In experiments with potentially broad health care implications, a research team led by a University of Washington physicist has devised a method that works at a very small scale to sequence DNA quickly and relatively inexpensively.
Aug 16th, 2010
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Building on an enzyme found in nature, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces which safely eradicates methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the bacteria responsible for antibiotic resistant infections.
Aug 16th, 2010
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Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world's smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound.
Aug 16th, 2010
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A research team from Rome, Grenoble and London report that the strength of the superconductivity - its ability to persist as temperature is increased - correlates in certain oxide materials with structures visible over a range of length scales. Intriguingly, these structures extend almost to the millimeter scale, and have a 'fractal' nature, similar to the intricate patterns in a snowflake.
Aug 16th, 2010
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Researchers have discovered a new and more efficient way to encode quantum information in silicon itself.
Aug 16th, 2010
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In one of only two studies of its kind, a study from researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts demonstrates that non-viral gene therapy can delay the onset of some forms of eye disease and preserve vision. The team developed nanoparticles to deliver therapeutic genes to the retina and found that treated mice temporarily retained more eyesight than controls.
Aug 16th, 2010
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy - also known as ARPA-E - to pursue two different, but related, approaches for removing carbon dioxide from the flue gases of coal-burning power plants.
Aug 16th, 2010
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Researchers discover why implant coatings detach - and a method to prevent it.
Aug 16th, 2010
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New approach could dramatically improve the success rate of immune-cell therapies.
Aug 15th, 2010
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a method for predicting the ways nanoparticles will interact with biological systems - including the human body.
Aug 15th, 2010
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Low-cost nanopatterning method utilizes popular shrinkable plastic.
Aug 13th, 2010
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The University of Texas at Austin's nanoscience building has been named the Larry R. Faulkner Nano Science and Technology Building by the UT System Board of Regents in recognition of former President Faulkner's leadership in bringing the university's nanotechnology program to national prominence.
Aug 13th, 2010
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EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft document, Nanomaterial Case Study: 'Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray', as announced in the August 13, 2010 Federal Register Notice. The deadline for comments is September 27, 2010.
Aug 13th, 2010
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Neue Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe am MPI-P will mit Computersimulationen ihrer Nanostrukturen Eigenschaften von Materialien vorab bestimmen. Daraus ergeben sich neue Perspektiven zur Entwicklung massgeschneiderter Werkstoffe.
Aug 13th, 2010
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Two teams of researchers lead by academics at London South Bank University have been awarded funding from the European Union to help develop innovative, environmentally friendly technology which will contribute towards the fight against climate change.
Aug 13th, 2010
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Re-Turn AS is using carbon nanotubes to make kayaks faster and more stable.
Aug 13th, 2010
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