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Buckyballs could keep water systems flowing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Microscopic particles of carbon known as buckyballs may be able to keep the nation's water pipes clear in the same way clot-busting drugs prevent arteries from clogging up.
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Bucky's brother -- The boron buckyball makes its debut
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 23, 2007 |
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A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms.
Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs ...
Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born.
Buckyballs Ferry Drugs into Cancer Cells Safely
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 29, 2007 |
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Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new type of buckyball nanoparticle that acts as a passkey, allowing peptide-based drugs to enter cancer cells.
Repetitive motion speeds nanoparticle uptake
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 04, 2007 |
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Newly published research by Rice University chemists and North Carolina State University toxicologists finds that repetitive movement can speed the uptake of nanoparticles through the skin.
Developing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2006 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new storage system to hold large quantities of hydrogen fuel that may one day power cars in a more cost-effective and consumer-friendly way.
Researchers develop buckyballs to fight allergy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 20, 2007 |
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A research team has identified a new biological function for a soccer ball-shaped nanoparticle called a buckyball – the ability to block allergic response, setting the stage for the development of new therapies for allergy.
Manufactured Buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 08, 2008 |
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Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers.
Fighting disease atom by atom: Atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV). Their findings, ...
Buckyballs could deliver multi-drug therapy to tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2006 |
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In the ongoing search for better ways to target anticancer drugs to kill tumors without making people sick, researchers find that nanoparticles called buckyballs might be used to significantly boost the payload of drugs carried ...
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