"It's not brain surgery" is a phrase often uttered to dismiss a job's difficulty, but when the task actually is removing a brain tumor, even the slightest mistake could have serious health consequences. To help surgeons in ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick. These self-assembling gold coatings with features ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organic polymers ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 16, 2011
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A Northern Illinois University chemist is part of an international team of scientists whose work might someday crack open cold-case files.
Biochemistry
Aug 3, 2011
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Gold nanoparticles, says Chris Kiely, are fast becoming some of the most effective diplomats of the nanoworld.
Nanomaterials
Aug 2, 2011
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For University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers studying the toxicity of gold nanoparticles - a minuscule material with potentially big biomedical applications - the road to a new medical advance may or may not be paved ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2011
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The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are reporting in a new study in the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 13, 2011
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A novel approach to restoring sight using a ‘bionic eye' is being investigated at Swinburne University of Technology.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The initial entry of HIV-1 into host cells remains a compelling yet elusive target for the development of agents to prevent infection, a critical need in the fight against the global AIDS epidemic.
Biochemistry
Jul 8, 2011
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumours.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 7, 2011
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