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Physics professor uses Air Force grants to create highly conductive nanocomposites

If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhones.

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Clean energy, nanotechnology and inner harmony

Ranganath Teki this month will earn his doctorate in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but his quest for learning and knowledge is far from complete.

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Nanoscale research grants from Veeco Labs

Veeco has announced their second Veeco Labs request for proposals. In this program, Veeco will award the best five proposals, an approx. $40k electronic application module (TUNA/TR-TUNA, SSRM, SCM, or CAFM) for the Dimension, MultiMode, or Innova SPMs.

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Spectacular online gallery of Art of Science competition

The online gallery for Princeton University's third Art of Science competition went live Thursday, May 14. An online site that allows members of the public to choose their favorite 2009 Art of Science image will go live at the same time.

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Winner announced for the 2009 Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize

Oxford Instruments are delighted to announce that Dr John Morton from the department of Materials at Oxford University is the 2009 recipient of the Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize.

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Green catalysis makes a splash

Scientists in Japan have developed recyclable catalysts that selectively generate chiral organic molecules in water - a nearly ideal green chemical process

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Nanotechnology breakthrough in cancer treatment to be unveiled in webcast at University of Arkansas

Nanotechnology scientists at UALRand UAMS Monday will present a briefing on a new discovery in the fight to eradicate cancer. The discovery has promise for a new generation of treatment options beyond surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.

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Scientists have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphene

Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphene, a technologically promising, two-dimensional form of carbon that has tantalized and puzzled scientists since its discovery in 2004.

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New bimetallic fuel cell catalyst is more efficient than commercial catalysts

The novel technique eventually will enable a cost effective fuel cell technology, which has been waiting in the wings for decades, and should give a boost for cleaner use of fuels worldwide.

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Conference: Converging technologies for 21st century security

The Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), through its role in the EU-funded observatoryNANO project, is investigating the role that nanotechnology and other technologies can play in addressing complex security issues.

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Bauplan einer bakteriellen Solaranlage

Die Struktur von Clorosomen koennte als Blaupause fuer kuenstliche Systeme dienen, die Sonnenenergie nach dem Vorbild der Photosynthese in Biosprit umwandeln.

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International approaches to the regulatory governance of nanotechnology

The Regulatory Governance Initiative (RGI) at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has recently produced a report entitled: 'International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology'.

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Small RNAs yield great amounts of data from ocean microbe samples

An ingenious new method of obtaining marine microbe samples while preserving the microbes' natural gene expression has yielded an unexpected boon: the presence of many varieties of small RNAs.

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Bacteria's light-harvesting antennae explored for developing artificial leaves

An international team of scientists has resolved the structure of chlorophyll in chlorosomes of green bacteria. Chlorosomes are the light-harvesting antennae of these bacteria. Such structures can be useful in the future for the development of 'artificial leaves'.

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DNA gripped in nanopores - Researchers analyse forces on DNA in gel

Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyse the DNA. A team of researchers under the leadership of Vici winner Serge Lemay, has now shown for the first time how the gel influences the movement of the DNA.

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First successful capture of a single electron in a highly tunable double quantum dot

Researchers from the Kavli Institute of NanoScience in Delft are the first to have successfully captured a single electron in a highly tunable carbon nanotube double quantum dot. This was made possible by a new approach for producing ultraclean nanotubes.

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