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State-of-the-art plasma enhanced CVD system will help advanced photovoltaics group
South Dakota scientists' work building next-generation devices to harvest solar energy will be easier thanks to a National Science Foundation grant for state-of-the-art equipment.
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$1.14 million grant to fund nanoscience equipment
Northwest Missouri State University has received a $1.14 million federal grant that will be used to equip nanoscience laboratories in the University?s new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
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Researchers observe bacterial crisis command center
A bacteria cell's 'crisis command center' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and danger.
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Brilliant light source to examine the detail of atoms
The European X-ray Laser Project (XFEL) will harness a high energy short-wave laser light that is one billion times more brilliant than most modern x-rays to provide immensely detailed images of molecules and atoms.
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Advanced course on 'Morphing aircraft - materials, mechanisms and systems'
An advanced course on 'Morphing aircraft - materials, mechanisms and systems' will be held from 17 to 20 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
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A hot film anemometer for the Martian atmosphere
A team of researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the wind on Mars.
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University of Cambridge part of $150 million Japanese nanotechnology program
The East of England's reputation as a world leader in nanotechnology was boosted when the Japanese government unveiled plans to locate a new research satellite at the University of Cambridge as part of a $150 million global program.
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NIOSH updates on nanotechnology risk research
Recent accomplishments by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) highlight the agency's leadership in collaborative research to determine if workers are at risk of job-related illness or injury in the production and industrial use of nanomaterials. The accomplishments include two new peer-reviewed papers, two new international partnerships, and a professional award.
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EMERGNANO workshop to address emerging evidence from nanotechnology EHS research
The Safety of Nanoparticles Interdisciplinary Research Centre (SnIRC) is to host a 2 day workshop on October 20th - 21st 2008 at Central Science Laboratories, York, UK to discuss and evaluate EMERGNANO, a major evaluation of emerging evidence from Nanotechnology EHS research worldwide.
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European nanotechnology project to develop MRSA-resistant textiles
The University of Limerick has secured a 5 million euros technology research contract aimed at significantly reducing MRSA infection rates in hospitals across the world.
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Unusual carbon compound has two extra bonds
Carbon atoms are the building blocks for millions of organic molecules, yet this variety is built on the simple rule that carbon almost always shares a total of four chemical bonds with its neighbors. Now, an international team of chemists has mapped a highly unusual compound containing a carbon atom that hooks up to six atoms at once.
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New book explores nanotechnology and its potential health and environmental risks
The book includes a general explanation of the properties, manufacture and uses of nanomaterials to provide the basis for assessing and understanding their life cycle. It also explores the possible risks that nanomaterials pose to human health and the environment, describes developing regulations around the world to manage those risks, and presents a framework for evaluating the balance between risk and reward as nanomaterials are manufactured, used and released to the environment.
October 2, 2008 Read more
Google unveils Clean Energy 2030 plan
Today Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan dubbed 'Clean Power by 2030' that, according to its creators, has the potential to significantly decrease the U.S. dependency on oil and fossil fuels while allowing for an estimated $1 trillion in profits before the program comes to an end in 2030.
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DARPA and technology fund award $9.7 million grant to atomically precise manufacturing consortium
The goal of this effort is to develop a new manufacturing technique that enables 'Tip-Based Nanofabrication' to accelerate the transition of nanotechnology from the laboratory to commercial products.
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Eel cells offer electrifying possibilities for engineering artificial cells
Artificial versions of the eel's electricity generating cells could be developed as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices.
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Polymers at the nanoscale behave differently
Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn?t play by the rules.
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