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This year's Kelly lecture in Cambridge: 'Doing Nanoscience Research in Emerging India'

A lecture by one of India's most distinguished scientists will be the highlight of this year's Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum.

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Skyscraper approach to nanoelectronics

Scientists based at the University of Georgia, US, have grown conjugated polymer brushes directly onto monolayers, producing films with thicknesses less than 42 nanometres.

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Oh nanotechnology! Water will never be the same

Here is this week's candidate for our 'Slow News Friday' series.

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Scattering light with nanoparticles can improve laser performance

'Light scattering' and 'optical performance' are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand.

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Organic Electronics Association unveils new roadmap for organic and printed electronics

The Roadmap as well as numerous new demonstrators will be introduced by the OE-A for the first time at LOPE-C - the Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention - which will take place June 23rd through the 25th, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Shank and Homer shaping the matrix

A mesh-like structure formed by two synaptic scaffolding proteins controls the shape and protein make-up of the synapse.

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Organic lighting offers a bright future

New phosphorescent complexes improve manufacturing of high-efficiency light sources.

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Mathematical model of gecko feet leads to advances in the science of friction

Biology professor Kellar Autumn shows how the nano-hairs on gecko toes can reveal new insights into the fundamental nature of friction and adhesion.

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Novel mapping process for tracking nanoscale structures

Carnegie Mellon University's Katayun Barmak, with the help of Microscopy Lab Supervisor Thomas Nuhfer, is one of the first materials scientists worldwide to successfully map polycrystalline structures on a nanoscale.

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Nanoscale zipper cavity responds to single photons of light

Device could be used for highly sensitive force detection, optical communications, and more.

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Team uncovers the molecular basis for the regulation of blood clotting

By applying cutting-edge techniques in single-molecule manipulation, researchers at Harvard University have uncovered a fundamental feedback mechanism that the body uses to regulate the clotting of blood.

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New nanomotor transforms light straight into motion

A team of University of Florida chemists is the latest to report a new mechanism to transform light straight into motion - albeit at a very, very, very tiny scale.

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Plaque-attacking nanoparticles for treating cardiovascular disease

Scientists and engineers at UC Santa Barbara and other researchers have developed a nanoparticle that can attack plaque - a major cause of cardiovascular disease.

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A breakthrough toward industrial production of fluorescent nanodiamonds

European researchers have discovered a novel route to fabricate fluorescent nanoparticles from diamond microcrystals.

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NanoMaterials09 to take place from June 16-18

NanoMaterials09 will take place at the Maritim Bonn Hotel, Germany on 16-18 June 2009. It will kick off with a pre-conference workshop discussing nanotechnology risk management, followed by a two day conference featuring two plenary sessions, 5 afternoon applications focused symposia, an exhibition and poster exhibition.

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New protein center opens at the University of Copenhagen

On June 4, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen will open the doors of its new research center, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.

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