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Alberta invests C$130-million in nanotechnology

Investing in 'the science of small' will help generate huge returns for Albertans, said Premier Ed Stelmach, unveiling the province's strategy to capture a $20-billion market share of the world's burgeoning nanotechnology market.

May 2nd, 2007

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Lab-on-a-chip device to speed proteomics research

Future proteomics research should see a substantial acceleration with the development of a new device that provides the first monolithic interface between mass spectrometry and silicon/silica-based microfluidic "lab-on-a-chip" technologies.

May 2nd, 2007

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Nanotechnology and Fashion

Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken 'functional clothing' to a whole new level. They have designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and never needs washing, and another that destroys harmful gases and protects the wearer from smog and air pollution.

May 2nd, 2007

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New family of 'pseudo-metallic chemicals' discovered

The periodic table of elements, all 111 of them, just got a little competition. A new discovery allows scientists to manipulate a molecule discovered 50 years ago in such as way as to give the molecule metal-like properties, creating a new, 'pseudo' element.

May 1st, 2007

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