A research team led by Iver Anderson is developing a cheaper and better way to make a titanium alloy powder that can be used to manufacture artificial joints.
Nov 1st, 2008
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Thanks to companies, universities, and inventors designing and manufacturing biomedical sensors, healthcare and its related economy will radically change over the next decade.
Oct 31st, 2008
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Oregon researchers have synthesized an elusive metal-hydroxide compound in sufficient and rapidly produced yields, potentially paving the way for improved precursor inks that could boost semiconductor capabilities for large-area applications.
Oct 31st, 2008
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Die Bremer Produktionstechniker um Professor Lutz Maedler sind Partner einer internationalen Forschungsinitiative zur Etablierung der wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen fuer Nano-Bio-Wechselwirkungen innerhalb des Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN)
Oct 31st, 2008
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Scientists in Canada have recreated a famous painting on the microscale using a new protein patterning technique. The technique can also be used to mimic patterns of proteins found in cells and could lead to advances in neuroscience.
Oct 31st, 2008
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RIKEN scientists have developed a method for trapping and manipulating antimatter that could be key to solving one of the universe?s biggest mysteries.
Oct 31st, 2008
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An animal's reproductive capabilities are established early in development, when a homogeneous embryonic cell population gives rise to two distinct cell types - somatic cells that form the vast majority of body tissues, and primordial germ cells (PGCs) that ultimately yield spermatozoa or ova.
Oct 31st, 2008
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Researchers in Japan report on the superior properties of extreme ultraviolet FEL laser radiation from a first-test system.
Oct 31st, 2008
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A team of Japanese researchers have designed liquid crystals - a phase that flows like a liquid but has short-range order between the molecules - that spontaneously assemble to form a donor-acceptor array for photovoltaic devices.
Oct 31st, 2008
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Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, today released new product tests showing that 4 out of 5 sunscreens that claimed not to contain nanoparticles actually do contain them.
Oct 30th, 2008
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NanoImpactNet's first Integrating Conference will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 23-27 2009.
Oct 30th, 2008
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In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them to see how its electrons rearrange as the molecule changes shape.
Oct 30th, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has teamed with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University to form the Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology, which will develop solutions to technical issues related to transportation, health and systems that operate in extreme environments.
Oct 30th, 2008
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It has been a success for the past six years, and it's back again. The 7th Annual Charlotte Biotechnology Conference (CBC) will be held in the Student Activities Center (SAC) on October 28, 2008 and will feature an array of different speakers elaborating on the different aspects of biotechnology.
Oct 30th, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Energy is sponsoring the inaugural Science + Energy Research Challenge (SERCh), Nov. 9-10, 2008, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is partnering with Oak Ridge Associated Universities to host the event.
Oct 30th, 2008
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A coalition of Irish universities and colleges came together today for an ambitious plan to develop 'smart' drugs to fight cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Oct 30th, 2008
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