NASA Television today will broadcast a video that describes how scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley have invented a breakthrough biological method to make ultra-small structures that may be used to produce electronics 10 timer to 100 times smaller than today’s components. As part of their new method, researchers used modified proteins from ‘extremophile’ microbes that live in near-boiling, acidic hot springs to grow mesh-like structures so small that an electron microscope is needed to see them.
For more information about the video, contact Victoria Steiner, 650/604-0176 or by e-mail at: Victoria.L.Steiner@nasa.gov. NASA Television is broadcast on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz. The video file normally airs weekdays at noon (EST), with replays at 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., midnight, 3 a.m. and 9 a.m., but the schedule is subject to change. Please click on “NTV video file” at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ for schedule changes. For more information about the new method, contact John Bluck, 650/604-5026, e-mail: John.G.Bluck@nasa.gov or visit:
