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How biotechnology can help farmers to power ahead
28.1.2007 | Press monitoring
BRITAIN'S fledgling bioenergy market has been given a substantial shot-in-the-arm as a result of two major research projects.
Animal gene bank would help preserve nation’s bio-diversity
27.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Vietnam plans to establish an animal gene bank by 2007. Dr Bui Xuan Nguyen from the Institute of Bio-technology spoke with Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper about the bio-tech bank.
Applied Scientists Create Wrinkled 'Skin' on Polymers
26.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Applied scientists demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on the surface areas of polymers using a focused ion beam. By controlling the direction and intensity of the ion beam, the researchers literally sculpted patterns on flat areas of polydimethylsiloxane, a silicon-based organic polymer (more commonly known as the primary...
Super honeycomb shows more potential for carbon nanotubes
25.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists Min Wang, Xinming Qiu, and Xiong Zhang from Tsinghua University in Beijing recently investigated the mechanical properties of super honeycomb structures, which are made of periodically repeating carbon nanotube Y junctions that form hexagonal patterns.
Nano-wheels seen rolling at last
24.1.2007 | Press monitoring
It is the nano-equivalent of seeing the first stone disc roll down a prehistoric hill: German and French scientists have, for the first time, observed a nanoscopic wheel rolling over a flat surface.
New Miniaturized Device for Lab-on-a-Chip Separations
23.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed an elegantly simple, miniaturized technique for rapidly separating minute samples of proteins, amino acids and other chemical mixtures. A low-cost prototype device described in a recent paper can run up to eight separations simultaneously in a space about the size of...
Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers
22.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Creating artificial substances that are both stretchy and strong has long been an elusive engineering goal. Inspired by spider silk, a naturally occurring strong and stretchy substance, MIT researchers have now devised a way to produce a material that begins to mimic this combination of desirable properties.
Physicists Discover Structures Of Gold Nanoclusters
19.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Using different experimental techniques, two separate and independent research groups in collaboration with a team from the Center for Computational Materials Science (CCMS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have unveiled the size-dependent evolution of structural and electronic structural motifs of gold nanoclusters ranging in size from 11...
Researchers Develop New Method For Fighting Leukemia
18.1.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Cancer Center have created a new method to improve the antileukemic activity of a novel agent that triggers programmed cell death, a development that could lead to more effective strategies for fighting leukemia and other malignancies.
Proposals for cow-human embryos put on hold
15.1.2007 | Press monitoring
British plans to create cloned human embryos that contain small amounts of cow DNA have been set back by about a year, after regulators decided to gauge public opinion before granting any licences.
