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Sketching on silicon

Two different chemical compounds can be used to draw perpendicular molecular lines on the surface of silicon substrates.

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How will government spur technological innovation in the 21st century?

New white paper offers analysis of public venture capital funding mechanisms.

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How some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale

A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.

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University of Tennessee professor appointed chairman of EPA committee

University of Tennessee (UT) professor Gary Sayler, a distinguished professor in microbiology and the director of UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, will now make recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency as the chairman of its executive committee of the Board of Scientific Counselors.

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Rice Alliance receives major gift to support nanotechnology companies

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Rice University received 50,000 shares of stock from leading nanotechnology firm Arrowhead Research Corp. The gift will support the launch of technology-based companies through the Rice Alliance and in commercializing new technologies, especially in the field of nanotechnology.

January 31, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology - towards reducing animal testing

The Conference will be of particular interest to those in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food and other industry sectors who are obliged to work towards alternative testing methods, as well as to regulators, test laboratories and organizations working towards the reduction of animal experiments and promotion of the '3Rs' (refining, reducing or replacing animal use in testing) principles.

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W.M. Keck Foundation gives Colorado State University $1.1m for quantum computer research

Colorado State University has been awarded a prestigious $1.1 million gift from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support a quantum computer-oriented research program that holds the potential to develop a key step that could make possible the development of a large-scale quantum computer.

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NanoHigh kicks off '08 with lectures and lab work at Albany NanoTech

Thirty Albany High School science students will attend class at the state University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Friday as part of the NanoHigh program.

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Truly golden nanotechnology for your face

Here is what you have been waiting for all week - our Slow News Friday entry. It's hard to make this stuff up, so here is the original text from a product review of a face cream 'using nanotechnology to safely deliver the power of pure gold.' At $250 an ounce (28 grams). Enjoy.

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Nanotechnology could fix Achilles' heel

Tissue engineered bone and skin grafts, synthetic heart valves, ceramic hip replacementsâ?¦ surgery is turning us into bionic people. But the Achilles' heel in the prosthetic repertoire is fixing tendonsâ?¦ such as that found in the ankle. Now, researchers from the universities of Manchester and Liverpool have turned to nanotechnology to create artificial tendons using a spinning technique with a biodegradable plastic.

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Talks on 'Bubbles' and 'Nanotechnology' in February

February speakers for the Scholar Series sponsored by the Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Public Library are Dr. Daniel Pinzon, assistant professor of mathematics, and Dr. Kevin Lewelling, associate professor of electrical engineering.

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Scientists not sheepish about potential of nanowool

Autralian researchers noticed that some of the silicon wafer chips they were annealing under high temperature inert gas had white discoloration around the edges. More surprising still, if the wafer chips had a metal film on their surface, the white material covered the entire sample when annealed under certain conditions.

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Monash pioneers nano scaffold to rebuild nerve damage

A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury.

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Programming advanced materials

Researchers create three-dimensional structures using DNA-directed assembly.

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Engineers demonstrate nanotube wires operating at speed of commercial chips

Electrical engineers at Stanford University and Toshiba report using nanotubes to wire a silicon chip operating at speeds comparable to those of commercially available processors and memory.

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Agilent CTO discusses the global trends expected to influence the future of measurement

In this article, Darlene Solomon, Agilent chief technology officer and vice president of Agilent Laboratories, discusses the significant global trends and measurement needs expected to influence the future of measurement technology.

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