Microbiological treatment can remove selenium nanoparticles from environment
A new study funded by the European Union has demonstrated that unsafe levels of selenium, sometimes referred to as an 'essential toxin', can be reduced by a microbiological treatment
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreExperiments confirm calculations of the ideal strength of graphene
The ideal strength refers to the highest achievable strength of a defect-free crystal at 0 K. It is a crucial theoretical parameter because it plays a critical role in characterizing the nature of chemical bonding of the crystal.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreNew findings on how cancer cells develop chemotherapy drug resistance
Researchers have shown that increased expression of a gene called SIRT1 in cancer cells plays a significant role in the development of resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreCientificos espanoles patentan una celula solar un 30% mas eficiente
Un equipo de investigadores del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienificas (CSIC) ha patentado un nuevo tipo de celula solar cuya eficiencia es hasta un 30% superior a las celulas solares convencionales.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreBrandeis is smallest university to join elite group of universities with a materials research center
Brandeis University has won a highly competitive $7.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreFirst three-dimensional synchronization circuitry runs at 1.4 gigahertz
The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4 gigahertz at the University of Rochester.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreCould nanotechnology solve the water crisis?
Researchers in India explain how carbon nanotubes could replace conventional materials in water-purification systems.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreNanopartikel als Kuriere in der Krebstherapie
Prof. Dr. Katharina Landfester, neue Direktorin am Max-Planck-Institut fuer Polymerforschung in Mainz, untersucht, wie Nanopartikel als Kuriere unter anderem in der Krebstherapie eingesetzt werden koennen.
Posted: Sep 15th, 2008
Read moreNew method cuts waste in making most efficient solar cells
University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost of such cells by reducing the waste and breakage of the brittle semiconductor.
Posted: Sep 14th, 2008
Read moreThree scientists share 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Top US medical science award honors discovery of small regulatory RNAs.
Posted: Sep 13th, 2008
Read moreSymposium: Transnational Models for Regulation of Nanotechnology
The University of Dayton School of Law's Intellectual Property Law Society and its Program in Law and Technology are hosting 'Transnational Models for Regulation of Nanotechnology' on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology pioneer honored at Montana State University
Professor Trevor Douglas has been appointed Letters and Science Distinguished Professors at Montana State University.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
Read moreCornell brings its medical researchers closer to cutting-edge nanotechnology
Symposium on nanomedicine to introduce new nanotechnology facility office at New York's Weill Cornell Medical College.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
Read moreNanofiltration method could play a role in search for innovative drinking water treatments
In industrialized countries water utilities are ageing and need to be renewed. In partnership with the water sector, the aquatic research institute Eawag is identifying ways of ensuring that high-quality drinking water supplies remain available in the future.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
Read moreQuadrupole DNA sequencing
Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is exploring how a system of nanotubes, magnets and electrically charged particles could lead to a quicker, cheaper way to conduct DNA sequencing.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
Read moreExploiting quantum entanglement could lead to a million times more efficient detectors
A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.
Posted: Sep 12th, 2008
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