Articles and News for Aug08
140-year-old math problem solved by researcher
$1.8M awarded for metastatic colon cancer research
200 leading experts to attend NJIT's Fifth Annual Math Conference set for May 19-21, 2008 in Newark
2,500 researchers, 1 supermachine, 1 new snapshot of the universe
2 ACE inhibitors associated with higher mortality risks
$2M grant awarded to University of Kentucky for research on nanoparticles and human health
2 new star systems are first of their kind ever found
2 University of Illinois researchers named HHMI investigators
4th annual Templeton-Cambridge fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists
65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered a global hail of carbon beads
AACR CEO receives Distinguished Public Service Award
A better way to make hydrogen from biofuels
Academic research in Korea
Accelerometer backpacks aid study of gliding behavior in the 'flying' lemur
Accretion discs show their true colors
A chemically driven insulator?metal transition in non-stoichiometric and amorphous gallium oxide
A complete representation of structure?property relationships in crystals
Acoustics' 08: Tigers, singers, earthquakes, buildings, caves, coveted violins and more
Active submarine volcanoes found near Fiji
Acupuncture relieves hot flushes in breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen
A d.c. magnetic metamaterial
Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study
ADM supports Iowa State research and development of biorenewable technologies
Advance brings low-cost, bright LED lighting closer to reality
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences named Rising Star by ScienceWatch
Advances in C. difficile research
Advancing science in Africa
Advil or Excedrin? New model helps predict product choices
Aerospace business leader, supreme problem solver
Aerospace engineer earns Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Award
A fascination with oxides
A fly's tiny brain may hold huge human benefits
A fresh look inside Mount St. Helens
A fundamental problem
A GaN bulk crystal with improved structural quality grown by the ammonothermal method
A gentle touch for better control, a quantum mechanical con, and milestone PRL papers
AGU Journal Highlights -- July 3, 2008
AGU journal highlights -- June 4, 2008
Algae from the ocean a sustainable energy source of the future
Al Gore and Tom Stoppard among 2008 Dan David Prize Winners at TAU
All done with mirrors: NIST microscope tracks nanoparticles in 3-D
All that matters
Amazing minaturized 'SIDECAR' drives Webb telescope's signal
AMD discovery: New hope for treatment of vision loss
American Association for Cancer Research hosts 2008 Annual Meeting
American Association for Clinical Chemistry's Annual Meeting
American Chemical Society honors 7 Springer scientists
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 16, 2008
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 30, 2008
American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- Feb. 27, 2008
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- March 19, 2008
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- March 5, 2008
A microdiffraction set-up for nanoporous metal?organic-framework-type solids
A multifunctional 3.5?V iron-based phosphate cathode for rechargeable batteries
Ancient antibody molecule offers clues to how humans evolved allergies
...and then the gecko ate the mosquito
A new method to weigh giant black holes
Animal behavior turned into robots and more at 4th international AMAM symposium
Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures
A one-cent room-temperature magnetoelectric sensor
A penny for your thoughts
Arable land can have a negative impact on air quality
Arctic explorer delivers unique snow-depth data for CryoSat
Are existing large-scale simulations of water dynamics wrong?
Are microbes the answer to the energy crisis?
A review of Physical Review
Argonne materials scientist wins young investigator award
Argonne researchers win 2 R&D 100 Awards
Argonne's lithium-ion battery technology to be commercialized by Japan's Toda Kogyo
Arsenic aids tumor imaging when joined to cancer-homing drug, UT Southwestern researchers find
Artificial photosynthesis moves a step closer
Artificial tongues: Tastes good to me
A screening strategy using zebrafish targets genes that protect against hearing loss
A sensitivity-enhanced field-effect chiral sensor
ASPB engages Latin America colleagues at Annual Meeting in Merida, Mexico June 22-25
A sub-femtosecond stop watch for 'photon finish' races
ASU researcher may have discovered key to life before its origin on Earth
Asymmetric superstructure formed in a block copolymer via phase separation
At ACS' national meeting, global initiative set to tackle water issues
ATLAS completes world's largest jigsaw puzzle
Atomic-scale study of electric dipoles near charged and uncharged domain walls in ferroelectric films
At the synapse: Gene may shed light on neurological disorders
Authorship matters
Avalon Pharmaceuticals names lead development candidate in beta-catenin inhibitor program
A wafer of polyethylene
A zeolite family with chiral and achiral structures built from the same building layer
Backpack straps can decrease blood flow in the shoulder and arm
BARACLUDE data show low resistance over 5 years in nucleoside-naive hepatitis B patients
Beachcombing for bioscience
Befriending your competitors
Berkeley researchers identify photosynthetic dimmer switch
Best practice for engineering science faculties
Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles
Bilateral agreement to commercialize cargo screening technology
Biochemists manipulate fruit flavor enzymes
Biodesign's Rittmann offers promising perspectives on society's energy challenge
Biofunctional polymer nanoparticles for intra-articular targeting and retention in cartilage
Bio-inspired materials: Unnatural life
Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests
Biomimetic materials: Marine inspiration
Biomolecular assembly: Dynamic DNA
Biosensing nanodevice to revolutionize health screenings
Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors
Biosensor for measuring stress in cells
Birth of an enzyme
Bitter orange SRMs: Tools for product analysis/quality
Black holes have simple feeding habits
Blocked brain enzyme decreases appetite and promotes weight loss
Bond receives Gruber Cosmology Prize for theoretical insights into origin of the universe
Bone fracture: When the cracks begin to show
Bonn scientists discover new hemoglobin type
Boosting competition?
