Archive for Bioengineering
Clean air through paving stones
In German cities the allowable limits for harmful nitrogen oxide are regularly exceeded. An important contribution to environmental protection are now to provide new paving stones. They are coated with nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and nitrogen oxide can reduce concentrations in the air. The air quality in Germany, it is not very good. As evidenced [...]
Promotion of materials science and materials technology will be expanded
Whether in medicine, the automobile and environmental technology – an industry hardly needs no innovative materials. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is therefore planning to extend the promotion for the materials and materials research in the coming years. The priorities are in a 10-point program on materials and materials research outlines, developed [...]
Nano insulation against climate change
German subsidiary of the Rockwool Group aims to revolutionize the building insulation. Not only the federal government believes that the systematic use with mini – particles, the so-called nanotechnology revolutionize the world is. Nanotechnology is the umbrella term for a wide range become of technologies such as in the chemical and electronics industries be used [...]
Eat or not transgenic salmon?
The FDA maintains doubts about the safety of using the transgenic salmon as food for humans and the approval of AquAdvantage Salmon (AAS) developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc. will have to wait for it to resolve some of the issues have not yet been clarified with the data presented by the company. Apparently there [...]
New microfluidic chip to discriminate bacteria
A new method of classification and identification of bacteria “on a chip” has been developed by biomedical engineers at National Taiwan University, Cheng Kung. The researchers created microchannels to sort, trap and identify bacteria, using rough glass slides patterned with gold electrodes. The technique uses a larger surface Raman spectroscopy. This type of spectroscopy is [...]
Silicone implants to recharge the battery
The traditional use of Silicone implants Surgical is limited to cosmetic reasons, but researchers at the University of Princeton have had a much more original idea : to create silicone implants that generate electricity taking advantage of body movements. Is it possible in future to recharge your mobile phone or MP3 with the constant movement [...]
