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Europe sets up the European Energy Research Alliance for cutting-edge energy technologies

Leading European energy research institutes have joined together to found the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), with the aim of speeding up the development of the new energy technologies that Europe needs if it is to address the triple challenge of climate change, energy security and competitiveness.

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Novel signalling molecule could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics

Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria.

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Tiny DNA tweezers can catch and release objects on-demand

Researchers in China are reporting development of a new DNA 'tweezers' that are the first of their kind capable of grasping and releasing objects on-demand.

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Record high performance with new solar cells

Researchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the sun a mainstay source of energy in the future.

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Gates Foundation grant for nanopatch delivery of DNA-based malaria vaccines to skin

The University of Queensland?s (UQ) Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Professor Mark Kendall.

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Cover art winners of nanotechnology image competition

In honor of its first issue, Nano Today: An International Rapid Reviews Journal ran a best nano-related image competition for publication on the cover for one of six 2009 issues.

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Soldering at the nanoscale

Japanese researchers have developed a way of soldering metal wires together on the nanoscale. The method will open the door to applications in nanocircuitry, they claim.

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Optical microscope technique to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions

A novel technique under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses a relatively inexpensive optical microscope to quickly and cheaply analyze nanoscale dimensions with nanoscale measurement sensitivity.

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MIT is developing new technologies for neuroscience research

The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT today announced six awards to develop new technologies for neuroscience research.

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Nanocenter offers promising non-invasive cancer treatment

A team of scientists at Arkansas Nanotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has developed what promises to be a non-invasive method of eradicating cancer cells while reducing the life-threatening side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

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Novel optical fiber allows ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions

Researchers have developed a novel optical fiber that enables transmission of ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions. The researchers transmitted light pulses of 13 fs duration over one meter distance, with the pulses only stretching to about double of the initial duration.

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Engineering technique to uncover the critical genes responsible for disease development

A novel computational biology method developed by a research team led by Ali Abdi, PhD, associate professor in NJIT's department of electrical and computer engineering, has found a way to uncover the critical genes responsible for disease development.

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Science writing, video production courses tell nanoscience stories

The Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) at Johns Hopkins University strives to be integrative and multidisciplinary. With 170 faculty and more than two dozen graduate students and undergraduates with backgrounds as diverse as physics and computational medicine, the institute has sought to broaden skills and foster collaborations among its student body and its faculty members.

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Unraveling the mysteries of physics on the nanoscale

Quantum dots have been studied in lasers, solar paneling, and biomedical therapeutics. Nina Markovic, affiliated faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology and assistant professor of physics in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, believes this emerging technology will prove important in cancer therapies, energy transmission, and drug delivery.

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U.S. Energy Department Streamlines Access to high-tech user facilities at DOE National Laboratories

The U.S. Department of Energy's Technology Transfer Coordinator, Under Secretary for Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, announced today two new model agreements that will expand access to DOE's world-class research facilities by academia and industry.

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Nanotechnology formulation for marijuana addiction

Aphios Corporation today announced receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop an improved oral formulation for marijuana addiction and unmet medical needs.

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