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California NanoSystems Institute professor elected to Britain's prestigious Royal Society
James Gimzewski, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, was today elected a 2009 fellow of Britain's prestigious Royal Society in recognition of his scientific excellence.
May 18, 2009 Read more
Carbon Nanotubes Antihaftbeschichtung
Erlanger Wissenschaftler haben eine Art molekularen Anker entwickelt, der sich an der Aussenwand der Kohlenstoffzylinder anlagert. Er wirkt dort wie Seife, verhindert, dass die Nano-Roehrchen aneinander kleben und macht die Roehrchen wasserloeslich.
May 18, 2009 Read more
New tool isolates RNA within specific cells
A team of University of Oregon biologists, using fruit flies, has created a way to isolate RNA from specific cells, opening a new window on how gene expression drives normal development and disease-causing breakdowns.
May 18, 2009 Read more
ASME's 2009 Innovation Showcase celebrates student invention and entrepreneurial spirit
The ASME IShow provides the full experience of product development and commercialization to undergraduate and graduate students, bridging the gap between engineering knowledge and practical business skills.
May 18, 2009 Read more
Air-fuelled battery could last up to 10 times longer
Ground-breaking technology has huge potential for electric cars and renewables.
May 18, 2009 Read more
New research focuses on design, preparation and characterization of low-cost materials for capturing solar energy
Cost is one of the main disadvantages of the use of renewable energies. Through the thesis 'Preparation and study of thin films for photovoltaic applications' presented at the Universitat Jaume I, Teodor Krassimirov is aiming to make the development of efficient solar panels easier and cheaper.
May 18, 2009 Read more
Nanoparticles to be used in genic therapy
A new PhD thesis by Ana del Pozo describes the development, characterisation and optimisation of a system of administration of genes based on solid lipid nanoparticles.
May 18, 2009 Read more
Nano-carbon electrodes help form high capacity lithium-sulfur batteries
Chemists in Canada have used a carbon framework to form an electrode in lithium-sulfur batteries that results in charge capacities several times greater than standard lithium ion batteries.
May 18, 2009 Read more
Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization
While the physics of graphene has been thoroughly explored, chemical functionalization of graphene has proven to be elusive. Now researchers at Northwestern University have identified conditions for chemically functionalizing graphene with the organic semiconductor perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA).
May 17, 2009 Read more
New system for detection of single atoms records photon bursts from optical cavity
Scientists have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less than one-millionth of a second, about 20 times faster than the best previous methods.
May 17, 2009 Read more
The future of personalized cancer treatment: An entirely new direction for RNAi delivery
In technology that promises to one day allow drug delivery to be tailored to an individual patient and a particular cancer tumor, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have developed an efficient system for delivering siRNA into primary cells.
May 17, 2009 Read more
Europium found to be a superconductor
Of the 92 naturally occurring elements, add another to the list of those that are superconductors.
May 16, 2009 Read more
Nanotechnology pioneer honored by Houston Technology Center
Rice Professor James Tour was one of six high-profile Houstonians honored at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Houston Technology Center (HTC) this week, earning a special achievement award for his advances in nanotechnology.
May 16, 2009 Read more
Using high-precision laser tweezers to juggle cells
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a new method to study single cells while exposing them to controlled environmental changes.
May 15, 2009 Read more
Soft and tough like biological tissue: DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes
A team of Australian and Korean researchers has developed a novel, highly porous, sponge-like material whose mechanical properties closely resemble those of biological soft tissues.
May 15, 2009 Read more
The future is bright for novel light sources
Writing in the journal Nature,scientists describe the future of OLEDs as 'bright, not only because of their high illumination quality, but also because their outstanding efficiencies will help to reduce our carbon footprint'.
May 15, 2009 Read more
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