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New NanoMarkets Report Analyzes Conductive Coatings Market

In its latest report on the conductive coatings market, industry analyst firm NanoMarkets predicts that the worldwide conductive coatings market will be break the $12.0 billion revenue level in 2015. The firm's r...

2 Sep 2010

Two Oxides Show Strong Thermoelectric Properties Despite Being Metallic

Thermoelectric materials convert temperature gradients to electric voltage and vice versa by causing charge carriers to diffuse from hot to cold parts of the material. They are used to power spacecraft, harness waste hea...

1 Sep 2010

Gold Nanoparticles Power Quick and Colorful Method to Detect Protein–DNA Interactions with Nucleotide-Specific Sensitivity

Certain chemical pollutants can imitate hormones produced naturally in the body; bisphenol-A, for example, can mimic estrogen. Because estrogen can pass directly through cell walls to influence the transfer of genetic in...

1 Sep 2010

Nanosize Biological Particles with Potential To Fight Cancer and Other Illnesses

Two new groundbreaking scientific papers by researchers at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate the synthesis of nanosize biological particles with the potential to fight cancer and other illnesses. The studies introduce new app...

31 Aug 2010

Scientists Create First Two-Terminal Memory Chips Using Only Silicon

Rice University scientists have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, one of the most common substances on the planet, in a way that should be easily adaptable to nanoelectronic manufacturing techniques and promises to extend the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore's Law.

31 Aug 2010