In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without damaging nearby healthy cells.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2009
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Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite?s potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in integrated circuit logic design.
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Virtual characters, or avatars, will be part of a new learning tool designed to attract and retain young European science students. An EU-funded project is developing a programme that emphasises teaching scientific concepts in an interactive environment. The main purpose of the three-year project is to get students more involved in the learning process and to capture their interest in science.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2009
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The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th.
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Nanotechnology products 'Made in Germany' were the focus of a joint presentation of industrial companies and research institutions at the NanoKorea Fair in Seoul
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To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements.
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First grant recipient in India and Synopsys plan to establish new lab dedicated to advanced CAD research.
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In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2009
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have demonstrated electroluminescence by using highly aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
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You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities.
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A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has been awarded $2.3 million in three grants to further groundbreaking developments in the prevention of lethal cancer metastasis and take his team's findings to the first clinical trial of its kind.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2009
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An article published last week within the Journal of the Royal Society 'Interface', presents an objective review of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk research and regulation.
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The technique uses carbon nanotubes and synthetic DNA fragments that activate an electric signal when they link up with the pathogen.
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Grosse Elektronikzulieferer wie Bosch suchen seit Jahren nach einem Messsystem, das die mechanische Belastung von Mikrosystemen online erfassen kann. In dem BMBF-Verbundprojekt iForceSens ist ein solches System entwickelt worden.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2009
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Through carbonization, the titanium dioxide can be converted into a carbon-containing titanium oxycarbide compound.
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Das Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Schicht- und Oberflaechentechnik IST hat erfolgreich eine COST Action zum Thema 'hochionisierte gepulste Plasma Prozesse - HIPP Prozesse' initiiert und uebernimmt nun die Leitung dieser Aktion.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2009
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