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Fitting pieces for biosensors - an overview of aptamer development and applications

As well as their application in research, medical diagnosis and treatment, aptamers are also interesting as a basis for biosensors for use in environmental analysis because their characteristics enable them to identify and bind target molecules as surely as a key fits a lock.

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Keeping a quantum state alive in an optimal way

New research applies a systematic optimization method to literally explore all possible strategies to overcome decoherence, and find the best one.

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Government of Canada makes strategic investment in Institute for Quantum Computing

Through this $50-million investment, the IQC will be able to build, purchase and recruit the resources needed to lead the world towards the next generation of computer technology.

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IEEE to exhibit at NSTI Nanotech 2009 Conference and Expo

The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) will participate as an exhibitor at the NSTI Nanotech 2009 Conference and Expo at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX from 3-7 May 2009 at Booth 630.

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Ice at the nanoscale reveals pentagon-shaped rings

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that could be used to modify future weather patterns.

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Invest in Photonics to build on successful debut with 2010 event

Invest in Photonics, the photonics partnering event held in Bordeaux in December 2008, attracted over 100 of the world?s leading photonics specialists and presented 16 projects representing a total potential investment of ?100 million.

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Nanostructures enable new security and medical sensor devices

Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors.

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edaWorkshop links up European nanoelectronic design and application competences

At the sixth edaWorkshop in Dresden experts from research establishments and industry in Europe will gather to exchange ideas on micro- and nanoelectronic solutions for new requirements e.g. pertaining to electric cars and other applications.

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From three to four: a quantum leap in few-body physics

In 2007 and 2008 two groups of theoretical physicists predicted the existence of universal four-body states that are closely tied to Efimov trimer states. Now, a team of scientists of the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, has proven these states experimentally in an ultracold gas of cesium atoms.

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Researchers wanted: Humans need not apply?

In a perspectives piece in tomorrow's edition of the journal Science, two scientists discuss this brave new world of scientific research and its implications for the way science is conducted. They see this all as a promising trend, but caution that researchers need to consider what tasks are best suited for automation and which should be left to the human mind.

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IMEC will expand its research on 22nm CMOS and beyond

The Belgian nanoelectronics research institute IMEC starts with the expansion of its research labs with 2,800 square meters including the extension of its state-of-the-art clean room at its Leuven campus.

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Novel quantum simulator gives physicists new tool

Max Planck scientists in Germany report that they can modify the properties of atomic gases by applying simultaneously laser light and a magnetic field

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Nanomedicine research among Prostate Cancer Foundation's $1 million project awards

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced that it has funded ten Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research.

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Promoting nanoelectronics in Saudi Arabia

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing and KACST, the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to form a Center of Excellence for Nanoelectronic Design at KACST.

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University of Sydney launches Institute of Photonics and Optical Science

IPOS, is a major new Institute, building on a substantial track record and critical mass of research excellence. The formal launch will be followed by a Symposium with internationally renowned speakers to present the current and future role of photonics.

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New probe allows observation of single RNA molecules inside living cells

Biomedical engineers have developed a new type of probe that allows them to visualize single ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules within live cells more easily than existing methods. The tool will help scientists learn more about how RNA operates within living cells.

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