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New nanotechnology techniques integrate electron gas-producing oxides with silicon

In cold weather, many children can't resist breathing onto a window and writing in the condensation. Now imagine the window as an electronic device platform, the condensation as a special conductive gas, and the letters as lines of nanowires.

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Atomic-level manufacturing

The long-held dream of creating atomically precise three-dimensional structures in a manufacturing environment is approaching reality, according to the top scientist at a company making tools aimed at that ambitious goal.

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Georgia Tech researchers highlight implications of nanotechnology in new Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society

Georgia Tech researchers are prominently represented among the authors in the newly released Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society, published by SAGE Publications, Inc.

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Forschern gelingt die Herstellung von BioPalladium

Wissenschaftlern der Universitaet Aarhus ist es zusammen mit Mikrobiologen der Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen gelungen, Palladium-Nanopartikel mit biologischer Unterstuetzung herzustellen.

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A new bionanotechnological sensor detects and analyses DNA sequences

The Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's Artificial Intelligence Group has created a new DNA-based biological sensor that has potential applications in the field of genetic diagnostics. The basic sensor design was presented at the 2010 Conference on Unconventional Computation.

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Biology rides to computers' aid

Photonic crystals could usher in an age of low-power optical computing, but they're hard to manufacture. Maybe adding a little DNA would help.

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Protein highways keep tissues organized

Precise regulation of tissue architecture is critical for organ function. Single cells build up a tissue by communicating with their environment and with other cells, thereby receiving instructions on whether to divide, change shape or migrate. An interdisciplinary group of researchers from several Max Planck Institutes have now identified a mechanism by which skin cells organize their interior architecture as a response to signals from their surroundings.

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Magnetische Monopole auf Wanderschaft

Forscher machen Bewegung magnetischer Monopole in einer Anordnung von Nanomagneten sichtbar.

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Structural investigations and processing of electronically and protonically conducting polymers

Different conducting polymers form a special class of materials with the potential for many applications in organic electronics and functional materials. These polymers can be electronically conducting or semiconducting due to a conjugated polymer backbone, or alternatively possess conductivity due to mobile protons or other ions. A new thesis discusses such conducting polymers and shows ways how they can be processed by printing and how the nanostructure allows controlling their electrical properties.

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Breakthrough in nanocrystals growth

For the first time scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation.

October 18, 2010 Read more

Understanding an unexpected magnetism between two dissimilar materials

Theoretical work done at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has provided a key to understanding an unexpected magnetism between two dissimilar materials.

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Lastest graphene research could lead to improvements in bluetooth headsets and other wireless devices

Researchers at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have built and successfully tested an amplifier made from graphene that could lead to more efficient circuits in electronic chips, such as those used in Bluetooth headsets and toll collection devices in cars.

October 18, 2010 Read more

'Feintuning' organischer Halbleiter: Wissenschaftler entwickeln photochemisches Verfahren

Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit Chemikern der Montanuniversitaet Leoben und Materialwissenschaftlern von Joanneum Research entwickelten Physiker und Chemiker der TU Graz ein photochemisches Verfahren, das es erlaubt, durch unterschiedliche Belichtungszeiten Schaltungen zu steuern.

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Eni and MIT detail success of energy research collaboration

Susan Hockfield, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Paolo Scaroni, CEO of the Italian energy company Eni, met today at MIT to review the progress of the Eni-MIT Alliance, an ambitious five-year research program.

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National Cancer Institute funds preclinical theranostic study

Researchers from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), the radiology department at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are preparing to test a combined approach for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer with a specially engineered nanoparticle.

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NYU to upgrade Structural DNA Nanotechnology facility with $1.6m NSF grant

New York University has received a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Structural DNA Nanotechnology facility. Structural DNA nanotechnology uses synthetic DNA molecules to create new materials.

October 18, 2010 Read more