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Could metals help treat cancer?
The effects of a new class of molecules, polyoxometalates, which are primarily composed of metals and oxygen, has been identified. These molecules are very powerful inhibitors of a specific protein kinase, CK2, an enzyme that is overactive in a number of cancers.
July 25, 2008 Read more
DuPont shares science with nanotechnology exhibit 'The World of the Tiny' in Mexico
DuPont Mexico recently contributed scientific information for a nanotechnology exhibit called 'The World of the Tiny' at the Children's Museum of Mexico City.
July 25, 2008 Read more
Penn researchers demonstrate a flexible, 1-step assembly of nanoscale structures
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master 'plate'.
July 25, 2008 Read more
New FramingNano website informs about nanotechnology regulation in the EU
FramingNano is an FP7 funded two-year project aimed at building a deliberative process amongst nanotechnology stakeholders in order to inform the development of a future EU governance framework for the responsible and safe development of nanotechnologies.
July 25, 2008 Read more
Universiti Sains Malaysia signs sub licence agreement for advancement of nanotechnology platform with Biotechcorp
Technology transfer program signifies actual implementation of an academic, government agency and private sector partnership with Nanobiotix of France.
July 25, 2008 Read more
Disentangling the strange behavior of qubits
Scientists have been working on an experiment and a theoretical model that show that certain quantum leaps are prohibited at times between levels of a qubit superconductor.
July 25, 2008 Read more
A hot connection with spin
Researchers have studied the effect of spin chirality on the transport properties in solid-state materials.
July 25, 2008 Read more
Slower switching for quantum coherence
The performance of quantum computing can be improved by operating logic gates slowly.
July 24, 2008 Read more
NanoART K12 program promotes the art-science-technology intersection
The purpose of this worldwide program is to support the education of the new generations of artists and scientists and to promote the art-science-technology intersections and NanoArt for a better youth development.
July 24, 2008 Read more
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from University of Michigan
University of Michigan engineers are offering a 16-piece lab-on-a-chip kit that brings microfluidic devices to the scientific masses. The kit cuts the costs involved and the time it takes to make a microfluidic device from days to minutes.
July 24, 2008 Read more
UALR scientist named to Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute
he newly formed Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute has named Dr. Alex Biris chief scientist at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, as its honorary president. He also serves as a founding member of the organization.
July 24, 2008 Read more
Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale
Juelich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy.
July 24, 2008 Read more
Material may help autos turn heat into electricity
Researchers invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. The material has twice the efficiency of anything currently on the market, and could also work in power generators and heat pumps.
July 24, 2008 Read more
Revolutionary materials reflect ancient forms
Physicists have created a structure with both crystalline and quasicrystalline characteristics on a quasicrystalline light lattice.
July 24, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology may aid PCa diagnosis
Once limited to the electronics industry, semiconductor material may hold the key to improving early detection of prostate cancer among African-American men.
July 24, 2008 Read more
UC Santa Barbara chemist goes nano with CoQ10
IIf Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco.
July 24, 2008 Read more
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