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Japanese-German Micro/Nano Business Forum meets in Tokyo

Like the years before, IVAM Microtechnology Network is organizing the Japanese-German Micro / Nano Business Forum within the "Micromachine/MEMS" in Tokyo, one of the most important exhibitions in the field of micro and nanotechnology in Japan.

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Innovative Impfstoffe durch Nanotechnologie

Forscherkonsortium will neuartige Impfung gegen Hepatitis C entwickeln.

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Embracing superficial imperfections

Numerical simulations reveal that deliberately engineering defects into ultrathin oxide films enhances catalytic water-splitting reactions.

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Key ingredient: Change in material boosts prospects of ultrafast single-photon detector

The detector, made of superconducting nanowires, is one of several sensor designs developed or used at NIST to register individual photons.

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Multifunktionelle Verpackungen mit Nanotechnologie

Nanotechnologien und Neue Materialien bieten grosses Potenzial fuer den Verpackungssektor. Dies zeigte der Branchendialog Nanopackaging in Duesseldorf. Die Praesentationen der Veranstaltung sind jetzt online verfuegbar.

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Dust-size dragonflies and microvalves make mark at annual MEMS student design contest

A dragonfly as small as a dust mote, its four tiny wings beating like it had momentarily alit on a lily pad, and a highly sensitive microvalve were the big winners in this year's student design contest for extraordinarily tiny devices at Sandia National Laboratories.

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Viral nanoparticles - turning agents of disease into tools for health and better living

Viruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer data storage devices, and other nanotechnologies.

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Innovative approaches for patterning and doping graphene

Innovative approaches for patterning graphene oxide and chemical doping of graphene for nanoelectronics.

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Growth of ~50 nm-diameter multi-walled carbon nanocoils

Scientists in in Japan report the growth of thin carbon nanocoils with coil diameters of 50 nm by catalytic chemical vapor deposition.

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IBM scientists demonstrate computer memory breakthrough with phase-change memory

For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods of time.

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New drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss

A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused by diabetes.

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Leveraging supercomputing in nanotechnology/nanobiotechnology research

The Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) are proud to co-sponsor an informational seminar "Leveraging Supercomputing in Nano/NanoBio Research" on Wednesday July 20, 2011.

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NANOSCALE project - New light on the interaction between cells and nanopatterned surfaces

A project at the interface of Physics, Biology and Neuroscience sets new perspectives for regenerative medicine.

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Squeezed light from single atoms

Researchers have observed that the light emitted by a single atom may exhibit much richer dynamics. Strongly interacting with light inside a cavity, the atom modifies the wave-like properties of the light field, reducing its amplitude or phase fluctuations below the level allowed for classical electromagnetic radiation. This is the very first observation of "squeezed" light produced by a single atom.

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DNA Medicine Institute awarded two Phase III SBIR NASA contracts for Its rHEALTH sensor

Based on DMI's successful work under a pair of Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Program contracts designed to develop nanoscale diagnostic technologies that facilitate whole health analysis in a single drop of blood, DMI's rHEALTH sensor has been identified by NASA as a viable approach for performing blood and urine analysis on the International Space Station.

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Synthetic cell membranes for faster and cheaper drug development

IMRE's patented synthetic cell membranes can be made-to-order, are easier to maintain in a laboratory environment and do not require the lengthy preparation that comes with working on live cell membranes. The synthetic cell membranes mimic the natural functions of cell membranes, such as interacting with drug molecules and antibodies, which is crucial in the drug discovery process.

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