Researchers report the successful use of "near-infrared fluorescence labeling" to track the behavior of injected stem cells in brain-injured rats.
Mar 24th, 2011
Read moreFive teams have been selected as finalists for Friday's (March 25) Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition, an inaugural business plan competition led by Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame with prizes totaling $57,000.
Mar 24th, 2011
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Girl Scouts 'Go Nano' event, 'Nano in the Mall' program and community presentations to highlight CNSE's leadership in the emerging nanotechnology economy.
Mar 24th, 2011
Read moreThere is a big demand for flash memories that can store even more data. However, it is now necessary to use new materials and technologies to improve flash memories and researchers worldwide are trying different approaches to achieve this aim. The project REALISE has developed a material and a processing technique now ready for industrial application.
Mar 24th, 2011
Read moreResearchers in Sweden have invented an improved pump, called an electroosmotic pump, which can be placed in a "microfluidic chip". Such chips, sometimes called "lab-on-a-chip" devices, contain miniaturized versions of the beakers and test tubes found in chemistry laboratories interconnected by tiny pipes. Rather than using moving parts, the new pump moves fluids in these pipes via an electric current. The fluids to be pumped can be biological samples such as blood, urine or saliva for medical devices.
Mar 24th, 2011
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Forschern ist es gelungen, ohne mechanische Einwirkung isolierte Graphenschichten herzustellen und diese in nur einem weiteren Schritt mit massgeschneiderten Eigenschaften auszustatten.
Mar 24th, 2011
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Engineers devise a new way to inspect advanced materials used to build airplanes.
Mar 24th, 2011
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Stanford has significantly upgraded its nanotechnology research with a new Nano Center, providing faculty with some of the world's best nanoscale research facilities.
Mar 24th, 2011
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Scientists have introduced a novel contrast agent that marks tumor cells in vitro. The dye is a phosphorescent ruthenium complex incorporated into nanoparticles of a metal-organic coordination polymer, which allows an extraordinarily high level of dye loading.
Mar 23rd, 2011
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A highly sensitive sensor that combines a variety of testing means (electrochemistry, spectroscopy and selective partitioning) into one device has been developed at the University of Cincinnati. It's already been tested in a variety of settings - including testing for components in nuclear waste.
Mar 23rd, 2011
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Researchers at Rice University have created a synthetic material that gets stronger from repeated stress much like the body strengthens bones and muscles after repeated workouts.
Mar 23rd, 2011
Read moreA Syracuse University chemist has developed a way to use very low frequency light waves to study the weak forces (London dispersion forces) that hold molecules together in a crystal. This fundamental research could be applied to solve critical problems in drug research, manufacturing and quality control.
Mar 23rd, 2011
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Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used small-angle neutron scattering to analyze the structure of chlorosomes in green photosynthetic bacteria.
Mar 23rd, 2011
Read moreBuilding on the success of the past two years, the N.C. Office of Science and Technology will host the 2011 N.C. Nanotechnology Commercialization Conference at the UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Student Center on March 29-30. The third annual conference brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, researchers, and investors to accelerate the commercialization of nanotechnology and drive economic development.
Mar 23rd, 2011
Read moreA recently patented adhesive made by Kansas State University researchers could become a staple in every astronaut's toolbox. The patent, "pH dependent adhesive peptides", covers an adhesive made from peptides -- a compound containing two or more amino acids that link together -- that increases in strength as moisture is removed.
Mar 23rd, 2011
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Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg in Germany have developed a method to uncover the combined effects of genes. The method should help scientists understand how different genes can amplify, cancel out or mask the effects of each other.
Mar 23rd, 2011
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