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Nano form of titanium dioxide can be toxic to marine organisms

Ultraviolet radiation is the catalyst for cellular damage in phytoplankton.

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Bilayer graphene works as an insulator

Research by UC Riverside-led team has potential applications in digital and infrared technologies.

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Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use in a new generation of elastic electronic devices.

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Graphene: Impressive capabilities on the horizon

A Rice University research team makes graphene suitable for a variety of organic chemistry applications.

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Cluster NMW.NRW startet Wettbewerb "Nano erleben"

Gesucht: die innovativsten Nanotechnologie-Demonstrationsversuche.

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First complete 3D visualization of vitamin D receptor

For the first time, researchers have obtained a high-resolution, full 3D image of a small but vital molecule locked up within our cells: the vitamin D receptor.

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Teaching resource: Welcome to nanoscience - interdisciplinary environmental explorations

Welcome to Nanoscience helps biology, chemistry, and Earth science teachers introduce the revolutionary fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology to high school students through the unique framework of the environment, specifically groundwater pollution.

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Metadynamics technique offers insight into mineral growth and dissolution

By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions and laying the groundwork for applications ranging from keeping oil pipes clear to sequestering radium.

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Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched.

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New biomedical carbons: From lab to market

Developing a technology and selling a product are two very different processes, which require very different skill sets. The EU is supporting commercial exploitation of scientific results in nanotechnologies.

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Schumer and officials tour future NY nanotechnology chip foundry site

Today, at the Electronics Park in Salina, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer joined APIC CEO Dr. Raj Dutt and other officials for a tour of the facility that will be renovated to make way for a nanotechnology chip foundry that could bring 200 high-tech jobs to Syracuse.

January 23, 2012 Read more

New insight into how metals fail

Cornell engineers, trying to better understand this process, have discovered that nanoscale voids behave differently than the larger ones that are hundreds of thousands of atoms in scale, studied through traditional physics. This insight could lead to improved ability to predict how cracks grow in metals, and how to engineer better materials.

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Ultrafast magnetic processes observed 'live' using an X-ray laser

In first-of-their-kind experiments performed at the American X-ray laser LCLS, a collaboration led by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute has been able to precisely follow how the magnetic structure of a material changes. The study was carried out on cupric oxide (CuO).

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Graphene is "invisible" to water

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University coated pieces of gold, copper, and silicon with a single layer of graphene, and then placed a drop of water on the coated surfaces. Surprisingly, the layer of graphene proved to have virtually no impact on the manner in which water spreads on the surfaces.

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University of Arkansas announces Nanomedicine Center

Gathering nanomedicine efforts and resources from within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and statewide collaborators under one umbrella, UAMS today announced the creation of the Arkansas Nanomedicine Center in the College of Medicine.

January 23, 2012 Read more

Venture Acceleration Fund associated with LANL now accepting applications for 2012

The Venture Acceleration Fund of Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the company that manages and operates Los Alamos National Laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, is now accepting applications for the 2012 calendar year. The three companies selected in the completion will receive up to $100,000 each to commercialize technology and take it to market faster.

January 23, 2012 Read more