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IC Design and Technology conference provides opportunity to exchange breakthrough ideas

CEA-Leti, a co-sponsor with IEEE France Section of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on IC Design and Technology, said today the June 2-4 event will provide an opportunity for the traditionally separated design and process-technology communities to share ideas on product development and manufacturing.

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New coating captures fingerprints on difficult surfaces

CSI notwithstanding, forensics experts cannot always retrieve fingerprints from objects, but a conformal coating process developed by Penn State professors can reveal hard-to-develop fingerprints on nonporous surfaces without altering the chemistry of the print.

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Collaboration at UAlbany Nanotechnology College to provide cost-effective semiconductor materials for 22nm nodes

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and JSR Corporation, an advanced materials supplier to chip-makers and others, and its U.S. operation, JSR Micro, Inc. announced today that it has become the newest member of SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center (RMDC) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.

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TARGET-PDT study aimed at improving photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment

CEA-Leti today announced the launch of the TARGET-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer by developing a novel nano carrier-based approach.

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Nanotechnology sensor detects type 1 diabetes in breath

ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.

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NanoKTN member wins prestigious SET For Britain Award

The NanoKTN is pleased to announce that a PhD student and member of the NanoKTN has been awarded the Roscoe Medal, presented by representatives of RSC and AgChemAccess Ltd, at the prestigious SET for Britain event, held at the House of Commons in March 2010.

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Nanotechnology entrepreneurs finance event in the UK

Do you want to meet like minded business innovators in the nanotechnology field? The NanoKTN, in partnership with The University of Nottingham's Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre, is holding its next finance event hosted by BioCity on May 19.

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High light-extraction efficiency from high-refractive-index semiconductors

Researchers at AIST succeeded in extracting light from a semiconductor into air with the highest efficiency. For this purpose, ridges were fabricated on a semiconductor surface, and then, the fabricated ridges were coated with a silicon dioxide layer.

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MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces

MIT researchers have developed a powerful new tool for calculating the effects of Casimir forces, with ramifications for both basic physics and the design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). One of the researchers' most recent discoveries using the new tool was a way to arrange tiny objects so that the ordinarily attractive Casimir forces become repulsive.

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Optics Express focus issue: Breakthroughs in unconventional polarization states of light

To highlight breakthroughs in this area, the editors of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, published a special focus issue on 'Unconventional Polarization States of Light'.

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Space Shuttle experiments will test nanotechnology-based antimicrobial surfaces

New study will investigate the effects of microgravity on the formation of biofilms; could lead to safer and healthier space travel.

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Quantum mechanics reveals new details of deep Earth

Scientists have used quantum mechanics to reveal that the most common mineral on Earth is relatively uncommon deep within the planet.

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KAUST has registered two nanotechnology patents with the USPTO

As King Abdullah inaugurates a package of development projects worth SR14.039 billion (approx. $3.7 billion) at King Saud University (KSU) today, King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, affiliated with KSU, announced that it has registered two nanotechnology patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Untangling the quantum entanglement behind photosynthesis

Scientists have recorded the first observation and characterization of a critical physical phenomenon behind photosynthesis known as quantum entanglement.

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Few atomic layers of graphene reveal unique thermal properties

Researchers at UC Riverside found that multiple layers of graphene, which are easier to make than single layers, retain the strong heat conducting properties.

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New materials for see-through electronics

Tyndall National Institute and Umicore have signed a licence deal after the joint development of a novel material for transparent electronics.

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