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Applikationen aus der Miniaturwelt - Exzellenzcluster EAM auf der ACHEMA

Der Exzellenzcluster Engineering of Advanced Materials und das Department fuer Chemie und Bioingenieurwesen der Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg stellen auf der ACHEMA in Frankfurt noch zum 15. Mai 2009 neue Entwicklungen aus den Themenbereichen Bioverfahrenstechnik, Hochdrucktechnologie, Ionische Fluessigkeiten, Katalyse, Nanoelektronik, Optik sowie Partikeltechnologie vor.

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High-pressure compound could be key to hydrogen-powered vehicles

A hydrogen-rich compound discovered by Stanford researchers is packed with promise of helping overcome one of the biggest hurdles to using hydrogen for fuel - namely, how do you stuff enough hydrogen into a volume that is small enough to be portable and practical for powering a car?

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Sony joins research programs on sub-32nm CMOS at IMEC

Sony has joined IMEC as a core-lite partner in the research programs which target asset-lite IC companies.

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10 Jahre Nanobiotechnologie-Symposium am IPHT Jena

Bereits zum zehnten Mal findet am Institut fuer Photonische Technologien (IPHT) das Internationale Symposium zur Nanobiotechnologie unter der Leitung von PD Dr. Wolfgang Fritzsche statt.

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Without blinking, newly created nanocrystal emits light constantly

Scientists have uncovered the basic physics behind the phenomenon of blinking, and along with researchers at the Eastman Kodak Company, created a nanocrystal that constantly emits light.

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Second Iran Nanotechnology Exhibition to be held in November

Following the successfull IRAN NANO 2008, the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) has decided to hold this year's IRAN NANO 2009 international exhibition on Nov. 4-8, 2009 in Tehran.

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Ab heute ist Frankfurt die Welthauptstadt der Chemie

3.767 Aussteller aus 49 Laendern praesentieren von Montag bis Freitag auf dem Messegelaende in Frankfurt im Rahmen der ACHEMA 2009 ihre neuen Produkte und Technologien fuer Chemische Technik, Umweltschutz und Biotechnologie.

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Nobel prize winner at nanotechnology fair in Germany

Professor Dr. Peter Gruenberg of the Forschungsinstitut Juelich will be a speaker at this year's 7th International Nanotechnology Symposium on May 26-27, 2009 in Dresden, Germany.

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Oktyabrsky receives the UAlbany Award for Excellence in Research

Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky, Professor of Nanoscience at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, today received the Award for Excellence in Research from the University at Albany for exceptional research over a sustained number of years.

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Two Boston College physicists have been awarded $2.1 million in 'green energy' funding

Grant supports Boston College physicists in one of country's new energy frontier research centers.

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Caltech physicists detect entanglement of one photon shared among four locations

Technique relies upon uncertainty principle.

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New NanoCareer Day at UAlbany NanoCollege

More than 300 middle- and high-school students from throughout Tech Valley got a firsthand look at careers in the emerging field of nanotechnology while attending NanoCareer Day on May 7 at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.

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Pope will receive a nano Bible from Israel's president

Israeli President Shimon Peres will next week offer visiting Pope Benedict XVI an Old Testament that local scientists have fitted on to a pinhead-sized silicon chip, his office said on Friday.

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Argonne scientists receive tech transfer award for battery research

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence on imported oil.

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The mysterious monopole - predicted by theory, hunted for decades - found at last!

This week New Scientist cover article by journalist Eugenie Samuel Reich describes how a special material called spin ice, co-discovered in 1997 by Professor Steven Bramwell of the London Centre for Nanotechnology has come close to revealing a secret of the universe.

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Molecules that orchestrate the processes of life

The new book 'Machinery of Life' is a journey into the sub-microscopic world of molecular machines. Readers are introduced to the types of molecules within the cell, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and polysaccharides.

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