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Nanotechnology composite fibres set to bring change to bridge building technology

The Journal of Commerce today carries an article on how composite fibres will fundamentally change bridge building technology:

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Johns Hopkins 'Nanoscience for Neuroscience and Neurosurgery' symposium

Students and faculty are encouraged to submit posters for the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology third annual symposium Monday, May 18, 2009 at the School of Medicine.

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The $5000 nanotechnology cycling suit for gentlemen

This news comes with perfect timing for your bike excursion plans on a sunny Easter weekend: Textile company Rapha have unveiled a bespoke three-piece cycling suit in London last night. Price tag: a bit over $5000.

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Malaysian and Egyptian universities in nanotechnology cooperation

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and University of Alexandria, Egypt, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to forge a smart partnership in nano technology research and development.

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California's EPA announces Green Ribbon Science Panel for state's Green Chemistry Program

Cal/EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) today announced the selection of 27 members to the state's new Green Ribbon Science Panel, an advisory panel created for California's Green Chemistry program, an innovative approach to removing or reducing toxic chemicals in products sold in California.

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Purdue researchers develop critical part of a hydrogen storage system

Researchers have developed a critical part of a hydrogen storage system for cars that makes it possible to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank within five minutes with enough hydrogen to drive 300 miles.

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Leading-edge data analytics and visualization enable breakthrough science

Most science research programs that run on high-performance computers like the IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) generate enormous quantities of data that represent the results of their calculations. But scientists can also use the ALCF to visualize, explore and communicate their findings as highly accurate simulations and often beautiful images.

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New method could lead to narrower chip patterns

Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain wavelengths of light.

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Cloud computing makes proteomics research more accessible to scientists

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center in Milwaukee have just made the very expensive and promising area of protein research more accessible to scientists worldwide.

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EU will invest billions in green technologies

The EU will invest billions in green technologies using a series of public private partnerships (PPPs), Janez Potocnik, Commissioner responsible for Science and Research, has said.

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Tunisian nanosciences and nanotechnologies days

A study day attended by several Tunisian and foreign experts in nanotechnologies was organized on Thursday in Tunis. The study day which was held at the national institute of applied sciences and technologies of Tunis (INSAT), laid the groundwork for the second edition of the Tunisian nanosciences and nanotechnologies Days due to be held in Tunis in July 2009.

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A first-of-a-kind switch in chemical bonding by a zirconium atom spotted by scientists

A zirconium atom can switch easily between two different bonding patterns in an unusual molecule created by Japanese scientists.

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Supercomputers allow researchers to calculate symmetry violations in the strong interaction that holds atoms together

An international research team has reconciled two theories that explain the properties of the pion. The work is important because this subatomic particle plays a key role in the strong interaction - the fundamental force that holds atomic nuclei together.

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New lithography technique enables nanofabrication without the use of ultraviolet light

Researchers have developed a new, table-top technique called RAPID (Resolution Augmentation through Photo-Induced Deactivation) lithography that makes it possible to create small features without the use of ultraviolet light.

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Physicists discover important step for making light crystals

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics. What they've discovered could eventually aid high-temperature superconductivity, as well as the development of new high-tech materials.

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2009 Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum

On April 26, hundreds of students, staff, and faculty from premier Bay Area research universities and laboratories, as well as scientists and businesspeople from industry will converge at the 6th annual Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum.

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