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Light-activated nanotechnology wall paints for hospitals could kill superbugs

New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on.

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Preview of next week's AlwaysOn GoingGreen event

AlwaysOn, a producer of world-class tradeshows and events, today provided a preview of next week's AlwaysOn GoingGreen, which runs September 15-17 at Cavallo Point in San Francisco.

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High-temperature magnetic sensors that can operate inside aircraft engines

University of Chicago scientists have discovered how to make magnetic sensors capable of operating at the high temperatures that ceramic engines in cars and aircraft of the future will require.

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India's nanotechnology research lacks commercialization know-how

India's expanding nanotechnology research is not translating into market products due to weak links between Indian scientific institutes and industry, experts have cautioned.

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Newest Molecularium movie: 'Molecules to the MAX'

A world-renowned nanotechnology pioneer, Richard W. Siegel, has produced an IMAX movie based on scientifically accurate molecular modeling and simulations.

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Inaugural Kavli laureates honored in Oslo ceremony

In a ceremony at Oslo Concert Hall, seven pioneering researchers in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience were honoured as the first Kavli Prize laureates, receiving a gold medal and scroll.

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MIT's Portable Light project wins award for technology that benefits humanity

A groundbreaking renewable energy project directed by Sheila Kennedy, professor of the practice of architecture at MIT and principal of KVA MATx in Boston, has won an international award for technology that benefits humanity.

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Nanotechnologie biomimetique: un nouveau type de biocapteur

Des chercheurs de l?Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel et de l'Institut de recherches en technologies et sciences pour le vivant, viennent de mettre au point une nouvelle generation de biocapteurs.

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International group addresses lack of consensus on nanotoxicology test procedures

A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals.

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Schneller speichern auf gerundeten Nanomagneten

Bis zu zehnmal schneller koennten magnetische Datenspeicher schalten, wenn sie aus einer Grundsubstanz aufgebaut werden, die nicht wie bisher aus flachen, sondern aus runden Bauteilen besteht.

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Scientists find new mechanism for hydrogen bonds

Bernd Winter and colleagues, from BESSY, Max-Born-Institut, Uppsala University, and MPI fuer Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, report how water solvates its intrinsic hydroxide (OH-) anion. Unraveling this behavior is important to advance the understanding of aqueous chemistry and biology.

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Nanotechnology images - thrilling and unsual insights

Thrilling and unsual insights. BASF Research has posted images on its website that allow the viewer to explore structures that would otherwise only be seen by analytical chemists.

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Widespread use of nanosilver challenges regulatory agencies

Widespread use of nanoscale silver will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility of significant environmental risk, highlighting the need to identify research priorities concerning this emerging technology, according to a new report.

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New chemical reactions have implications for biofuels and replacement for petro-chemicals

If your experiment doesn?t go the way you expect, take a closer look - something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to discover a fundamental shift in an enzyme?s function that could help expand the toolbox for engineering biofuels and other plant-based oil products.

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Researchers find that polarization changes at the nanoscale

How small is too small to be useful? Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films - materials that are used in electronic devices from computer memories to iPhones and polarize when exposed to an electric charge - and found that when it comes to polarization, both size and location matter.

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New area of fullerene chemistry could drive tomorrow's molecular semiconductors

Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry Dorn has developed a new area of fullerene chemistry that may be the backbone for development of molecular semiconductors and quantum computing applications.

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