Buckyballs used as 'passkey' into cancer cells
Drug delivery study pairs Rice chemists with BCM
pediatricians. [read
article] |
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Repetitive motion speeds nanoparticle uptake
Bucky amino acid penetrates faster, deeper when
skin is flexed. [read
article] |
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Al4H6 - Researchers create new
class of compounds
May have applications in solid rocket fuel and the hydrogen
economy. [read
article] |
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Coated nanoparticles solve sticky drug-delivery
problem
Researchers take cues from viruses to get
treatment through body's protective. [read
article] |
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Nanoengineered concrete could cut CO2
emissions
While government leaders argue
about the practicality of reducing world emissions of carbon dioxide,
scientists and engineers are seeking ways to make it happen. [read
article] |
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New way to produce multilayer cobalt thin films for
technical and scientific applications
Voltammetric study of underpotential deposition
of cobalt onto a glassy carbon electrode. [read
article] |
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Rotting leaf litter study could lead to more accurate
climate models
Bags of decomposing organic matter have allowed a research team
to produce an elegant and simple set of equations to calculate
the nitrogen released into the soil during decomposition, which
in turn could significantly improve the accuracy of global
climate change models. [read
article] |
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Joining forces
Weizmann Institute scientists use peptides and lipopeptides to fight bacteria. [read article] |
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Turning green gunk to gold, anti-cancer gold
Combining synthetic chemistry techniques
with a knowledge of the properties and actions of enzymes,
scientists have been able to produce an exciting class of
anti-cancer drugs originally isolated from blue-green algae. [read
article] |
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USC team reveals structure of APOBEC family protein
Study sheds new light on rare immunodeficiency
disease. [read
article] |
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