Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs.
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Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to avoid nanoparticle toxicity. Mayo Clinic researchers found out why and determined how to make the nanoparticles effective against ovarian cancer cells. The discovery is detailed in the current online issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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Duke University engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced that it will be showcasing the company's latest industry-leading multi-layer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) and surface-mount and wire-bondable thin film products at the 2013 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS), being held from June 2-7 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.
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Precision positioning systems specialist Physik Instrumente (PI) recently introduced a new series of miniaturized, piezo-motor-driven linear positioners at the 2013 LASER World of PHOTONICS conference -- the world’s largest trade show for lasers and photonics related products -- in in Munich, Germany,.
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Innovnano, an expert manufacturer of high performance ceramic powder, has developed 3 mol % yttria stabilised zirconia powder (3YSZ) – an advanced technical ceramic with medical device applications.
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Grapefruits have long been known for their health benefits, and the subtropical fruit may revolutionize how medical therapies like anti-cancer drugs are delivered to specific tumor cells.
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Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.
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In a series of articles to introduce Plandaí Biotechnology, Inc.'s three highly bioavailable products, the second of three introduces what could be the go-to solution for the common cold. All of Plandaí's extracts will be individually labeled and marketed under the Phytofare™ brand.
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World-class, groundbreaking companies will be featured at the 11th annual Future in Review (FiRe) conference in California this week. Described by The Economist as “the best technology conference in the world,” FiRe features world thought leaders in technology and the global economy, including Centerpiece Speakers Mark Hurd, Vint Cerf, Leroy Hood, and others.
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This graduate forum, compared with other conferences, will bring you a brand new experience, because you graduates will be the stars on stage today,” remarked Professor Liu Zhongfan, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences at the opening ceremony of the Physical Chemistry Graduate Frontier Forum.
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Cascade Microtech, Inc., a leader at enabling precision measurements of integrated circuits at the wafer level, today announced the kickoff of its series of CONNECT events. In this series of local events beginning in San Jose, CA and travelling throughout Europe, Asia and Japan, CONNECT will feature the company’s newest wafer probing solutions and will provide a forum for discussing the most current challenges facing device and process design engineers and manufacturers today.
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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today announced that the company has developed second generation 19 nanometer process technology that it will apply to mass production of 2-bit-per-cell 64 gigabit NAND memory chips later this month.
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Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into output of a different color. The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and engineers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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