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Shape, not just size, impacts
effectiveness of emerging
nanomedicine therapies
PhysOrg.com Aug. 4, 2008
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Researchers at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill have
demonstrated that nanoparticles
designed with a specific shape, size
and surface chemistry could deliver
lower dosages of drugs to specific
cells and tissues in the body and be
more effective in treating tumors.
For instance, the scientists
discovered that long, rod-shaped...
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Researchers introduce next
generation tool for visualizing
genomic data
PhysOrg.com Aug. 4, 2008
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Researchers at the Broad Institute
have developed the Integrative
Genomics Viewer (IGV), a novel and
freely available visualization tool
that helps users simultaneously
integrate and analyze different
types of genomic data, and gives
them the flexibility to zoom in on a
specific genomic region of interest
or to pan out for a broad,
whole-genome...
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A first in integrated nanowire
sensor circuitry
PhysOrg.com Aug. 4, 2008
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Scientists at the U.S. Department
of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and the
University of California at Berkeley
have created the world's first
all-integrated sensor circuit based
on nanowire arrays, combining light
sensors and electronics made of
different crystalline materials.
Their method can be used to
reproduce numerous...
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Invention: Exoskeleton for grannies
New Scientist news service Aug. 4, 2008
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Yoshiyuki Sankai at the University
of Tsukuba has developed an
exoskeleton for a single arm that
can improve the strength and utility
of aging limbs. The device consists
of a tabard worn over the shoulders
with a motorized exoskeleton for one
arm attached. The exoskeleton senses
the angle, torque and nerve impulses
in the arm and then...
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Screensaver reveals new test for
synaesthesia
New Scientist news service Aug. 4, 2008
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Caltech scientist Melissa Saenz has
found that with certain visual
stimuli, from moving dots to flashes
of light, people described simple
abstract sounds such as tapping,
thumping, whirring or whooshing.
Synesthesia...
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Vitamin C jabs may combat cancer
NewScientist news service Aug. 4, 2008
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National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases
researchers injected
immune-deficient mice with cells
from three aggressive human cancers
-- ovarian and pancreatic tumors,
plus a form of brain cancer called
glioblastoma -- and found that
vitamin C injections slowed tumour
growth by up to 53%. By injecting
into the bloodstream,...
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Better Batteries Charge Up
Technology Review Aug. 5, 2008
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EEStor says that it has taken a big
step toward high-volume production
of an ultracapacitor-based
energy-storage system three times
the energy density of the top
lithium-ion batteries...
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