News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Research Office)

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new way of measuring atomic-scale magnetic fields with great precision, not only up and down but sideways as well. The new tool could be useful in applications as diverse as mapping the electrical impulses inside a firing neuron, characterizing new magnetic materials, and probing exotic quantum-physical phenomena.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Research Office)

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new way of measuring atomic-scale magnetic fields with great precision, not only up and down but sideways as well. The new tool could be useful in applications as diverse as mapping the electrical impulses inside a firing neuron, characterizing new magnetic materials, and probing exotic quantum-physical phenomena.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Using nanotechnology, University of Central Florida researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson's, depression and some cancers. The new technique requires only a few drops of blood, and results are available in minutes instead of hours, because no separate lab is necessary to process the sample.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Using nanotechnology, University of Central Florida researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson's, depression and some cancers. The new technique requires only a few drops of blood, and results are available in minutes instead of hours, because no separate lab is necessary to process the sample.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a new biological sensor that could help clinicians better diagnose cancer and epilepsy. Biological sensors monitor small molecules, ions, and protons and are vital as medical diagnostic tools.

(Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy)

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a new biological sensor that could help clinicians better diagnose cancer and epilepsy. Biological sensors monitor small molecules, ions, and protons and are vital as medical diagnostic tools.

(Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation)

A new system for synthesizing quantum dots across the entire spectrum of visible light drastically reduces manufacturing costs, can be tuned on demand to any color, and allows for real-time process monitoring to ensure quality control.

(Funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation)

A new system for synthesizing quantum dots across the entire spectrum of visible light drastically reduces manufacturing costs, can be tuned on demand to any color, and allows for real-time process monitoring to ensure quality control.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have engineered living cells so they can act as a starting point for building composite materials. Using living cells as "materials scaffolds" could lead to a new class of materials, called engineered living materials, that might open the door to self-healing materials and other applications in bioelectronics, biosensing, and smart materials.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have engineered living cells so they can act as a starting point for building composite materials. Using living cells as "materials scaffolds" could lead to a new class of materials, called engineered living materials, that might open the door to self-healing materials and other applications in bioelectronics, biosensing, and smart materials.