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On slippery science subjects such as nanotechnology, Internet news delivers

Internet-based science news draws a more demographically diverse, learned and focused audience than print or television news, according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison communication researchers.

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Carbon nanostructures - elixir or poison?

A Los Alamos National Laboratory toxicologist and a multidisciplinary team of researchers have documented potential cellular damage from fullerenes. The team also noted that this particular type of damage might hold hope for treatment of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or even cancer.

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2010 BIO International Convention to address global environmental and energy issues

Climate change and next-generation biofuels to be highlighted at global event for biotechnology.

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Researchers discover new, controllable state in ferroelectric nanowires

Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices.

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Nanotechnology-enabled pill signals it has been swallowed

Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule. The prototype is intended to pave the way for mass-produced pills that, when ingested, automatically alert doctors, loved ones or scientists working with patients in clinical drug trials.

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A promising nanotube coating for solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles

A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research - research that also may help scientists iron out a solution.

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Spray-on manufacturing of transistors with organic semiconductors

A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar cells and displays that can be sprayed onto a surface as easily as paint.

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NIST racetrack ion trap is a contender in quantum computing quest

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that potentially could process dozens of ions at once with the most versatile control of any trap demonstrated to date.

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Atomic-scale tug-of-war - how to pull a chain of atoms apart

How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of - let's say - gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms? It's a measure of the astonishing progress in nanotechnology that questions that once would have interested only physicists or chemists are now being asked by engineers.

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CEA-Leti's Hybrid Metrology Project targets better R+D cycle times and yields at sub-28nm nodes

CEA-Leti, a leading global research center committed to creating and commercializing innovation in micro- and nanotechnologies, said today that its Hybrid Metrology Project has developed a way to reduce measurement uncertainty in the sub-28nm nodes.

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NanoBusiness Alliance to present 3rd Annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit in Denver, May 24-25

The NanoBusiness Alliance and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced that the 3rd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit will return to the University of Denver, CO, from May 24-25, 2010.

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From a classical laser to a 'quantum laser'

Rainer Blatt's and Piet Schmidt's research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realized a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum mechanical properties of the atom-photon interaction.

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A*STAR becomes partner in InForm - Integrating Nanomaterials in Formulation

A*STAR's ICES is one of the key players in the international scientific community to work on a new and exciting area of research known as formulation science.

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Switched-on color-changing polymers

Unique organic ring compounds combine to form smart materials with tunable visual attributes.

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Materials: Twin tricks

'Nanotwinned' metals display both ultrahigh strength and ductility by forcing crystal dislocations to behave in strange ways.

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An ultrasensitive electronic DNA sensor array speeds up disease diagnostics

A novel electronic sensor array for the rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis has been designed by A*STAR researchers.

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