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Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells

Self-cleaning, low-reflectivity treatment boosts efficiency for photovoltaic cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts ...





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Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope

Pioneering medical nanotechnology offers new cancer breakthrough hope

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Leicester could be potentially paving the way for the development of a powerful new strategy for both the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate ...


Successful stem cell therapy for treatment of eye disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newly published research, by investigators, at the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) in the journal Stem Cells reported the first successful treatment of eight patients with "Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency" (LSCD) ...


The FDA has approved ankle replacements, so why don't all insurance plans cover them?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

It's been a decade since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first total ankle-replacement system for patients with severe ankle arthritis.


New treatment in sight for ovarian cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In the future, women with metastatic ovarian cancer could be treated with a radioactive substance that can seek and destroy tumour cells. An initial study in patients conducted jointly by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...


Step forward for nanotechnology: Controlled movement of molecules

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting an advance toward overcoming one of the key challenges in nanotechnology: Getting molecules to move quickly in a desired direction without help from outside forces. Their achievement ...


Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles ...


Human cells secrete cancer-killing protein

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Human cells are able to secrete a cancer-killing protein, scientists at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center have found.


Peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes'

Peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes'

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research ...


'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options

'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate ...


New cancer study takes major step toward improved treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into cancer-fighters. By using their patented chemical compound, SHetA2, researchers tricked cancer ...



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