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Mixing ski design and nanotechnology

Imagine packing skis into a suitcase, skis that never need wax or skis that hold a perfect line in all snow conditions. That's just what University of Nevada, Reno students in Kam K. Leang's mechanical engineering senior design course do, they imagine the possibilities of design using nanotechnology.

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DNA nanotubes carry and selectively release materials

Researchers have created the first examples of DNA nanotubes that encapsulate and load cargo, and then release it rapidly and completely when a specific external DNA strand is added.

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Novel technique turns proteins into glass

Duke University researchers have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules' properties as workhorses of biology.

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Molecules arrange themselves into predictable patterns

The features on computer chips are getting so small that soon the process used to make them, which has hardly changed in the last 50 years, won't work anymore. One of the alternatives that academic researchers have been exploring is to create tiny circuits using molecules that automatically arrange themselves into useful patterns.

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Wenn alle an der DNA zerren

Wissenschaftlern ist eine quantitative Beschreibung von DNA-Ringen gelungen, sodass nun molekulare Eigenschaften wie etwa die Steifigkeit und der DNA-Durchmesser in nanoskopische Groessen wie Form und Ausdehnung des Polymerrings uebersetzt werden koennen.

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Unexpected nanotechnology findings show that light can twist rigid structures

In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles.

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China's first open-access journal Nano Research now listed in Science Citation Index

Thomson ISI has announced that Nano Research, an English-language journal jointly published by Springer and Tsinghua University Press, is now listed in the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E).

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26 MBA teams from around the world participate in seventh year of renowned entrepreneurship competition

A promising cure for ovarian cancer seeking funding to begin clinical trials; a person-to-person car-sharing program that could reduce carbon emissions; a device to enable power-generation facilities to save billions of dollars annually - these were the winning ventures

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Neuartige Speicherbausteine durch Nanoporen

Ein neues von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefoerdertes Projekt untersucht Moeglichkeiten, mithilfe von Nanoporen neuartige Speicherbausteine zu erzeugen.

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Event will feature lectures and workshops focused on super resolution microscopy

Carl Zeiss will be holding the eleventh 'Day of Microscopy', this time under the motto 'Travel to New Dimensions'.

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German-Japanese consortium tackles quantum computing in isotopically engineered diamond

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Japan Science and Technology Agency are launching the research project 'Quantum Computing in isotopically Engineered Diamond' aiming to novel logic devices potentially enabling faster computing and unconditionally secure communications.

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German Institute for Occupational Safety and Health publishes report on characterisation of ultrafine particles for workers protection

The Federal Institute for Occpuational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Germany has published part 2 of its report on 'Characterisation of ultrafine particles for workers protection'.

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Canadian legislator proposes to include nanotechnology in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Peter Julian, MP for Burnaby-New Westminster, tabled Bill C-494 in the House of Commons that will include nanotechnology in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and require the Health and Environment Ministers to act.

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Iran publishes national nanotechnology standard

Iran for the first time published a national nanotechnology standard entitled 'Nanotechnology - Vocabulary and Main Definition'.

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Layered graphene sheets could solve hydrogen storage issues

New findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.

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Research finds weakest chemical bonds produce materials stronger than steel

Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures. Now, National Science Foundation-supported researchers are untangling some of its most closely guarded secrets, and explaining why silk is so super strong.

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