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Nobel prize winner at nanotechnology fair in Germany

Professor Dr. Peter Gruenberg of the Forschungsinstitut Juelich will be a speaker at this year's 7th International Nanotechnology Symposium on May 26-27, 2009 in Dresden, Germany.

May 9, 2009 Read more

Oktyabrsky receives the UAlbany Award for Excellence in Research

Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky, Professor of Nanoscience at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, today received the Award for Excellence in Research from the University at Albany for exceptional research over a sustained number of years.

May 8, 2009 Read more

Two Boston College physicists have been awarded $2.1 million in 'green energy' funding

Grant supports Boston College physicists in one of country's new energy frontier research centers.

May 8, 2009 Read more

Caltech physicists detect entanglement of one photon shared among four locations

Technique relies upon uncertainty principle.

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New NanoCareer Day at UAlbany NanoCollege

More than 300 middle- and high-school students from throughout Tech Valley got a firsthand look at careers in the emerging field of nanotechnology while attending NanoCareer Day on May 7 at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.

May 8, 2009 Read more

Pope will receive a nano Bible from Israel's president

Israeli President Shimon Peres will next week offer visiting Pope Benedict XVI an Old Testament that local scientists have fitted on to a pinhead-sized silicon chip, his office said on Friday.

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Argonne scientists receive tech transfer award for battery research

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence on imported oil.

May 8, 2009 Read more

The mysterious monopole - predicted by theory, hunted for decades - found at last!

This week New Scientist cover article by journalist Eugenie Samuel Reich describes how a special material called spin ice, co-discovered in 1997 by Professor Steven Bramwell of the London Centre for Nanotechnology has come close to revealing a secret of the universe.

May 8, 2009 Read more

Molecules that orchestrate the processes of life

The new book 'Machinery of Life' is a journey into the sub-microscopic world of molecular machines. Readers are introduced to the types of molecules within the cell, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and polysaccharides.

May 8, 2009 Read more

New pulse probes reveal molecular secrets in atomic nuclei

Navin Khaneja, the Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, conducts research into the field of control theory, which uses mathematical models to examine the relationship between inputs and outputs of different systems.

May 7, 2009 Read more

NREL high-efficiency solar cell wins federal Technology Transfer Prize

A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funded research.

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Bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent proteins

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have shown that bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent proteins (IFPs). Because the wavelength of IFPs is able to penetrate tissue, these proteins are suitable for whole-body imaging in small animals.

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Lage-area graphene films on copper step towards faster computers

The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics.

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N-type transistor made out of graphene nanoribbon

A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to create one of two basic types of semiconductors using an exotic, new, one-atom-thick material called graphene.

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New approach to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films

By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at NIST discovered an efficient new approach to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films used in high-speed integrated circuits.

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China develops world's first quantum cryptography network

Safe quantum communication will be ready for daily use with the world's first optical quantum cryptography network completed in east China's Anhui Province recently.

May 7, 2009 Read more