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A decade of science partnership between South Africa and the EU

South Africa has celebrated its ten-year partnership with the European Union (EU) in the field of science and technology.

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Babcock student receives grant to explore new nanotechnology

Chaohao Hou, who is armed with a chemical engineering and computer background, and his best friend have come up with a business plan to produce nanomaterials that include nanowires and nanocubes using silver blended with copper, gold and even aluminum.

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Crystal-to-metal transformation on the nanoscale

International cooperation finds clues to Mott's phase transition.

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Experiments reveal unexpected activity of fuel cell catalysts

Researchers have unveiled important details about a class of catalysts that could help improve the performance of fuel cells

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Collaboration yields 'the right glasses' for observing mystery behavior in electrons

Images provide clues to Mott transition in semi- and superconductors.

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Biocapture surfaces produced for study of brain chemistry

A research team has developed a novel method for attaching small molecules, such as neurotransmitters, to surfaces, which then are used to capture large biomolecules.

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Northwestern University is hosting two nanotechnology town hall meetings

Northwestern University, a world leader in the basic research and application of nanotechnology, is hosting two nanotechnology town hall meetings, Dec. 19 and Jan. 8, each featuring an expert delivering a talk in plain English, followed by questions from the audience.

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New technique could slash costs of DNA sequencing

Using computer simulations, researchers have demonstrated a strategy for sequencing DNA by driving the molecule back and forth through a nanopore capacitor in a semiconductor chip.

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Bayer Foundation awards $300,000 to MIT's Chemical Engineering department for professorship and fel(...)

Nanotechnology, diversity are focus of research, advocacy of Bayer Professor.

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Nanotechnology the new frontier for IT power India

India is hoping nanotechnology could provide a new thrust to its booming economy and to become a world leader in this market.

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Deadline approaching for NanoArt 2007 nanotechnology art competition

The worldwide competition NanoArt 2007 is open to everyone.

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Public inquiry into the pro and cons of nanotechnology to be held in Australia

The New South Wales Government will hold a public inquiry into the pro and cons of nanotechnology, a field of science that involves matter so small it could cross the body's membranes and affect cells and tissue in the body.

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Michael J. Fox Foundation launches Rapid Response Innovation Awards 2008 following strong inaugural year response

Having funded $2 million total to support 27 high-risk, high-reward approaches to Parkinson's disease research in the first year of its Rapid Response Innovation Awards (RRIA) initiative, The Michael J. Fox Foundation today announced that it will commit $2 million to a second round of funding in 2008.

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Mixed results: Combining scaffold ingredients yields surprising nanoporous structure

With a novel twist on existing techniques used to create porous crystals, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, high-capacity material that may be useful in storing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide.

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Desktop device generates and traps rare ultracold molecules

Physicists at the University of Rochester have combined an atom-chiller with a molecule trap, creating for the first time a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultracold polar molecules.

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Engineering researchers capture optical 'rogue waves'

Researchers have discovered and captured optical rogue waves - freak, brief pulses of intense light analogous to the infamous oceanic monsters - propagating through optical fiber.

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