Quantum dots have shown promise in a variety of imaging and therapeutic applications, particularly when they are coated to render them biocompatible. However, such coating can increase the size of quantum dots signficantly, ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 3, 2007
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Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by noninvasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 3, 2007
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Serial killers might be responsible for up to 10 times as many U.S. deaths as previously estimated, according to an analysis by a criminologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Other
Dec 3, 2007
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In a world that constantly strives for bigger and bigger things, Washington University in St. Louis' Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 3, 2007
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In a few years’ time, instead of fiddling with needle and thread, sur-geons may simply use glue to connect implants to living tissue. They took their idea from mussels, which can stick to any surface, be it porous rock ...
Dec 3, 2007
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Many industrial processes involve reactions in places that are difficult to see directly. A novel tabletop touch screen allows hidden sequences of events to be observed in progress. It can be operated intuitively using a ...
Engineering
Dec 3, 2007
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Research on hydrogen-fueled cars may be one step closer to application thanks to a new form of hydride discovered by scientists at the ESRF. The material, lithium borohydride, is a promising energy storage system: it contains ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 3, 2007
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The spread of two invasive alien freshwater mussel species – the zebra mussel and the quagga mussel – appears to be controlled in part by calcium levels in streams and lakes and a new risk assessment based on water chemistry ...
Dec 3, 2007
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University of Queensland research has found the “missing link” in the evolution of the eye.
Dec 3, 2007
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About a decade ago, Johns Hopkins University geologist Bruce Marsh challenged the century-old concept that the Earth’s outer layer formed when crystal-free molten rock called magma oozed to the surface from giant subterranean ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 3, 2007
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