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Getting wrapped up in solar textiles

MIT lecturer focuses on flexible photovoltaic materials.

June 9, 2008 Read more

Government of Canada highlights science and technology linkages with the Republic of Chile

Canada and Chile are exploring ways to extend science and technology cooperation.

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Researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport

Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life's processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses. Researchers are now mimicking that process with manmade carbon nanotube membranes.

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Nanotechnology worries push EU to seek full safety data for carbon

Companies selling carbon and graphite will be required to submit full health and safety data for the substances under the European Union's stringent new chemical safety laws, amid concerns that their nanotechnology forms may be dangerous to people, E.U. officials said Monday.

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Health and the environment form focus of latest bio-nanotechnology seed grants

Risk assessment performed in tandem with research into beneficial applications will help researchers make better decisions about how nanotechnology is used in the future.

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Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery

In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.

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Surprising graphene - honing in on graphene electronics with infrared synchrotron radiation

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Advanced Light Source, from DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego, have measured the extraordinary properties of graphene with an accuracy never before achieved.

June 8, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology coating protects in case of dirty bomb attack

Pacific Northwest National Lab reports on the performance of Isotron Corporation's radionuclide fixative coating for its long-term effectiveness in preventing the spread of radiation as a result of a dirty bomb attack.

June 7, 2008 Read more

European innovation policies are expanding but governance structures show continuity

All over Europe, innovations are seen as key sources of competitiveness and social wellbeing. This has created the need to evaluate and develop the management of innovation policies, conclude new study commissioned by the VISION Era-Net consortium.

June 6, 2008 Read more

Brightest X-ray vision at the nanoscale

Technology-development studies at Cornell University and Jefferson Laboratory are showing how to use the brightest X-ray light ever generated for the scientific examination of everything from human proteins to forged art.

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Multi-particle entanglement in solid is a first

An international team of physicists has entangled three diamond nuclei for the first time. The development promotes solid-state systems to a rank of quantum systems including ions and photons that have achieved entanglement for more than two particles.

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Measuring light through small holes

For the first time, a team of Dutch, German and South Korean scientists have shown how light can squeeze through any hole regardless of its size using Terahertz (THz) radiation.

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Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development

The June issue of The Bulletin, the monthly magazine of The American Ceramic Society, carries the first news of a never-before-seen class of materials and technology developed by scientists at the Savannah River National Laboratory.

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ICAMS officially opened at Ruhr University: Materials research center starts work

ICAMS, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation, was officially opened today at the Ruhr University in Germany with an inauguration ceremony and podium discussion.

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Stripes instead of layers: Miniaturizing magnetic sensors by means of ion technology

Magnetic sensors are made of thin layers with different magnetic properties. With the help of ion technology, scientists from Dresden were now able to shrink these multilayer systems down to one layer, retaining their magnetic properties.

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Detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases

Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.

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