The University of Dundee is to lead a EUR 2million European Union-funded project to develop new methods of delivering cancer treatments using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound and drug nano-capsules.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
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University of Kentucky electrical and computer engineering researcher J. Todd Hastings has won a two-year, $300,000 Young Faculty Award from the national Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreThe American Chemistry Council has just posted its 10 Principles for Modernizing TSCA on its website.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
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Researchers the world over are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be widely used to generate electricity.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreThe Most Beautiful Images Of The Nanoworld: Winners Of The Second Edition Of The International Contest Spmage09
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreA team of researchers in Germany has used a new technique to shed light on the development of chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as emphysema and bronchitis.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreMembers of UALR?s Board of Visitors voted unanimously Monday to recommend to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees a $31.6 million bond initiative for capital improvements on the UALR campus.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreUm Siliziumbloecke in hauchduenne Wafer zu zersaegen, braucht man das richtige Werkzeug: einen Kilometer langen Draht, benetzt mit einer Art Schleifpaste. Doch muessen alle Parameter optimal angepasst sein - nur so vermeidet man beim Schneiden grosse Materialverluste.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreBringing lively discussions on technologies with life-changing potential, SPIE Optics and Photonics runs through Thursday in the San Diego Convention Center. Approximately 4,500 international attendees are expected to attend the technical presentations and panels, professional development courses, and exhibition.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
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Architects have unveiled the first glimpse of plans for the A$10 million collaboration between research giants Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreResearchers working on the three-year InForm project include University of Sydney researcher Daniela Traini, who will be researching drug delivery to the lung.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2009
Read moreOur cells are controlled by billions of molecular 'switches' and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work.
Posted: Aug 3rd, 2009
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Researchers have devised a way to encapsulate bacteria in a synthetic polymer hydrogel. These new, stable, bio-hybrid materials maintain the microbes' ability to exchange nutrients and metabolic products with their environment, and could find widespread applications, for example, as biosensors, catalysts, drug-delivery systems, or in wastewater treatment
Posted: Aug 3rd, 2009
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This new technique could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources.
Posted: Aug 3rd, 2009
Read moreOn July 30, 2009, the European Commission has launched six new FP7 calls in Theme 4 NMP 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies'.
Posted: Aug 3rd, 2009
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Researchers have been able to illuminate brain tumors by injecting fluorescent nanoparticles into the bloodstream. The tiny particles can safely cross the blood-brain barrier, an almost impenetrable barrier that protects the brain from infection.
Posted: Aug 3rd, 2009
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