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Galliumnitrid - das neue Material der Leistungselektronik

In einem laufenden und zwei beantragten Projekten will das Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fuer Hoechstfrequenztechnik, gemeinsam mit Partnern aus Wissenschaft und Industrie nun neuartige Galliumnitrid-Transistoren fuer die Leistungselektronik entwickeln.

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Quantenteilchen auf der Schaukel: Physiker kontrollieren die Eigenschwingung von Atomen

Physiker der Universitaet Bonn haben eine neue Methode ersonnen, Atomen ihren Willen aufzuzwingen: Ihnen ist es gelungen, die Eigenschwingung der kleinen Teilchen (ihre so genannte Wellenfunktion) praezise zu steuern.

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Surface engineering: Imprinted cleanliness

A laser-patterned template could enable self-cleaning surfaces to be grown over large areas at low cost.

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Micromachined piezoelectric harvester with record power output drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85uW electrical power from vibrations.

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Presentations Outline Progress in Next-Generation Memories, High-Mobility Channel Transistors, and Energy-Efficient Devices

Senior technologists, executives, and faculty from across the semiconductor R+D community presented technical data revealing significant advances in emerging memory technologies, energy efficient devices and high mobility channel transistors at a SEMATECH-led workshop on 'Emerging Technologies in Solid State Devices' held December 5-6, 2009.

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NIOSH updates its nanotechnology web resources

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has updated and enhanced several web resources containing NIOSH's research results and recommendations on the work-related health and safety implications of nanotechnology.

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Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage

Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.

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Turning metal black more than just a novelty

University of Rochester scientists discover that laser technique used to change the colors of metals could have important implications for medicine.

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Video game sheds light on the molecular world

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) developed the video game Immune Attack to plunge 7th - 12th graders into the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells.

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UAlbany and Japanese institutions to organize Joint Workshop on Advanced Materials Research for Nanotechnology

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany will host a first-ever conference this week that is designed to enable strategic partnerships with several leading Japanese organizations for advanced research, development and commercialization of leading-edge nanoscale technologies.

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The imaginative dimensions of the nano pill

Albert van den Berg has other ideas for the newly awarded Spinoza Premium besides high-powered research. He wants to communicate his work to the broadest possible audience.

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Nanomedicine: ending 'hit-and-miss' design with particle standardization

At the end of the two-year study, a team at Rice University hopes to have a database that charts the expected response of particles of a given size, type and chemistry. Ultimately, the hope is to provide researchers with a tool that will help predict how a particular particle is likely to behave.

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Canadian Forest NanoProducts Network appoints new chairman

Pierre Lapointe was appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of ArboraNano, the Canadian Forest NanoProducts Network.

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Effiziente Hochleistungs-Diodenlaser

Wissenschaftler des Ferdinand-Braun-Instituts verdoppeln die Leistung von DFB-Lasern. Dies erschliesst neue Anwendungsmoeglichkeiten in leistungsstarken Systemen.

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Indian-Korean nanotechnology collaboration to supply high-end nanofabrication equipment

The Nano Science and Technology Consortium (NSTC) located at NOIDA, India, announced a tie-up with Midas Systems, Korea to supply high-end nanofabrication equipment in India.

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A new era in cardiac health diagnostics with silicon-based integrated system

Researchers at A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test for specific cardiac biomarkers in blood. Compared to the conventional testing platform known as ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay), the new integrated system significantly cuts sample preparation and analysis time which typically requires 6 hours to just 45 minutes.

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