Hoping that science will cast a spell on local middle and high school students, a University of Houston team is starting a program that will harness the magical draw of the Harry Potter series to make technical subjects resonate ...
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Apr 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer level to engineer the first-ever ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 8, 2009
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For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern ...
Feb 17, 2009
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Emerging technologies such as nanotechnology can provide efficient approaches by which new materials with broad functions, such as durable and fire-retardant properties, can be developed and subsequently used for the treatment ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2023
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The kola nut tree is grown for its seed. The tree is indigenous to west Africa, where it is widely cultivated. It's now also found in Asia, South America and the Caribbean.
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2023
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Researchers at MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology developed a tool that can measure the size of a plasma source and the color of the light it emits simultaneously. "Measuring both at the same time enables us to further improve ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 13, 2023
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Scientists surveyed 600 Dutch people on what they think and believe about certain topics and how that affects their opinions on science. Specifically, it involved what they thought about nanotechnology, human genome editing ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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In an Australian first, researchers from the University of Queensland have used nanotechnology to develop effective ways to manage tooth sensitivity.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 23, 2021
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DNA nanotechnology—the research field using DNA molecules as building material—has developed rapidly during recent years and enabled the construction of increasingly complex nanostructures. DNA nanostructures, such as ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 1, 2021
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A new technique can label diverse molecules and amplify the signal to help researchers spot those that are especially rare. Called SABER (signal amplification by exchange reaction), Peng Yin's lab at Harvard's Wyss Institute ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 18, 2020
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