Monday, December 19, 2011
Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida. Some drug testing can take a decade or more, but UCF associate professor Swadeshmukul Santra and his team have created an electronic quantum dots (Qdots) probe that “lights up” when a drug it is delivering attaches to cancer cells. The research appears online in this month’s Biomaterials. ..
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
University of Central Florida’s Thomas O’Neal will be testifying Thursday, July 14, about the revolutionary nature of nanotechnology before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space. ..
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
A breakthrough in semiconductor laser technology could potentially lead to a new way to kill viruses and increase the storage capacity of DVDs. ..
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
A UCF scientist specializing in nanotechnology has earned a national
award and is a contender for a new kind of ‘Nobel Prize’ for
sustainability. ..
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing. ..
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
The race to develop a commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell just got a
boost from a $1.9 million state award to a high-tech company that is
planning to turn breakthrough nanotechnology pioneered at Florida
State University into a better, faster, more economical fuel cell.
In a news conference today with Florida Governor Rick Scott, Florida
State University President Eric Barron and local leaders, Bing
Energy, Inc. (BEI) announced that the company has selected Florida
as the new site of its world headquarters. ..
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