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Manufacturing: Optics shape up

Quality control of production lines to benefit from a digital wavefront sensor that provides rapid non-contact measurement of object surfaces.

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Nanomaterials: Making the right impression

An innovative imprinting technique produces highly ordered alumina films with nanometer-sized pores on silicon wafers.

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UAlbany NanoCollege and CMOST partner to present Summer NanoCamp

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany and the Children's Museum of Science and Technology ("CMOST") partnered to provide 20 middle-school students with a unique firsthand look at the exciting world of nanotechnology when they attended the CNSE-CMOST Summer NanoCamp on July 6 at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex.

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Nanoparticle delivery device for gene therapy

Scientists have designed a nanoparticle that appears to effectively deliver genetic material into cells with minimal toxic effects.

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With magnetic nanoparticles, scientists remotely control neurons and animal behavior

Research could lead to remote stimulation of cells to treat cancer or diabetes.

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Multicolor quantum dots aid in cancer biopsy diagnosis

The tunable fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots make ideal tools for distinguishing and identifying rare cancer cells in tissue biopsies, Emory and Georgia Tech scientists have demonstrated.

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Shocking results from diamond anvil cell experiments

At first, nanoshocks may seem like something to describe the millions of aftershocks of a large earthquake. But Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicists are using an ultra-fast laser-based technique they dubbed 'nanoshocks' for something entirely different. In fact, the nanoshocks have such a small spatial scale that scientists can use them to study shock behavior in tiny samples such as thin films or other systems with microscopic dimensions.

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Nanotechnology event 'Nano Korea 2010' coming on August 18

Korea will soon be hosting the IEEE NANO Conference highlighting the convergence of four key industrial technologies: nano, MEMS, printed electronics and laser machining.

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Researchers build special laser 'tweezers' for medicine, communications and harvesting energy

Star Trek fans will remember "tractor beams," lasers that allowed the Starship Enterprise to trap and move objects. Tel Aviv University is now turning this science fiction into science fact -- on a nano scale.

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Study measures single-molecule machines in action

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University, UC Merced, Pennsylvania State University and Japan has succeeded in observing single-molecule interactions of bistable rotaxanes functioning in their native environment.

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Mainzer Nanobiotechnologie-Forschung bekommt EU Starting Grant

Professor Carsten Soennichsen erhaelt ERC Starting Grant zur Erforschung molekularer Vorgaenge mit Hilfe der Nanotechnologie.

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The thinnest, smoothest metallic lines in the world helps speed up miniaturization of electronic devices

New method creates super-thin, high integrity, continuous metal lines that surpass today's semiconductor industry requirements.

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Nanoscale plasmonic motor drives micro-sized disk

While those wonderful light sabers in the Star Wars films remain the figment of George Lucas' fertile imagination, light mills - rotary motors driven by light - that can power objects thousands of times greater in size are now fact. Researchers have created the first nano-sized light mill motor whose rotational speed and direction can be controlled by tuning the frequency of the incident light waves.

July 5, 2010 Read more

European Commission publishes reference report on definition of nanomaterials for regulatory purposes

Despite the growing utilisation of engineered nanomaterials in consumer products and innovative technological applications, there is at present no widely accepted definition of the term "nanomaterial" that is suitable as a basis for legislation on their safe use. Responding to a request of the European Parliament, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published today a reference report entitled 'Considerations on a definition of nanomaterial for regulatory purposes".

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Protein mit doppeltem Lichtschalter

Ein neues fluoreszentes Markerprotein haben Forscher um Professor Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus vom KIT entwickelt: Bei dem photoaktivierbaren Protein 'mIrisF'" laesst sich sowohl das Fluoreszenzlicht ein- und ausschalten als auch die Farbe des Lichts von Guen nach Rot veraendern.

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New silver nanocoatings are strong against bacteria yet body tissue-compatible

Empa researchers have demonstrated how they can adjust process conditions to influence the properties of novel plasma polymer coatings containing silver nanoparticles.

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