colorful stripes. Repeatedly he found that the blackened spiny spider always attracted and caught less prey. "Perhaps the colors and patt...Lithographic technique creates neuronal networks in a dish
...ame as a conventional rubber stamp except that the ink is polylysine (an artificial polymer commonly used for cell culture) and the patterns produced are measured in micrometers, or the same size as the cells themselves," Wheeler said. To culture nerve cells in a dish, Wheeler works with graduate student...NLM exhibit features Nobelist Joshua Lederberg
...essed this desire in a short essay in smudged blue ink on school-lined paper: "I would like to be a scientist of mathematics like Einstein. I would study science and discover a few theories of science." This piece of early writing can be seen at a small exhibit at the National Library of Medicine on the ...Birds Of A Feather: The Physics Of Flocks
...ransmitted throughthe entire material. But like an ink drop spreading through a cup of water,diffusion is slow and the errors are more burdensome as they are shared by fewerbirds. In the bird flocking model, it is truly the convection process thatmakes the difference. Future Directions The theory of ...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...ers, adhesives, paints and coatings, and to remove ink from recycledpaper. The synthesis can also make very pure but low-cost lactate ester, aningredient of biodegradable plastics and other products. Argonne's industrialpartner (NTEC Inc.) plans to open a demonstration plant in 1999, followed byfull-scal...Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
...as well as theenvironmental impacts from paper and ink manufacturing and use. Advanceddisplay systems may imitate paper in their flexibility and portability. Oneapproach will project images directly on the retina of the eye. Thiscapability, coupled with a cellular phone, could provide everyone from co......ute by dragging its sting along the ground like an ink pen andleaves traces of this four-part chemical cocktail from its poison gland. "The chemical is a recruitment pheromone," Kern continued, "and when ants sensethe pheromone, they become excited enough to follow the trail back to the prey-- perhaps a ...