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New data obtained on liposomes employed in drug encapsulation and gene therapies

University of Granada scientists and the Spanish Higher Institute for Scientific Research (CSIC) have made significant progress in understanding phospholipid vesicles , which are colloidal systems arising considerable interest from the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industry.

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Notre Dame to host contest in undergraduate nanotechnology research

For the first time, the University of Notre Dame is holding a competition to recognize outstanding undergraduates from any university or college who are engaged in research in nanoscience and engineering.

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Research of microscopic worms may be useful in study of self-assembly of small structures

Nematodes, microscopic worms, are making engineers look twice at their ability to exhibit the "Cheerios effect" when they move in a collective motion. These parasites will actually stick together like Cheerios swimming in milk in a cereal bowl after a chance encounter "due to capillary force." This observation has made Virginia Tech engineers speculate about the possible impacts on the study of biolocomotion.

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Keck Foundation funds work on tiny, implantable computers to restore lost brain functions

If successful, the devices would bridge impaired nerve connections and promote brain recovery from injury or disease.

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SEMATECH announces 2011 Knowledge Series line-up for key areas of nanoelectronics R+D

Public forums aimed at forging consensus and driving solutions on critical industry challenges.

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Expanding drug development horizons: Receptor behaviors observed in living cell membranes

Unprecedented single molecule imaging movies of living cell membranes, taken by a research team based at Kyoto University and the University of New Mexico, have clarified a decades-old enigma surrounding receptor molecule behaviors.

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Global School for Advanced Studies invites student researchers to session on "Graphene Fundamentals and Applications"

Teams at June 20-26 session in Grenoble will design projects and compete for fellowships to implement research at CEA.

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First successful operation of carbon nanotube-based integrated circuits manufactured on plastic substrates

As part of NEDO's Industrial Technology Research Grant Japan-Finland collaborative project, Professors Yutaka Ohno from Nagoya University in Japan and Esko I. Kauppinen from Aalto University in Finland along with their colleagues have developed a simple and fast process to manufacture high quality carbon nanotube-based thin film transistors (TFT) on a plastic substrate. They used this technology to manufacture the world's first sequential logic circuits using carbon nanotubes.

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First images of proteins and viruses caught with an X-ray laser

It has been a dream of researchers for over a decade: image biological materials at high resolution using incredibly intense X-ray laser pulses. A research team has proven this principle at the Linac Coherent Light Source by forming images of the Photosystem I protein complex and particles of the Mimivirus.

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Free webinar teaches fundamentals of Hall Effect measurements

This one-hour presentation on Feb. 17, will introduce Hall effect measurements as they relate to semiconductor materials and device characterization.

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Perfect graphene nanoribbons by bottom-up synthesis

A new method for the synthesis of long, narrow graphene ribbons with defined dimensions.

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Scientists find neurons communicate at a distance with electric fields

Researchers believed neurons in the brain communicated through physical connections known as synapses. However, EU-funded neuroscientists have uncovered strong evidence that neurons also communicate with each other through weak electric fields, a finding that could help us understand how biophysics gives rise to cognition.

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Taming carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes have many attractive properties, and their structure and areas of application can be compared with those of graphene, the material for whose discovery the most recent Nobel Prize was awarded. In order to be able to exploit these properties, however, it is necessary to have full control of the manufacturing process. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg are closing in on the answer.

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Low-cost nanodrug holds promise for treatment of chronic diabetes and burn wounds

A low cost, nanometer-sized drug to treat chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers or burns, has been developed by a group of scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard Medical School and others in the U.S. and Japan.

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European research effort to develop better batteries for electric vehicles

From today TU Delft is leading a new project sponsored by the European Commission in which research institutes, universities and the battery and automotive industry from 8 European countries will join forces to develop cheaper and safer rechargeable batteries with higher energy density and power performance.

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Nano-Komposition: Neues Projekt beleuchtet Eigenschaften von molekularen Clustern

An der TU Graz beschaeftigen sich Experimentalphysiker mit der Frage, welche quantenmechanischen - thermischen, elektrischen, magnetischen sowie optischen - Eigenschaften Molekuel-Cluster im Nanobereich besitzen.

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