MEMSuniverse » Institute http://www.memsuniverse.com A Passion for Creativity & Innovation Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:57:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Searching for New Treatments for Pediatric Cancer – Childrens Hospital Los Angeles http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/searching-for-new-treatments-for-pediatric-cancer-childrens-hospital-los-angeles.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/searching-for-new-treatments-for-pediatric-cancer-childrens-hospital-los-angeles.html#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 23:29:41 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=1620 Dr. Timothy Triche and his team at The Saban Research Institute at our hospital are working to find better and safer treatments for children with cancer. His team is developing nanotechnology in order to deliver targeted chemotherapy payloads directly to the cancer cells, leaving the healthy cells in tact.

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]]> http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/searching-for-new-treatments-for-pediatric-cancer-childrens-hospital-los-angeles.html/feed 0 Swiss Microrobot Playing “Pac Man” I http://www.memsuniverse.com/mems/swiss-microrobot-playing-pac-man-i.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/mems/swiss-microrobot-playing-pac-man-i.html#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:30:32 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=1388 A gold/nickel microrobot of 300x300x70 micrometer (10^-6 m) dashing through a maze of photoresist walls. The robot is controlled by visual servoing, ie the user clicks a spot and the computer steers it there. The robot and required system was built by a team of researches at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and won the RoboCup in the Nanogram League 2007. For more information see other videos and comments, our webpage (http://www.iris.ethz.ch/msrl/research/special/nanogram …

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]]> http://www.memsuniverse.com/mems/swiss-microrobot-playing-pac-man-i.html/feed 9 DNA and nanotechnology (Hao Yan) http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/dna-and-nanotechnology-hao-yan.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/dna-and-nanotechnology-hao-yan.html#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:14:28 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=925 The Biodesign Institutes Hao Yan uses DNA as a nanotechnology building block for biosensors, bioelectronics and human health applications.

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]]> http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/dna-and-nanotechnology-hao-yan.html/feed 0 Self-Assembling Nanoliter Containers http://www.memsuniverse.com/microfabrication/self-assembling-nanoliter-containers.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/microfabrication/self-assembling-nanoliter-containers.html#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:42:14 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=839 Nanotechnology, the new science of extreme miniaturization, is a rapidly growing field in engineering. On this size scale, it is extremely difficult and expensive to fabricate analogs of macroscale engineering, such as grippers. Drawing inspiration from biological fabrication in nature, engineers are seeking to self-assemble structures from the bottom up. This manufacturing paradigm has been largely unexplored in human engineering since the process is generally perceived to be indeterminable and uncontrollable.

The Gracias Lab at Johns Hopkins has developed a relatively easy, precise, and cost-effective process by which the 2D templates of semi-tethered “faces” can self-assemble into controlled 3D structures by utilizing the natural phenomena of surface tension. This video highlights the development, manufacturing process, and proposed functions (cell encapsulation devices and controlled drug delivery carriers) of our self-assembling nanoliter containers.

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]]> http://www.memsuniverse.com/microfabrication/self-assembling-nanoliter-containers.html/feed 0 Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting – Sir J. Fraser Stoddart http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/nanotechnology-town-hall-meeting-sir-j-fraser-stoddart.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/nanotechnology-town-hall-meeting-sir-j-fraser-stoddart.html#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:35:10 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=646 On Wednesday, May 13, 2008, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry of Northwestern University, discussed the fundamentals of nanotechnology in plain English as part of the University’s third nanotechnology town hall meeting.

This is a short video feature on Sir Fraser and his presentation produced by Northwestern University in conjunction with Mike Anzaldi.

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]]> http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/nanotechnology-town-hall-meeting-sir-j-fraser-stoddart.html/feed 1 Using Carbon Nanotubes To Seek and Destroy Anthrax Toxin http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/using-carbon-nanotubes-to-seek-and-destroy-anthrax-toxin.html http://www.memsuniverse.com/nanotechnology/using-carbon-nanotubes-to-seek-and-destroy-anthrax-toxin.html#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:14:59 +0000 admin http://www.memsuniverse.com/?p=212 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light.

The technique lends itself to the creation of new antibacterial and antimicrobial films to help curb the spread of germs, and also holds promise for new methods of seeking out and killing tumors in the human body.

Full Story at: http://nanotechnologytoday.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-carbon-nanotubes-to-seek-and.html

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