In its series on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials, the OECD has published 'Analysis of Information Gathering Initiatives on Manufactured Nanomaterials'.
Dec 14th, 2009
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The OECD has published Manufactured Nanomaterials: Roadmap for Activities During 2009 and 2010.
Dec 14th, 2009
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Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.
Dec 13th, 2009
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A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings could dramatically simplify the way physicians test for biomarkers of cancer and other diseases.
Dec 13th, 2009
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Scientists have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials to completely block the flow of electric current at low temperatures.
Dec 12th, 2009
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The world of IT pursues its race for performance. CMOSAIC could boost the computing performance of central processors by a factor 10 while consuming less energy.
Dec 11th, 2009
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Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, Rice University physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a once-scoffed-at theory that's become a hotbed for research some 40 years after it first appeared.
Dec 11th, 2009
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The KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will celebrate the Julius Wess Award ceremony on December 10, 2009. This year's laureate is the British physicist Professor Dr. Jonathan Ellis, who is working at CERN in Geneva.
Dec 11th, 2009
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An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.
Dec 11th, 2009
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This book addresses the generic chemical aspects of nanoparticle properties, behaviour, life-cycle analysis, ecotoxicity and modelling as these relate to their effects in the environment - aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric.
Dec 11th, 2009
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Shrinking cells snares charges in less than one-trillionth of a second.
Dec 11th, 2009
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What started out as 'blue-sky' thinking by a group of European researchers could ultimately lead to the commercial mass production of a new generation of optoelectronic components for devices ranging from mobile laboratories to mobile phones.
Dec 11th, 2009
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The constant search for new catalysts that can improve existing methods has spurred chemists to investigate a relatively unknown part of the periodic table - the rare-earth elements.
Dec 11th, 2009
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Researchers have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline alternative.
Dec 11th, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is more than just a hub of prizewinning science. It's also the home of award-winning - and green - architecture.
Dec 11th, 2009
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In a groundbreaking study this week in Cell, Brandeis researchers reveal for the first time computationally and experimentally the molecular pathway that a protein takes to cross the energy barrier, the 'climb over the mountain'.
Dec 10th, 2009
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