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New routes to gram-scale graphene

Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol. The process, according to team leader John Stride at the University of New South Wales, should help accelerate the progress of applications for a much-hyped material that's proved hard to manufacture cheaply.

December 13, 2008 Read more

Chemical Industry Trade Fair invites young chemists to attend InformexUSA free of charge

Informex today announced that it will invite young chemists to attend the upcoming InformexUSA exhibition in San Francisco free of charge. The invitation opens the door for chemists and chemical engineers 25 and under to learn more about the chemical technologies manufacturers will require in the years ahead to commercialize exciting new concepts in areas like nanotechnology, pharmaceutical fine chemicals, and green chemistry.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Detailed 24-page monograph explaining the theory, functionality and applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Asylum Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released a detailed 24-page monograph explaining the theory, functionality and applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM). Electromechanical coupling is one of the fundamental natural mechanisms underlying the function of many inorganic and macromolecular materials and is ubiquitous in biological systems.

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2008 Status Report on Photovoltaics reviews state of European industry

Europe's photovoltaic industry is growing rapidly and is now worth EUR 14 billion a year, according to the 2008 Status Report on Photovoltaics (solar energy technologies) released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.

December 12, 2008 Read more

UK EPSRC Science and Innovation Awards 2008

Five-year grants totalling 20m pounds will be given to Bath, Imperial, London School of Economics, Edinburgh, Exeter, Heriot-Watt, Lancaster, Manchester and Strathclyde Universities as a result of the EPSRC 2008 Science and Innovation Awards.

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Would you like your own DNA profile on canvas?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. offers life scientists the opportunity to own a unique and highly visual representation of their own DNA profile immortalized on canvas.

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New technique allows real-time observation of molecules during chemical reactions

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Stromproduzenten im Nanometerbereich

Winzige Antennen, die Licht sammeln und in Strom umwandeln, wollen Chemiker und Physiker der Uni Wuerzburg herstellen.

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Thailand aims to become regional center for nanotechnology

The National Nanotechnology Centre (Nanotec) in Thailand has revealed plans to make Thailand the focus of the emerging nanotechnology industry in the Asean region.

December 12, 2008 Read more

New international program on maskless lithography for 22 nanometer IC manufacturing

MAPPER Lithography and CEA-Leti, a leading French semiconductor research institution, signed an agreement today according to which MAPPER will ship a 300 mm electron-beam direct write lithography platform to CEA-Leti in Grenoble.

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Most influential Korean scientists named

Four scientists are responsible for the most influential papers in Korea over the past decade -- Profs. Kim Soo-bong and Hyun Taek-hwan of Seoul National University, Kim Ki-moon of Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kwon Young-joon of Yonsei University.

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Magnetic fluctuations may play an important role in the mechanism for superconductivity in the iron-pnictides

An international team of researchers is using a specialized technique called muon spin rotation to better understand the relationship between magnetism and superconductivity in the iron-based pnictides.

December 12, 2008 Read more

The complex arrangement of spins in a magnetic oxide gives rise to a magneto-electric effect

Researchers in Japan are aiming to better understand the connection between ferroelectricity and magnetic structure at the microscopic level

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Dressed to kill: from virus to vaccine

In a pioneering effort, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Queensland in Australia have successfully demonstrated that they can count, size and gauge the quality of virus-like particle-based (VLP) vaccines much more quickly and accurately than previously possible.

December 11, 2008 Read more

Professor claims that Indian farmers are five years away from nanotechnology revolution

During the technical session 'Nano Food and Agriculture' at the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event, Prof. Dr. Basavaraj Madhusudhan, Kuvempu University commented that Indian farmers are five years away from Nanotechnology revolution.

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Researchers report molecular chain reaction thought to be impossible

A single electron initiated self-perpetuating chain reaction with potential application for information storage and nanotechonology.

December 11, 2008 Read more