A coalition of Irish universities and colleges came together today for an ambitious plan to develop 'smart' drugs to fight cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Oct 30th, 2008
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Christoph Cremer durchbricht nach der Konzeption der 4Pi-Mikroskopie 1971 das zweite Mal in seiner Forscherkarriere die Grenze dessen, was bislang in der optischen Mikroskopie moeglich war.
Oct 30th, 2008
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To increase Europe's microelectronics competitiveness, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center IMEC asks Europe and its governing public authorities to stimulate true cross-border collaborations, not only by setting up networks but also by creating financial means.
Oct 30th, 2008
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The purpose of the center is the development of processes for organic semiconductor devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic solar cells.
Oct 30th, 2008
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Clemson University researchers developing imaging agents to allow a new method of detecting breast cancers have received $180,000 from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women.
Oct 30th, 2008
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University of Utah scientists successfully created a sensitive prototype device that could test for dozens or even hundreds of diseases simultaneously by acting like a credit card-swipe machine to scan a card loaded with microscopic blood, saliva or urine samples.
Oct 30th, 2008
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Sun Qingfeng with the Lab for Condensed Matter Theory and Materials Computation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Physics made an intensive study on the electron transport through graphene p-n junctions.
Oct 30th, 2008
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This technique will be useful for the large scale, accelerated assembly of SWNTs at room temperature, which is more suitable for nanoscale electronic applications, such as flat panel displays and electronic memory devices.
Oct 29th, 2008
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The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA announces the arrival of visiting scientist Jinwoo Cheon, professor of chemistry at Yonsei University in Korea.
Oct 29th, 2008
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As developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology reshape our world on a daily basis, the California NanoSystems Institute ( CNSI ) at UCLA is helping Los Angeles-area high school science teachers incorporate these subjects into their standard core curriculum.
Oct 29th, 2008
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A team of scientists from University of California, San Diego and Arizona State University has now developed nanorods that swim extremely fast.
Oct 29th, 2008
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Leading European energy research institutes have joined together to found the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), with the aim of speeding up the development of the new energy technologies that Europe needs if it is to address the triple challenge of climate change, energy security and competitiveness.
Oct 29th, 2008
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Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria.
Oct 29th, 2008
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Researchers in China are reporting development of a new DNA 'tweezers' that are the first of their kind capable of grasping and releasing objects on-demand.
Oct 29th, 2008
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Researchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the sun a mainstay source of energy in the future.
Oct 29th, 2008
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The University of Queensland?s (UQ) Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Professor Mark Kendall.
Oct 29th, 2008
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