Boosting migration of large particles by solute contrasts
Boston College chemist Torsten Fiebig honored by Sloan Foundation
Boys in the Hood
Bread mold may hold secret to eliminating disease-causing genes
Breaking news: Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter
Breakthroughs in nanotechnology on edge of 'knowledge frontier'
Breast cancer more aggressive among obese women
Bright lights: Mystery of glowing antibody solved by Scripps research scientists
Bringing Martian samples to Earth -- preparations outlined in journal Astrobiology
British dignitaries to honor Sen.Domenici's dedication to scientific collaboration
Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels
Brown hosts regional bioengineering conference
Brown researchers work toward ending cartilage loss
Brown to host conference on advances in neurotechnology
Building bridges to North Korea
Bulk superconductivity at 38?K in a molecular system
Calpis' AmealPeptide lowers blood pressure in 2 placebo-controlled trials
Caltech astrophysicist wins 1 of first Kavli Prizes
Cancer drug shows promise against graft vs. host disease
CAPHOSOL relieves oral mucositis and improves quality-of-life in cancer patients
Capturing sunlight
Carbon capture milestone for CSIRO in China
Carnegie Mellon researchers create invisibiity cloak
Carnegie Mellon researchers improve assessments of aortic aneurysms
Carnegie Mellon's Nadine Aubry, colleague Pushpendra Singh develop new model
Carnegie Mellon studies how climate change impacts food production
Carnegie's Bjørn Mysen named Geochemical Fellow by Geochemical Society
CCNY researchers demonstrate effectiveness of contrast agent Cytate in detectcing prostate cancer
Cell and biomolecular mechanics in silico
Cellular matrices: Physiology in microfluidics
Ceramic, heal thyself
CERN announces start-up date for LHC
Charcot-marie-tooth disease research funding
Charge-order fluctuations in one-dimensional silicides
Charging and discharging of single conjugated-polymer nanoparticles
Chemical engineers discover new way to control particle motion
Chemical society to honor 'Heroes of Chemistry' during national meeting
Chemists measure copper levels in zinc oxide nanowires
Chemotherapy causes delayed severe neural damage
Chemotherapy-induced anemia increases risk of local breast cancer recurrence
Clean 3-way split observed
Cleaner water through nanotechnology
Cleaning up water
Clemson scientists put a (nano) spring in their step
Clinical investigation meets computer simulation to analyze risk factor of heart disease
Cocaine addiction linked to voluntary drug use and cellular memory, UCSF study shows
Coding drugs...tuning friction...and there's more...
Coherent diffraction: Giant molecules or tiny crystals?
Coherent orbital waves in the photo-induced insulator?metal dynamics of a magnetoresistive manganite
Collapse of magnetic moment drives the Mott transition in MnO
Colloids: A useful boundary
Commencement 2008: Student innovation could improve data storage, magnetic sensors
Commercialization of air traffic control greatly improves performance
Comparing apples and pears
Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach
Complex perovskites: A chessboard at the nanoscale
Complex thermoelectric materials
Compressor-free refrigerator may loom in the future
Computational materials science: Out of the scalar sand box
Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine
Computer simulations strongly support new theory of Earth's core
Conjugated Polymers: What makes a chromophore?
Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotech
Contact-induced crystallinity for high-performance soluble acene-based transistors and circuits
Controlled nanoscale doping of semiconductors via molecular monolayers
Controlling most atoms now possible
Control of fluidity and miscibility of a binary liquid mixture by the liquid?liquid transition
Cooperative mechanisms of fast-ion conduction in gallium-based oxides with tetrahedral moieties
Coordination-dependent surface atomic contraction in nanocrystals revealed by coherent diffraction
Correlated oxides: Sliding electrons take charge
Cosmic engines surprise XMM-Newton
Could arthritis wonder drugs provide clues for all disease?
Cow power could generate electricity for millions
Creating 'global virtual supercomputer' topic of lecture at UH
Creating unconventional metals
Crystal growth: Anatase shows its reactive side
CSHL scientists correlate enzyme expression levels with chemotherapy drug response
CSI: Milky Way team works scene of dead star
CSIRO astronomers to join 'private data highway' across US
Cupric oxide as an induced-multiferroic with high-TC
Daljit Ahluwalia, acclaimed math chair at NJIT, to be honored
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards prestigious fellowships to 14 top young investigators
DARPA awards research team $1.2M grant to study surface enhanced Raman scattering
Data show Antarctic ice stream radiating seismically
DC policy panels on energy, environment, health care, aviation precede November election
'Death protein' research secures funding for UCF scientists
Dehydrated tomatoes show promise for preventing prostate cancer
Designer isotopes push the frontier of science
Detecting dangerous chemicals with lasers, exploring the brain's circuitry with light and more
Detection of individual gas molecules adsorbed on graphene
Determining the aluminium occupancy on the active T-sites in zeolites using X-ray standing waves
Development of new techniques to understand marble quality and durability
DFG introduces Reinhart Koselleck Projects
DFG welcomes decision on stem cell research by German parliament
Diamonds, microgels, thermoelectrics and more...
