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Molecular ice chain structure could be used to seed clouds and cause rain

This week's Nature Materials reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain.

March 8, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology scales with applications for microelectronics

A research group from the UAB Department of Electronic Engineering, the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (CNM-IMB, CSIC), the UAB Research Park, and the EPFL Microsystems Laboratory of Lausanne, Switzerland, has created a nanobalance capable of detecting infimum amounts of matter.

March 7, 2009 Read more

Patented inventions, including nanotechnology, double at University at Buffalo

An antibody with the potential to stop breast cancer in its path. A nanoparticle that can address a side effect of the treatment that hemophiliacs cannot live without. A quantum dot with the potential to treat cancer or harvest the power of the sun. An air purifier that kills the world's nastiest toxins. These are some of the new inventions that were patented in 2008 by University at Buffalo researchers.

March 7, 2009 Read more

EU food safety watchdog puzzled by nanotechnology risks

Uncertainties in detecting and measuring levels of nanomaterials could make risk assessment of some nanotechnology products extremely difficult, according to the European Food Safety Authority.

March 7, 2009 Read more

Minnesota Partnership announces funds for nanotechnology research

The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics is awarding nearly $5.4 million in state?funded research support to six research teams. This new round of scientific exploration will provide initial support for research on cancer, neurological diseases, heart disease, gastrointestinal conditions and nanotechnology that could impact a range of diseases.

March 7, 2009 Read more

Nanoscale machine separates chromosomes before cell division

University of Washington researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division.

March 6, 2009 Read more

The role of science and technology in meeting America's energy, environmental and economic challenges

Statement of Dr. George W. Crabtree, Senior Scientist, Associate Division Director and Distinguished Fellow, Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

March 6, 2009 Read more

Canada funds 16 clean energy technology projects with $53 million

The Canadian economy became cleaner today as 16 new projects that develop and demonstrate emerging clean technologies were awarded $53 million.

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Opportunities and challenges in uncertainty quantification for complex interacting systems

One of the main challenges to using computational laboratories to model physical reality is the paradoxical task of taking uncertainty into accurate quantitative account.

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Chemists find secret to increasing luminescence efficiency of carbon nanotubes

Breakthrough procedure has potential applications in medical imaging, homeland security, biological sensors.

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Nanoparticle brushes aggregate into complex nanostructures

Researchers have produced amphiphilic hybrid particles made of a water-insoluble inorganic nanoparticle at the core surrounded by a bristle-like layer of hydrophilic polymer chains.

March 6, 2009 Read more

First measurement of the ability of a very long molecular wire to conduct electric current

For the first time, researchers from CNRS, the Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University (Berlin) have measured the ability of a single, very long molecular wire to carry electric current.

March 6, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology and the public: new data for decision makers

Agenda of the upcoming briefing before the U.S. Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus.

March 5, 2009 Read more

Cellular engineers make multicellular tissues from the bottom up

By programming cells with short lengths of synthetic DNA on their surfaces, scientists can control how different cell types bind together to form complex artificial microtissues for potential applications in medicine, and in medical and biological research.

March 5, 2009 Read more

New EU project to spearhead development of organic nanomaterials in electronics

A new EU-funded project is set to put Europe at the forefront of new developments in the application of nano-materials in the organic electronics and photonics sectors.

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Engineers ride 'rogue' laser waves to build better light sources

Rogue waves of light - rare and explosive flare-ups that are mathematically similar to their oceanic counterparts - have recently been tamed by a group of researchers at UCLA.

March 5, 2009 Read more