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Tag: biotech
Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas
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Contact: Laura Ost laura.ost@nist.gov 303-497-4880 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from industry and academia have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly effi…
A Venus flytrap for nuclear waste
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Contact: Megan Fellman fellman@northwestern.edu 847-491-3115 Northwestern University New material finds 'needle in a haystack,' shows promise for clean-up Not every object is food to a Venus flytrap. Like the carnivorous plant, a new material developed at Northwestern University permanently traps onl…
Superconducting hydrogen?
[NEWS] Contact: Dave Mao h.mao@gl.ciw.edu 202-478-8960 Carnegie Institution Washington, D.C. – Physicists have long wondered whether hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, could be transformed into a metal and possibly even a superconductor – the elusive state in which electrons can flow without resistance. They have speculated that under cer…
Scientists achieve first rewire of genetic switches
[NEWS] Contact: Alex Waddington alex.waddington@manchester.ac.uk 01-612-758-387 University of Manchester Researchers in Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches, creating what could be a vital tool for the development of new drugs and even future gene therapies. A team of scientists from …
Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research
[NEWS] Contact: Tracey Jewitt press.office@bbsrc.ac.uk 44-017-934-14694 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research is highlighted in the latest is…
How ‘random’ lasers work
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Contact: Lee Siegel leesiegel@ucomm.utah.edu 801-581-8993 University of Utah Natural cavities act like mirrors in light-emitting plastics SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24, 2010 – When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no…
Neuron connections seen in 3-D
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Contact: SINC info@plataformasinc.es 34-914-251-820 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in co…