By manipulating different types of light, including UV and visible light, researchers are able to alter the critical temperatures of superconducting materials. This finding adds to a growing toolbox for controlling and improving the technology.
Aug 27th, 2012
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The European Commission's Expert Advisory Group on nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies published five orientation papers with recommendations on how innovation in the industrial technology sectors could be better supported in the future, for instance, with Horizon 2020.
Aug 27th, 2012
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Control of siRNA could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy
Aug 27th, 2012
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Scientists have now introduced a specific detection method for the explosive TNT that can be used to detect even a single molecule.
Aug 27th, 2012
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Dr. Twan Lammers von der RWTH Aachen erh�lt den vom Europ�ischen Forschungsrat (ERC) vergebenen Starting Grant f�r sein Forschungsvorhaben "Neoadjuvant Nanomedicines for vascular Normalization" (NeoNaNo).
Aug 27th, 2012
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Large advance toward realization of technology for manipulation of magnetic information with low current density 1/100,000th that of conventional technology.
Aug 27th, 2012
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With laser beams, molecules can be fixed at exactly the right position in a three dimensional material. The new method developed at the Vienna University of Technology can be used to grow biological tissue or to create micro sensors.
Aug 27th, 2012
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The NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) developed a nanostructured sheets film which is capable of introducing designated genes into animal cells, and demonstrated the safety and efficacy of the new nanosheets film as a substrate for reverse gene transfection.
Aug 27th, 2012
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Researchers have managed to discover a meaningful model for performance of biomolecules in magnetic fields by studying the effects of magnetic nanoparticles on the enzyme activity of Flavobacterium, modified with magnetic nanoparticles.
Aug 27th, 2012
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To control the three-dimensional shape of engineered tissue, researchers grow cells on tiny, sponge-like scaffolds. These devices can be implanted into patients or used in the lab to study tissue responses to potential drugs.
Aug 27th, 2012
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Harvard scientists have, for the first, time created a type of 'cyborg' tissue by embedding a three-dimensional network of functional, bio-compatible nanoscale wires into engineered human tissues.
Aug 26th, 2012
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Caltech-led physicists create first-ever mechanical device that measures the mass of a single molecule.
Aug 26th, 2012
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A revolutionary tool created by scientists at the University of Sheffield has enabled researchers to analyse nanometer-sized devices without destroying them for the first time, opening the door to a new wave of technologies.
Aug 26th, 2012
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The proposed approach offers a better control over the type and quality of the resulting products as the involved laser processing is handled in a more facile manner.
Aug 26th, 2012
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Researchers managed to fabricate oriented strand boards (OSB) from low quality paulownia wood by using nanoclay and nanosilica.
Aug 25th, 2012
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The same type of microwave oven technology that most people use to heat up leftover food has found an important application in the solar energy industry, providing a new way to make thin-film photovoltaic products with less energy, expense and environmental concerns.
Aug 24th, 2012
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