US official: Solar plane to help ground energy use (Update)
The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized toy.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 17, 2013
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High court ruling on gene patents lifts Myriad
Shares of diagnostic test maker Myriad Genetics Inc. are jumping Thursday after the Supreme Court issued a mixed ruling in a case involving the company's patents on genes at the center of its tests for increased risk of breast ...
Business
Jun 13, 2013
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Nano-needles can force medicine into cells, even when they resist taking it
Physicist Pawel Sikorski and his group are making beds of nails on a miniature scale – a plate covered in nano-needles designed to puncture individual cells.
Bio & Medicine
May 24, 2013
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Fast new, one-step genetic engineering technology
A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. Published in the journal ACS ...
Biotechnology
May 22, 2013
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Improved quantum-dot performance: Could enable more efficient computer displays, enhanced biomedical testing
Quantum dots—tiny particles that emit light in a dazzling array of glowing colors—have the potential for many applications, but have faced a series of hurdles to improved performance. But an MIT team says that it has ...
Nanophysics
Feb 4, 2013
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Researchers use DNA to make crystals that can switch configurations
(Phys.org)—Beyond serving as the backbone of modern biology, DNA has come to be a molecule of great interest to engineers. That a DNA sequence will naturally bind only with a complementary sequence could make it part of ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 4, 2013
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Researchers develop real-time CT-scan test rig for ceramic composites at ultrahigh temperatures
(Phys.org)—Advanced ceramic composites can withstand the ultrahigh operational temperatures projected for hypersonic jet and next generation gas turbine engines, but real-time analysis of the mechanical properties of these ...
Materials Science
Dec 10, 2012
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Plastics used in some medical devices break down in a previously unrecognized way
Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that degradation can occur in silicone-urethane plastics that are often considered for use in medical devices. Their study, published in ACS' journal Macromolecules, ...
Materials Science
Dec 5, 2012
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Novel process to detect proteins could simplify kidney disease detection
(Phys.org)—Detecting whether a patient will have acute kidney injury could become as simple as dipping a paper test strip printed with gold nanorods into a urine sample, a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2012
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New reference material to help get the lead out of paints for children's products
To help manufacturers adhere to new regulations intended to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed standard test samples of lead ...
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2012
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