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'Cool-Silicon-Cluster' develops technologies to reduce energy consumption of chips
In coming years Saxony will develop technologies on a large scale that will significantly reduce energy consumption of microchips and information technology.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Leuchtfeuer im Nanobereich - Was blinkende Molekuele ueber die Zellstruktur verraten
Einem Forscherteam um Professor Philip Tinnefeld vom Department Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Muenchen ist es nun gelungen, fluoreszierende Molekuele zu entwickeln, die sich durch zwei gegensaetzlich wirkende chemische Prozesse gezielt an- und ausschalten lassen.
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Keynote presentations for 2nd Annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit announced
The NanoBusiness Alliance and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced the keynote lineup for the 2nd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit, which will return to the University of Denver, CO, from June 22 - 23, 2009.
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Nanofluidics experiment to be tested aboard a spacecraft
When a spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the future, its cargo will include a small box containing a nano-fluidics experiment designed by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Smart dust biosensors
Smart dust biosensors may be smaller than a grain of sand but they have big potential, say Henry Hess, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, US, and colleagues.
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New research cooperation accelerates Japan-US efforts on technology development toward realization of a low carbon society
AIST promotes its cutting-edge R+D in energy/environment fields, by concluding comprehensive research cooperation Memorandum sof Understanding with 6 US national laboratories.
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Projektausschreibung: 'Toxische Wirkungen verschiedener Modifikationen eines Nanopartikels nach Inhalation'
Ein exemplarischer Typ eines Nanopartikels in drei verschiedenen Modifikationen in einem geeigneten tierexperimentellen Ansatz untersucht werden.
May 11, 2009 Read more
Nanotechnology summer camp at West Virginia University
Rising seventh and eighth graders in the local region will have an opportunity to examine evidence like a crime scene investigator, launch a rocket and much more if they participate in the free Summer Science Day Camp at West Virginia University sponsored by WVNano.
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Dimensional cross-over in nanoparticles from two- to one-dimensional phase
Professor CHOE Sug-bong found that nano-size particles could be reduced to the point where they exist in a blurred boundary between a two-dimensional and one-dimensional phase.
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Rowland fellow Fischer devises spiral swimmer nanomachine
Harvard researchers have created a new type of microscopic swimmer: a magnetized spiral that corkscrews through liquids and is able to deliver chemicals and push loads larger than itself.
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Liquid lens creates tiny flexible laser on a chip
Like tiny Jedi knights, tunable fluidic micro lenses can focus and direct light at will to count cells, evaluate molecules or create on-chip optical tweezers, according to a team of Penn State engineers.
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Scottish Research Institute to lead multi-million Euro project to promote end-user confidence in safety of nanotechnologies
The Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) has announced the launch of ENPRA - a major new European Framework 7 project to develop and implement a novel integrated approach for engineered nanoparticle risk assessment.
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Potocnik: Europe must lead 'green revolution'
The EU will invest billions in green technologies using a series of public private partnerships, Janez Potocnik, Commissioner responsible for Science and Research, has said in an interview.
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Nanotechnology Health and Safety Forum Announces Lineup of Speakers to Include Dr. Leroy Hood, and former U.S. Congressman George R. Nethercutt, Jr.
Seattle event on June 8-9, 2009 will focus on occupational and environmental safety.
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Nanotechnology research on drill cores from the North Sea might help increase extraction rates of oil in Denmark
New research may have come up with an explanation as to where and how North Sea oil clings to underground rocks.
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Ultra-dense deuterium may be the nuclear fuel of the future
A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University of Gothenburg. The scientists working with this material are aiming for an energy process that is both more sustainable and less damaging to the environment than the nuclear power used today.
May 11, 2009 Read more
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