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Paper batteries and supercapacitors may power hybrid cars or store electricity on the grid

Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery.

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To rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using magnetizable liquids

The findings could dramatically improve the speed and sensitivity of tests used to detect cancer biomarkers, blood disorders, viruses and other diseases.

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UAlbany NanoCollege celebrates 15 graduates as part of record total in 2009

Together with nine students who were awarded degrees in May, the total of 24 CNSE students who received graduate degrees during 2009 represents the largest number of graduates since the first class was admitted at CNSE in September 2004.

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Nanoscale X-ray imaging delivers sharper vision for new insights into biological questions, including DNA repair

An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples.

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New nanoscale laser structure could produce more efficient, powerful and portable sources emitting in the mid-infrared

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient as current continuous-wave lasers emitting in the mid-infrared.

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Nanotechnology to better help medical professionals understand and treat disease

New imaging technique to change the way we see disease.

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Die Welt der kleinen RNAs

Wissenschaftler der Kieler Universitaet haben in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Max-Planck-Institut fuer Infektionsbiologie herausgefunden, wie kleine regulatorische RNAs in Methan-produzierenden Einzellern funktionieren.

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Peptide delivers anti-cancer compounds to where they can do the most good

Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal tissues.

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Researchers take step toward airport scanners that can identify explosives

MIT researchers have developed a new way to tune the frequency of lasers that operate in the terahertz spectrum. The result is an important step toward airport scanners that could tell whether a vial in a closed suitcase contains aspirin, methamphetamines or an explosive.

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Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines

Research team discovers a new use for metamaterials that promises to eliminate mechanical friction in nanotechnology.

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Plasmonic material turns out to be a see-through surprise

Very often in science, the unexpected discovery turns out to be the most significant. Rice University Professor Junichiro Kono and his team weren't looking for a breakthrough in the transmission of terahertz signals, but there it was: a plasmonic material that would, with adjustments to its temperature and/or magnetic field, either stop a terahertz beam cold or let it pass completely.

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How safe is safe? Conference explores the opportunities and limits of state risk prevention

When are we sufficiently protected from danger? Does the state ensure that risks are kept to a minimum? The question about how far state risk prevention can go and the degree of safety that state measures can, may and must offer is raised not only in the field of consumer health protection.

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Tata employs nanotechnology to make world's most cost-effective water filter

Tata Chemicals today unveils Tata Swach - a unique and innovative water purifier.

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Tiny RNA has big impact on lung cancer tumors

Researchers from Yale University and Mirna Therapeutics, Inc., reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA.

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'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses

A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new medicines.

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Mikro- und Nanotechnologie im Auto - Dortmunder Unternehmen stellen effiziente Technologien vor

Welchen Beitrag koennen Mikro- und Nanotechnologien leisten, um die Leistung von Automobilen zu steigern und Verbrauch und Schadstoffausstoss zu verringern? Mit dieser Frage beschaeftigt sich die Veranstaltung 'Oberflaechenbearbeitung mit Mikro- und Nanotechnologien fuer den Automotivbereich' am 16. Dezember 2009 in Dortmund.

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