News articles tagged with 'particles'
Magnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat
— 6 Nov 2009 12:09 | HealthWhether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target... — full story
Knocking nanoparticles off the socks
— 29 Oct 2009 09:46 | ChemistryScientists in Switzerland are reporting results of one of the first studies on the release of silver nanoparticles from laundering those anti-odour, anti-bacterial socks now on the... — full story
An HIV-blocking gel for women
— 10 Aug 2009 06:19 | HealthUniversity of Utah scientists developed a new kind of 'molecular condom' to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal... — full story
Carbon nanoparticles toxic to adult fruit flies but benign to young
— 8 Aug 2009 16:35 | BiologyCarbon nanoparticles are widely used in medicine, electronics, optics, materials science and architecture, but their health and environmental impact is not fully understood... — full story
Caltech researchers show how organic carbon compounds emitted by trees affect air quality
— 7 Aug 2009 10:01 | EnvironmentA previously unrecognised player in the process by which gases produced by trees and other plants become aerosols - microscopically small particles in the atmosphere - has been discovered... — full story
NYU physicists make room for oddballs
— 4 Aug 2009 09:55 | PhysicsHere's a question. How many gumballs of different sizes can fit in one of those containers at the mall so as to reward a well-spent quarter? It's hard to believe that most people never... — full story
Discovery about behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution
— 31 Jul 2009 09:05 | PhysicsA team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons... — full story
NYU physicists show way to count sweets in a jar - from inside the jar
— 29 Jul 2009 20:18 | PhysicsHow many sweets fit into a jar? This question depends on the shapes and sizes of the sweets, the size of the jar, and how it is filled. Surprisingly, this ancient question remains unanswered... — full story
NRL's Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles
— 28 Jul 2009 20:13 | AstronomyNASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is making some exciting discoveries about cosmic rays and the Large Area Telescope aboard Fermi is the tool in this investigation. Scientists... — full story
Icy exposure creates armoured polymer high tech foams
— 28 Jul 2009 19:41 | ChemistryChemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech... — full story