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New KITA-spectroscopy allows real-time observation of protein folding

Recently, new developed KITA-spectroscopy (Kinetic Terahertz Absorption Spectroscopy) was applied to protein folding with a resolution of one picture per millisecond and combined with other biophysical methods, such as X-ray diffraction (SAXS), fluorescence and CD spectroscopy.

August 5, 2008 Read more

NanoKTN to host UK's first NanoFinance event

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), the UK?s primary knowledge-based network for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced that the first UK NanoFinance event will take place on Thursday 25th September at the Institute of Directors in London.

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Scientists solve secrets of the water-oil interface

When oil and water are poured together they meet each other head-on to form a strong and rigid boundary between each other, says new research into how interactions between oil and water work.

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How to clean a Transmission Electron Microscope without disassembling it

A new technique developed by researchers in Japan is also effective for analysis techniques requiring long time beam irradiation such as electron tomography, nanobeam electron diffraction, EELS (electron energy-loss spectroscopy), EDX (energy dispersive X-ray diffraction) and STEM (scanning transmission electron microscope), and thus it will contribute to advanced analysis techniques.

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Black solar cells for a greener future

Solar cells of the future may look totally black to the human eye because they absorb light so efficiently.

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Australia's first nanotechnology dialogue criticized as industry-biased

Australia's first ever attempt to involve members of the public in development of nanotechnology policy is hopelessly compromised, Friends of the Earth said today.

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Open forum to discuss clean nanotechnologies

UC Santa Barbara?s Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) invite the community to attend a casual public forum called 'Nano-Meeter' to discuss the use and implications of 'green nanotechnologies' on Thursday, August 28.

August 4, 2008 Read more

A first in integrated nanowire sensor circuitry

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have created the world's first all-integrated sensor circuit based on nanowire arrays, combining light sensors and electronics made of different crystalline materials.

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Nanotech Northern Europe hosts world's first truly global panel on public-sector nanotechnology funding

Key figures from around the world will gather to discuss the prospects and priorities for public funding of nanotechnology at Nanotech Northern Europe 2008.

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Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion

New alloy composition could cut costs for petrochemical industry.

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Shape, not just size, impacts effectiveness of emerging nanomedicine therapies

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that shape matters even more than size for nanoparticles - a finding that could lead to new and more effective methods for treating cancer and other diseases, from diabetes and multiple sclerosis to arthritis and obesity.

August 4, 2008 Read more

First neutrons created at the ISIS Second Target Station

The UK's ISIS Second Target Station Project moved a major step closer to completion when the first neutrons were created in the ISIS Second Target Station.

August 3, 2008 Read more

The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet

The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and at FLASH, the free-electron laser in Hamburg, Germany, an international group of scientists has produced two of the brightest, sharpest x-ray holograms of microscopic objects ever made, thousands of times more efficiently than previous x-ray-holographic methods.

August 2, 2008 Read more

Advanced Energy Consortium issues request for proposals from researchers in the nanotechnology industry

The Advanced Energy Consortium, a research consortium managed by the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, has issued a request for proposals to develop micro- and nanoscale technology for enhanced reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon detection in conventional oil and gas reservoirs with the ultimate goal of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from known fields.

August 2, 2008 Read more

Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale

Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others.

August 1, 2008 Read more

Seven mega-science projects under construction at Chinese Academy of Sciences

With the support of Chinese government, CAS has been undertaking national mega-science projects in line with both the requirements of the national socio-economic development and cutting-edge development of science and technology in the world.

August 1, 2008 Read more