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New Funding to Develop Zinc-Oxide Nano-Wire Based UV Light Detectors

Dr. John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc. announced today that the Army Research Office awarded an SBIR Phase I contract for $100,000 in new funding to develop zinc-oxide nano-wire based ultra-viole...

16 Nov 2009

Scientists Developed Simple, Cheap, Accurate Test to Find Undetected Landmines

Scientists have developed a simple, cheap, accurate test to find undetected landmines. Students from the University of Edinburgh have created a custom-made bacteria that glows green when it comes into contact with che...

16 Nov 2009

Business Innovation Award for Breakthrough Nanotechnology

Professor Alexander Seifalian, (UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine) and his research team have received a Business Innovation Award. The award, which was won within the Life Sciences and Healthcare ca...

16 Nov 2009

NJIT Mechanical Engineering Professor to Speak More About His Theory at Upcoming APS Meeting

Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a dramatic fashion, radiating outward as if it was exploding. Pushpendra Sing...

16 Nov 2009

Tackling Challenges in Rapid DNA Sequencing and Potential Health Risks of Nanotechnology

Arizona State University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health. ASU professors Stuart Lindsay and Paul Westerhoff will lead a pair of two-year, innovative projects designed to tackle challenges in the fields of rapid DNA sequencing and the potential health risks of nanotechnology.

16 Nov 2009

TiO2 Nanoparticles Cause Systemic Genetic Damage in Mice

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA&#39...

16 Nov 2009

New Approach to Studying How Immune Cells Chase Down Bacteria in Our Bodies

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanced Online Publication.

16 Nov 2009

Research Could Make it Easier to Develop Porous Materials

The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth of crystals. These results have been obtaine...

16 Nov 2009

Tiny Bubbles Target Oil Sheen and Other Pollutants

University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters.

16 Nov 2009

Microscopic Polymer Beads Delivering Antioxidant Enzyme into the Heart

Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.

15 Nov 2009