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An old dream has been fulfilled: Zinc oxide as semiconductor

Controlled concentration of hydrogen atoms during the production of intrinsic zinc oxide appears to be the key to the routine use of ZnO as semiconductor.

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The search for improved multiferroic materials may benefit from a new discovery in an iron-based oxide compound

Materials known as 'multiferroics' hold great promise as memory storage devices owing to coupling between their magnetic and electric properties. Alas, in the multiferroic materials known to date, this coupling typically is very weak and limited to low temperatures, hampering their uptake in commercial applications.

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Chinese nanotechnology symposium addresses state of nanomaterial development

Under the theme of nano- and molecular materials and devices, the 337th session of the Xiangshan Science Conferences convened from 2 to 4 December in Beijing.

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Bristol University to train scientists and engineers for Britain's future

Bristol University has won funding for four new centres that will generate the scientists and engineers needed for Britain's future, it was announced today by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) - the UK funding body for science and engineering.

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Quantum simulator for complex electronic materials

Researchers succeeded in demonstrating one of the most dramatic effects of the electron-electron repulsion: When the interactions between the electrons get too strong, a metal can suddenly become insulating.

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Measuring ultrasonic sound using water, air, light and nanotechnology

It will soon be possible to measure ultrasonic sound using water, air, light and nanotechnology - over a hundred times more accurately than with existing sensors.

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Researchers use optical lattices as a construction kit

The investigation of complex materials such as high-temperature superconductors is problematic because of the presence of disorder and many competing interactions in real crystalline materials.

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Nominations sought for the 3rd Annual ISQED Quality Award in electronic design

The International Society for Quality Electronic Design announced today that it is accepting nominations for the 3rd annual ISQED Quality Award, dubbed as IQ-Award. The IQ-Award was established in 2007 to recognize individuals who have made significant and often lasting contributions to the field of quality in electronic design.

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Introduction to Materials Chemistry

The book is designed to appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in chemistry, materials science,and chemical engineering departments, by leading them stepwise from the elementary chemistry on which materials science depends, through a discussion of the different classes of materials, and ending with a description of how materials are used in devices and general technology.

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'Nanojewels' research earns magazine cover story

The article reports on the synthesis of light-diffracting assemblies obtained from microspheres and nanoparticles in droplets on a superhydrophobic surface.

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NanoBusiness Alliance president to address Livingston Nanotechnology Conference

The New York NanoBusiness Alliance today announced that President Vincent Caprio will address a group of top executives, active investors and government leaders at the fourth annual Axiom Capital Management 'Livingston Nanotechnology Conference,' being held on December 8 and 9 New York City.

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Nobelprize.org provides live webcasts of 2008 Nobel Prize award ceremonies and nobel lectures

Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Foundation, will provide live webcasts of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony from Oslo, Norway and the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony from Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2008. Nobel Lectures on 7-8 and 10 December will also be webcasted.

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Deutsche Nanotechnologie auf der RusNanoTech in Moskau

Im Auftrag des Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) praesentierte die VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH (VDI TZ) im Rahmen der Themenkampagne 'Welcome to Nanotech Germany' die deutsche Nanotechnologie in Moskau.

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Special journal issue on nanotechnology in Greece

The latest issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology (IJNT) introduces you to a collection of original papers representative of the research performed in Greece in the field of nanotechnology.

December 3, 2008 Read more

Mass production technique for metal-complex-type organic nanotubes

Scientists at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed a new technique for the mass production of unique metal-complex-type organic nanotubes. It was found that the nanotubes can be obtained when an aqueous metal salt solution is added to an alcoholic suspension of amphiphilic molecules comprising glycylglycine and fatty acids.

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Medicine and energy researchers explore similarities in pumping blood and oil

Researchers from two of the nation's largest industries - medicine and energy - will come together Dec. 8, 2008, to explore synergies in moving oil and pumping blood.

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