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Arizona drives solar innovation with $4 million investment in Solar Technology Institute

Science Foundation Arizona announced five new solar investments totaling $4 million and the opening of the Solar Technology Institute (STI) to advance Arizona's renewable energy leadership.

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TOK Joins SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center at UAlbany

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK), a leading manufacturer of photoresists, announced today that TOK has joined SEMATECH?s Resist Materials and Development Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.

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The first bio-sensing technology conference

The first ever international conference focusing on the importance of bio sensing technology is to be held at the Marriott Hotel and the Council House in Bristol on 10-12 November 2009.

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University of Michigan receives an energy frontier research center in solar energy

The University of Michigan will be home to a $19.5-million Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) that will explore new materials to better convert solar energy to electricity, the White House has announced.

April 28, 2009 Read more

New assessment tool provides standard reference for evaluating emerging technology companies

A new tool from Lux Research, the Lux Innovation Grid, provides a standard reference for evaluating companies active in emerging technologies, based on the proprietary insights of Lux Research's analyst team.

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Nanoparticles can enhance immune response from a vaccine up to 10-fold

Liquidia Technologies today presented data at the National Foundation of Infectious Disease (NFID) Annual Meeting which supports new insight into a technology that could provide more safe and effective vaccines for a wide variety of diseases.

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DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center approves Technical Advisory Chair, hires project manager

Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority awards Center $500,000 for energy research and commercialization.

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Industry's demand for micro- and nanoproducts unwaning at Hannover Messe

The exhibitors at the IVAM Product Market 'Micro, Nano and Materials' bring home good news from the MicroTechnology/HANNOVER MESSE: 'We are highly satisfied with the course of the fair - the quantity and quality of visitors has been ideal'.

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Membrane-penetrating nanoneedle delivers molecules into cells

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells.

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Wie finden unzaehlige Atome ihre Positionen im Kristall?

Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) foerdert die international ausgerichtete 1. Chemnitzer DAAD-Sommer-Akademie zum Thema 'Strukturbildung - Von der Atomwolke zum Kristall (Structure Formation - From a Cloud of Atoms to a Crystal)'.

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New model of time Is precursor to a major revolution in physics

Jay Pritzker Fellow in Theoretical Physics, Alexander F. Mayer, will present a talk at the American Physical Society (APS) Meeting in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, May 2, 2009 entitled 'The Geometry of Time in General Relativity'.

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Intel and KACST to establish nanotechnology center in Saudi Arabia

Intel and King Abdul-Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a collaborative research agreement to establish CENA, a world-class Center of Excellence in Nano-manufacturing Applications.

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European Parliament backs controversial tougher rules for nanotechnology

The European Parliament last week backed a controversial report by Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter urging the European Commission to revise its stance on nanomaterials.

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Hannover Messe 2009: BMBF-Themenkampagne 'Welcome to Nanotech Germany'

Das Fazit faellt positiv aus: Der gemeinsame Themenstand 'World of Nanotechnology - WoN' in Halle 2 lockte zahlreiche Besucher waehrend der Hannover Messe 2009 an.

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Nanotechnology researcher Mirkin named to Obama's Science and Technology Advisory Council

Northwestern University researcher Chad A. Mirkin, the world's top-cited researcher in nanomedicine and one of the most widely cited chemists, has been named to the President?s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

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