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Researchers for First Time Observed Magnetic Monopoles and How They Emerge in Real Material

Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie have, in cooperation with colleagues from Dresden, St. Andrews, La Plata and Oxford, for the first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real material.

3 Sep 2009

Team to Boost Boron's Expanding Use in Medicine

Chemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesized boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof of concept that could lead to new drug design strategies.

2 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop New Graphite-Based Magnetic Nanomaterial

An international team of researchers has designed a new graphite-based, magnetic nano-material that acts as a semiconductor and could help material scientists create the next generation of electronic devices like microchips.

2 Sep 2009

Paramagnetic Nanoparticle Rapidly Detects and Profiles Cancer Cells

Using a new type of paramagnetic nanoparticle and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system built into a microfluidic device, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has c...

28 Aug 2009

Tiny Semiconductor Crystals Displaying New Magnetic Functions at Room Temperature

That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processi...

20 Aug 2009

Microscopic Magnetic Particles Bringing Stem Cells to Sites of Cardiovascular Injury

Microscopic magnetic particles have been used to bring stem cells to sites of cardiovascular injury in a new method designed to increase the capacity of cells to repair damaged tissue, UCL scientists announced today. ...

17 Aug 2009

Magnetic Microbes Could Accelerate Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research

In a study published online in Genome Research, scientists have used genome sequencing to unlock new secrets about these magnetic microbes that could accelerate biotechnology and nanotechnology research.

11 Aug 2009

Lab on a Chip: Highly Sensitive Detection of Bacteria with Magnetic Nanoparticles and a Miniaturized NMR Method

Researchers working with Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School have now developed a very simple process for the rapid detection of pathogens that requires no further sample preparation. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, this technique is based on magnetic nanoparticles and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement.

29 Jul 2009

IBM Fellow Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Magnetism

IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism award and the Louis Neel Medal for his pioneering work and fundamental contributions to the development of spintronic nano-materials and nano-devices for magnetic sensing, memory and logic devices.

27 Jul 2009

Magnetically Responsive Gold Nanostars Offering New Approach to Biomedical Imaging

Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. The nanostars gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and can scatter light to produce a pulsating or "twinkling" effect.

21 Jul 2009