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First experimental observation of the Casimir effect - scientists create light from vacuum

Scientists at Chalmers have succeeded in creating light from vacuum - observing an effect first predicted over 40 years ago. In an innovative experiment, the scientists have managed to capture some of the photons that are constantly appearing and disappearing in the vacuum.

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NanoCode MasterPlan for the EU-CoC for nanotechnology and -sciences published

The aim of NanoCode is to develop a strategic framework (called MasterPlan) guiding the further development and implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research (EU-CoC).

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Ein Nanopartikel kommt selten allein

Nanomaterialien liegen in der Regel nicht als einzelne Partikel vor, sondern bestehen aus groesseren Einheiten in Form von Agglomeraten oder Aggregaten. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der englischsprachige Bericht "Dispersion and Retention of Dusts Consisting of Ultrafine Primary Particles in Lungs", den die Bundesanstalt fuer Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) jetzt veroeffentlicht hat.

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Sorting out the nanotubes, for better electronics

A new technique developed by Stanford researchers advances commercial potential of semiconducting carbon nanotubes for printable circuits, bendable display screens, stretchable electronics and solar technology.

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Chancen und Risiken der Nanomedizin

Das diesjaehrige Ahrtalgespraech beschaeftigte sich mit den Chancen und Risiken der Nanomedizin und der Frage, welche neuen Entwicklungen die Nanotechnologie bereit haelt, um den medizinischen Fortschritt voranzubringen.

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Application charts for nanoclays, graphene and nanocoatings

The folks over at Future Markets, Inc., a technology consultancy firm, have added several new topics to their series of commercialization charts on nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

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Making liquid crystals stand tall

Molecular 'handles' that allow on-demand growth of thick columnar films make enhanced liquid crystal devices viable.

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World's lightest material is a metal 100 times lighter than styrofoam

A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world's lightest material - with a density of 0.9 mg/cc - about 100 times lighter than Styrofoam.

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Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion

Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with "giant" piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale electromechanical devices that could lead to improvements in high-resolution 3-D imaging, signal processing, communications, energy harvesting, sensing, and actuators for nanopositioning devices, among others.

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Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver

Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide - common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines - can travel from the lungs to the liver and that this process is associated with liver damage.

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UK's NanoKTN offers support and advice on applying for a share in GBP 27M of Technology Strategy Board funds

The NanoKTN is encouraging its members to apply for a share of GBP 27 million made available by the Technology Strategy Board for grants for innovative research and development projects.

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New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer

The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and Nobel-Prize-winning Technion University in Haifa, Israel uses gold nanoparticles to trap and define these molecules in exhaled breath.

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Controlling magnetic thermal fluctuations with spin current

A team of researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the University of Muenster, and West Virginia University have demonstrated control of magnetic thermal fluctuations using current.

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ERC Advanced Grant for developing materials research based on Heusler compounds

Professor Dr. Claudia Felser of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has been awarded a grant by the European Research Council worth more than 2.4 million euros to further her research into new materials based on Heusler compounds.

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CRANN launches educational package to introduce nanoscience to Irish scool science classrooms

Today, during Science Week, CRANN, the SFI-funded nanoscience institute based in Trinity College Dublin, has announced the launch of an innovative educational package, 'Nano in My Life'. The package will introduce Transition Year and Senior Cycle students to nanoscience, the study of materials at very tiny dimensions, which is set to become part of the proposed new Leaving Certificate syllabi.

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India concludes national workshop on nanotechnology for defence applications

The event marked the Golden Jubilee of Solid State Physics Laboratory in Dehli, a premier institute of the Defence Research and Development Board, working on development of solid state devices for defence needs.

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