DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to health, according to scientists at the National Institute of Standards ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2007
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Using a microscope and some extreme “snapshot” photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have uncovered the ...
Nanophysics
Mar 30, 2007
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Chemists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Arizona State University have proposed an elegantly simple technique for cleaving proteins into convenient pieces for analysis. The prototype sample preparation ...
Mar 30, 2007
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Biologists at New York University have identified how different species use common genes to control their early development and alter how these genes are used to accommodate their own features. The findings, which were discovered ...
Mar 30, 2007
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It came on quickly and then lasted nearly two decades, eventually killing more than one million people and affecting 50 million more. All of this makes the Sahel drought, which first struck West Africa in the late 1960s, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2007
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A major mathematical breakthrough by a team of 18 scientists, led by University of Maryland mathematician Jeffrey Adams, has been commended by Congress, one week after the work made international headlines when it was announced ...
Mathematics
Mar 30, 2007
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U.S. scientists say the concept of cold fusion, a controversial concept once hailed as a scientific breakthrough, may be ready for rebirth.
General Physics
Mar 30, 2007
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Michigan wildlife officials said they are convinced there are gray wolves in the Lower Peninsula even though no one has spotted a pack.
Mar 30, 2007
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HP has designed a new printer management tool that allows small and midsize businesses to manage up to 15 HP LaserJet printers and multi-function printers.
Software
Mar 30, 2007
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The pair says the wireless industry should focus on ways to use technology to help grow the global economy.
Telecom
Mar 30, 2007
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