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Salk Institute celebrates grand opening of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center

The Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies officially opens on February 9, 2011 after quietly hiring two faculty members specializing in biophotonics----the science of using and manipulating light to investigate biological function----and building up its core facility's imaging capacity to rival most if not all academic research institutions of its size in the nation.

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MBA students secure Lockheed Martin investment for nanotechnology project

MBA students at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business created a business case that secured a $200,000 investment from Lockheed Martin to develop a nanotechnology created by university faculty.

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MicoNanoTec at Hannover Messe 2011

At the joint pavilion, established technologies like silicon and semiconductor technologies are presented as well as intersectoral innovations from the fields of microfluidics, measurement, optics and nanotechnology.

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Microsponges from seaweed may save lives

Microsponges derived from seaweed may help diagnose heart disease, cancers, HIV and other diseases quickly and at far lower cost than current clinical methods.

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Nanonets give rust a boost as agent in water splitting's hydrogen harvest

Nanoscale lattice developed at Boston College a promising platform for clean energy applications.

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Researchers produce world's first programmable nanoprocessor

Nanowire tiles can perform arithmetic and logical functions and are fully scalable.

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John A. Rogers elected to National Academy of Engineering

John A. Rogers, the Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering at the University of Illinois, is among the 68 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

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The vision of the future in quantum research

Thirty-three Swiss research groups have joined the National Centre of Competence in Research "Quantum Science and Technology" (QSIT) with the aim of exploring the boundaries between classical and quantum mechanics, and combining different research approaches. The researchers are not just hoping for success with regard to a quantum computer. The leading house is ETH Zurich with Director Klaus Ensslin, a professor of experimental physics.

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Novel device sheds light on the beauty of nanoscale science

The wonder of science often comes from the endless possibilities opened up by each successive discovery and the unexpected findings that result. Scientists at the University of Bristol now have a new tool that will yield yet more and unprecedented levels of information - and crucially, without disturbing the natural, physical state of the object under scrutiny.

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CEA-Leti reports progress in computing, medical electronics, communications, and other fields at ISSCC 2011

CEA-Leti researchers and their partners will report on projects that address fundamental challenges facing next-generation computing, medical diagnosis, communications, and portable electronics at ISSCC 2011, Feb. 20-24, in San Francisco, Calif.

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Research yields new way to create poly-silicon as competitor for fossil fuel energy

Harnessing more than 30 years of photovoltaic research experience, a University of Arkansas engineering professor has found a way to increase sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency and reduce the cost of expensive materials needed for solar-cell production. This technological breakthrough will decrease cost-per-watt production of solar electricity to a point at which it can compete with traditional, fossil-fuel-based methods.

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Thailand Toray Science Foundation research grants awarded

The 16th Presentation Ceremony of the Thailand Toray Science Fundation's Awards and Grants took place on 8th February 2010, in Bangkok.

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Mini 'water hammer' effect could lead to superhydrophobic surfaces

Researchers from Northwestern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have studied individual water droplets and discovered a miniature version of the "water hammer", an effect that produces the familiar radiator pipe clanging in older buildings.

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A paperweight for platinum

Bracing catalyst in material makes fuel cell component work better and last longer.

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Hydrogels used to make precise new sensor

Researchers are developing a new type of biological and chemical sensor that has few moving parts, is low-cost and yet highly sensitive, sturdy and long-lasting. The "diffraction-based" sensors are made of thin stripes of a gelatinous material called a hydrogel, which expands and contracts depending on the acidity of its environment.

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Researchers predict future of electronic paper devices

In the first published critical review of technical developments related to electronic paper devices (i.e., e-readers like the Amazon Kindle), UC researcher Jason Heikenfeld and industry counterparts review the next generation of these devices.

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