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Fingerprints from crime scenes will soon reveal drug abuse

Scientists in the UK have developed a process based on magnetic particles and antibodies that causes fingerprints to fluoresce if they were made by a drug user.

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Researchers watch cellular fission machine in real time

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved one of biology's neatest little tricks: they have discovered how a cell's outer membrane pinches a little pouch from itself to bring molecules outside the cell inside - without making holes that leak fluid from either side of the membrane.

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11-megapixel micro-mirror array for high-end industrial applications

At today's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC presented a monolithically integrated 11-megapixel micro-mirror array for high-end industrial applications - a world's first both in terms of pixel density and reliability

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Researchers create new class of fluorescent dyes to detect reactive oxygen species in vivo

Researchers have created a new family of fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species.

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Scientific output in nanoscience increased by nearly 16% per year during the last decade

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'Nanotechnology - World R+D Report 2008 - Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' report to their offering.

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U.S. Agricultural Research Service demonstrates nanotechnology for food safety

A microscopic biological sensor that detects Salmonella bacteria in lab tests has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and university colleagues. The sensor could be adapted to detect other foodborne pathogens as well.

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OECD nanotechnology update on current safety developments

On December 10, the OECD Environmental Directorate released a compilation of responses given during the nanotechnology Tour de Table by delegations that attended the 4th Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials held at OECD Headquarters in Paris.

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Inaugural 'back of the envelope' award funds nanotechnology sensor research

Can a succinct idea written on the back of an envelope have the spark of research genius? Certainly, said University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health (SOPH) Dean Max Michael, M.D., talking about the origins of the inaugural Back of the Envelope Awards, a seed money grant project for health research.

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China announces milestone in ultracold atom research and quantum information storage technologies

Scientists with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) announced on Nov. 26 the successful development of China's first atom-chip system for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation.

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Synthesizing gold nanoparticles with imidazolium salts opens up new uses in medicine and alternative energy

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have uncovered new properties of imidazolium salts (IMSs), which suggest that they could play a vital role in disease prevention and treatment.

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Rochester biologist modifies theory of cells' engines

Researchers have shed new light on how the molecular motors in cells move organelles within cells, and the results may eventually lead to new approaches to fighting pathogens and neurological diseases.

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NanoEthics journal features nanotechnology human enhancement and societal challenges

The Nanoethics Group today announced publishing a symposium of papers focusing on ethical and societal problems arising from human enhancement applications of emerging technologies, especially nanotechnology.

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Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level

MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells.

December 14, 2008 Read more

Breakthrough achieved in the production of double-walled carbon nanotubes

Northwestern University team develops new method to reliably produce and sort out double-walled carbon nanotubes; discovery could lower the cost of this dynamic material.

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Bangalore Nano National Award goes to Prof. Dipankar Chakravorty

Today, during the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event, Shri. M. Hamid Ansari, H.E. Vice President of India, presented the 2nd Bangalore Nano National Award to Prof. Dipankar Chakravorty, recognizing his awe-inspiring achievements in the field of Nanotechnology.

December 13, 2008 Read more

Bangalore declared as the 'Nanocity of India' at the 2nd Bangalore nanotechnology event

The government of Karnataka, on the occasion of the 2nd Bangalore Nano conference, has declared Bangalore as the 'Nanocity of India'.

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