Dublin City University (DCU) has been awarded EUR23.8m in Cycle V PRTLI, following an announcement earlier today by An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen. All three DCU-led projects were successful in their bid for funding, with a further two, in which DCU are partners, also successful.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Researchers from Irish companies and higher education institutions won funding totalling 213 million euros for collaborative research projects in areas like ICT, health, nano-technology and energy from the largest European R+D funding programme ever, announced Minister Conor Lenihan TD.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Thomas Klar wins the forth ERC starting grant within CeNS.
Jul 19th, 2010
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With the aim of speeding up the process and enabling large-scale studies, engineers at MIT have developed a new technique that can analyze larvae in seconds.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Materials science and nanotechnology researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are getting some much-needed equipment that will help enhance and expedite their studies.
Jul 19th, 2010
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A completely new method for producing an image of individual DNA molecules' genetic make-up has been developed by researchers in Sweden and Denmark.
Jul 19th, 2010
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A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines - while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Among the events of the festival will be an educational workshop on nanotechnology.
Jul 19th, 2010
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A research team in Thailand has investigated the absorption and emission spectra of ultraviolet (UV) B blocking methoxy substituted cinnamates using the symmetry-adapted cluster configuration interaction method.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Computer simulations designed to investigate the so-called indium/gallium puzzle have highlighted a new way of increasing the efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar cells.
Jul 19th, 2010
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Microfluidic device uses antibodies to 'capture' white blood cells called T cells affected by HIV.
Jul 16th, 2010
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Starting with simple carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Spain has developed a sugar-coated nanocapsule that can deliver large doses of radioactivity to tumors.
Jul 16th, 2010
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When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material that its creators call a nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection of the same drug.
Jul 16th, 2010
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This workshop will bring together informatics experts, nanotechnology researchers and policy makers, and other stakeholders and potential contributors to jointly develop a comprehensive roadmap for the area of nanoinformatics.
Jul 16th, 2010
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Researchers have shown that a system that assembles itself into a nanoparticle, complete with drug or imaging agent, once it gets inside a tumor can dramatically increase the rate at which clinically important molecules get into tumors and still trap those molecules inside the tumor.
Jul 16th, 2010
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created magnetic nanoparticles that can selectively bind to and remove ovarian tumor cells from abdominal cavity fluid.
Jul 16th, 2010
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