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Sandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate.
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Research Councils UK invest 1.7 m pounds to develop nanotechnology for health care
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded GBP1.7 million to investigate how nanotechnology could be used to improve the effectiveness of pharmaceutical drugs.
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NCKU professor honored with Distinguished Engineer Award
Distinguished Professor Gwo-Bin Lee from Department of Engineering Science of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) will be honored with the 2009 Distinguished Engineer Award from the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE), and awarded with the certificate and medal in the convocation ceremony and CIE annual meeting on June 6th.
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More protection against explosives and nuclear material in freight containers
For improved protection against such hazardous freight, scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and an Israeli research center have developed a cargo inspection system which detects conventional explosives - and in addition, also drugs - with the aid of neutron radiography.
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CSIRO nanoscience physicist wins International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2009 Young Scientist Prize
CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.
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Business plan winner plans to produce quantum-dot-based materials designed to improve solar cells
QD Tech has won the $35,000 grand prize in the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Innovation Challenge Final Business Plan Competition. The winning team plans to produce quantum-dot-based materials designed to improve solar cells.
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Achema 2009: Von Nanofasern bis zu Brennstoffzellen - materialwissenschaftliche Servicekompetenzen aus Bayreuth
Ein breites Spektrum materialwissenschaftlicher Forschungs- und Servicekompetenzen praesentiert der Lehrstuhl fuer Werkstoffverarbeitung der Universitaet Bayreuth vom 11. bis 15. Mai 2009 auf der Achema in Frankfurt am Main.
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Physicists create world's smallest incandescent lamp
In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics - two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics - a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp.
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See the force: Mechanical stress leads to self-sensing in solid polymers
Parachute cords, climbing ropes, and smart coatings for bridges that change color when overstressed are several possible uses for force-sensitive polymers being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
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Nano-boxes from DNA origami
Danish researchers have made a nano-sized box out of DNA that can be locked or opened in response to 'keys' made from short strands of DNA. By changing the nature or number of these keys, it should be possible to use the boxes as sensors, drug delivery systems or even molecular computers.
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Four-in-one agent for targeted gene suppression in cancer cells
Diagnosis and treatment in one go: Korean researchers led by Tae Gwan Park and Jinwoo Cheon have developed the basis for a four-in-one agent that can detect, target, and disable tumor cells while also making them macroscopically and microscopically visible.
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Crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel
Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys.
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Putting the squeeze on a crystal leads to novel electronics
A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices that remember their last state even after power is turned off.
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Nanotechnology allows better calibration of high-power laser systems
The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel nanotube-coated power measurement device.
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George Whitesides receives inaugural Dreyfus prize for revolutionizing chemistry of soft materials
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announced today that George M. Whitesides, the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, has won the inaugural Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.
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REACH chief: Companies 'failing to properly register chemicals'
European companies are not fully complying with new EU regulation on chemicals (REACH), says the executive director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Geert Dancet.
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