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Disability journal IJDCR runs special nanotechnology issue

The International Journal of Disability, Community and Rehabilitation (IJDCR) has published a special issue on nanotechnology.

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A new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques

Ultimately, the technique, based on manipulating parahydrogen, the fuel of the space shuttle, is expected to allow doctors to learn far more about a patient's condition from an MRI scan at lower cost while increasing the range of medical conditions that can be examined.

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Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells

The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish that growth.

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Graphene processors come closer with new mass production technique

Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils.

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New method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents

A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed, opening the door to use graphene in a host of important materials and applications such as conductive films, polymer composites, ultracapacitors, batteries, paints, inks and plastic electronics.

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More efficient palladium fuel cell catalysts created

Researchers have wrestled with creating palladium nanoparticles with enough active surface area to make catalysis efficient in fuel cells while preventing particles from clumping together during the chemical processes that convert a fuel source to electricity. Two Brown University chemists have found a way to overcome those challenges.

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CTSI completes successful annual policy tour in Washington D.C.

CTSI today announced that more than forty-five clean technology executives joined forces in Washington DC last week as part of the Clean Technology + Sustainable Industries Organization annual policy tour.

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World's first nanofluidic device with complex 3-D surfaces

Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer level and used it to develop a method for engineering the first-ever nanoscale fluidic (nanofluidic) device with complex three-dimensional surfaces.

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IMEC launches research to improve dynamic behavior of embedded systems

To deal with the increasing dynamism in (networked) embedded systems, IMEC launches a new research program. This program will focus on moving the management of the system's resources from the design phase to runtime software solutions.

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Keynote presentation at TAPPI conference: 'Nanooptics: Illuminating Nanostructures'

TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity Fund are co-sponsoring the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, scheduled for June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The theme of this year's event is 'Unlocking the Potential of Nano-Enabled Biomaterials'.

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USC Nanotube Lab demonstrates flexible, transparent supercapacitors

It is a completely transparent and flexible energy conversion and storage device that you can bend and twist like a poker card.

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Forum: 'Recent Developments and Applications in Polymer Nanostructured-Materials'

The Rheology and Materials Processing Centre (RMPC) of RMIT University is organising an international symposium on 'Recent Developments and Applications in Polymer Nanostructured-Materials' in Melbourne, Australia.

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Discovery of current spike phenomenon in semiconductor materials leads to new understanding of nanoscale plasticity

Plasticity in certain semiconductor materials at the nanoscale is actually linked to phase transformation rather than dislocation nucleation, as previously thought.

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First Saudi company launched to make nanomembranes

Prince Bader Bin Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Nanotechnology Company, announced on Monday the launch of the first Saudi company specializing in the manufacture of nanomembranes.

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Light-activated molecular 'lock' controls blood clotting, drug delivery

Scientists have shed new light -- literally -- on a possible way to starve cancer tumors or prevent side effects from a wide range of drugs.

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Ribbon-cutting ceremony at UAlbany NanoCollege

$150M, 350,000-square-foot expansion will support more than $1 billion in new investments and 600 new high-tech jobs at CNSE's Albany Nanotech Complex.

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