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Policymakers of the world gather in Berlin soon to discuss nanotechnology

The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th.

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Joint presentation of German nanotechnology companies

Nanotechnology products 'Made in Germany' were the focus of a joint presentation of industrial companies and research institutions at the NanoKorea Fair in Seoul

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SPLAT - a better way to measure nanoparticle shape

To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements.

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur receives Charles Babbage grant from Synopsys

First grant recipient in India and Synopsys plan to establish new lab dedicated to advanced CAD research.

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Gold solution for enhancing nanocrystal electrical conductance

In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.

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Electroluminescence from electrolyte-gated carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

have demonstrated electroluminescence by using highly aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes.

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Tree powers electronic circuit

You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities.

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$2.3 million in nanomedicine grants to treat and prevent lethal cancer metastasis

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has been awarded $2.3 million in three grants to further groundbreaking developments in the prevention of lethal cancer metastasis and take his team's findings to the first clinical trial of its kind.

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New review published of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk and regulation

An article published last week within the Journal of the Royal Society 'Interface', presents an objective review of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk research and regulation.

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New carbon nanotube biosensor detects bacteria instantaneously

The technique uses carbon nanotubes and synthetic DNA fragments that activate an electric signal when they link up with the pathogen.

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Dem Chip ins Herz geschaut - Stressmessung des Fraunhofer IZM minimiert Ausschuss in der Elektronikfertigung

Grosse Elektronikzulieferer wie Bosch suchen seit Jahren nach einem Messsystem, das die mechanische Belastung von Mikrosystemen online erfassen kann. In dem BMBF-Verbundprojekt iForceSens ist ein solches System entwickelt worden.

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Researchers breathe metal-like conductivity into TiO2 nanotubes without changing their structure

Through carbonization, the titanium dioxide can be converted into a carbon-containing titanium oxycarbide compound.

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Fraunhofer IST initiiert und leitet neues EU-Netzwerk: COST Action 'Highly Ionised Pulse Plasma Processes'

Das Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Schicht- und Oberflaechentechnik IST hat erfolgreich eine COST Action zum Thema 'hochionisierte gepulste Plasma Prozesse - HIPP Prozesse' initiiert und uebernimmt nun die Leitung dieser Aktion.

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New transhumanist magazine is going into print - digital edition is available now

h+ magazine, a quarterly online periodical covering the news and obsessions of fans of radical technological change - a scene sometimes called 'transhumanism' - is going into print with its fourth issue.

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Open call: New COST Action coordinating European research cooperation

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives.

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How to make cheap nanostructures of a luminescent conjugated polymer with micron-sized tools

Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and University College London (UCL) have fabricated sub-30 nm luminescent features of an organic semiconductor via spatially selective conversion and patterning of its precursor by using a heatable, micron-size scanning probe

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