A cross-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maryland has designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility, in one case up to nearly 3000 times. Their discovery opens the possibility of rehabilitating drug candidates that were insufficiently soluble.
May 8th, 2012
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A Cornell University scientist and designer from Africa have together created a fashionable hooded bodysuit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides for warding off mosquitoes infected with malaria, a disease estimated to kill 655,000 people annually on the continent.
May 8th, 2012
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Researchers develop technique to keep cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, traffic lights and electric cars.
May 8th, 2012
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5,000 year old red blood cells discovered. Oldest blood known to modern science.
May 8th, 2012
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German scientists of the Fraunhofer Institutes for Laser Technology ILT Aachen, for Material and Beam Technology IWS Dresden and for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF Jena obtained the Joseph-von- Fraunhofer prize on May 8, 2012.
May 8th, 2012
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A research team lead by Professor Martin Wegener at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded in realizing a new material class through the manufacturing of a stable crystalline metafluid, a pentamode metamaterial. Using new nanostructuring methods, these materials can now be realized for the first time with any conceivable mechanical properties.
May 8th, 2012
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The aim of the "International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global Development" (4-5 June, 2012) is to explore how emerging technologies are shaping global economies and human wellbeing.
May 8th, 2012
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Die Innovationskraft der Werkstoffspezialisten in Deutschland ist ungebrochen. Das belegt die ausgesprochen hohe Qualitaet der Einreichungen zum InnoMateria Award. Mit dem InnoMateria Award werden herausragende Projekte ausgezeichnet, die mit praxisnahen Werkstoffentwicklungen innovative Produkte fuer Mobilitaet und Energie ermoeglichen.
May 8th, 2012
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Cell toxicity studies suggest that when exposed to sunlight, zinc oxide, a common ingredient in sunscreens, undergoes a chemical reaction that may release unstable molecules known as free radicals. Free radicals seek to bond with other molecules, but in the process, they can damage cells or the DNA contained within those cells. This in turn could increase the risk of skin cancer.
May 8th, 2012
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Physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics trace the double ionization of argon atoms on attosecond time scales.
May 8th, 2012
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Forscher fanden einen neuen Weg, wie Informationen im Nanometerbereich durch Ketten aus einzelnen Eisenatomen extrem schnell und effizient uebertragen werden koennen.
May 8th, 2012
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From June 12th - 13th 2012 Dresden will be the host of the international symposium Nanofair. The congress has proved itself as an excellent European platform for the field of nanotechnological research.
May 8th, 2012
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Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater processing capacity than is currently feasible.
May 7th, 2012
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A collaborative team comprised of Center for Nanoscale Materials users from the University of Chicago, Argonne's Materials Science Division, and the CNM NanoBio Interfaces Group is studying ways to enlist nanoparticles to treat brain cancer. This nano-bio technology may eventually provide an alternative form of therapy that targets only cancer cells and does not affect normal living tissue.
May 7th, 2012
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New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
May 7th, 2012
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Berkeley Lab scientists create nanoparticle probes that may lead to a better understanding of diseases.
May 7th, 2012
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