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Carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites for field emission cathodes

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that you can produce a composite of carbon nanotubes ...


Improving Quantum Dot Synthesis

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots for biomedical applications. By using a laboratory ...





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Research gives new insights into 4 billion year-old meteorites

Research gives new insights into 4 billion year-old meteorites

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have gained new insight into the makeup of ancient meteorites called Carbonaceous Chondrites, in research published in the October edition of the journal Earth Science and Planetary Le ...


Statin warning for pregnant women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pregnant women or those hoping to start or extend a family should avoid using the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins, say scientists.


Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots

Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble “quantum dots” for biological research. By ...


Scientists advance facile synthesis of nanoparticles with multiple functions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanostructured materials have garnered great interest worldwide due to their unique size-dependent properties for chemical, electronic, structural, medical and consumer applications.


Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins.


Vitamin supplement little more than 'snake oil'

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (30) | comments 2

A popular vitamin supplement is being advertised with claims that are demonstrably untrue, as revealed by research published in the open access journal BMC Pharmacology.


Transporting gold across physical boundaries

Transporting gold across physical boundaries

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 23, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 0

Achieving the desired effect is often only a question of the right place and the right moment - and this also applies to drugs. In order to be transported in the bloodstream, they need to be water-soluble. ...


Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relative ...


Nanoscale packaging could aid delivery of cancer-fighting drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 15, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Nature has produced a well-stocked arsenal of potent cancer-fighting compounds, including Taxol, first isolated from the Pacific yew tree, and rapamycin, borrowed from a soil-dwelling bacterium.


Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Water-conserving irrigation strategies minimize overwatering, runoff

Biology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conserving water and reducing the environmental impact of runoff are two of the most important issues confronting container nursery operations. Current regulations and laws in five states limit water consumption ...



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