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State-level nano regulation: Yes, indeed, the industry 'should have seen it coming' - it caused it!

It's alway good to listen to both sides of an argument. In that respect, a blog entry on the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)'s website is quite interesting. Titled 'State-level nano regulation: Yes, indeed, the industry 'should have seen it coming' - it caused it!', Richard Denison gives his take on the role of state and federal regulations relating to nanomaterials.

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Human protein factories in 3D - Insights into the interior of human cells at the nano level

Scientists succeeded in mapping the inner life of an intact human cell three-dimensionally via cryo-electron tomography. In this way they were able to show where the ribosomes are located in the cell and how they are arranged.

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Wirkstoffe auf freien Fuss setzen mit Nanoshuttles

In der Zukunft koennten wenige Millionstel Millimeter grosse Nanofaehren Wirkstoffe oder auch Gene in Zellen schleusen. Derartige Therapien haetten den Vorteil, dass der Wirkstoff keine Nebenwirkungen auf dem Weg durch den Organismus ausloesen kann. Der therapeutische Effekt entfaltet sich erst am Ziel, sodass etwa auch toxische Krebsmedikamente in der Chemotherapie relativ niedrig dosiert werden koennen.

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Creation of nanotechnology innovation and commercialization excelerator in upstate New York

$250M initiative includes $28m assembly investment to rehabilitate iconic electronics lab and enable new university-industry-government partnership.

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Scientists observe single ions moving through tiny carbon-nanotube channel

Channels could be used for sensitive detectors or water-desalination systems.

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Wohlgeordnete Goldpartikel

Oberflaechen lassen sich gezielt so strukturieren, dass sie die Erforschung von Molekuelstrukturen erheblich voranbringen.

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Workshop: Multicellular assemblies - architectures, properties, engineering

A one day workshop organized by the Observatory for Micro and Nanotechnologies (CNRS-CEA, France), titled Multicellular assemblies : Architectures, Properties, Engineering, will take place on october 20, 2010 in Paris.

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Random numbers game with quantum dice

A simple device measures the quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers.

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2010 Kavli Prize in nanosience awarded to Eigler and Seeman

King Harald of Norway presented the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience to the eight laureates from US, Germany and Great Britain at spectacular gala performance at Oslo Concert Hall in Oslo, Norway, on 7 September.

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International Congress on the relationship between neurobiology and nanoelectronics

The Sixth Biennial International Congress on the relationship between neurobiology and nano-electronics titled "The Eye and The Chip" will bring together the world's leading researchers involved in advancing artificial human vision at Henry Ford Community College Sept. 13-15, 2010.

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Neue Technologien und ihre Folgen - Wissenschaftler diskutieren auf dem ITAFORUM 2010

Auf dem ITAFORUM 2010 diskutieren Naturwissenschaftler, Geisteswissenschaftler und Politiker ueber neue Technologien und ihre Folgen.

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New winter school on emerging nanotechnologies

Grenoble Ecole de Management is launching a new Winter School on Nanotechnology in collaboration with IEP - Grenoble, ESIEE-Univ Paris Est-LAST, FRIDA and supported by ANR-France.

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Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells

In what could be a step toward higher efficiency solar cells, an international team including University of Michigan professors has invalidated the most commonly used model to explain the behavior of a unique class of materials called highly mismatched alloys.

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UCLA, Japanese company to collaborate on specialized nano-imaging instrumentation

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced plans to collaborate with Hamamatsu Photonics Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of photon detectors and camera systems, to apply nanoscience and nanotechnology to projects having global importance in health, medicine, energy and the environment.

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Researchers hear puzzling new physics from graphene quartet's quantum harmonies

Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have 'unveiled' a quartet of graphene's electron states and discovered that electrons in graphene can split up into an unexpected and tantalizing set of energy levels when exposed to extremely low temperatures and extremely high magnetic fields.

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Beam trap full of holes

Researchers from ETH Zurich's Institute for Field Theory and High Frequency Electronics have developed new surfaces for radar absorption. Thanks to this multifaceted application, window panes could even double up as solar panels in future.

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