Direct access to thermally stable and highly crystalline mesoporous transition-metal oxides with uniform pores
Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices
Direct fabrication of metavanadate phosphor films on organic substrates for white-light-emitting devices
Direct imaging of the spatial and energy distribution of nucleation centres in ferroelectric materials
Direct in situ determination of the polarization dependence of physisorption on ferroelectric surfaces
Direct measurement of the electric-field distribution in a light-emitting electrochemical cell
Direct observation of a local structural mechanism for dynamic arrest
Discovery of most recent supernova in our galaxy
Disorder enables extreme sensitivity in piezoelectric materials
DNA sewing machine
Down to the wire and beyond...
Dr. Bhakta Rath elected to National Academy of Engineering
Dr. John Polanyi wins Canada's most prestigious science award
Drug-sensing hydrogels for the inducible release of biopharmaceuticals
Drugs like aspirin could reduce breast cancer and help existing sufferers
Duke chemists synthesize promising anti-cancer product
Durham scientist explores Sichuan fault
Dust and gas in the early universe
Dynamic control of the Q factor in a photonic crystal nanocavity
Early parents didn't stand for weighty kids
Eating and weight gain not necessarily linked, study shows
Eclipses again prove key for Einstein
ECNP launches research grant for young scientists
Eco-friendly pyrotechnics
'Edible optics' could make food safer
Effect of microstructure on the coercivity of HDDR Nd-Fe-B permanent magnetic alloy
Effects of elastic anisotropy on strain distributions in decahedral gold nanoparticles
Einstein was right, McGill astrophysicists say
Elastic membranes of close-packed nanoparticle arrays
Electrically driven phase transition in magnetite nanostructures
Electric-field control of local ferromagnetism using a magnetoelectric multiferroic
Electrochemically assisted self-assembly of mesoporous silica thin films
Electrochemistry: Electrons create a reaction
Electronic control of Ca2+ signalling in neuronal cells using an organic electronic ion pump
Electronic functionalization of the surface of organic semiconductors with self-assembled monolayers
Electronic structure of DNA revealed for 1st time by Hebrew University and collaborating researchers
Electronic structure of single DNA molecules resolved by transverse scanning tunnelling spectroscopy
Electronic structures of interfacial states formed at polymeric semiconductor heterojunctions
Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale
'Electron trapping' may impact future microelectronics measurements
Electrostatic electrochemistry at insulators
Elevated biomarkers predict risk for prostate cancer recurrence
Emergency links: NIST identifies 'sweet spot' for radios in tunnels
Engineering of nanostructured carbon materials with electron or ion beams
Engineering students: Headset muffles loud, unnerving MRI noises
Engineering the world's fastest swimsuit
Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires
Enhanced mobility of confined polymers
Epitaxial graphene on ruthenium
Epitaxial integration of the highly spin-polarized ferromagnetic semiconductor EuO with silicon and GaN
Eribulin mesylate demonstrated anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced breast cancer
Eruptions wiped out ocean life 94 million years ago
ESA contributes to ocean carbon cycle research
ETH Zurich researchers develop antibody test
EUROCORES conference gives cold quantum matter a European twist
EuroDYNA takes lid off the genome
Europeans unite to tap early universe for secrets of fundamental physic
Europe's leading pharmacologists to meet in Manchester
Europe spends nearly twice as much as US on nanotech risk research
Even low levels of air pollution may pose stroke risk
Expansion of high tech materials
Experimental visualization of lithium diffusion in LixFePO4
Experts tackle shipment issues for beneficial radiation sources
Experts to discuss sleep science and the health risks of sleep disorders in Baltimore this June
Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by new evidence located in Ohio, Indiana
Explosive stories
Exposing the sensitivity of extreme ultraviolet photoresists
Extract of broccoli sprouts may protect against bladder cancer
Fabrication of a simultaneous red?green?blue reflector using single-pitched cholesteric liquid crystals
Failed HIV drug gets second chance with addition of gold nanoparticles
Fake diamonds help jet engines take the heat
Families shed light on likely causative gene for Alzheimer's
Fast quantum computer building block created
Fatal mine collapse covered 50 acres
Feed that cold!
Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls
Femtosecond modification of electron localization and transfer of angular momentum in nickel
Field-effect-modulated Seebeck coefficient in organic semiconductors
Finally, the 'planet' in planetary nebulae?
