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Pioneering nanomaterials research center receives $16.2 million from National Science Foundation

Founded in 1960, the center now provides to Northwestern scientists and engineers an infrastructure and environment for designing, synthesizing and characterizing transformative new nanoscale materials and for exploring new device concepts.

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NSF establishes Triangle (NC) Center for Soft Matter Research

Recognizing that some of the leading scientists and engineers involved in soft matter research are located in the Research Triangle Park area, the National Science Foundation has provided a six-year, $13.6 million grant to establish a multi-university center to investigate aspects of this promising area of scientific endeavor.

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Quantum computing with light

A switch that lets one photon alter the quantum state of another could point the way to both practical quantum computers and a quantum Internet.

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Showcase your nanotechnology research through ICPC Nanonet

The ICPC Nanonet Project partners are currently compiling Annual Region Reports on the latest nanoscience and nanotechnology developments in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Mediterranean Partnership Countries, and Latin America, to be published in May 2012.

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Neutron scattering confirms DNA is as stretchy as nylon

Neutron scientists at the ILL have measured how fast sound travels along DNA to determine its 'stiffness'. These findings help to explain how DNA folds, coils and denatures

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Nanochemistry professor Geoffrey Ozin receives the 2011 Albert Einstein World Award of Science

The members of the Interdisciplinary Committee have chosen Professor Ozin as the winner of the 2011 Albert Einstein World Award of Science for his pioneering accomplishments in the field of nanochemistry that have helped to define and establish the rapidly expanding discipline, which has now become the cornerstone of modern chemistry.

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Neues Projekt untersucht Magneten im Nanobereich

In dem neuen Forschungsprojekt "Electric Control of Magnetization Dynamics (ECOMAGICS)" untersucht Dr. Georg Woltersdorf vom Institut fuer Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik der Uni Regensburg ab Januar 2012 die Eigenschaften von Nanomagneten. Ziel ist es, die Magnetisierungsdynamik in ultraduennen magnetischen Strukturen mit Hilfe von elektrischen Feldern zu steuern.

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New technology to control the dispersion of single-wall carbon nanotubes with light

Researchers at AIST in Japan have developed a new dispersing agent that allows easy control of the isolated dispersion and aggregation states of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by UV irradiation, through the investigation of the molecular structures of agents.

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Renewable energy - The tarte tatin throws a new light on photovoltaics

Do better with less. That is the challenge the researchers of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have set for themselves, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Federal Office of Energy. Their specialty: manufacturing solar cells that are one thousand times thinner than conventional cells. In order to boost the output of the cells, they have developed a new nanopatterning technique.

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Wissenschaftler diskutieren Auswirkungen der Nanotechnologie auf Krieg, Medizin und Gesellschaft

Am 21. und 22. September treffen sich Wissenschaftler aus Physik, Philosophie, Theologie, Sozialwissenschaften und Informatik im Saarbruecker Schloss, um ueber die ethischen Fragen der Nanotechnologie auf der Konferenz "Size Matters 2011" zu diskutieren.

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New types of adhesives for 3D semiconductors could lead to 'silicon skyscrapers'

3M and IBM announced that the two companies plan to jointly develop the first adhesives that can be used to package semiconductors into densely stacked silicon "towers." The companies are aiming to create a new class of materials, which will make it possible to build, for the first time, commercial microprocessors composed of layers of up to 100 separate chips.

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Nanosensors made from DNA may light path to new cancer tests and drugs

Sensors made from custom DNA molecules could be used to personalize cancer treatments and monitor the quality of stem cells, according to an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC Santa Barbara and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

September 7, 2011 Read more

New type of solar cell retains high efficiency for long periods

Scientists from the University of Picardie Jules Verne and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are reporting development of a new genre of an electrolyte system for solar cells that breaks the double-digit barrier in the efficiency with which the devices convert sunlight into electricity.

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Conference on building human subjects research oversight for nanomedicine products

The University of Minnesota's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment and the Life Sciences will host a groundbreaking conference on "Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapeutics: Building Research Ethics and Oversight" from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN.

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Good vibrations for future quantum computers

The enigmatic quantum dot is the basic building block for quantum computers. EPFL physicists have developed a new theory which shows that dot symmetry is enough to account for most of their intriguing optical properties.

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Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire

Cables made of carbon nanotubes are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires, and that may light up interest among a range of industries, according to Rice University researchers.

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