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22 mag 2013 01:03

Minus environment, patterns still emerge

( Rice University ) Random mutations and genetic drift, rather than design principles, may explain the emergence of regulatory network properties in E. coli.

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22 mag 2013 01:03

Solar and lithium ion car race winners announced

( DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory ) Ninety-seven teams from 28 Colorado schools participated in today's car competitions hosted by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.The student teams raced solar and lithium ion powered vehicles they designed and built themselves.

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21 mag 2013 23:03

Founding donor doubles his gift to Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

( Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard ) The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that Hansjorrg Wyss, the entrepreneur and philanthropist who enabled the Institute's creation in 2009 with a $125 million gift, has donated a second $125 million gift to the University to further advance the Institute's pioneering work.

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21 mag 2013 23:03

Drugs found to both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice

( University of Southern California ) Researchers at USC have found that a class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice.

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21 mag 2013 23:03

New method for producing clean hydrogen

( Duke University ) Duke University engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.

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21 mag 2013 23:03

Study led by GW professor provides better understanding of water's freezing behavior at nanoscale

( George Washington University ) The results of a new study led by George Washington University professor Tianshu Li provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water's behavior at the nanoscale.

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21 mag 2013 22:04

Poliovirus vaccine trial shows early promise for recurrent glioblastoma

( Duke University Medical Center ) An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report.

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21 mag 2013 22:04

MU researchers develop radioactive nanoparticles that target cancer cells

( University of Missouri-Columbia ) Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body.

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21 mag 2013 22:04

Single-cell transfection tool enables added control for biological studies

( Northwestern University ) Northwestern researchers have developed a novel tool for single-cell transfection, in which they deliver molecules into targeted cells through temporary nanopores in the cell membrane created by a localized electric field.

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21 mag 2013 21:04

Rice unveils method for tailoring optical processors

( Rice University ) Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into output of a different color. The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and engineers at Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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