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Physicists don't flip spin but find possible electron switch

University of Oregon researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin - knowledge that may prove useful in a variety of new materials and technologies.

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SRC and NSF announce funding of $2M in grants for nanoelectronics research at six major NSF centers

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today joined with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce funding of $2M in grants for nanoelectronics research at six major NSF centers across seven U.S. universities.

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Fraunhofer and MIT establish research center for renewable energy

The research scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE will in future be working in close cooperation with the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT. The new Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems is located in the immediate vicinity of the MIT campus.

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Printed biochips

Peptide arrays are powerful tools for developing new medical substances as well as for diagnosis and therapy techniques. A new production method based on laser printing will enable the potential of peptide arrays to be effectively utilized for the first time.

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Protein fibrils as alternative plastics?

Amyloids are not just pathological agents, they are interesting nanomaterials.

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Nanotechnology process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable

Researchers in China report the first successful electrospinning of a type of plastic widely used in automobiles and electronics.

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Laser light produces complex nanostructures

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden have reported that a single laser pulse can create complex, ordered nanostructure systems.

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Names of inaugural Kavli Prize winners revealed

Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes.

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Magnetic nanoparticles: Suitable for cancer therapy?

PTB measuring procedure helps to investigate the characteristics of magnetic nanoparticles.

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Carbon nanoribbons hold out possibility of smaller, speedier computer chips

Using graphene, researchers led by chemist Hongjie Dai develop field-effect transistor that can operate at room temperature.

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Pitt faculty receive awards to explore next-generation technologies

National Science Foundation CAREER Awards support emerging research in harvesting neural stem cells, analyzing DNA, developing sustainable power, creating better electronics and building smarter computers.

May 27, 2008 Read more

New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists

Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers.

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Breakthrough results in super-hard nanocrystalline iron that can take the heat

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a substance far stronger and harder than conventional iron, and which retains these properties under extremely high temperatures - opening the door to a wide variety of potential applications, such as engine components that are exposed to high stress and high temperatures

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UAlbany NanoCollege announces world's first graduate in NanoEconomics

Dr. Erez Golan awarded Ph.D. for study in pioneering field that examines the economic and business principles of nanotechnology.

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EU and Russia strengthen scientific ties in nanotechnology, health, and new materials

Scientific ties between Russia and the European Union look set to become much tighter in the years to come, according to a joint statement of the EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council and Research, which met for the first time on May 26. On the cards are a set of coordinated calls for co-funded projects in the area of health, and nanotechnologies and new materials.

May 27, 2008 Read more

How buckyballs hurt cells

Curious soccer ball-shaped molecules able to invade cell membranes, according to new study of carbon-60 toxicity.

May 27, 2008 Read more