Findings a step toward making new optical materials
Finely tuned WspRs help bacteria beat body by building biofilm
Fingerprints provide clues to more than just identity
Firearms microstamping feasible but variable, study finds
Fire without smoke
First African-American astronaut who walked in space visits NJIT July 15
First-class protein crystals thanks to weightlessness on earth
First detection of 'odor profile' for skin cancer may lead to rapid, noninvasive diagnostic test
First full 3-D view of cracks growing in steel
First look: Princeton researchers peek into deepest recesses of human brain
Flip-chart book translates complicated medical procedures into easy-to-understand language
Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionize diagnostics
Focus on planetary nebulae and spiral galaxies
For some who have lost their sense of smell, a once popular asthma drug could help
Forward step in forecasting global warming
Free drug samples may burden patients' pockets
From liver toxicity to multiferroicity
From the (very) small to the 'big picture'
Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans
FSU, Magnet Lab researchers license critical petroleum data
Fuel cells: Proton channels
Fullerides: Competition fix
Fullerides: Superconductivity at the limit
Gas-induced transformation and expansion of a non-porous organic solid
Gated proton transport in aligned mesoporous silica films
Gate-induced insulating state in bilayer graphene devices
Gatekeepers are discovered in the human cell 'shredder'
GE Energy to market SNS-developed detector electronics system
Geisinger study: Use of digital health records improve health of the elderly
Genes that protect against atherosclerosis identified
Genetic data promises new future for kiwi fruit
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News reports on early ADMET use
Genetic pathway critical to disease, aging found
Genetic variant mimics effect of heart failure medications
Geotimes examines Google's renewables efforts
Geotimes investigates Iraq's oil prospects
Get smart about what you eat and you might actually improve your intelligence
GIANT-Coli: A novel method to quicken discovery of gene function
Giant spin Hall effect in perpendicularly spin-polarized FePt/Au devices
GLAST safely in orbit, getting check-ups
Global Biopact on biofuels can bring benefits to both rich and poor nations
Glowing films developed by UC San Diego chemists reveal traces of explosives
Goddard scientists receive Lindsay Award for black hole research
Golden nanocrown
Granular matter: Sticky sand
Graphene: Buckle or break
Graphene: Mind the gap
Green gel
Growing use of nanomaterials spurs research to investigate possible downsides
GSA announces new journal: Lithosphere to debut in early 2009
Guided and fluidic self-assembly of microstructures using railed microfluidic channels
Harald zur Hausen receives American Association for Cancer Research Lifetime Achievement Award
Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer
Hebrew University scientists named fellows of American Academy
High anxiety?
High-capacity hydrogen storage in lithium and sodium amidoboranes
High-frequency micromechanical resonators from aluminium?carbon nanotube nanolaminates
High friction on a bubble mattress
High levels of estrogen associated with breast cancer recurrence
High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells based on solvent-free electrolytes produced from eutectic melts
High-resolution electrohydrodynamic jet printing
High Tc for the power grid
Hot chips and cool codes
How Montezuma gets his revenge
Hs and OHs in the spotlight
Huge hole in the cosmos disappears
Human aging gene found in flies
Human resources for future alternative-energy research
Hybrid materials: Exciting interdisciplinary field offering future solutions for industry
Hydrogels: Structure starts to gel
Ice cores map dynamics of sudden climate changes
Ice cores reveal fluctuations in the Earth's greenhouse gases
Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces
IEEE Fellow first woman to receive highest award in engineering profession
IEEE-USA position encourages energy efficiency to save households money, reduce carbon emissions
Imbibition by polygonal spreading on microdecorated surfaces
Improved governance needed to realize nanotech's benefits
Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound
Improved reaction data heat up the biofuels harvest
Information storage: Around the phase-change cycle
Information storage
INL-led team achieves nuclear fuel performance milestone
Innovative antennae may signal a 'new wave' in health care provision
In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures
In quake's aftermath, Chinese sift through rubble for radioactivity
Inside information
In situ collagen assembly for integrating microfabricated three-dimensional cell-seeded matrices
Integrated nanoelectronics for the future
Integrated tube cap design simplifies access to medication
Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill
Internal structure visualization and lithographic use of periodic toroidal holes in liquid crystals
Intrinsic ripples in graphene
In unique stellar laboratory, Einstein's theory passes strict, new test
Invention to prevent surgical adhesions wins Kaye Award
In vivo imaging of hydrogen peroxide with chemiluminescent nanoparticles
Iowa State, ConocoPhillips and National Renewable Energy Lab to cooperate on biofuels research
Is your drinking water safe?
James Webb Space Telescope full-scale model coming to COSPAR meeting in Montreal
JCI online early table of contents: June 12, 2008
Johns Hopkins researcher leads international effort to create 'proteinpedia'
Joint ESA/NASA team wins international award
Journal of Ultrasound In Medicine features bioeffects consensus report
Jules Verne ATV atop launcher
July-August Geological Society of America Bulletin media highlights
Kari Dalnoki-Veress receives 2008 John H. Dillon Medal
KAUST announces inaugural Global Research Partnership center grants
Keeping an eye on the surroundings
Kent State awarded more than $14M to study liquid crystals and soft matter
Kent State patent upheld by European courts
Key to using local resources for biomass may include waste
Korea's yin and yang
Lab in a drop
Large binocular telescope achieves first binocular light
Large-scale investment catapults CAMH's mental illness and addiction research forward
Largest physics meeting of 2008 in New Orleans
Large triangular single crystals formed by mild annealing of self-organized silver nanocrystals
Laser treatment transforms MDF producing startling image of rare wood grains
Last large piece of ATLAS detector lowered underground
Lattice dynamics of the Zn?Mg?Sc icosahedral quasicrystal and its Zn?Sc periodic 1/1 approximant
Leader of innovation in China
Ledge-flow-controlled catalyst interface dynamics during Si nanowire growth
Leicester medical team announces 'predictor' for pregnant women who may have miscarriages
Licorice extract provides new treatment option for canker sores
Likely cause of postpartum blues and depression identified
Like sweets? You're more like a fruit fly than you think...
Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications
Listening for the cosmic symphony: New SU supercomputer will help scientists listen for black holes
Lithium deintercalation in LiFePO4 nanoparticles via a domino-cascade model
LLNL's prototype hydrogen storage tank maintains extended thermal endurance
LLNL teams with Quantum Fuel Systems to accelerate development of hydrogen storage technologies
Long-term study of middle-aged mice shows
Looking, seeing, sensing
Low-carbon living takes off in the US
LSUHSC research reports new method to protect brain cells from diseases like Alzheimer's
LSU scientist finds evidence of 'rain-making' bacteria
Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier
Magnetic atoms of gold, silver and copper have been obtained
Magnetic nanoparticles: Suitable for cancer therapy?
Magnet Lab researchers make observing cell functions easier
Magnetoresistance in organic semiconductors
Main group oxides: Making the transition
'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution
Major 'missed' biochemical pathway emerges as important in virtually all cells
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from U-M
Malignant tumor or benign cyst?
Mapping the spatial distribution of charge carriers in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures
March GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
Mars Express reveals the Red Planet's volcanic past
Mascoma and UT join in $26M DOE grant
Mate or hibernate? That's the question worm pheromones answer
Material may help autos turn heat into electricity
Material mechanics: An angle on sticky films
Materials design principles of ancient fish armour
Materials research in China
Materials science challenges for high-temperature superconducting wire
Material witness: A wardrobe for Mars
Material witness: Golden wonder
Material witness: Greatest hits
Material witness: Green-sky thinking
Material witness: Licking lignin
Material Witness: Materials matchmaking
Material witness: Natural order
Material witness: Prams lead the way
Material Witness: Quantum writ large
Material Witness: Renewing old promises
Material witness: Shrouded in mystery
Material witness: Starting to shine
Material witness: The materials of history
Mathematics: Around the Möbius band
McMaster University engineering professor receives Humboldt Research Award
Measurement technique probes surface structure of gold nanocrystals
Mechanical annealing and source-limited deformation in submicrometre-diameter Ni crystals
Mechanical gas capture and release in a network solid via multiple single-crystalline transformations
Media highlights for February in Biophysical Journal
Medical College of Wisconsin discovery alters longstanding concept of fixed protein structure
Medicare Part D beneficiaries may pay a price for poor knowledge of their Part D benefits
Memory in artificial atoms
Memristors, motors and printer problems
Meningitis vaccine study gets £200,000 boost
Metabolic Engineering VII
Metallic conduction at organic charge-transfer interfaces
Metal?organic frameworks: Size almost doesn't matter
Michael J. Fox Foundation awards $2.4M for validation of therapeutic targets for Parkinson's
Michael J. Fox Foundation PD Therapeutics Conference
Micro and Nano Scale Characterization of Fibers
Microbial stowaways: Are ships spreading disease?
Microfluidic scaffolds for tissue engineering
Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral
Microscopic origin of the fast crystallization ability of Ge?Sb?Te phase-change memory materials
Microsoft and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev announce agreement
Microwave synthesis connects with the (quantum) dots
Mike Lazaridis donates additional $50M to Perimeter Institute
Mimic molecules to protect against plague
Mini-donut catches chloride ions
Minnesota partnership advances potential MS therapy
MIT crafts bacteria-resistant films
MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills
MIT: Rx for high drug prices
Model offers new understanding of cell signaling
Model shows how mutation tips biochemistry to cause Alzheimer's
Moderate prenatal exposure to alcohol and stress in monkeys can cause touch sensitivity
Molecular electronics: A sludge-to-diamond story
Molecular Machines: Nanoscale gadgets
Molecular spintronics using single-molecule magnets
Molecules that changed the world
Monash fuels the next generation of hybrid cars
Montana State University grad students earn prestigious NASA fellowships
Moores UCSD Cancer Center study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes
More efficient fuel-cells, thanks to a new catalyst
Morphological clues to wet granular pile stability
Morphology evolution via self-organization and lateral and vertical diffusion in polymer:fullerene solar cell blends
Most powerful laser in the world fires up
Mother Earth naked -- a modern masterpiece
Mouse model tightly matches pediatric tumor syndrome, will speed drug hunt
Mouse study: When it comes to living longer, it's better to go hungry than go running
Multiferroics: Towards a magnetoelectric memory
Multi-quantum-well nanowire heterostructures for wavelength-controlled lasers
Multitasking nanotechnology
Naltrexone is effective for Alaska Natives and other Alaskans living in rural areas
Names of inaugural Kavli Prize winners revealed
Nanobiology: Particles slip cell security
Nano-chessboard superlattices formed by spontaneous phase separation in oxides
Nanocrystals: Almost always bright
Nanocrystals: Tiny seeds make a big difference
Nanoelectronics from the bottom up
'Nanoglassblowing' seen as boon to study of individual molecules
Nanoionics-based resistive switching memories
Nanomedicine system engineered to enhance therapeutic effects of injectable drugs
Nanoparticle assemblies: Interfaces behaving well
Nanoparticle assembly: Solvent-tuned structures
Nanoparticle crystallinity: Is perfect better?
