News tagged with polycarbonate
Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
BPA chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and ...
Researchers construct a device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny ...
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Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 27, 2009 |
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People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.
BPA linked to aggressive behavior in young girls, research suggests
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Pre-birth exposure to a chemical widely used in plastics appears to be linked to more aggressive behavior in little girls, according to research published Tuesday by a scientist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel ...
Improved robotic hand captures mechanical engineering top award
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) has captured another top award for its updated innovative robotic hand that can automatically change its grasping force ...
New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that ...
Our Exposure to Controversial Chemical May be Greater than Dose Considered Safe
Jun 10, 2009 |
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People are likely being exposed to the commonly used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) at levels much higher than the recommended safe daily dose, according to a new study in monkeys.
Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Exposure during pregnancy to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, found in many common plastic household items, is known to cause a fertility defect in the mother's offspring in animal studies, and now researchers have found ...
Highly conductive nanocomposites: Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhones.
Implant monitors tumors
May 13, 2009 |
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Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but only offer a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
How Much Energy Goes Into Making a Bottle of Water?
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people who buy bottled water have access to clean drinking water virtually for free (in the US, tap water costs less than a penny per gallon, on average). Nevertheless, the consumption ...
Physicist's vision for helping world's poor: self-adjusting eyeglasses
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Joshua Silver, a lifelong tinkerer, was fiddling around one day with a cheap, water-filled lens he'd built as an optics experiment when he noticed something interesting.
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