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University of Twente spin-off company develops spectacularly fast virus detector

Imagine being able to detect in just a few minutes whether someone is infected with a virus. This has now become a reality, thanks to a new ultra-sensitive detector that has been developed by Ostendum, a spin-off company of the University of Twente.

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Ethical discussions concerning nanotechnology are often too futuristic

Philosophers make the case for realism

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Eighteen Albany high school students graduate from pioneering 'NanoHigh' initiative

18 students completed this year's NanoHigh program, which included the inaugural advanced nanoscience course.

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Free web-based seminar explores electrical measurements of photovoltaic devices

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will offer a free, web-based seminar titled 'Photovoltaic Measurements: Testing the Electrical Properties of Today?s Solar Cells'.

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Center for Nanoscale Materials scientist wins prestigious L'Oreal Fellowship

U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist Tiffany Santos has been awarded a L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science for her work in materials science at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

May 27, 2009 Read more

New gas sensor based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials staff in the Nanofabrication & Devices Group together with collaborative users from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have fabricated a miniaturized gas sensor using hybrid nanostructures consisting of SnO2 nanocrystals supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

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Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires

Researchers have demonstrated that, counter to classical Newtonian mechanics, an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is able to 'tunnel' as a pack from a state with a higher electrical current to one with a notably lower current, providing more evidence of the phenomenon of macroscopic quantum tunneling.

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Boldly going where no medical response has gone before

Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate.

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Pioneering nanotechnology sensor can precisely measure mercury

RMIT University researchers have used breakthrough nanotechnology to create a pioneering sensor that can precisely measure one of the world?s most poisonous substances, mercury.

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New online map identifies synthetic biology development hot-spots across the U.S. and Europe

Over 170 businesses, research groups and other organizations are involved in the emerging field of synthetic biology throughout the United States, according to a new interactive map launched today by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

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Major breakthrough in the study of low-dimensional quantum systems

Researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology have reported the first comprehensive study of a magnetic quantum ladder over its entire phase diagram.

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Mexico will be first to try arsenic-cleansing 'nanorust'

Rice University researchers today announced that the first field tests of 'nanorust', the university's revolutionary, low-cost technology for removing arsenic from drinking water, will begin later this year in Guanajuato, Mexico.

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Researchers examine promising metal-matrix composites with diamonds

An Inter-Faculty research team at the Vienna University of Technology is examining dimensionally stable and thermoconducting material combinations for nuclear fusion.

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Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology launches new projects

In the second call for proposals, projects focus on either the development of new technologies or on the interface between biomedical research and genomics. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) approved six RTD-projects today.

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A first-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring a way to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring a way to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages is being conducted at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute through a National Cancer Institute grant.

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Pore effort: Physicist unravels 'hole' story of cell suicide

Rice physicist Huey Huang is on a quest to understand death -- or at least a little piece of it. Huang has spent the past 15 years studying the properties of cell membranes in an effort to unravel a mystery about cell suicide, a mystery that starts with a tiny hole.

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