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Nanoemulsion potent against superbugs that kill cystic fibrosis patients

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant ...


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Scientists produce nanoscale droplets with cancer-fighting implications

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists have succeeded in making unique nanoscale droplets that are much smaller than a human cell and can potentially be used to deliver pharmaceuticals.





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Honey adds health benefits, is natural preservative and sweetener in salad dressings

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Antioxidant-rich honey is a healthy alternative to chemical additives and refined sweeteners in commercial salad dressings, said a new University of Illinois study.


Study of 'Ouzo effect' may lead to design of improved drugs, cosmetics

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created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists studying the cloudy emulsions produced by anise-flavored liquors such as Ouzo have discovered new molecular insights into their formation, findings that could lead to the design of better commercial emulsions used ...


New method for combating prostate cancer developed

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A novel method of drug delivery to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells has been developed by a doctoral candidate in pharmacy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


Nanotechnology restores art masterpieces

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created May 15, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Italian scientists are developing nanotechnologies to simply and less expensively restore paintings and other works of art.


Scientists create microscopic alphabet

Scientists create microscopic alphabet

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 21, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (37) | comments 0

UCLA scientists have designed and mass-produced billions of fluorescent microscale particles in the shapes of all 26 letters of the alphabet in an “alphabet soup” displaying “exquisite fidelity of the shapes.”


Fossilized liquid assembly: Nanomaterials research tool

Fossilized liquid assembly: Nanomaterials research tool

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 12, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

From a butterfly's iridescent wing to a gecko's sticky foot, nature derives extraordinary properties from ordinary materials like wax and keratin. Its secret is hierarchical topology: macroscale structures ...


Green light for the neutrino beam from Cern to Gran Sasso

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The delivery of the neutrino beam (Cngs) from Cern and the beginning of a new generation of experiments were officially celebrated today at Infn (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics) National Laboratories of Gran ...


World first nanotechnology to revolutionise oil production

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 13, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (36) | comments 0

Nanotechnology to help extract more petrol from oil fields has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).


'Armored' bubbles can exist in stable non-spherical shapes (Update)

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created Dec 14, 2005 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at Harvard University have demonstrated that gas bubbles can exist in stable non-spherical shapes without the application of external force. The micron- to millimeter scale peapod-, doughnut- and sausage-shaped ...


How two liquids mix at the surface: an atomic view

How two liquids mix at the surface: an atomic view

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created Sep 01, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Whenever cream is poured into coffee, these two liquids form a homogeneous mixture, which is difficult to separate again. Other liquids, such as water and oil, do not mix, instead forming emulsions, such as ...



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