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Intracellular transport: New portals of entry into cells for pathogenic agents and for medicinal products

How does the cell membrane capture pathogenic agents bound to its surface? Surprisingly, the membrane invaginates through a spontaneous and autonomous movement and swallows pathogens.

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Bangalore Nano to shape the future of nanotechnology in India

Bangalore Nano 2007 inaugurated today.

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Variable nanocomposites: Small, rigid DNA rings with a gap for the incorporation of functional molecules

What appear under an atomic force microscope to be tiny rings with little bits missing are actually nanoscopic rings made of double-stranded DNA with a little gap in the form of a short single-stranded fragment.

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New IBM research technology could enable today's massive supercomputers to be tomorrow's tiny computer chips

Advancement in using light instead of wires for building supercomputers-on-a-chip.

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Vietnam could be ready to innovate nanotechnology without help from other countries

This November experts in the field of nanotechnology from MINATEC Corporation trained Vietnamese scientists and Master's students from Vietnamese universities, leading up to the first international workshop on nanotechnology (IWNA 2007) in the city of Vung Tau.

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Clarkson CAMP Director Founding Member of Indus Nanotechnology Association

Indian Americans are increasingly contributing to new generation technologies, particularly in nanotechnology, which is expected to transform our lives in a significant way.

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Louisiana Tech professor is Small Times' Innovator of the Year

Dr. Yuri Lvov, a chemistry professor in Louisiana Tech's Institute for Micromanufacturing, has been named Small Times' 2007 Innovator of the Year.

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DuPont Group Vice President Briefs Investors on Performance Materials Segment

At a briefing today with security analysts, Diane H. Gulyas, group vice president -- DuPont Performance Materials, discussed the segment's growth and productivity strategies.

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'Golden bullet' shows promise for killing common parasite

Researchers in Australia report development of a new type of gold nanoparticle that destroys the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, a potentially serious disease acquired by handling the feces of infected cats or eating undercooked meat.

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Bangalore set to host the first edition of Bangalore Nano from tomorrow, Dec. 6th

The first edition of Bangalore Nano will be inaugurated tomorrow, Dec. 6th.

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EMBO Installation Grants help nine scientists set up in Europe

Nine talented life scientists will receive the 2007 EMBO Installation Grants, assisting them to relocate and set up their research groups in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. These nine scientists are the second group of awardees since the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) introduced the scheme in 2006.

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Nuclear battery by 2012, robot wars in 2015 - MemeBox future scanner places the future at your fingertips

MemeBox.com announces the Public Beta release of its first application, the Future Scanner, a community-powered app that organizes info about the future by year and category.

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Another Indian university gets nanotechnology center

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, better known as IP University, will soon have a new centre for Nanotechnology to promote research-related activities in the field.

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Finland and China team up in nanotechnology

Finland's national nanotech initiative (FinNano) is rapidly advancing on the international scene. After kickstarting cooperation with Russia last week, FinNano is now sowing seeds in China.

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Drowning in Numbers: from grey scary goo to green friendly goo

The Financial Times of London today carries an opinion piece by two Deloitte consultants about how nanotechnology, notwithstanding valid risks concerns, could turn out to have an important role in healing, not harming the planet.

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Three Canadian cities among world's 'smartest' communities

Three Canadian cities - Edmonton, AB, Vancouver, BC, and Fredericton, NB - have been named among the world's 21 smartest communities as the result of their smart and sensitive use of technology to foster socioeconomic progress.

December 4, 2007 Read more