News tagged with barrier system

'Green' nanoparticles, that may enhance medication delivery and improve MRI performance

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles comprised of a non-toxic, protein-based nanotechnology that can non-invasively cross the blood brain barrier and is capable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why smart growth frustrates players in the system: study

Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Coral rehab finding offers hope for Great Barrier Reef

Coral ecosystems cope much better than was first thought when the reef habitat is fragmented, a new study has found, meaning that efforts to restore even small parts of the damaged Great Barrier Reef could ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists cultivate human brain's most ubiquitous cell in lab dish

Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Better glasses-free 3-D: A fundamentally new approach

Nintendo's 3DS portable gaming system, the first commercial device with a glasses-free 3-D screen, has been available in the United States for barely a month, and it’s already sold more than a million ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

A global model for the origin of species independent of geographical isolation

(PhysOrg.com) -- The tremendous diversity of life continues to puzzle scientists, long after the 200 years since Charles Darwin's birth. However, in recent years, consistent patterns of biodiversity have been identified ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 12