Nanoparticles aid bone growth
Nanoscale control of an interfacial metal?insulator transition at room temperature
Nanoscale deformation: Seeing is believing
Nanoscale fracture: To twin or not to twin
'Nanosculpture' could enable new types of heat pumps and energy converters
Nano-sized electronic circuit promises bright view of early universe
Nano-softball made of DNA
Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors
Nanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells
Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say
NARSAD researchers identify specific genes and family traits linked to mental illnesses
NASA grant funds space radiation research
Nasal polyps from analgesics
NASA selects 3 research fellows for GLAST mission
NASA's GLAST satellite gets twin solar panels in prep for launch
NASA targets GLAST launch for June 5
National Institutes of Health award Williams professor $217,710 research grant
National Lung Cancer Partnership and LUNGevity Foundation
National Lung Cancer Partnership announces winner of 2007 Career Development Award
Nature Conservancy study raises major questions on biofuels
Nature's helpers: Using microorganisms to remove TCE from water
NC State astrophysicist discovers youngest known supernova in Milky Way
Negative birefraction of acoustic waves in a sonic crystal
Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials
Neuroscience research with implications for national security
New alliance builds low carbon future
New cements for vertebral lesions
New data to help with Afghanistan's natural resources and hazards assessments
New discoveries, new labs highlight international Canadian Light Source meeting
New efficiency record for solar cells
Newest GREET model updates environmental impacts
New gas sensors for monitoring carbon dioxide sinks
New guest at ESA's test center: The Herschel telescope
New insight on superconductors
New kind of MRI enables study of magnets for computer memory
New metamaterial proves to be a 'perfect' absorber of light
New mineralogical techniques contribute to prevent national heritage damage
New Mount Sinai research tracks effects of addictive drugs on brain
New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision
New nanotechnology television series does 'sweat the small stuff'
New NIST detector can 'see' single neutrons over broad range
New OLED encapsulation method reduces water intrusion and increases lifetime
New portrait of Earth shows land cover as never before
New process creates 3-D nanostructures with magnetic materials
New proteomics project to develop technology to detect liver disease via blood test
New report looks at the state of the North American environment
New research on mutation in yeast can enhance understanding of human diseases
New research shows slight of hand is not so slight
New SAI grant aims to shorten testing time of photovoltaic modules
New study examines the validity of epo testing
New study finds adverse effects of estrogen replacement therapy are related to the dose
New study reveals brain cell mechanism of alcohol dependence
New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities
New test to diagnose osteoarthritis early
New text highlights role of microorganisms in alternative energy development
New theory for latest high-temperature superconductors
New treatment for hepatitis C
New vaccine approach prevents/reverses diabetes in lab study at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
New ways in an ancient land
New whitepaper offers options for university implementation of NIH policy
NHGRI seeks DNA sequencing technologies fit for routine laboratory and medical use
NIAMS scientists find potential new way to block inflammation in autoimmune disease
NIH scientists find a novel mechanism that controls the development of autoimmunity
NIST chemists get scoop on crude 'oil' from pig manure
NIST membrane model may unlock secrets of early-stage Alzheimer's
NIST, NCI, SAIC partner on new method for detecting HER2 breast cancer
NIST 'quantum logic clock' rivals mercury ion as world's most accurate clock
NIST trumps the clumps: Making biologic drugs safer
NIST, UMBI host October conference to spur bioscience innovation
NJIT biomedical engineer receives NSF Career Development Award
NJIT doctoral students receive recognition at poster competition
NJIT start-up company NeuroTrax named best in show
'NMR on a chip' features NIST magnetic mini-sensor
No job too small
Non-volatile ferroelectric control of ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As
Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo
Nothing stops an expert in the art of living
NOVA documentary about Percy Julian wins AAAS Science Journalism Award
Novel enzyme inhibitor paves way for new cancer drug
Novel 'noise thermometry' may help redefine international unit of temperature
Novel toxin receptor discovered for ulcer-causing stomach pathogen
Now that's cool
NRL scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins
NYU chemist Seeman recognized for founding, establishing the field of structural DNA nanotechnology
NYU researchers demonstrate activity of mebendazole in metastatic melanoma
Obituary: Daniel Chemla (1940?2008)
Obituary: David Turnbull (1915?2007)
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
O'Keefe receives Gruber Neuroscience Prize for discovery of place cells and their role in cognition
One, double, twin
ONR offers up to $1M for innovative science and technology ideas
On the boil: New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency
On the efficiency of polymer solar cells
Operating mechanism of light-emitting electrochemical cells
Optical 'frequency comb' can detect the breath of disease
Optical gain by a simple photoisomerization process
Order causes secondary Bragg peaks in soft materials
Ordered silicon vacancies in the framework structure of the zeolite catalyst SSZ-74
Oregano oil works as well as synthetic insecticides to tackle common beetle pest
Organic electronics: Complexity made simple
Organic electronics: Polymers manipulate cells
Organic electronics: Spintronics goes plastic
Organic electronics: What's in a name?
