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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) sets date for inaugural ceremony
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia is opening its 36-million-square meter (8,900-acre) campus on September 23, 2009, welcoming a founding faculty of more than 60 accomplished scientists and engineers from around the world and an equally diverse inaugural class of 345 graduate students to the shores of the Red Sea.
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Superconductivity appears to rely on very different mechanisms in iron-based superconductors
Superconductivity appears to rely on very different mechanisms in two varieties of iron-based superconductors. The insight comes from research groups that are making bold statements about the correct description of superconductivity in iron-based compounds.
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Printing paper-based biosensors with inkjet printers
If that office inkjet printer has become just another fixture, it's time to take a fresh look at it. Similar technology may soon be used to develop paper-based biosensors that can detect certain harmful toxins that can cause food poisoning or be used as bioterrorism agents.
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University of Waikato unveils new TEM and SEM microscopes
This new equipment expands the university's capability of the Electron Microscope Facility.
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Major increase in nanobiosensors predicted
Nanobiosensors, which will make point-of-care testing in GP's surgeries a reality, have the potential to account for 50 per cent of the biosensor market by 2020.
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Call for New Zealand government to act on nanotechnology challenges
University of Canterbury physicist Associate Professor Simon Brown hopes a report published this week will spur the New Zealand Government to face up to the challenges nanotechnology poses for this country.
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Revolutionary fingerprinting technique uses nanoscale observations with AFM
Scientists in the UK have developed a method to visualize fingerprints even after the print itself has been removed.
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Three Berkeley Lab scientists win PECASE award
Three scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy?s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were among the 100 researchers named by President Barack Obama to receive the prestigious Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on early-career researchers.
July 10, 2009 Read more
Brown engineering professor wins prestigious White House PECASE award
Rashid Zia, assistant professor of engineering, has been named one of this year's winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The White House named the latest group of winners this week.
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Grosse Herausforderungen meistern mit Nanotechnologie
Ob Medizin, nachhaltige Energieversorgung oder Umweltschutz, ohne Nanotechnologie lassen sich die Herausforderungen der Zukunft nicht meistern. Parallel dazu gelte es aber auch, potenzielle Risiken - etwa von freien Nanopartikeln - unter die Lupe zu nehmen, so das Fazit der NanoConvention, an der am 6. Juli in Zurich rund 150 Nano-Interessierte aus Forschung, Industrie, Verwaltung und dem Finanzsektor teilnahmen.
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Individual bacterial cells are capable of quorum sensing
The process of quorum sensing, which cells use to "sense" cell density, is triggered when the concentration of certain signaling compounds generated by the bacteria reaches a threshold level.
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Organic Photovoltaics Summit 2009
OPV Today announces its forthcoming Organic Photovoltaics Summit 2009, to be held in Boston (October 15-16) this year.
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Mit Quantenpunkten speichern
An der Uni Duisburg-Essen wird die Wechselwirkung von kleinen Nanopyramiden, sogenannten Quantenpunkten, mit einer leitfaehigen Kontaktschicht - einem zweidimensionalen Elektronengas - untersucht.
July 10, 2009 Read more
Snake oil special: nanotechnology colon cleanser
Some fun stuff to ease your way into the weekend: Here is our Slow News Friday story for this week, which again doubles as our soon to be launched Nanotechnology Snake Oil Special. "Swiss Botanical Nanotechnology Tea Colon Cleanser" anyone?
July 10, 2009 Read more
NanoKTN offers free membership to nanotechnology stakeholders
Free membership available to all nanotechnology stakeholders.
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Simon Fraser University upgrades nanofabrication laboratory
Simon Fraser University's 4D LABS materials science research centre is getting about $884,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada to add new scientific equipment for faster prototyping.
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