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Would you like your own DNA profile on canvas?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. offers life scientists the opportunity to own a unique and highly visual representation of their own DNA profile immortalized on canvas.

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New technique allows real-time observation of molecules during chemical reactions

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.

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Stromproduzenten im Nanometerbereich

Winzige Antennen, die Licht sammeln und in Strom umwandeln, wollen Chemiker und Physiker der Uni Wuerzburg herstellen.

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Thailand aims to become regional center for nanotechnology

The National Nanotechnology Centre (Nanotec) in Thailand has revealed plans to make Thailand the focus of the emerging nanotechnology industry in the Asean region.

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New international program on maskless lithography for 22 nanometer IC manufacturing

MAPPER Lithography and CEA-Leti, a leading French semiconductor research institution, signed an agreement today according to which MAPPER will ship a 300 mm electron-beam direct write lithography platform to CEA-Leti in Grenoble.

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Most influential Korean scientists named

Four scientists are responsible for the most influential papers in Korea over the past decade -- Profs. Kim Soo-bong and Hyun Taek-hwan of Seoul National University, Kim Ki-moon of Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kwon Young-joon of Yonsei University.

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Magnetic fluctuations may play an important role in the mechanism for superconductivity in the iron-pnictides

An international team of researchers is using a specialized technique called muon spin rotation to better understand the relationship between magnetism and superconductivity in the iron-based pnictides.

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The complex arrangement of spins in a magnetic oxide gives rise to a magneto-electric effect

Researchers in Japan are aiming to better understand the connection between ferroelectricity and magnetic structure at the microscopic level

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Dressed to kill: from virus to vaccine

In a pioneering effort, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Queensland in Australia have successfully demonstrated that they can count, size and gauge the quality of virus-like particle-based (VLP) vaccines much more quickly and accurately than previously possible.

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Professor claims that Indian farmers are five years away from nanotechnology revolution

During the technical session 'Nano Food and Agriculture' at the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event, Prof. Dr. Basavaraj Madhusudhan, Kuvempu University commented that Indian farmers are five years away from Nanotechnology revolution.

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Researchers report molecular chain reaction thought to be impossible

A single electron initiated self-perpetuating chain reaction with potential application for information storage and nanotechonology.

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Three Finnish companies are on the forefront of nanotechnology

Finland has long been supportive of new technologies, and one way it encourages young nanotechnology companies is the new nanosurface@otaniemi microclustering program.

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Center for Fuel Cell Research established at the University of Delaware

The University of Delaware has established the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR) to improve the understanding of fuel cells and address critical issues and barriers to commercialization.

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Theory may help design tomorrow's sustainable polymers

Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe.

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Chemist tames longstanding electron computation problem

For 50 years theoretical chemists have puzzled over the problem of predicting many-electron chemistry with only two electrons, which many thought intractable and perhaps impossible to solve. Mazziotti, an associate professor in chemistry, will present a new approach to tuning his solution to the problem for exceptional computational accuracy and efficiency.

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Nanotechnology battery powered cars come to Hawaii

The State of Hawaii has announced a plan to bring all-electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure to the Hawaiian island of Maui through a partnership with Phoenix Motorcars by 2009.

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