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Nanostructured Interfaces for Therapeutic Delivery

Of the many characteristic traits a drug can have, one of the most desirable is the ability for a drug to be swallowed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the gut. Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend th...

9 Nov 2009

Researchers Find Reliable, Mess-Free Way to Grow Graphene

Single layers of carbon atoms, called graphene sheets, are lightweight, strong, electrically semi-conducting -- and notoriously difficult and expensive to make.

9 Nov 2009

Thin Films of Silver and Copper Cutting Down on Hospital Infections

Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimicrobial properties o...

9 Nov 2009

Once the World Leader in Discovery and Growth of Crystalline Materials is Now Falling Behind Other Nations

According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States, once the world leader in the discovery and growth of crystalline materials, is now falling behind othe...

9 Nov 2009

Cooling Strontium Could Lead to Increasingly Precise Clocks, Quantum Computers and Ultracold Chemistry

Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures and control its motion could lead to increasingly precise clocks and may advance our progress toward quantum computers and novel experiments in ultracold chemistry.

9 Nov 2009

Professor Wins 'EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award' for Microbubble Research

To celebrate its fifth year of publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface in conjunction with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) honoured the best research article published in the journal at an awards ceremony in London on 6th November.

9 Nov 2009