A team of researchers from the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology has extended the operating life of an unsealed plastic solar cell, from mere hours to eight months.
Nanomaterials
Jun 21, 2010
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Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent dye and kills them ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2009
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A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2023
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Every week in his clinic at the University of Michigan, neurologist Joseph Corey, M.D., Ph.D., treats patients whose nerves are dying or shrinking due to disease or injury.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 7, 2012
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Cornell researchers have provided new insight into the molecular mechanism underlying an essential cellular system. They have discovered how receptors on cell surfaces turn off signals from the cell's environment, a function ...
Jan 16, 2009
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(Phys.org) —Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and future "optoelectronic" circuits for sensors and ...
Nanomaterials
May 22, 2013
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Researchers at The University of Queensland have found an anti-aging function in a protein deep within human cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2023
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Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often die as young adults from heart and breathing complications. However, scientists have been puzzled for decades by the fact that laboratory mice bearing the same genetic mutation ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 7, 2013
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Whitehead Institute researchers have used the gene regulation system CRISPR/Cas to engineer mouse genomes containing reporter and conditional alleles in one step. Animals containing such sophisticated engineered alleles can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2013
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Protons—subatomic particles with a positive electric charge—are one of the first particles to have formed after the universe began and are a constituent of every atom in existence today. The movement of protons plays ...
Materials Science
May 28, 2021
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