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New nanoparticle rocket propellant promising for future space missions

Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and nanoscale aluminum powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies.

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Scientists create nerve cell connections in vitro using artificial substances

The repair of damaged nerve cells is a major problem in medicine today. A new study by researchers at the Montreal NeurologicaI Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University, is a significant advance towards a solution for neuronal repair.

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Stable metal nanowires one atom wide inside carbon nanotubes

Japanese researchers have developed a new method that is simple and delivers stable nanowires: They deposit metal atoms inside of carbon nanotubes.

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Eight MIT research teams receive $600,000 to develop new technological innovations

The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT today announced it is awarding $600,000 in grants to eight MIT research teams currently working on early-stage technologies.

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'Welcome to Nanotech Germany' auf der Rusnanotech in Moskau

Beeindruckt zeigte sich der Vorsitzende der Duma, Boris Gruzlov, und der stellvertretende russische Staatspraesident Sergej Iwanow von der German Area bei seinem Besuch auf der Rusnanotech 2009.

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France and Singapore enter nanotechnology research alliance

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore's leading science and technology university has formed a tripartite research alliance with the National Center of Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique or CNRS), the largest governmental research organisation in France, and Thales the French electronics giant and a global technology leader in aerospace, space, defence, security and transportation industries.

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Successful integration of nanotechnology with traditional CMOS chip technology

Leti, the leading research and development institute focused on micro- and nano-technologies, announced today that it has broken new ground in the integration of nanotechnology with traditional complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip technology.

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CEA-Leti and Caltech will present their joint nanosystem roadmaps on Nov. 10

CEA-Leti and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) will present their joint nanosystem roadmaps at an Nov. 10 workshop at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif.

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New method reveals all you need to know about waveforms

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms - graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time - rather than just parts of waveforms as is current practice.

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Large-scale cousin of elusive magnetic monopoles found

Scientists have spent the better part of the last eight decades trying to find, in essence, a magnet with only one pole. A team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found one.

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Breakthrough in lab-on-chip for fast cancer detection and therapy

IMEC, a leading European research center in nanotechnology, the Institüt für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM), one of the leading European research centers in microfluidics, and their partners within the European Sixth Framework Project MASCOT achieve a major milestone in the development of a lab-on-chip for the detection and therapy evaluation of breast cancer.

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New kinds of nanotechnology-based luminescent solar concentrators

Researchers at UC Merced received a three-year $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) that use materials other than silicon as semiconductors.

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Novel polymeric beacons capable of delivering plasmid DNA into mammalian cells

Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel into cells, deliver genetic cargo, and packs a beacon so scientists can follow its movements in living systems.

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Yoctosecond flashes from ultra-hot matter

High-energy heavy ion collisions, which are studied at RHIC in Brookhaven and soon at the LHC in Geneva, can be a source of light flashes of a few yoctoseconds duration - the time that light needs to traverse an atomic nucleus.

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Industry leaders gather in North Carolina to focus on environmentally responsible development of nanotechnology

The Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative will gather 150 experts from around the nation at its second annual environmental health summit on October 8-9, 2009.

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Wake Forest University conference highlights nanotechnology advances

NanoConference, a one-day gathering of experts and others interested in nanotechnology, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 in Wake Forest University's Bridger Field House

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