With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on September 29, California became the first U.S. state to approve two laws that will move its regulatory scheme toward a comprehensive chemicals policy. The legislation is intended to improve public and environmental health protection and encourage green chemistry-the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Scientists have designed a neutral liposome nanoparticle to carry its siRNA agent to melanoma cells.
Nov 20th, 2008
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A team led by Thomas Schulthess of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the prestigious 2008 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize Thursday after attaining the fastest performance ever in a scientific supercomputing application.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists.
Nov 20th, 2008
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A research team hat the Georgia Institute of Technology appears to have hit on a solution to the problem of determining how much of a nanoparticle drug is actually making it into breast tumors.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer simply by sampling a patient's breath.
Nov 20th, 2008
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A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center for Nanotechnology Excellence has custom-designed nanoparticles that can deliver the anticancer drug cisplatin specifically to prostate cancer cells.
Nov 20th, 2008
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To detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes in blood or other biological samples.
Nov 20th, 2008
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A breakthrough technology based on new concepts has allowed, for the first time, the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of matter barely a billionth of a meter in size.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Microfluidics is introducing a series of complimentary educational webinars created to share best practices and innovation knowledge with nanotechnology researchers and drug formulators around the world.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Researchers in Korea have developed a new material for anodes, which could clear a path for a new generation of rechargeable batteries.
Nov 20th, 2008
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They've made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal - electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation, including twisting.
Nov 20th, 2008
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ECSB 2008 is the second conference in the series, and will draw on international expertise from, on the one hand, biological disciplines (e.g. genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc) and on the other hand, computational and engineering experts, to present a balanced overview of the very latest key technologies and research advances as pertaining to synthetic biology in general and to the quest for minimal living forms in particular.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Scientists of the Commission-financed project FULLSPECTRUM have developed photovoltaic (PV) multi-junction (MJ) solar cells which are able to convert 39.7 % of the energy of sun light into electricity.
Nov 20th, 2008
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The U.S. Environmental Agency is seeking public review and comment on a petition asking the agency to classify nanoscale silver as a pesticide.
Nov 20th, 2008
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In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size.
Nov 20th, 2008
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