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rssDisease diagnosis, toxin detection and more are possible with DNA-graphene nanostructure
09-24-2009
Biomedical researchers suspect graphene would be useful in a variety of applications. But no one had studied the interaction between graphene and DNA, the building block of all living things. To learn more, PNNL's Zhiwen Tang, Yuehe Lin and colleagues from both PNNL and Princeton University ...
09-22-2009
In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function. Nitric oxide, a gas well known to scientists for its myriad functions, has proven challenging to measure accurately outside the laboratory. A team of Princeton and ...
10-06-2008
Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Metabolism refers to all the reactions by which living ...
'Quantum Hall-like effect' found in a bulk material without an applied magnetic field
04-28-2008
A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics - known as the quantum Hall effect - can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen. The scientists report that they have recorded this exotic ...
01-29-2008
A new technique for printing extraordinarily thin lines quickly over wide areas could lead to larger, less expensive and more versatile electronic displays as well new medical devices, sensors and other technologies. Solving a fundamental and long-standing quandary, chemical engineers at ...
09-27-2006
A team of Austrian physicists has recently developed ultra-thin pressure sensors that can also be processed into sensitive textiles. The breakthrough came with the arrival of technology for building up a sufficiently large electrical field in polymer foams. This enabled thin-film transistors ...
