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Breakthrough with magnetic nanodots may lead to a 'library on one chip'

A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented amount of data - enough to hold an entire library's worth of information on a single chip.

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New advances in nanotechnology promise big benefits for cancer patients

A $145-million Federal Government effort to harness the power of nanotechnology to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is producing innovations that will radically improve care for the disease. That's the conclusion of an update on the status of the program.

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SPEDOC project to work on future cancer diagnosis systems

The SPEDOC project will create the precursor to future devices for individualized diagnosis and monitoring of cancer therapy, which will allow the illness to be treated in earlier stages and at lower doses, reducing or preventing current secondary effects.

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SEMATECH reports synergistic advances in new materials and process innovation for emerging semiconductor devices

To continue the industry's historical trend of performance scaling, SEMATECH experts reported on integrated approaches to CMOS logic and memory device technology and 3D TSV (through silicon via) manufacturing at the International Symposium on VLSI Technology, System and Applications (VLSI-TSA) on April 26-28, 2010.

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The quantum ohm comes from PTB

With its new molecular beam epitaxy facility, PTB continues to be the only metrology institute to produce primary quantum Hall effect resistance standards.

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Microfluidic mixing and the formation of nanoscale lipid vesicles

Researchers have detailed how the operation of their liposome manufacturing technique works - known as COMMAND for COntrolled Microfluidic Mixing And Nanoparticle Determination - in order to maximize its effectiveness.

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New study helps explain the surprising behavior of tiny 'artificial muscles'

Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of 'artificial muscles' - how do they work?

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A 'dimmer switch' for superconducting quantum computing

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first 'dimmer switch' for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum bit (qubit) and a quantum bus - promising technologies for storing and transporting information in future quantum computers.

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Organocatalysts turn carbon dioxide into useful energy

Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a green catalytic cycle that could help solve some of the world's biggest challenges - global warming and renewable energy .

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Electron-hole systems at oxide interfaces

The interfaces of complex oxides can show unexpected characteristics distinct from the bulk materials. A targeted manipulation of these properties could yield electronics components with tailored functionalities.

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Using quantum mechanics to beat the classical precision limit

The hands of a clock tell the whole story. Technical factors place limits on the precision of the reading. For physicists, so-called shot noise also imposes such a limit. It occurs for example when electric current has to overcome a barrier. At present, all precision measurements work close to this limit. Physicists from Heidelberg University have now demonstrated that this limit can be surpassed by drawing on concepts from quantum mechanics.

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International Labour Organization warns of new health risks from emerging fields like nanotechnology

Changes to traditional labour models have reduced some risks in the workplace but created new ones that have yet to be fully understood, according to a new study released Tuesday by the International Labour Organization.

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Nanophotocatalysts assist in removing agricultural pesticides

A new low-cost method for the removal of agricultural pesticides from water by titanium dioxide photocatalyst was introduced by researchers at University of Tabriz.

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Lollipops and ice fishing: Using molecular rulers to probe nanopores

Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed methods to measure accurately the length of nanopores, the miniscule channels found in cell membranes.

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Moire patterns in graphene

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated that atomic scale moire patterns, an interference pattern that appears when two or more grids are overlaid slightly askew, can be used to measure how sheets of graphene are stacked and reveal areas of strain.

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Reinventing technology assessment for the 21st century

New report calls for citizen participation to inform decision-making on science and technology.

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