Some may think of turkeys as good for just lunch meat and holiday meals. But bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, saw inspiration in the big birds for a new type of biosensor that changes color when exposed to chemical vapors. This feature makes the sensors valuable detectors of toxins or airborne pathogens.
Jan 22nd, 2014
Read moreForscherinnen ist es gelungen, markierte Nanopartikel bis in einzelne Zellen des Fadenwurms Caenorhabditis elegans zu verfolgen und mit vorzeitiger Alterung in Verbindung zu bringen.
Jan 22nd, 2014
Read moreResearchers used gold nanoparticles as perfect carrier to deliver the hydrophobic protoporphyrin molecule to cancerous cells.
Jan 22nd, 2014
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Researchers develop a slippery coating that could prevent the scaling that fouls oil wells and power plants.
Jan 22nd, 2014
Read moreInnovative electrodes allow new computer memory technologies to be compatible with existing circuitry.
Jan 22nd, 2014
Read moreAn innovative design turns soft hydrogels into ionic conductors with diverse applications, from artificial muscles to transparent audio speakers.
Jan 22nd, 2014
Read moreNew kind of see-through screen could be applied as a thin plastic coating on ordinary glass.
Jan 21st, 2014
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Scientists design HDL nanoparticle to deliver statin medication inside inflamed blood vessels to prevent repeat heart attacks and stroke.
Jan 21st, 2014
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Magnetism in a molecular thin film traditionally used in plastic electronics survives at temperatures reaching up to 100K, an order of magnitude higher than in previously studied molecular materials.
Jan 21st, 2014
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Scientists describe the results of their theoretical study of the extent to which it is possible to extract information on the wave function of complex oxides using resonant X-ray techniques. The specific oxides considered by the team are those subject to strong spin-orbit coupling.
Jan 21st, 2014
Read morePhysicists at the University of Arkansas and their collaborators have engineered novel magnetic and electronic phases in the ultra-thin films of in a specific electronic magnetic material, opening the door for researchers to design new classes of material for the next generation of electronic and other devices.
Jan 21st, 2014
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Jan 21st, 2014
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From the world of nanotechnology we've gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants or e-eyes. Now we're on the verge of electronic whiskers. Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have created tactile sensors from composite films of carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles similar to the highly sensitive whiskers of cats and rats.
Jan 21st, 2014
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Researchers have introduced a new type of nanoscale SQUID based on optimised proximity effect bilayers. This consists of a noble metal (Au) layer as a thermal shunt which is integrated with a variable-thickness superconducting (Ti) layer. The noble metal layer helps control the superconducting transition temperature and the degree of heating in the device via the so-called superconducting proximity effect.
Jan 20th, 2014
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Many of the most interesting things in nature are transient, or far-from-equilibrium. To discover the secrets of far from equilibrium states, physicists need simple yet appealing laboratory systems. Now, researchers have created just such a system in the magnetic material known as 'spin ice'.
Jan 20th, 2014
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As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with greater efficiency than methods currently in use. Their work could facilitate rapid screening of those diseases that have a genetic basis, such as cancer, and provide new tools for more advanced nanotechnology.
Jan 20th, 2014
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