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Nanotechnology helps to reveal secrets of the universe

NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named "Wassonite" in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica in December 1969.

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The molecular octopus: a little brother of Schroedinger's cat

For the first time the quantum behavior of molecules consisting of more than 400 atoms was demonstrated by quantum physicists.

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Fraunhofer FEP presents novel, indium-free, transparent conducting electrodes in Chicago

The Fraunhofer FEP will present transparent conducting layers based on titanium oxide at the international trade fair on vacuum coating SVC 2011 in Chicago.

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DNA stretching - a new technique to detect illnesses

Making DNA sequences being passed through nanochannels a thousand times thinner than a human hair to the point that they take on the form of diminutive spaghetti. This is an innovative technique, known as DNA stretching, and is one of the lines of research in which CIC microGUNE is working, and about which they have already published two scientific articles and are shortly to apply for a patent.

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Nanopolymer shows promise for helping reduce cancer side effects

A Purdue University biochemist has demonstrated a process using nanotechnology to better assess whether cancer drugs hit their targets, which may help reduce drug side effects.

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Force of acoustical waves tapped for metamaterials

A very simple bench-top technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and their myriad applications - including "invisibility cloaks".

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Nanotechnology coating could stamp out bacteria in persistent wounds

Using an advanced form of a rubber stamp, researchers have developed a way to adhere an ultra-thin antibacterial coating to a wound.

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Arts-sciences workshop calls for projects for the 2011 A.R.T.S. prize

The Arts-Sciences Workshop, a common innovation initiative between CEA-Grenoble and the Hexagone Scene Nationale de Meylan, in partnership with the Cultural Center for Scientific and Industrial Engineering (CCSTI) in Grenoble, has issued a call for projects.

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The atom and its quantum mirror image

Standing in front of a mirror, we can easily tell apart ourselves from our mirror image. The mirror does not affect our motion in any way. For quantum particles, this is much more complicated. In a spectacular experiment in the labs of the University of Heidelberg, a group of physicists at the University Heidelberg, together with colleagues at TU Munich and TU Vienna extended a gedankenexperiment by Einstein and managed to blur the distinction between a particle and its mirror image.

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Switzerland launches National Research Program "Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials"

Nanomaterials are causing a revolution in fields as far apart as medicine, energy systems and consumer products. Despite their enormous potential, the production, use and disposal of these materials can entail risks for humans and the environment. The National Research Programme "Opportunities and risks of nanomaterials" (NRP 64) aims to identify both the risks and the opportunities of nanomaterials for human health, the environment and natural resources.

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Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency

To further increase the efficiency of solar collectors, researchers have mixed nanoparticles into the heat-transfer oils normally used in solar thermal power plants.

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Scientists surpass quantum measurement sensitivity

Pioneering researchers in Europe have done what no one has been able to do: surpass the limit on the sensitivity of a quantum measurement. The result could play a key role in interferometry and quantum limits of measurement.

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Chemists produce first high-resolution RNA 'nano square'

Chemists at UC San Diego have produced the first high resolution structure of a nano-scale square made from ribonucleic acid, or RNA.

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Engineers create vibrant colors in vertical silicon nanowires

Surprising phenomenon may lead to greater sensitivity in image sensor devices.

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Ultraschnelle Mikrochips messen mit einer Genauigkeit von bis zu 10 Picosekunden

Auf der am heutigen 4. April beginnenden Hannover Messe ist auch die Fachhochschule Brandenburg mit einem Exponat vertreten. Der Messeauftritt beschaeftigt sich primaer mit der Mitwirkung am internationalen Forschungsprojekt PARAFLUO, das im 7. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der EU gefoerdert wird.

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Body sensors are joining the future internet

Researchers at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, are developing sensors for the future. Their size decreases. They are more robust than today's sensors, communicate wirelessly, and even reduce energy consumption to a minimum. But more important: The researchers are connecting all sensors to the Future Internet.

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