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Educational nanotechnology exhibit at Rensselaer rail station

Aims to showcase New York's global nanotechnology leadership and growing societal impact of nanoscale innovations at one of nation's busiest stations.

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NSF CAREER Award funds research on plastics that conduct electricity

Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.

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Single-molecule technique captures calcium sensor in action

Methods developed by biophysicists at the Technische University Munich have enabled them to manipulate and observe calmodulin in action, on the single-molecule scale.

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New class of MEMS devices to filter, amplify electronic signals

Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications.

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Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes

Researchers at MIT have for the first time shown that nanotubes can grow without a metal catalyst.

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New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumor imaging

A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors.

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Regulating nanotechnologies in the EU and US: towards effectiveness and convergence

A conference on September 10-11, 2009 in London will bring together nanotechnology and regulatory experts from the US and EU.

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Report analyzes nanotechnology Masters courses across Europe

A new document provides a snapshot as to what various institutions across Europe have elected to teach at post-graduate level under a large and exciting variety of Nanotechnology Masters qualifications.

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Bio-Imaging - 4. CeBiTec-Symposium

The Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University is organizing 'Bio-Imaging - 4. CeBiTec-Symposium' on August 25-27, 2009.

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'Green Talents' from around the world conduct environmental research in Germany

German Federal Research Minister Schavan awards environmental technology prize 'Green Talents' to 15 young scientists

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UC Santa Barbara announces director of new Center for Nanomedicine

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the University of California, Santa Barbara have named leading biomedical researcher Jamey D. Marth director of a new joint Center for Nanomedicine that will be established at UCSB.

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Neu erschienen: der Newsletter 'future technologies update'

Dreidimensionale Zellkulturmodelle, Konvergierende Technologien und Siliziumkompatible Photonik - diese drei Themen stehen im Mittelpunkt der aktuellen Ausgabe des Newsletters 'future technologies update'.

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New reporter system detects connection between liver inflammation and blood sugar level

Using a new detection system, scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have unraveled the molecular mechanisms by which inflammations influence the glucose concentration in the blood.

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3D culture models could improve cancer research

A Queensland University of Technology researcher who has come up with a three-dimensional (3D) technology platform for biomedical research has received early-stage funding to accelerate the process of development to commercialisation.

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An HIV-blocking gel for women

New 'molecular condom' meant to prevent AIDS.

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Seminar: Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

Senior Metallurgical Engineer and Engineering Manager Dr. John Tartaglia of Stork Climax Research Services will be presenting a seminar titled 'Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis', on Friday, August 21.

August 8, 2009 Read more