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Using gold nanoparticles to diagnose flu in minutes

By coating gold nanoparticles with antibodies that bind to specific strains of the flu virus and then measuring how the particles scatter laser light, the technology can detect influenza in minutes at a cost of only a fraction of a penny per exam.

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Master your career in nanomedicine

Cranfield's unique Nanomedicine MSc is the first course of its kind within the UK and Europe to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and medicine.

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'Watermark ink' device identifies unknown liquids instantly

New 3-D-nanostructured chip offers a litmus test for surface tension (and doubles as a carrier for secret messages).

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NSF award to develop neural implants using graphene

Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Wayne State University, recently received a five-year, $475,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation to study the potential of graphene, a novel carbon material, in the development of a reliable, high-performance, long-term implantable electrode system to improve quality of life using nanotechnology.

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Optoelectronic materials: Optimum solution

Highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes are created by optimizing the molecular structure and device configuration.

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DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical 'quantum wire'

Researchers describe how tailored single strands of DNA can be used to purify the highly desired 'armchair' form of carbon nanotubes.

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Novel nanocoatings show great promise as flame retardants in polyurethane foam

Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Texas A+M University outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture and mattresses by at least 160 percent and perhaps by as much as 1,130 percent.

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FlexTech Alliance announces dates for 2012 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference

The FlexTech Alliance, focused on developing the electronic display and the flexible, printed electronics industry supply chains, today announced its 11th annual Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition will take place February 6-9, 2012 in Phoenix, Ariz.

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COIN to launch NanoMatchGlobal services at COMS 2011

NanoMatchGlobal is a structured, exclusive networking opportunity connecting leaders in nanotechnology.

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Dramatic simplification paves the way for building a quantum computer

Dr Xiao-Qi Zhou and colleagues at the University of Bristol's Centre for Quantum Photonics and the University of Queensland, Australia, have shown that controlled operations - ones that are implemented on the condition that a "control bit" is in the state 1 - can be dramatically simplified compared to the standard approach.

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