News articles tagged with 'boron'
BNCT, a new-generation radiation treatment, is effective in advanced head and neck cancer
— 5 Mar 2011 14:03 | HealthBiologically targeted BNCT treatment is based on producing radiation inside a tumour using boron-10 and thermal neutrons. Boron-10 is introduced into cancer cells with the help of a…
Probing atomic chicken wire
— 5 Mar 2011 13:57 | TechnologyGraphene - a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure - holds great promise for microelectronics. Only one atom thick and highly conductive, graphene may…
'White graphene' to the rescue
— 30 Jul 2010 08:40 | TechnologyWhat researchers might call 'white graphene' may be the perfect sidekick for the real thing as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics…
ORNL Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms
— 25 Mar 2010 12:31 | TechnologyUsing the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images…
Rice researchers make graphene hybrid
— 16 Mar 2010 01:19 | TechnologyRice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists…
Harnessing the divas of the nanoworld
— 20 Jan 2010 16:15 | TechnologyBoron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins…
Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn
— 3 Dec 2009 09:54 | TechnologyResearchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibres, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft…
Boron-based compounds trick a biomedical protein
— 3 Sep 2009 11:26 | HealthChemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesised boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof…
A new family of molecules for self-assembly: The carboranes
— 26 Mar 2009 12:22 | ChemistryTo be useful in real-world applications, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of molecules on a surface must have a stable and controllable geometry. Researchers at Penn State and the Sigma-Aldrich…
High pressure yields novel single-element 'compound'
— 4 Feb 2009 15:32 | ChemistryAn international team of researchers including scientists at the Carnegie Institution has discovered a new chemical compound that consists of a single element?boron. Chemical compounds…