Pollution-busting laundry additive gets set to clean up
Within just two years, we could all be wearing clothes that purify the air as we simply move around in them.
Within just two years, we could all be wearing clothes that purify the air as we simply move around in them.
Other
Sep 26, 2012
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Scientists are reporting development of a new transparent solar cell, an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside. Their report ...
Nanophysics
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Many organic contaminants in the air and in drinking water need to be detected at very low-level concentrations. Research published by the laboratory of Prashant V. Kamat, the John A. Zahm Professor of Science ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 6, 2012
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Silver nanoparticles cause more damage to testicular cells than titanium dioxide nanoparticles, according to a recent study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. However, the use of both types may affect testicular ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2012
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Children may be receiving the highest exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide in candy, which they eat in amounts much larger than adults, according to a new study. Published in ACS' journal, Environmental Science & ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Custom modifications of equipment are an honored tradition of the research lab. In a recent paper, two materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology describe how a relatively ...
General Physics
Jan 25, 2012
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The Bren School-based authors of a study published Jan. 20 in the journal PLoS ONE have observed toxicity to marine organisms resulting from exposure to a nanoparticle that had not previously been shown to be toxic under ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 24, 2012
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One of the ways in which cancer cells evade anticancer therapy is by producing a protein that pumps drugs out of the cell before these compounds can exert their cell-killing effects. A research team at Northwestern University ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 20, 2012
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A simple technique to make a common virus-killing material significantly more effective is a breakthrough from the Rice University labs of Andrew Barron and Qilin Li.
Biochemistry
Jan 12, 2011
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More research is needed to understand how nanoparticles could impact the environment. When it comes to the size of nanoparticles moving contaminants in water, the jurys still out. Thats what Moira Ridley, a professor ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2010
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