Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution
Possible advances for nanoscience, energy, biology, and materials research.
Sep 28th, 2007
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Researchers make electron spin useful
In the global race for possibilities for the use of electron spin, an international research team is right at the forefront: The researchers have managed to maintain the polarisation of nuclear spin and its associated electron spin for some ten minutes - a virtually endless amount of time for typical computer calculation steps.
Sep 28th, 2007
Read moreTeacher and researcher-scientist to be honored at the inaugural iBIO iCON Awards
The iBIO Institute today announces two local individuals as its first iCON Award winners. Professor Chad A. Mirkin is honored with the Institute's 2007 "iCON Innovator" award.
Sep 28th, 2007
Read moreMeasurements from the edge: magnetic properties of thin films
Materials researchers have pushed the measurement of thin films to the edge - literally - to produce the first data on how the edges of metallic thin films contribute to their magnetic properties.
Sep 28th, 2007
Read moreNanomaterials and gender aspects in research and technology
A workshop on nanomaterials and gender aspects in research and technology will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, on October 18 and 19, 2007.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreUsing nanotubes to detect and repair cracks in aircraft wings, other structures
New technology enables real-time diagnostics and on-site repair.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreQuantum device traps, detects and manipulates the spin of single electrons
A novel device simply and conveniently traps, detects and manipulates the single spin of an electron, overcoming some major obstacles that have prevented progress toward spintronics and spin-based quantum computing.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreScientists spot sneaky 'neurodegenerative' iron at the European synchrotron
Scientists suspect that iron accumulation plays a role in neurodegenerative processes such as Parkinson�??s disease, but its distribution in neurons has never been observed because of the lack of techniques to do so. Until today.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreNovel 3-D cell culture model shows selective tumor uptake of nanoparticles
A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreNanoparticle could help detect cancer and other diseases early
Researchers have created the first nanoparticle capable of detecting and imaging trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide in animals. The nanoparticles, thought to be completely nontoxic, could someday be used as a simple, all-purpose diagnostic tool to detect the earliest stages of any disease that involves chronic inflammation, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and arthritis.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreCarbon nanotubes have room for multifunctionality
Researchers have found that even when coated, carbon nanotubes retain the ability to bind extraordinarily large numbers of drug and imaging agent molecules in a stable yet reversible manner.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreGold nanorods image tumors
By linking gold nanorods to an antibody that binds to tumor cells, researchers have found that gold nanorods will align themselves in an ordered fashion on the surface of cancer cells, further intensifying the optical signal the nanorods produce and providing a unique optical signature for tumor cells.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreNanoparticles yield safer light-activated cancer therapy
Using modified silica nanoparticles, a team of investigators has developed a photosensitizer delivery method that has the potential to target tumor cells specifically.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreNanowire generates power by harvesting energy from the environment
As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Because even the tiniest battery is too big to be used in nanoscale devices, scientists are exploring nanosize systems that can salvage energy from the environment.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreUniversity of Alabama positions itself as nanotechnology leader
UA enters a cooperative research venture with Imago Scientific Instruments.
Sep 27th, 2007
Read moreCEA signs European Charter for researchers
The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has given its backing to the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, agreeing to apply their principles to its human resources management for researchers and scientific employment.
Sep 26th, 2007
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