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Comparison finds approaches of protein study are complementary

Rice University physicists have written the next chapter in an innovative approach for studying the forces that shape proteins -- the biochemical workhorses of all living things.

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Carbon nanotube research holds promise for nanoelectronics

A team of scientists and researchers is working to find ways the unique molecular properties of DNA can be exploited to sort single-walled structures so they will have the same physicochemical properties.

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'Nanoscience in Food' event highlights benefits of using micro and nanotechnology in food and drink

The one-day conference addressed the latest developments and advances in the applications of micro and nanotechnology in food and drink and looked at global regulations and the opportunities and challenges in this area.

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Nanosensor seminar and Sensing Opportunities in the new FP7-NMP call

The National Physical Laboratory in the UK is oranizong two online seminars: 'Sensing Opportunities in the new FP7-NMP call ' and 'Nanosensors: Technology Development, Applications and the Market'.

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Live recordings of cell communication

A new method can quantify the changes in vesicle shape live i.e. during fusion, and with nanoscale resolution.

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The 2nd largest nano technology event in the world starts August 26

The Nano Korea Symposium will be held in conjunction with Nano Korea Exhibition and Micro Tech World.

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Bringing solar power to the masses

Researchers at the University of Arizona are chipping away at problems like how to employ solar at the utility-generating plant level, how to harness it to charge the newly indispensable products of the day - cell phones, MP3 players, laptops - what to do at night and when clouds halt the energy giveaway from the sky.

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Call for papers: Nanotechnology Exposure Assessment

The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health is seeking submissions for a special issue provisionally titled, 'Human and Environmental Exposure Assessment for Nanomaterials', guest edited by Vladimir Murashov, PhD, Special Assistant to the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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EPA invites comments on case studies 'Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide in Water Treatment and Topical Sunscreen'

EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the draft document 'Nanomaterial Case Studies: Nanoscale Titanium Dioxide in Water Treatment and Topical Sunscreen'.

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View of rhodium-based catalyst for hydrogen-fuel system offers ideas for improvement

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory combined experimental and theoretical studies to identify the characteristics of the catalyst, a cluster of rhodium, boron and other atoms.

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New incubator space at California NanoSystems Institute welcomes startup

MediSens developing body monitoring systems for diabetes, balance issues.

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New insights into health and environmental effects of carbon nanoparticles

A new study raises the possibility that flies and other insects that encounter nanomaterial 'hot spots', or spills, near manufacturing facilities in the future could pick up and transport nanoparticles on their bodies, transferring the particles to other flies or habitats in the environment.

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The Southampton Nanofabrication Centre will open Europe's most advanced clean rooms

The Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which will make smaller, more powerful nano- and bio-nano technologies possible, will hold its first open day in September.

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New super lattice structure offers effective means for developing quantum functional devices

Researchers in Japan have succeeded in the vapor-phase synthesis of a stack of nanometer-scale thin films of diamond using carbon isotopes 12C and 13C, which differ in mass. Electrons and holes were confined to a single material for the first time using the diamond stack.

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Three companies share the professorship of Thin Film Technology at KIT

Thin Film Technology is the field of work of Professor Wilhelm Schabel, holder of a shared professorship at the KIT: This shared professorship is the first, in which three enterprises are involved as industry partners: Bayer, BASF, and Roche.

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Assembly line for cell-sized microspheres

A production line for uniform lipid-coated microspheres has been created by Japanese scientists. Using a microfluidic device, the team can continuously generate fluid-filled vesicles that are all the same size and all have a single lipid bilayer surrounding them, and could one day be used in drug delivery or artificial cells.

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