Organic electronics: When TTF met TCNQ
Organic ferroelectrics
Organic non-volatile memories from ferroelectric phase-separated blends
Orientation-dependent ionization energies and interface dipoles in ordered molecular assemblies
Origin of the energy bandgap in epitaxial graphene
Origin of the magneto?thermogalvanic voltage in cluster-assembled metallic nanostructures
ORNL researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'
OSU technologies funded for development
Oxygen ions for fuel cells get loose at low(er) temperatures
Pain receptor in brain may be linked to learning and memory
Parallel cylindrical water nanochannels in Nafion fuel-cell membranes
Patterning surfaces with functional polymers
Penn scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron
Penn scientists demonstrate potential of graphene films as next-generation transistors
Penn State microbial fuel cell scientist named KAUST Investigator
Perovskite oxides: An atomic force pencil and eraser
Pfizer's work on penicillin for World War II becomes a National Historic Chemical Landmark
Phase-change materials for rewriteable data storage
Phase instability induced by polar nanoregions in a relaxor ferroelectric system
Phason dynamics in nonlinear photonic quasicrystals
Phoenix mission to Mars will search for climate clues
Photonic metamaterials by direct laser writing and silver chemical vapour deposition
Photonics: Metamaterials add an extra dimension
Photonics: Metamaterials to beat the static
Photonics: Photonic crystals go dynamic
Physicists: After 30 years of study, rare particle confirms prediction
Physicists and engineers search for new dimension
Physicists discover gold can be magnetic on the nanoscale
Physicists produce quantum-entangled images
Physicists saved from drowning in complexities of wetting theory
Physics breakthroughs on tap at New Orleans conference
Pioneers in small RNA research to present at UD symposium, April 16
PNNL, WSU to advance biomass research in new facility
Polarized sunglasses see black hole disks
Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable
Polymer semiconductors: A fast mover with a bright spark
Polymers: Facing the flip side
Polymer therapeutics: Reservoir drugs
Popular apple variety harbors unusual cell growth
Portable device effective in zapping away migraine pain
Potential Alzheimer's disease drug target identified by UC San Diego researcher
Potential brain cancer drug for children may damage bones
Potential treatment for TB solves puzzle
Potential treatments from cryptic genes
Potential viral therapy weapon for difficult cancers is safe and effective in study
Powerful antenna attached to NASA's GLAST satellite
Powerful superconductor is in a class all its own
Premiere for Europe: Jules Verne refuels the ISS
Prescription costs rise more than 6 times when patients reach 65 says study of 5M people
Print and perish?
Probing the structure of heterogeneous diluted materials by diffraction tomography
Professor Toh-Ming Lu named fellow of the Materials Research Society
Prolific research on a barren rock
Protective coatings on extensible biofibres
Protein fibrils as alternative plastics?
Protein transports nutrients believed to protect against eye disease
Purdue researchers propose way to incorporate deforestation into climate change treaty
Quantum computing breakthrough arises from unknown molecule
Quantum information: Positively spin coherent
Quantum-spin-liquid states in the two-dimensional kagome antiferromagnets ZnxCu4?x(OD)6Cl2
Quasicrystal mystery unraveled with computer simulation
Quasicrystals: Comparative dynamics
Quest for better treatment for effects of menopause
Radiation for health
Radicals shake up molecules in a tug o' war
RAND study finds increase in piracy and terrorism at sea
Rate dependence of crack-tip processes predicts twinning trends in f.c.c. metals
R&D 100 Award for new NIST/UMD neutron detector
Real-time observation of the DNA-repair mechanism
Regenerative medicine: Materials in a cellular world
Reply to ?Magnetoresistance in organic semiconductors?
Researcher discovers pathway plants use to fight back against pathogens
Researcher of the University of Navarra discovered potential antidepressant compounds
Researchers catch ion channels in their opening act
Researchers confirm benzene-like electron delocalization of important molecule
Researchers confirm discovery of Earth's inner, innermost core
Researchers control growth rate of replacement blood vessels, tissues
Researchers develop method to rapidly ID optimal drug cocktails
Researchers discover how stealthy HIV protein gets into cells
Researchers engineer new polymers to change their stiffness and strength when exposed to liquids
Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea
Researchers find possible target to treat deadly bloodstream infections
Researchers see history of life in the structure of transfer RNA
Researchers 'see' structure of open nicotinic acetylcholine ion channels
Researchers to develop ocean sanctuary 'noise budget' to evaluate potential impact on marine mammals
Researchers uncover mechanism of action of antibiotic able to reduce neuronal cell death in brain
Researchers unravel key mechanism of cellular damage in aging and disease
Researchers use light to detect Alzheimer's
Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain
Resonant bonding in crystalline phase-change materials
Results of 9-month phase II study of gammagard intravenous immunoglobulin
Reversible tuning of a block-copolymer nanostructure via electric fields
'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources
RNA emerges from DNA's shadow
RNA engineering to combat series of illnesses wins Kaye Award for Hebrew University dean
Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale
Robotics research: Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities
Rock: Electrons run through it
Room-temperature single-phase Li insertion/extraction in nanoscale LixFePO4
Ru?Pt core?shell nanoparticles for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen
Rutgers center sparks 'liquid bandage,' a new frontline wound treatment
Rutgers research reveals how deadly food poisoning and bioterrorism toxins could be tamed
Same drug, different results: MUHC researcher on the path to personalized medicine
Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crust
Scientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon
Scientists demonstrate the sharpest measurement of ice crystals in clouds
Scientists discover 10 new planets outside solar system
Scientists discover that protons partner with neutrons more often than with other protons
Scientists find giant ring encircling exotic dead star
Scientists find how neural activity spurs blood flow in the brain
Scientists: New technique identifies molecular 'biomarkers' for disease
Scientists overcome nanotech hurdle
Scientists set out to measure how we perceive naturalness
Scientists sneak a peek under the veil of superconductivity
Scientists successfully treat new mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors confirmed as treatment for depression
Self-assembled viruses
Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage potential
Self-assembly of metal?polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers
Self-healing materials with microvascular networks
Semiconductors: A new class of metamaterials
Seniors with type 2 diabetes may experience memory declines immediately after eating unhealthy meal
Shaping binary metal nanocrystals through epitaxial seeded growth
Shhh...
