The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a new request for white papers that outline or help define potential new funding competitions under the agency's Technology Innovation Program (TIP).
Sep 9th, 2009
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If you wanted to know if your child had a fever or be certain that the roast in the oven was thoroughly cooked, you would, of course, use a thermometer that you trusted to give accurate readings at any temperature within its range. However, it isn't that simple for researchers who need to measure temperatures in microfluidic systems?tiny, channel-lined devices used in medical diagnostics, DNA forensics and lab-on-a-chip chemical analyzers?as their current 'thermometer' can only be precisely calibrated for one reference temperature.
Sep 9th, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are collaborating to help define the most critical new technologies for the next generation of free electron lasers.
Sep 9th, 2009
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Putting the next generation of medicines on pharmacy shelves hinges on an intensive search for ways of safely and effectively delivering a silencing message to genes that are at the basis of innumerable diseases.
Sep 9th, 2009
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In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without damaging nearby healthy cells.
Sep 9th, 2009
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Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite?s potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in integrated circuit logic design.
Sep 9th, 2009
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Virtual characters, or avatars, will be part of a new learning tool designed to attract and retain young European science students. An EU-funded project is developing a programme that emphasises teaching scientific concepts in an interactive environment. The main purpose of the three-year project is to get students more involved in the learning process and to capture their interest in science.
Sep 9th, 2009
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The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th.
Sep 9th, 2009
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Nanotechnology products 'Made in Germany' were the focus of a joint presentation of industrial companies and research institutions at the NanoKorea Fair in Seoul
Sep 9th, 2009
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To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements.
Sep 9th, 2009
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First grant recipient in India and Synopsys plan to establish new lab dedicated to advanced CAD research.
Sep 9th, 2009
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In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.
Sep 8th, 2009
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have demonstrated electroluminescence by using highly aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Sep 8th, 2009
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You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities.
Sep 8th, 2009
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A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has been awarded $2.3 million in three grants to further groundbreaking developments in the prevention of lethal cancer metastasis and take his team's findings to the first clinical trial of its kind.
Sep 8th, 2009
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An article published last week within the Journal of the Royal Society 'Interface', presents an objective review of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk research and regulation.
Sep 8th, 2009
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