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• Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing
• A personalized robot companion for older people
• New rechargeable flow battery could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage
• First driverless vehicle to hit the roads
• Small, fast and not so demanding: Breakthrough in memory technologies could bring faster computing, smaller memory devices and lower power consumption
• Electrochemical step towards a better hydrogen storage
• Better batteries? Going beyond the surface of oxide films
• Slug glue: A future with no sutures?

Nanosensors could aid drug manufacturing Posted: 16 Aug 2013 10:03 AM PDT Chemical engineers have discovered that arrays of billions of nanoscale sensors have unique properties that could help pharmaceutical companies produce drugs -- especially those based on antibodies -- more safely and efficiently.

A personalized robot companion for older people Posted: 16 Aug 2013 09:56 AM PDT A highly customizable robot companion offers support to older people. It could find its way into people's homes within two or three years, potentially greatly enhancing quality of life for older citizens and people with memory or mobility problems.

New rechargeable flow battery could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:48 AM PDT Researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn't rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The design may support the widespread use of solar and wind energy.

First driverless vehicle to hit the roads Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:46 AM PDT Singapore's first clean and green driverless shuttle transportation system will soon see passengers shuttling between Nanyang Technological University and JTC Corporation's CleanTech Park.

Small, fast and not so demanding: Breakthrough in memory technologies could bring faster computing, smaller memory devices and lower power consumption Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:02 AM PDT Researchers have developed a simple magnetization progress that could lead to a new generation of faster, smaller and less expensive memory technologies. "Magnetless spin memory" eliminates the need for permanent magnets in memory devices, opening the door to many technological applications.

Electrochemical step towards a better hydrogen storage Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:02 AM PDT Good metal-based systems for hydrogen storage cannot be developed without knowing how this element permeates through metals. Researchers have managed to apply a user-friendly electrochemical method to study hydrogen diffusion in highly reactive metals.

Better batteries? Going beyond the surface of oxide films Posted: 13 Aug 2013 05:14 PM PDT Better batteries, catalysts, electronic information storage and processing devices are among potential benefits of an unexpected discovery made by scientists using samples isolated from the atmosphere.

Slug glue: A future with no sutures? Posted: 13 Aug 2013 05:09 PM PDT The goo that some slugs produce may someday lead to breakthroughs in medical adhesives.

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