News tagged with nanoclusters

Neutrons used to study a key protein in milk

Martha, a cow placidly grazing in a field in The Netherlands, became an important collaborator with researchers who successfully analyzed and characterized the internal protein structure and the composite ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New drug candidate prolongs the lives of pancreatic cancer patients

Every year, 42,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Few live very long, and less than 5% are still alive five years after diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists synthesize gold to shed light on cells' inner workings

Highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters for sub-cellular imaging have been synthesized by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), one of the research institutes of Singapore's A*STAR (Agency ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2




Search results for nanoclusters


'Nanobubbles' plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting

Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UT researchers' innovation addresses major challenge of drug delivery

A new physical form of proteins developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could drastically improve treatments for cancer and other diseases, as well as overcome some of the largest challenges in therapeutics: ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Colossal magnetoresistance occurs when nanoclusters form at specific temperatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador have found that, at just the right temperatures, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bright future for gaN nanowires

The gallium nitride nanowires grown by PML scientists may only be a few tenths of a micrometer in diameter, but they promise a very wide range of applications, from new light-emitting diodes and diode lasers ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Single molecule electronics and 'chemical soldering'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Single molecule electronics is a division of nanotechnology utilizing single molecules as electronic components and its study has the ultimate goal of reducing the size of common electrical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

There's more to implants than meets the eye

In this month's Physics World, Richard Taylor, professor of physics, psychology and art at the University of Oregon, warns that artificial retinal implants – a technology fast becoming a reality – must adapt to the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Building a better battery

(PhysOrg.com) -- “What we are trying to do is put different pieces of a puzzle together,” said Argonne National Laboratory scientist Daniel P. Abraham. The puzzle is a lithium-rich compound material, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microreactor speeds nanotech particle production by 500 times

Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a new method to speed the production rate of nanoparticles by 500 times, an advance that could play an important role in making nanotechnology products more commercially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Oxidation mechanisms at gold nanoclusters unraveled

Researchers believe that the puzzle of catalytic gold is now partially solved. Gold can catalyse an oxidation reaction by first oxidising itself. New research evidence on gold-oxide phase at room temperature ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1


List of search results for nanoclusters