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Researchers developing renewable energy for ethanol industry

Iowa State University researchers are working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a new, low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production.

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High-profile national nanotechnology network receives $85 million renewal grant

A high-profile consortium of nanotechnology research centers, of which Cornell is a founding member, has received a five-year renewal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $17 million per year.

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Millie Dresselhaus to receive 2009 Vannevar Bush Award

Once dubbed the 'Queen of Carbon Science' as one of the nation's foremost experts in the multifaceted field of carbon science, longtime Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Institute Professor Mildred Dresselhaus has been named the National Science Board's 2009 Vannevar Bush Awardee.

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DVDs and conference on how nanotechnology manufacturing ushers in a new industrial revolution

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) offers a number of ways to get up to speed on this technology with the current release of three DVDs ? the best-selling 'Nanomanufacturing', the new 'Structural DNA' and 'Nanometrology' as well as the upcoming two-day NanoManufacturing Conference and Exhibits.

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Spinning carbon nanotubes into longer fibers spawns new wireless applications

Lighter, cheaper, safer - a team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati, known for their world record-breaking carbon nanotubes, has discovered new applications of use to both military and consumer audiences.

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TCD hosts international scientific symposium on nanotechnology

An international symposium on nanotechnology, featuring leaders of world nanoscience institutes hosted by Trinity College's Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) took place today.

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Nanotech Europe 2009 registration is open. Register now to get early bird price.

Nanotech Europe 2009 will be bigger and better than ever before.

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New nanoporous material has highest surface area yet

University of Michigan researchers have developed a nanoporous material with a surface area significantly higher than that of any other porous material reported to date.

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Researchers from Purdue, India lead conference on nanotechnology's role in future electronics

Researchers at Discovery Park are joining colleagues from Indian and other U.S. institutions for a three-day conference this week at Purdue University on nanotechnology's growing role in creating future electronics.

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Polymer crossroads act as tiny reactors

Scientists in the US have taken inspiration from a Dutch painter to create ultrasmall chemical reactors at the junctions of overlapping polymer nanofibres.

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Water executive forum will discuss nanotechnology in water treatment

This year's WATER EXECUTIVE Forum will feature Emerging Technology presentations on the coming use of nanotechnology in water treatment, which many experts see as the technology that will impact for future water treatment methods.

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X PRIZE Foundation appoints Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong as chairman of the Life Sciences Prize Group Steering Committee

The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize institute dedicated to fostering radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity, today announced the appointment of Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., as Chairman of its Life Sciences Prize Group Steering Committee.

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h+ explores the area where our daily lives and science fiction are merging

Better Humans LLC has just released the Spring Issue of h+, the second online edition of a new magazine.

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Nominations for the Millennium Technology Prize 2010 have started

The award will be given for a technical innovation that improves the quality of life. Nomination will be accepted until 1 October 2009.

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State-of-the-art electron microscope promises to aid major research advances

Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state science and materials science and engineering.

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Quantum doughnuts slow and freeze light at will

Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based computing to the possibility of 'slow glass'.

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