The state-of-the-art TERI-Deakin 'Nanobiotechnology Research Centre', a new research lab facility set up to provide solutions towards a greener and more advanced use of nanotechnology for resolving challenging agricultural, biomedical and sustainability issues.
Feb 24th, 2012
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Biomedical device potential for robust, implantable product.
Feb 24th, 2012
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Researchers at the universities of Granada and Barcelona have described for the first time the diffusion of liquid water through nanochannels in molecular terms; nanochannels are extremely tiny channels with a diameter of 1-100 nanometers that scientists use to study the behavior of molecules.
Feb 24th, 2012
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A team of University of Texas at Arlington researchers have developed a method that uses magnetic carbon nanoparticles to target and destroy cancer cells through laser therapy - a treatment they believe could be effective in cases of skin and other cancers without damaging surrounding healthy cells.
Feb 24th, 2012
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A team of three University of Delaware mechanical engineering professors, plus researchers from three other academic institutions, are collaborating to develop three-dimensional (3D) carbon nanotube structures.
Feb 24th, 2012
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In a single step, engineers create a rainbow-colored polymer that could open the door to portable, handheld multispectral imaging devices.
Feb 24th, 2012
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Using computer simulations, researchers have been able to predict that long and narrow graphene nanoribbons can be rolled into carbon nanotubes by means of twisting.
Feb 24th, 2012
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Development of polymer film loaded with antibodies that can capture tumor cells shows promise as a diagnostic tool
Feb 24th, 2012
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A new way to create and control color has implications for display screens and security tags.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara researcher may give both an extra nudge.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using increasingly small and complicated circuits. And while those electrical advances continue to race ahead, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing circuitry forward in a different way, by replacing electricity with light.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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An international team of researchers led by scientists at Princeton University made a series of close observations of how liquid spreads along flexible fibers. They were able to construct a set of rules that govern the spreading behavior, including some unexpected results.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to make a low-cost material that might accomplish negative refraction of light and other radiation - a goal first theorized in 1861 by a giant of science, Scottish physicist James Maxwell, that has still eluded wide practical use.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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A new video on potential applications for nanotechnology in the forest products industry has been widely adopted as a teaching and learning tool.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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A high level pollution is an increasing problem. For that scientists have developed innovative materials that can be easily applied on facades. This could be a significant step towards urban air quality improvement and a beautification of cities.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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OFC/NFOEC 2012 to feature talk on future computing architectures enabled by optical and nanophotonic interconnects.
Feb 23rd, 2012
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