The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has published a new book, Frontiers of Propulsion Science, that compiles for the first time the emerging science of such novel propulsion concepts as space drives, warp drives, gravity control, and faster-than-light travel - breakthroughs that would revolutionize spaceflight and enable human voyages to other star systems.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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Science+Business Media has launched the website www.AuthorMapper.com, a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within scientific research.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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The ICPCNanoNet project brings together partners from the EU, China, India and Russia and aims to provide wider access to published nanoscience and nanotechnology research and opportunities for collaboration between scientists in the EU and International Cooperation Partner Countries
Feb 2nd, 2009
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Researchers have recently shown how electrostatic interactions - commonly known as static electricity - alone can give rise to helical shapes.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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A team of Rice researchers has been working to discover the health risks of quantum dots, molecule-sized semiconducting nanocrystals that are generally composed of heavy metals surrounded by an organic shell.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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The drivers of Rice University's nanocars were surprised to find modified versions of their creation have the ability to roll at room temperature.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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Nanotechnologist Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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Materials with a nanoparticle structure are stronger and harder than materials made of larger particles. A new manufacturing technique ensures that such microcrystalline structures remain intact when being processed.
Feb 2nd, 2009
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Peptide-guided hollow gold spheres gather inside tumors, where light heats them to kill
Feb 2nd, 2009
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The MathScience Innovation Center announced a two-year pledge of $200,000 from Altria Group to support the 21st Century Nanotechnology Fellows Program.
Feb 1st, 2009
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Last Friday, executives from five weapons and technology companies, some with connections to the Tampa Bay area, discussed the future of nanotechnology.
Feb 1st, 2009
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Unlike traditional ceramics-such as your favorite coffee mug-materials scientists focus on what's called advanced ceramics. These have unique mechanical, electrical, optical or thermal properties that make them useful in all sorts of applications.
Feb 1st, 2009
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Closely coiled, nanoscale magnetic vortices hold the promise of a new generation of computers.
Jan 31st, 2009
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The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany hosted 16 students and three teachers from a Montessori School in Monterrey, Mexico on January 29 as part of a week-long student exchange program with the Woodland Hills Montessori School in North Greenbush.
Jan 30th, 2009
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Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells.
Jan 30th, 2009
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