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First video of how cells recognize danger through their protein response

In joint experimental work, physicists have combined unusual techniques to make real-time movies that show exactly how a 50-nanometer-thick membrane notifies the cell it encloses that a hostile alien presence - an antigen - has made a landing.

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Scientists overcome nanotechnology hurdle

show that they have developed a technique to examine tiny protein molecules called peptides on the surface of a gold nanoparticle.

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Kunststoffen neue Eigenschaften geben

Materialwissenschaftler der Universitaet Jena erzeugen erstmals neue Form von Copolymeren

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Indian researchers on way to creating vital part of human eye

Half a dozen eye hospitals in India are collaborating with a research centre here to create the inner layer of the cornea, the vital window of the human eye. It may allow 14,000 eye transplants a year.

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Buckyball synthesis under control

Researchers in Spain have developed a highly efficient, surface-catalysed route to fullerenes.

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Nanotechnology vaccine for hepatitis B shows promise for third world

Nanoemulsion could save more lives by removing current vaccines' drawbacks.

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New analysis challenges approach to oversight of new technologies like nanotechnology

In a new article co-authored by University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute associate professor Jennifer Kuzma titled 'An Integrated Approach to Oversight Assessment for Emerging Technologies,' she and her colleagues offer a detailed analysis of oversight and regulation procedures designed to protect the user.

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2028 vision for mechanical engineering - bio- and nanotechnology will dominate

Mechanical engineers over the next two decades will be called upon to develop technologies that foster a cleaner, healthier, safer and sustainable global environment. According to the ASME report, 2028 Vision for Mechanical Engineering, mechanical engineers will need to collaborate with partners worldwide in order to apply innovative solutions and best practices to improve quality of life for all people.

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Chemistry professor receives top military award for life-saving gauze

UC Santa Barbara Chemistry Professor Galen Stucky has been honored for his role in the development of a blood-clotting gauze that is helping save soldiers who suffer severe, life-threatening injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Northeastern University's Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing to Host 6th New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop

The 6th New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, 'Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to Enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology,' will bring together experts from all sides of nanomanufacturing to discuss how they can collaborate to bring nanotechnology from the research laboratory to the manufacturing floor.

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Carbon nanotube rubber could provide e-skin for robots

Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable 'e-skin' that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

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IALR receives nanotechnology grant for teacher training

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has received a $191,593 Congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support professional development opportunities for area teachers in the field of nanotechnology.

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Designer RNA fights high cholesterol

Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study.

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New metamaterials that bend light backwards bring invisibility cloaks 1 step closer

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical imaging, nanocircuits for high-powered computers, and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible to the human eye.

August 11, 2008 Read more

Leuchtspuren im Gehirn

Indikator-Molekuel ermoeglicht erstmals Langzeitbeobachtung der Aktivitaet einzelner Nervenzellen.

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European nanotechnology PhD program has 12 open positions

The Krakow Interdisciplinary PhD-Project in Nanoscience and Advanced Nanostructures, financed by European Union Innovative Economy Programme with Foundation for Polish Science, has been selected for support as one of three projects in the first call for the International PhD Studies Programme.

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