Silver, an element long favored by medicine for its antiseptic properties, turns out to be damaging to human fibroblasts when used in the dosages required to be effective. Furthermore, the presence of albumin weakens silver's ability to fight bacteria.
Sep 24th, 2012
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Using state-of-the-art visualization techniques, chemical engineers at ETH Zurich explore the complex inner life of porous catalysts. Their work will aid in the development of rational catalyst design, allowing promising laboratory leads to find their way into large-scale industrial production.
Sep 24th, 2012
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A breakthrough in the use of carbon nanotubes as optical projectors has enabled scientists to generate holograms using the smallest ever pixels.
Sep 24th, 2012
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In a study that could lead to advances in the emerging fields of optical computing and nanomaterials, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology report that a new class of nanoscale slot waveguides pack 100 to 1,000 times more transverse optical force than conventional silicon slot waveguides.
Sep 24th, 2012
Read moreScientists succeeded in the identification of presence or absence of any of the spot jumps in DNA sequence by designing a method that enables the distinction of all eight possible forms of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).
Sep 24th, 2012
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Researchers have developed a novel approach to potentially sequence DNA in nanopores electronically at single molecule level with single-base resolution.
Sep 22nd, 2012
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Until now, no chip existed, on which both silicon and erbium-doped material were integrated. In her thesis, PhD candidate Laura Agazzi of the University of Twente demonstrates a working chip for the first time.
Sep 21st, 2012
Read moreAn international team of physicists has pushed the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement by harnessing quantum light waves in a new way.
Sep 21st, 2012
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Fabricating precise biomolecular structures at extremely small scales is critical to the progress of nanotechnology and related fields.
Sep 21st, 2012
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New techniques developed for smaller inertial sensors.
Sep 21st, 2012
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Ein raffiniertes Experiment deckt auf, ab wie vielen Molek�len Wasser eine kristalline Ordnung bildet.
Sep 21st, 2012
Read moreA team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Ho Nyung Lee has discovered a strain relaxation phenomenon in cobaltites that has eluded researchers for decades and may lead to advances in fuel cells, magnetic sensors and a host of energy-related materials.
Sep 20th, 2012
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Using a microscopic optical sensor that can be batch-fabricated on a silicon chip at low cost, Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have measured the mechanical motion between two nanofabricated structures with a precision close to the fundamental limit imposed by quantum mechanics.
Sep 20th, 2012
Read moreScientists at the University of York are to lead an international team that will explore the use of plants to recover precious metals from mine tailings around the world.
Sep 20th, 2012
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Clemson University physics professor Apparao Rao has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the use of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage.
Sep 20th, 2012
Read moreUCLA researchers, working in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Washington and Pennsylvania State University have used surface photochemical reactions to probe the critical role of substrate morphology on self-assembly and ligand environment, determining that molecules on curved surfaces have a greater range of orientations and, as a result, react more slowly than do molecules on flat surfaces.
Sep 20th, 2012
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