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Titania nanotubes and sunlight turn carbon dioxide into methane

Dual catalysts may be the key to efficiently turning carbon dioxide and water vapor into methane and other hydrocarbons using titania nanotubes and solar power, according to Penn State researchers.

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The Second INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics

The Second INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics will convene September 6-8 at the Parkhotel conference venue in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

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Industry, NGOs at odds over nanotechnology regulation

A new study has revealed deep divisions on how nanotechnology should be regulated, with environmental lobby groups seeking a moratorium until products are proven to be safe, and industry proposing that specific guidelines be introduced to supplement existing regulations.

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European Food Safety Authority publishes opinion on nanotechnology risks

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is today publishing its scientific opinion on nanoscience and nanotechnologies in relation to food and feed safety.

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Gene transfer with the aid of magnetic nanoparticles

Researcher of the university of Bonn recently investigated if and how magnetic nanoparticles can support or even enable gene transfer under clinically relevant experimental conditions.

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New London Centre for Nanotechnology honorary professor builds bridges to China

Francois Grey has been appointed Honorary Professor at the London Centre for Nanotechnology. Prof. Grey is currently a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China?s leading science University.

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EPA grant to study effects of nanoparticles

Studying potential health and environmental effects of tiny industrial building blocks, called nanoparticles, is the goal of a $389,303 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Vicki Grassian, director of the University of Iowa Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute.

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UT Dallas to launch new nanotechnology curriculum

UT Dallas is introducing a new minor in nanoscience and technology, enabling undergraduates to augment their core studies with a grounding in what?s also known as molecular engineering.

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Nanotechnology muppets and the nanomonster

Here is nanotechnology on a lighter note to get you through the rest of the weekend with a smile on your face...

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A tale of two excitations for ultracold gas atoms

Theoretical physicists from Argonne National Laboratory, US, and RIKEN's Advanced Science Institute, Wako, have constructed a general theory for describing the characteristics of an unusual and newly discovered system of particles, a chain of 'spin-1/2 bosons'.

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'Nanostitching' could strengthen airplane skins, more

MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost.

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RNA research strategy for Europe takes shape

Research into RNA, a molecule found in every cell of our bodies, could lead to remarkable advances in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and diabetes, a meeting organised by the European Science Foundation was told.

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Nanomedicine researcher gets $7 million for breast cancer research

Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., a nanomedicine scientist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $7 million Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program to develop a targeted new delivery system for breast cancer drugs.

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Hot electrons in carbon - graphite behaves like a semiconductor

Researchers have investigated the behavior of electrons in thin graphite films in real time. They recorded the dynamics of electrons with an unprecedented temporal resolution of only 10 femtoseconds.

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New genre of sugar-coated quantum dots for drug delivery

Scientists in Switzerland are reporting an advance that could help tap the much-heralded potential of quantum dots in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

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Oakland University launches new nanotechnology institute

Oakland University announced the launch of the new NanoTech Research and Development Institute on their campus in Rochester, Michigan.

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