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Tunisian nanosciences and nanotechnologies days

A study day attended by several Tunisian and foreign experts in nanotechnologies was organized on Thursday in Tunis. The study day which was held at the national institute of applied sciences and technologies of Tunis (INSAT), laid the groundwork for the second edition of the Tunisian nanosciences and nanotechnologies Days due to be held in Tunis in July 2009.

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A first-of-a-kind switch in chemical bonding by a zirconium atom spotted by scientists

A zirconium atom can switch easily between two different bonding patterns in an unusual molecule created by Japanese scientists.

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Supercomputers allow researchers to calculate symmetry violations in the strong interaction that holds atoms together

An international research team has reconciled two theories that explain the properties of the pion. The work is important because this subatomic particle plays a key role in the strong interaction - the fundamental force that holds atomic nuclei together.

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New lithography technique enables nanofabrication without the use of ultraviolet light

Researchers have developed a new, table-top technique called RAPID (Resolution Augmentation through Photo-Induced Deactivation) lithography that makes it possible to create small features without the use of ultraviolet light.

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Physicists discover important step for making light crystals

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics. What they've discovered could eventually aid high-temperature superconductivity, as well as the development of new high-tech materials.

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2009 Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum

On April 26, hundreds of students, staff, and faculty from premier Bay Area research universities and laboratories, as well as scientists and businesspeople from industry will converge at the 6th annual Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum.

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IBM collaborates with CEA/Leti on nanoelectronics

CEA/Leti (the Electronics and Information Technology Laboratory of the CEA, based in Grenoble), and IBM today announced that they will collaborate on research in semiconductor and nanoelectronics technology.

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Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine

A one-day course 'Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine' will take place on May 7, 2009 in London, UK.

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Book: Nanophotonics and Nanofabrication

Starting out with a review of the principles of nanophotonics, this new book covers a wide range of novel nanofabrication technologies

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Materials chemistry center and broker service opens in the UK

A multi-million pound centre acting as a one-stop-shop for firms looking to contract out their materials chemistry research has officially opened in the north of England.

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Researchers use 3-dimensional crystals to decode quantum information in black holes

Hirosi Ooguri and Masahito Yamazaki of the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU) developed a new method to use crystal melting models in three dimensions to identify quantum states of black holes in superstring theory.

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Erster Aalener Photoniktag

Hochschuluebergreifender Photonik-Verbund erschliesst neue Anwendungsfelder.

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Nanotechnology experiments could lead to more spectacular firework displays

Recent experiments to create a fast-reacting explosive by concocting it at the nanoscopic level could result in more spectacular firework displays. But more impressively, the method used to mix chemicals at that tiny scale could lead to new strong porous materials for high temperature applications, from thermal insulation in jet engines to industrial chemical reactors.

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$6 million funding towards developing self-healing circuits

One novel way around the problem of failing computer chips is a so-called 'self-healing' circuit - one that can detect, isolate, and fix its own flaws, both by working around the defective transistors by modifying the properties of the rest of the system and introducing additional transistors into the system in a seamless fashion.

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DNA origami seeds to direct bottom-up fabrication processes

Researchers at Caltech describe the development of an information-containing DNA 'seed' that can direct the self-assembled bottom-up growth of tiles of DNA in a precisely controlled fashion

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Nanotechnology seen boosting recovery factors in oil and gas exploration

Nanotechnology might someday boost the average global recovery factor of oil and gas by 10 percentage points, said an oil company executive at the RMI Oilfield Breakfast Forum in Houston.

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