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First issue of new Journal of Nano Education now available

The first issue of the new Journal of Nano Education now is available for your review. Articles appearing in the first issue will be freely available until December 31, 2009.

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Next COST open call - deadline set for spring

COST invites proposals for Actions contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal development of Europe.

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First international nanotechnology conference in Israel

NanoIsrael 2009 - the first International Nanotechnology Conference held in Israel - will open on March 30, 2009.

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Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches

Plasmonics - a possible replacement for current computing approaches - may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller than optically-based systems.

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Studying light pulses in nanoscale molecules could lead to a multitude of new applications

Understanding how particles move through CNTs is one of the necessary steps in the process of developing new applications.

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Optical nanoscopy breakthrough defeats defraction limit by one order of magnitude

This work has demonstrated for the first time a method for three-dimensional optical imaging of objects smaller than 20 nanometers over a wide spatial range, hence defeating the so-called fundamental optical diffraction limit by one order of magnitude.

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Collaboration between Fermilab, Indian institutions sets stage for future accelerators

The Memorandum of Understanding establishes collaboration in the areas of superconducting acceleration science and technology and in research and development of superconducting materials.

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Nanocarbon modeling may be the next step to building a synthetic brain

Nanocarbon modeling may be the next step toward emulating human brain function. That's the focus of USC electrical engineering professor Alice Parker?s 'synthetic cortex' study funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Improving solar cells - Certain nanocrystals shown to generate more than one electron

Researchers have shown that carrier multiplication - when a photon creates multiple electrons - is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of extraneous effects that mimic carrier multiplication.

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Towards a new generation of materials

Scientists have developed a mechanical method to generate and stabilise at room temperature and atmospheric pressure crystalline phases of metals that until now have only been stable at very high pressures.

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For a healthy environment in a nanotechnology future

NanoImpactNet, The European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials, has announced a conference titled 'NanoImpactNet - for a healthy environment in a future with Nanotechnology' on March 23-27, 2009 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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New technique boosts protein NMR imaging speeds

Researchers found a way of increasing sensitivity of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance by doping samples at varying concentrations with the paramagnetic copper-acid solution Cu-EDTA, a chemical used in many industrial applications.

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Cancer diagnosis now in 3D

University of Washington researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection.

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Micro RNA plays a key role in how cancer spreads through the body

Scientists have long wondered how melanoma cells travel from primary tumors on the surface of the skin to the brain, liver and lungs, where they become more aggressive, resistant to therapy, and deadly. Now, scientists have identified the possible culprit.

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Researchers create hybrid nanocables to improve lithium battery technology

Researchers have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries.

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SEMATECH educational forums in 2009 to focus on key areas in nanoelectronics

SEMATECH today announced the content of its 2009 SEMATECH Knowledge Series (SKS), a lineup of seminal public meetings designed to increase global knowledge and collaboration in key areas of nanoelectronics R+D.

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