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UT Arlington center to focus on homeland security enhancement

1/23/2013 3:57 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
A new center at The University of Texas at Arlington will focus on using nanotechnology to strengthen and enhance U.S. security through collaborative research across disciplines.

The Security Advances Via Applied Nanotechnology, or SAVANT, Center will be home to projects already under way, including using nanoparticles to detect threats such as nuclear dirty bombs. It will also be a place to explore new concepts,...
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Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology

1/23/2013 12:33 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease.

Kytai Nguyen, an associate professor of bioengineering, is working on the drug-delivery portion of the project, which is funded through a $3.4...

UT Arlington receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant for groundbreaking res...

1/10/2013 12:55 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Two UT Arlington engineers will use a new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to update an ancient method of evaporation to cool vaccines and medicine that must be shipped to remote parts of the world without ready access to electricity.

The University of Texas at Arlington announced that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an...
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UT Arlington physics team demonstrates new power generation technique

11/12/2012 5:45 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
A University of Texas at Arlington physics professor has helped create a hybrid nanomaterial that can be used to convert light and thermal energy into electrical current, surpassing earlier methods that used either light or thermal energy, but not both.

Working with Louisiana Tech University assistant professor Long Que, UT Arlington associate physics professor Wei Chen and graduate students...

Nanotechnology in Consumer Products May be Harmful

7/2/2012 4:30 PM EST  -   Sokolove Law
Nanotechnology—the science of engineering extremely small particles—is used today in consumer products from food packaging to sunscreens.

Federal regulators are now...
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UT Arlington researchers receive NSF grant to study new molecular model for how ...

6/22/2012 3:07 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
UT Arlington researchers have been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to study a new model for how motor proteins behave in the body.

Their study could radically change the face of biology by explaining how proteins move and interact with other biological systems, said Jean-Pierre Bardet, dean of the UT Arlington College of Engineering.

“If proven, their study could radically change the face of...
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UMD Graphene photosensor offers better weapons detectors and telescopes to study...

6/4/2012 12:10 PM EST  -   University of Maryland, College Park
UMD Scientists Trick Graphene to Create Faster, More Sensitive Infrared Photodetector that Appears to Beat All Existing Technologies
UMD Online version: http://newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=2706

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer a sensitive detector of infrared...
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Local business expects ‘big’ things with nanotechnology

5/14/2012 5:24 AM EST  -   Diamon-Fusion UK
Warwick-based Diamon-FusionUK has just launched a revolutionary product for cars using nanotechnology which it believes will make driving safer for UK motorists.

Its nanotechnology windscreen treatment increases visibility by up to 30 per cent and also reduces night time glare by up to 25 per cent.

The special coating from the Midlands business also makes the glass stronger and more resistant to chips. Frosty...

New Summer Research School in nanomedicine

5/4/2012 9:19 AM EST  -   Karolinska Institutet
This summer, the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet will be launching a summer research school in nanomedicine together with Peking University and Japan’s RIKEN Brain Science Institute and Keio University.
Research students will be studying, amongst other topics, how conductive plastics, or polymers, can be used to understand and control neural communication, and how nanoparticles can be used for...

WITH NEW DESIGN, BULK SEMICONDUCTOR PROVES IT CAN TAKE THE HEAT

4/25/2012 2:42 PM EST  -   Boston College
CHESTNUT HILL, MA (April 25, 2012) – The intense interest in harvesting energy from heat sources has led to a renewed push to discover materials that can more efficiently convert heat into electricity. Some researchers are finding those gains by re-designing materials scientists have been working with for years.

A team of Boston College and MIT researchers report developing a novel, nanotech design that boosts the...