The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed a proof-of-concept study of a test that quickly and accurately detects the presence of even the smallest amount of the deadly anthrax toxin.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Major Research Conference to be held in San Diego, March 22-26.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Scientists have developed a polyurethane coating that heals its own scratches when exposed to sunlight, offering the promise of scratch-free cars and other products.
Mar 17th, 2009
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A University of Michigan electrical engineer has built a chip composed of nanoscale memristors that can store up to 1 kilobit of information.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Before you can design the perfect nanoparticle catalyst, you first need to understand the fundamental science that governs their reactivity, say scientists from the US. And they claim to have done just that, using single molecule spectroscopy to reveal that nanocatalyst surface properties respond to changes to the concentration of reactants.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a key step for advancing integrated 3-D chip technology.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Dr. Paul Corkum, a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa and attosecond science researcher at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), is this year's winner of Canada's most prestigious science prize.
Mar 17th, 2009
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Medizinische Anwendungen der Nanotechnologie waren Thema der 6. NanoMed-Konferenz in Berlin.
Mar 17th, 2009
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A lot of high pressure materials can be made, but once the pressure is reduced they go back to their original form. People cannot make anything useful from those materials. But a new alloy is quenchable, meaning that the alloy persists when the pressure is gone.
Mar 17th, 2009
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This comprehensive book covers various aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology and what is known about the potential environmental and health impacts.
Mar 16th, 2009
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Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising of the bunch is made from palladium and gold, an alloy that could be used in a wide variety of catalytic activities including the water-gas shift reaction and the oxidation of carbon dioxide - both important steps in alternative energy applications like fuel cells.
Mar 16th, 2009
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Continuing to remain at the forefront of using cutting-edge technology to meet societal needs, IIT-Madras is filing a patent on two new applications of nanotechnology for removal of dyes from waste water released from textile mills and for more efficient drug delivery in cancer treatment.
Mar 16th, 2009
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The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called for a precautionary approach to the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in its new information sheet, released this month.
Mar 16th, 2009
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Scientists have designed nanoparticles that function like 'guided missiles' in the targeted destruction of breast cancer cells.
Mar 16th, 2009
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The result might help understand chemical processes in energy generation or pollution cleanup.
Mar 16th, 2009
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