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Ames Laboratory physicists demonstrate unique mechanism of superconductivity

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors is unique compared to all other known classes of superconductors.

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The Photonic Universe - faster, further, smarter

The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), the newest institute in the University of Sydney and the only one of its kind in Australia, launched last week with a one-day symposium The Photonic Universe - Faster, Further, Smarter.

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Presentation at Nanotech 2009: 'Scientific Business Intelligence for Nanotechnology'

Accelrys, Inc., a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, today announced that Dr. Frank Brown, Chief Science Officer of Accelrys, will be presenting at the Nanotech Conference next week in Houston.

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Nanophysicists find unexpected magnetic effect

Spanish and U.S. physicists studying nanoelectronics have found that size really does matter when it comes to predicting the behavior of electrical contacts that are just one atom wide.

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Star Trek-like technology offers noninvasive monitor for patients and athletes

A noninvasive, needle-free system that uses light to measure tissue oxygen and pH will soon be an alternative to the painful use of needles to draw blood and cumbersome equipment to determine metabolic rate.

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Matrix protein key to fighting viruses

Researchers from Durham University's Centre for Bioactive Chemistry are developing methods that show how proteins interact with cell membranes when a virus strikes.

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DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at Brookhaven Lab

Brookhaven National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers announced on Monday by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

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University of Texas receives $30 million for solar cell and geological storage research

With two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers established at The University of Texas at Austin by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Center to conduct nanoscale investigations of plant cells for better biomass fuels

Cutting edge approaches and methodology employed by plant and molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, material scientists, computational modelers and engineers will be applied to plant cells in the newly funded Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, a Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center at Penn State.

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Arizona drives solar innovation with $4 million investment in Solar Technology Institute

Science Foundation Arizona announced five new solar investments totaling $4 million and the opening of the Solar Technology Institute (STI) to advance Arizona's renewable energy leadership.

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TOK Joins SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center at UAlbany

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK), a leading manufacturer of photoresists, announced today that TOK has joined SEMATECH?s Resist Materials and Development Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.

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The first bio-sensing technology conference

The first ever international conference focusing on the importance of bio sensing technology is to be held at the Marriott Hotel and the Council House in Bristol on 10-12 November 2009.

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University of Michigan receives an energy frontier research center in solar energy

The University of Michigan will be home to a $19.5-million Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) that will explore new materials to better convert solar energy to electricity, the White House has announced.

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New assessment tool provides standard reference for evaluating emerging technology companies

A new tool from Lux Research, the Lux Innovation Grid, provides a standard reference for evaluating companies active in emerging technologies, based on the proprietary insights of Lux Research's analyst team.

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Nanoparticles can enhance immune response from a vaccine up to 10-fold

Liquidia Technologies today presented data at the National Foundation of Infectious Disease (NFID) Annual Meeting which supports new insight into a technology that could provide more safe and effective vaccines for a wide variety of diseases.

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DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

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