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Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices

Breaking Down the Barrier for Smaller, Faster Electronic Devices

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of international researchers is the first to uncover the chemical composition and structure of a microelectronics element that is vital to producing ever smaller - and, thus, cheaper ...


Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A rare, deadly developmental disorder of the lungs called alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) that usually kills the infants born with it within the first month of life results from ...





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Come on in: Nuclear barrier less restrictive than expected in new cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it comes to the two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, compartmentalization is everything. Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient cells that only have a membrane surrounding their outer boundary, while ...


Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete

Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized ...


NEC Develops New Full Low-k Cu-interconnect Structure

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 13, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NEC have developed a new Silica-Carbon Composite (SCC) film capable of blocking Cu-atom diffusion into the dielectric films of LSI interconnects. Use of the SCC film establishes an ultimate full-low-k (FLK) Cu interconnect ...


Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The research, by the University of Bristol, is published ...


Researcher searches DNA for secrets to bacteria's large size

Researchers study bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria

Biology /

created May 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Well, perhaps not quite Shaquille O'Neal. But it is Shaq-teria. The secret to an unusual bacterium's massive size -- it's the size of a grain of salt, or a million times bigger than E. coli bacteria, and big ...


How to increase colonoscopy attendance?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In view of low attendance rate for colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), it is necessary to establish effective intervention methods to increase colonoscopy compliance. Many studies have reported that subjective ...


Barrier to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes faces criticism

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The last stand in the battle to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes is under way. The Army Corps began tests last week to see whether it can permanently crank up the power on its new electrical fish barrier on the ...


New model details why some information 'goes viral'

New model for social marketing campaigns details why some information 'goes viral'

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marketers dream of finding ways to get something to "go viral" on the Internet. Indeed, viral marketing, whether it be through email, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter, has become the Holy Grail ...


A window into the brain: Researchers use MRI to track memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When we absorb new information, the human brain reshapes itself to store this newfound knowledge. But where exactly is the new knowledge kept, and how does that capacity to adapt reflect our risk for Alzheimer's disease and ...


Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'

Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull ...



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