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Calculating Binding Energy Between Hyperon Particles Contributes to Understanding New Type of Neutron Star

In 2009, physicists from Japan’s KEK high-energy proton accelerator announced the sighting of a rare event: an unusually bulky beryllium nucleus that, in addition to four protons and five neutrons, contained two pa...

30 Jul 2010

OmniGuide Marks Ten Years of Achievement

OmniGuide® Inc, pioneer of the world’s most precise flexible surgical scalpel for minimally invasive surgery, recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

29 Jul 2010

Scientists Create Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for PV Applications

Processes which lend materials new characteristics are generally complicated and therefore often rather difficult to reproduce. So surprise turns to astonishment when scientists report on new methods which not only produce outstanding results despite the fact that they use economically priced starting materials but also do not need expensive instrumentation.

29 Jul 2010

Marina Biotech Purchases Intellectual Property of Novosom

Marina Biotech, Inc. announced today that the Company has acquired the intellectual property of Novosom AG of Halle, Germany for its SMARTICLES® liposomal-based delivery system in an all-stock transaction.

29 Jul 2010

Nanorods Can Improve Performance of Hybrid Solar Cells, Study

Propelled by aggressive R&D activities, third generation photovoltaics (PVs) are poised to take a huge leap forward. The exploratory mass production of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC)-powered consumer durables is likely to alter the future course of research in this segment.

From Frost and Sullivan 29 Jul 2010

NanoBusiness Talent Program Helps U.S. Students to be Globally Competitive

Summer jobs are a rite of passage for teens. But this summer, Christian Johnson, 18, isn’t scooping ice cream or catching a tan as a lifeguard. Instead, the soon-to-be college freshman will investigate the use o...

29 Jul 2010

New Book Discusses Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticles

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4af251/multiscale_modelin) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Multiscale Modeling of Particle Interactions: Applica...

29 Jul 2010

Several Nano-Based Techniques Help to Meet Needs for Clean Water

Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some...

29 Jul 2010

Thermo Fisher Introduces Two New DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the availability of two new DXR Nanocarbon Analysis Packages for the characterization and microcharacterization of carbon nanomaterials.

29 Jul 2010

Transferrin-Bonded Nanoparticles Can Recognize Broad Range of Cancers

A normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able – when paired with nanoparticles – to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs.

29 Jul 2010