A particle gun that fires liquid droplets less than a millionth of a meter in diameter, faster than hundreds of thousands of times a second, is poised to revolutionize biological imaging. Tested at Berkeley Lab?s Advanced Light Source and soon to be installed at SLAC?s Linac Coherent Light Source, the sample jet injects a beam of droplets across a tightly focused x-ray beam in single file, each droplet so small it contains only a single protein or virus.
Jul 29th, 2009
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The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina has developed new lower-cost X-ray tubes packed with sharp-tipped carbon nanotubes for cancer research and treatment.
Jul 29th, 2009
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A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has designed nanoparticles that can carry cancer-treating radioisotopes through the body and deliver them selectively to tumors. Today in Anaheim, CA, they will report the latest results of their research, including studies in animal models, at the 51st meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Jul 29th, 2009
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Executives from Ohio's most promising nanotechnology companies will present at the upcoming Nano Convergence Conference, October 26-27 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Ways to make lasers smaller are being discovered through collaborative efforts of researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) and Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The work opens up possibilities for using nanoscale lasers to significantly improve the performance of computers and speed up Internet access.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have developed a composite material modified with nanoparticles that is economical and could also help automakers meet the new fuel efficiency standards recently announced by President Barack Obama.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Researchers from CIDETEC-IK4, the CSIC and the University of Berkeley develop a nanosensor to detect diseases.
Jul 28th, 2009
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Surrey have signed an agreement to collaborate on the delivery of a GBP10m programme to translate the results of research into innovation that makes a real-world difference.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Chemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech armored foam that could be used for a number of purposes, including a new range of low power room temperature gas sensors.
Jul 28th, 2009
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FIZ Karlsruhe offers ICSD, the world's largest database with fully identified inorganic crystal structures / evaluated data of unique quality / customized access options and new web presence with cutting-edge search and analysis functions.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have now revealed the truth about a classic bell-shaped curve used to describe the motion of a liquid as it diffuses through another material.
Jul 28th, 2009
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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory's Midwest Center for Structural Genomics recently hit a milestone. They imaged more than 1,000 proteins, the building blocks of life. It is a feat that helps a wide array of scientists better understand dangerous pathogens as well as the basic mechanisms of human and organism survival.
Jul 27th, 2009
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For the first time researchers have combined nanoparticles used for medical imaging and therapy in a single tiny package.
Jul 27th, 2009
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At the International Conference on Magnetism today in Karlsruhe, Germany, IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism award and the Louis Neel Medal for his pioneering work and fundamental contributions to the development of spintronic nano-materials and nano-devices for magnetic sensing, memory and logic devices.
Jul 27th, 2009
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Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.
Jul 27th, 2009
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With nanoparticulate functional materials and innovative printing pro-cesses, researchers from BASF SE, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) and Darmstadt Technical University are revolutionizing printing technology. Organic electronic products of future potential, such as photovoltaic films or bendable light-emitting diodes, head their list of achievements.
Jul 27th, 2009
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