In metamaterials, the ultrafine patterning as well as the chemistry influences the properties. Nowadays metamaterials are a hot topic because they can lead to unusually thin lenses and all sorts of previously impossible printed electronics.
May 26th, 2008
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From the wonderful world of the world wide web, here is this week's Slow News Friday story: 'Revolutionary Healing Nanotechnology' that looks like a stone. Actually, it is a stone.
May 24th, 2008
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A research project by Davidson College scientists and collaborators at Missouri Western State University has constructed a basic 'living computer' by genetically altering E. coli bacteria. The work demonstrates that computing in living cells is feasible, opening the door to a number of applications including data storage and as a tool for manipulating genes for genetic engineering.
May 23rd, 2008
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Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts.
May 23rd, 2008
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that adding tiny bits of gold to a failed HIV drug rekindle the drug?s ability to stop the virus from invading the body?s immune system.
May 23rd, 2008
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The European Parliament has given its support to the EU's fifth Joint Technology Initiative in a vote on May 20. A considerable majority of 590 out of a total of 619 Members of the European Parliament voting during a plenary session in Strasbourg were in favour of setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Initiative.
May 23rd, 2008
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ETH Zurich physicists have used a semiconductor material to create superimposed quantum dots that trap single electrons. Not only can these dots be studied with lasers, their energy can be influenced as well.
May 23rd, 2008
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The province has launched a $15 million nanotechnology industrial research partnerships program linking academic researchers with industry to develop market-driven nanotechnology products.
May 23rd, 2008
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Japanese researchers have developed a new variant of total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy which they term highly-inclined and laminated optical sheet (HILO) microscopy.
May 23rd, 2008
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The purpose of the NANOARCH symposium on June 12-13, 2008 in Anaheim, CA, is to be a forum for the presentation and discussion of novel architectures and design methodologies by considering these issues in future nanoscale implementations.
May 22nd, 2008
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Canada today announced the launch of 20 new Canada-China science and technology joint initiatives.
May 22nd, 2008
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For the first time, researchers at Delft University of Technology have witnessed the spontaneous repair of damage to DNA molecules in real time. They observed this at the level of a single DNA molecule.
May 22nd, 2008
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Forscher erreichten erstmals eine Aufloesung von unter 45 Nanometern in allen drei Raumrichtungen - 5-fach besser in der Bildebene und mehr als 10-mal schaerfer in der Tiefe gegenueber herkoemmlichen Lichtmikroskopen.
May 22nd, 2008
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WINSOC (Wireless Sensor Networks with Self-Organization Capabilities for Critical and Emergency Applications), a project funded by the FP6 Information Society Technologies programme of the European Union is already delivering results.
May 22nd, 2008
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The recent report that suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities has prompted The Australian Cancer Council's CEO Professor Ian Olver to call for new standards to manage nanoparticles in consumer products like sunscreen.
May 22nd, 2008
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A number of people at Colorado University (CU) and in Boulder are hoping that thinking small - almost incomprehensibly small - will lead to gigantic results.
May 21st, 2008
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