Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced they will collectively donate $6 million to fund the S.T.A.R. Program (for Special Team Amplification of Research), an innovative research initiative focused on exploring the role of targeted heat in cancer therapy to treat prostate cancer, as well as other research strategies.
Nov 15th, 2007
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Scientists are closer to developing novel devices for optics-based quantum computing and quantum information processing, as a result of a breakthrough in understanding how to make all the spins in an ensemble of quantum dots identical.
Nov 15th, 2007
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The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2007.
Nov 15th, 2007
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According to the authors the research could prove to be of great importance for the future development of quantum computation. The experiment illustrates the transition between the quantum and the macroscopic worlds.
Nov 15th, 2007
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Researchers have developed a new method for the large-scale synthesis of three-dimensionally patterned polymer particles with morphological characteristics in the submicrometer range.
Nov 15th, 2007
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If the hard science of nanotechnology took on the soft curves of classical music, what would it sound like?
Nov 15th, 2007
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On November 15, the MIT Alumni Association, in conjunction with regional Clubs, is planning a webcast and reception for alumni in Cambridge and around the world. The broadcast, tentatively entitled 'It's a Small World', will include a panel of three MIT faculty members, from a variety of disciplines and research areas, discussing the various aspects of nanotechnology and the ways in which MIT is paving the way in the field of nanotechnology.
Nov 14th, 2007
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A transdisciplinary team of faculty members and students at Arizona State University (ASU) has begun a research project to address the growing lag between emerging technologies, and the policies and ethics that govern them, and to recommend solutions for improving the timeliness and flexibility of these regulatory processes.
Nov 14th, 2007
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. proudly announces that its method for manufacturing high-quality carbon nanotubes has been named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards in the Technology category.
Nov 14th, 2007
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The growing use of nanotechnology in food applications poses new challenges for both science and regulation in Europe�??s food and nutrition market, an industry expert has said.
Nov 14th, 2007
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Researchers in Colorado are reporting the first successful 'wiring up' of hydrogenase enzymes. Those much-heralded proteins are envisioned as stars in a future hydrogen economy where they may serve as catalysts for hydrogen production and oxidation in fuel cells.
Nov 14th, 2007
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Researchers in Ohio report the development of magnetic nanoparticles that show promise for quickly detecting and eliminating E. coli, anthrax, and other harmful bacteria.
Nov 14th, 2007
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Pioneering research seeks to harness force of nature.
Nov 14th, 2007
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A Nanotechnology Centre of Excellence will be set up at Sathyabama University in collaboration with the University of Arkansas and Ramachandra University.
Nov 14th, 2007
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Nanotechnology has been hailed as the science of the future yet early studies also indicate some of these particles, enabled by the latest in engineering science, can cause cancer.
Nov 14th, 2007
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Science Foundation Ireland announced research investment awards amounting to Euro 87 million across a number of groundbreaking industry-academic projects.
Nov 13th, 2007
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