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Inaugural presentation of Kavli Prize will take place on September 9

Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics will receive the first Kavli Prize awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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Nanophotonics pioneer Halas wins one of nanotechnology's top academic honors

Nanophotonics pioneer honored for contributions to nanoparticle synthesis

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Canada announces investment in nanotechnology coatings for next generation fighter jets

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, today announced federal government support for the research and development of next-generation nanotechnology-based coatings for the multinational Joint Strike Fighter program.

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Molecular mechanism of cell death through oxidative stress decrypted

Dr. Marcus Conrad of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich has decrypted the molecular mechanism through which the death of cells is caused by oxidative stress.

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Mehr Energieeffizienz im Mikro- und Nanobereich

Der Cluster 'Cool Silicon - Energy Efficiency Innovations from Silicon Saxony' ist einer der Sieger des mit 200 Millionen Euro dotierten bundesweitem Spitzencluster-Wettbewerb.

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Nanoteilchen schubsen: Forscher untersuchen Reibungsprozesse auf kleinster Ebene

Wissenschaftler wollen die grundlegenden Mechanismen der Reibung verstehen und untersuchen die Prozesse auf allerkleinster Ebene: im Nanobereich.

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Harry Potter beware! Chinese scientists demonstrate how to unmask your invisibility cloak

According to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's open-access journal, certain materials underneath an invisibility cloak would allow invisible objects be seen again.

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Scientists observe the change from cooperative to individual behavior in electrons with different speeds

Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses its importance. As a result, the coherent harmony that binds the electrons into a fixed relationship with their environment is lost.

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Development of chemical probes for human biology gets push with $86 million grant

Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT today announced that they have been chosen to receive a six-year, $86M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify and develop molecular tools known as 'small molecules', which can probe the proteins, signaling pathways and cellular processes that are crucial to human health and disease.

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Georgia Tech's Mostafa El-Sayed wins Medal of Science

Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor in Georgia Tech?s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has just been awarded the 2007 Medal of Science, the nation?s highest honor in the field.

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Nanonets made from nanowires improve performance of electronics and energy applications

Using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, Boston College chemists have produced nanonets, a flexible webbing of nano-scale wires that multiplies surface area critical to improving the performance of the wires in electronics and energy applications.

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Electroplating process for soldering nanowires wins a 2008 Nano 50 award

A new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.

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New discoveries show promise in fight against hepatitis C

Using a novel technique, medical and engineering researchers at Stanford University have discovered a vulnerable step in the virus? reproduction process that in lab testing could be effectively targeted with an obsolete antihistamine.

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SRC and NSF aim at ground-breaking solutions for multi-core chip technology

Joint research by Semiconductor Research Corporation and National Science Foundation aims at ground-breaking solutions for problems challenging the electronics industry.

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New genetic engineering system eliminates need for antibiotics and resistance genes

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have developed a system that eliminates the need for antibiotics and resistance genes in the engineering of industrial and medical products.

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NSF grant for MEMS umbrella-shaped actuator for medical applications

The objective of the research is to design, fabricate and test an umbrella-shaped micro-actuator based on an integrated micro/nanofabrication technique for thrombus retrieval in stroke therapy.

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