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Innovative X-ray microscope allows for non-destructive view into microchips

Using a new X-ray-microscope that has been developed at the Institute for Structure Physics at Technical University of Dresden, in cooperation with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, it is now possible to examine smaller structures within microchips without having to prepare the chip in any way.

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A tunable, cloaked, system to kill tumors from inside

Researchers led by University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Vincent Rotello have demonstrated that they can deliver a dormant toxin into a specific site such as a tumor for anti-cancer therapy, then chemically trigger the toxin to de-cloak and attack from within.

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Researchers using synchrotron favility to discover potential of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

Scientists are using Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility, to discover how we can detoxify our electronic gadgets.

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Researchers report a quantum error correcting code

Nature Photonics publishes this week an article about the successful demonstration of a quantum error correcting code by the laboratory of Ulrik Andersen at the Technical University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Basler Forscher kontrollieren Quantenprozesse einzelner Molekuele

Dank eines neuartigen Verfahrens lassen sich individuelle Quantenprozesse in einzelnen Molekuelen mit hoher Praezision untersuchen und kontrollieren.

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The brightest young minds in nanotechnology from across Asia gather in Singapore

The Asia Nano Forum's (ANF) 3rd Asia Nanotech Camp at A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) brings together 40 hand-picked PhD candidates and early career postdoctorates from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss, debate, network and collaborate on their favourite pastimes - nanotechnology, eating and shopping.

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Rochester Institute of Technology receives $13.1m grant to construct sustainability research facility

Rochester Institute of Technology has been awarded a $13.1 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to assist in construction of a new green facility that will house the university's Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The building will serve as a center for sustainability research, technology transfer, education and outreach and provide a state-of-the-art showcase for green construction and design.

October 3, 2010 Read more

NIH award supports tissue regeneration research

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis S. Collins, has announced that Pak Kin Wong, UA professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering and a BIO5 Institute member, has won a $1.5 million NIH Director's New Innovator Award.

October 2, 2010 Read more

Start eines internationalen Forschungsverbundes im Grenzbereich zwischen Nanotechnologie und Medizin

Am 6. Oktober startet in Muenchen eine internationale Forschungsallianz, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, neuartige nanotechnologische Verfahren fuer die Medizin zu entwickeln und nutzbar zu machen.

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ASTM Nanotechnology Committee creates subcommittee on anotechnology-enabled consumer products

ASTM International Committee E56 on Nanotechnology has created a new subcommittee, E56.06 on Nano-Enabled Consumer Products.

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New sensor nanotechnology simplifies disease detection

Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed a new sensor nanotechnology that could revolutionize personalized medicine by making it possible to instantly detect and monitor disease by simply exhaling once into a handheld device.

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Leti demonstrates the integration of CMOS-compatible plasmonic optical waveguides with silicon photonic devices

Copper waveguides offer potential for developing smaller, more efficient, high-performance photonic components.

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NanotechItaly 2010: Promoting responsible innovation

International Conference for better understanding nanotechnologies applications and development perspectives.

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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute renews $65m programs for nanotechnology research

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding $65 million to renew its Programs for Nanotechnology Research to help researchers develop tools based on materials designed at the molecular level to detect and deliver treatments for heart, lung, and blood diseases.

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Silk surprise

New neutron research has revealed that the proteins making up silkworm silk have unexpected properties: effectively the proteins become more concentrated as they are diluted.

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Plastics and nanoparticles - the perfect combination

These days, plastic components are vital to many fields of industry - lightweight construction, automobile manufacturing and electrical engineering, to name but a few. Now researchers have found ingenious ways to combine plastics with nanoparticles and endow them with new properties.

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