Shielding for ambitious neutron experiment
Shpyrko receives APS organization's Young Investigator Award
Sidewall oxide effects on spin-torque- and magnetic-field-induced reversal characteristics of thin-film nanomagnets
Silver-nanoparticle-embedded antimicrobial paints based on vegetable oil
Simplifying manufacture of drugs, plastics earns UH chemist top honor
Simultaneous optimization of charge-carrier mobility and optical gain in semiconducting polymer films
Six-fold-coordinated phosphorus by oxygen in AlPO4 quartz homeotype under high pressure
Size does matter: Researchers adapt drug dosing to body size
Skipping atomic-scale stones to study some chemistry basics
Sliding charge-density wave in manganites
Slippery customer: A greener antiwear additive for engine oils
Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice
Slowing light to speed data: USC Viterbi School wins $4.3M photonics IT contract
'Small' research at MSU leads to advances in energy, electronics
'Smart' materials get smarter with ability to better control shape and size
SMErobot: A new generation of robots for small and medium-sized enterprises at Automatica 2008
Social contacts and mixing patterns
Solar flares set the Sun quaking
Sophisticated soil analysis for improved land use
Sounding out Congo Red
Soy compound may halt spread of prostate cancer
Space age engineers to verify control software for future robotic interplanetary missions
Space radar to improve miners' safety
Spatially resolved electronic and vibronic properties of single diamondoid molecules
Spectral emissivity measurements for radiation thermometry
Spin control: New technique sorts nanotubes by length
Spin dynamics: The ultimate view
Spin Rabi flopping in the photocurrent of a polymer light-emitting diode
Spintronics: A growing science
Standards set for energy-conserving LED lighting
Stanford Bio-X researchers use needle-thin probe to get first look at working muscle fiber
Stanford physicist aids search for dark matter deep in Minnesota mine
Stanford researchers hear the sound of quantum drums
Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells
Steps towards warship invisibility
Stevens chemists identify compounds to lure nutria, a rat-like pest ravaging Gulf Coast wetlands
Stimuli-responsive polymers: Engineering interactions
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2008
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2008
Strain control and spontaneous phase ordering in vertical nanocomposite heteroepitaxial thin films
Strengthening fluids with nanoparticles
Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies, study suggests
Stretchy spider silks can be springs or rubber
Strong magneto-chiral dichroism in enantiopure chiral ferromagnets
Structural biology spin-out tackles major diseases
Students who use 'clickers' score better on physics tests
Study finds it pays to be heart smart if considering hormone therapy
Study finds new properties in non-magnetic materials
Studying volcanoes with balloons
Study: Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans
Stunt doubles: Ultracold atoms could replicate the electron 'jitterbug'
Substance in red wine found to keep hearts young
Substrate-induced bandgap opening in epitaxial graphene
Sugar-coated antibiotics
Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste
Sullivan wins NSF Career Award for research on therapeutic drug carriers
Sun's corona is both hot and kinky
Sun to set on Ulysses solar mission on July 1
'Superdense' coding gets denser
Superlenses to overcome the diffraction limit
Super-resolution X-ray microscopy
Supramolecular assembly: Nanofibre whirlpools
Surface chemistry: Mussel power
Surface effects on the orbital order in the single-layered manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4
Surfaces aren't superficial
Surface-structure-regulated cell-membrane penetration by monolayer-protected nanoparticles
Surface wetting: Liquids shape up nicely
Surfactant-assisted fabrication of free-standing inorganic sheets covering an array of micrometre-sized holes
Swiss Systems Biology Initiative announces Flagship Projects
Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan
Synergy between biology and physics drives cell-imaging technology
Synthetic pores with reactive signal amplifiers as artificial tongues
Tailoring properties and functionalities of metal nanoparticles through crystallinity engineering
Talking up a new role for cell phones in telemedicine
Target support for young scientists, says panel/Mote
TAU announces new 'supercenter' for renewable energy
Tearing as a test for mechanical characterization of thin adhesive films
Telescope embedded in glasses lens promises to make driving easier for visually impaired
Tensile ductility and necking of metallic glass
Testosterone replacement theraphy beneficial in men 60 and older
Tests show LLNL detection instrument can monitor the air for all major terrorist threat substances
That tastes -- sweet? Sour? No, it's definitely calcium!
The Alliance for Lupus Research announces 2008 grantees
The amazing quantum world of ultra cold matter
The appliance of science
The Asian opportunity
The body's own 'cannabis (marijuana)' is good for the skin
The conflict of reward in depression
The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder
The dragon awakens
The emergence of spin electronics in data storage
The myth of runner's high revisited with brain imaging
The nerves behind the pain relief provided by stressful situations
Theoretical profits
Theory in application
The path of chemistry in Korea
The puzzling 'eye of a hurricane' on Venus