News tagged with cell properties

Discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals advances their applications

Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Carbon nanotubes and the environment

Carbon nanotubes have made a meteoric career in the past 15 years, even if their applications are still limited. Recent research results show that - apart from their favorable mechanical and electrical properties ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fresh Pot of Tea Strikes Anticancer Gold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More i ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A secret to night vision found in DNA's unconventional 'architecture'

Researchers have discovered an important element for making night vision possible in nocturnal mammals: the DNA within the photoreceptor rod cells responsible for low light vision is packaged in a very unconventional way, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Next generation nanofilms created

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven difficult ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Through the Wire: A New Nanocatalyst Synthesis Technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Speedier flexible electronics possible with new fabrication process

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever but simple new way of making transistors out of high-performance organic microwires presents a potential path for products such as smart merchandise tags, light and cheap solar panels, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Infrared Nanotube Films Offer Advantages for Solar Cells and More

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have already known that carbon nanotube thin films have mechanical and conductive advantages that could make them useful as electrodes in solar cells, solid state lighting, and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 feature

Transport behavior of E. coli varies depending on manure source

Escherichia coli is a commonly used indicator organism for detecting the presence of fecal contamination in drinking water supplies. The importance of E. coli as an indicator organism has led to several studies looking at th ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists find unusual electronic properties in bismuth-based crystalline material

Physicists at Rutgers University have discovered unusual electronic properties in a material that has potential to improve solar cell efficiency and computer chip design.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0