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Northwestern University and Baxter Healthcare Corporation will create a multidisciplinary research and innovation alliance

Under the three-year renewable agreement, Baxter will fund research-collaboration projects at Northwestern. Funding levels for each year may reach approximately $1 million, and Baxter will determine specific project funding levels on a case-by-case basis.

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Argonne scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds

Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories.

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Novel process to make high-performance carbon nanotube inks

Scientists at DuPont and Cornell University have used a simple chemical process to convert 'as grown' mixtures of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes into solely semiconducting carbon nanotubes with electrical characteristics well-suited for plastic electronics.

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Researchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters

Researchers have discovered a way to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs, into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple scales and areas.

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NSTI Announces the 12th Annual Nanotechnology Conference on May 3-7

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), today announced that the Nanotech Conference and Expo 2009 will take place May 3-7, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas.

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Montreal researcher physically validates Nobel Prize winner J.J. Thomson's 125-year-old theory on the stability of vortex rings

Research into the stability of vortex rings by Concordia professor George Vatistas has been chosen as one of the top ten discoveries of 2008 by the magazine Quebec Sciences

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Compact new algorithm allows powerful data analysis

A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by scientists at University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Visualizing damages in structures using elastico-luminescent materials

Researchers in Japan have developed a technology for visualizing structures defects/damages and their danger levels, which cannot be seen directly from outside, by using luminous intensity distribution of elastico-luminescent materials.

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Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network supports EU's investment in information communication technology

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for the 1.8bn Euros that has been made available by the European Commission, through their Information Communications Technology (ICT) fund.

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Leading nanobio industry organization expands with nanotechnology thrust

NanoBioNexus, the leading nanobiotechnology non-profit industry organization, announced today that the organization is strategically expanding its scope beyond the life sciences resulting in a formal corporate name change to NanoTecNexus (NTN).

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Food and Drug Law Institute sponsors major conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy

At the 2nd Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy, February 18-199, 2009 in Washington, D.C., food and drug industry representatives will find out what's happening internationally on nanotech regulation, how venture capitalists look at the future of nanotechnology and what the leading corporations, scientific laboratories and academic centers are focusing on in this dynamic field.

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Exotic force could lead to a wide range of nanomechanical devices based on quantum levitation

Researchers from Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have measured, for the first time, a repulsive quantum mechanical force that could be harnessed and tailored for a wide range of new nanotechnology applications.

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Microswimmers make a big splash for improved drug delivery

They may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the 'microswimmers' developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of medications for cancer and other diseases.

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A foldable world - free e-book on nanotechnology and flexible electronics

Massimo Marrazzo of Italy-based design firm Biodomotica has published a free e-book on printed flexible electronics.

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A miniature synchrotron for your home lab

Today, at the 39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Ronald Ruth, president of Lyncean Technologies, announced that the Compact Light Source has started delivering on this promise by achieving three key milestones using its unique x-ray beam.

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ISO published new nanotechnology safety report for handling nanomaterials

EngineersISO has just published new ISO/TR 12885:2008, Health and safety practices in occupational settings relevant to nanotechnologies, which focuses on the manufacture and use of engineered nanomaterials. The Technical Report is based on current information about nanotechnology, including characterization, health effects, exposure assessments, and control practices.

January 6, 2009 Read more