News tagged with nanosystems

Carbon nanotubes as transistor material

Swiss researchers have built a transistor whose crucial element is a carbon nano-tube, suspended between two contacts, with outstanding electronic properties. A novel fabrication approach allowed the scientists ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

World records by chemists enhance ability to capture CO2

Chemists from UCLA and South Korea report the "ultimate porosity of a nano-material," achieving world records for both porosity and carbon dioxide storage capacity in an important class of materials known ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use nanoparticles to shrink tumors in mice

(PhysOrg.com) -- The application of nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery has attracted much attention in recent years. In cancer research, nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Molecule-sized bait used by researchers to fish for new drug targets

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new technique, in which molecules are used as bait to capture and study large biomolecules, could lead to a new generation of psychiatric medications.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineer invents world's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope

Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further -- or tinier: The UCLA engineer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Startup to develop new solid-state technology at UCLA for use in medical imaging

While today many medical-imaging needs are being met with traditional vacuum tube-based technology, large segments of the X-ray-imaging market are poorly served, and there is widespread demand for both performance improvements ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UCLA Startup to begin clinical trials for wireless body-monitoring system

(PhysOrg.com) -- MediSens Wireless, a startup company in UCLA's on-campus technology incubator at the California NanoSystems Institute, has obtained approval under federal Food and Drug Administration guidelines to begin ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal

(PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists anticipate their "LithoParticles" will have significant applications in photonics, optical communications and other areas.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study identifies two chemicals that could lead to new drugs for genetic disorders

UCLA scientists have identified two chemicals that convince cells to ignore premature signals to stop producing important proteins. Published in the Sept. 28 edition of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the findings could ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers design unique method to induce immunity to certain STDs

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease, accounting for more than a million reported infections in the United States each year.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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