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Max Planck Research Award 2008 goes to Peter Fratzl and Robert Langer

Max Planck Society and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation present lucrative prize of, in total, 1.5 million euros.

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Nomination for Europe's top innovation prize

Stefan Hell convinces by overcoming old-established paradigms in light microscopy.

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2 new therapies show promise for cancer patients

Clinical trial data and cutting-edge testing give key insights in the fight against basal cell carcinoma and pancreatic cancer.

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observatoryNANO project kicks off in London

The project's mission is to create a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies to present reliable, complete and responsible science-based and economic expert analysis, across different technology sectors, establish dialogue with decision makers and others regarding the benefits and opportunities, balanced against barriers and risks, and allow them to take action to ensure that scientific and technological developments are realized as socio-economic benefits.

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EPA discusses nanotechnology regulation on Bourne Report radio show

Jim Willis, Director of the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) Chemical Control Division, was a featured guest this week on the Bourne Report, a talk radio program that discusses the latest developments in nanotechnology.

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Investigadores crean el primer nanomotor termico del mundo

Investigadores del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, de la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona y del Instituto Catalan de Nanotecnologia han construido el primer nanomotor que se mueve por diferencias de temperatura.

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Researchers create the first thermal nanomotor in the world

The motor functions as a nanotransporter by moving and rotating cargo from one end of the carbon nanotube to the other.

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Reading, writing and nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is a hot topic on college campuses. Now it has arrived at high schools.

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Next COST Open Call - Deadline set for fall

COST invites proposals for Actions contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal development of Europe.

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Researchers mimic bacteria to produce magnetic nanoparticles

Interdisciplinary Ames Laboratory team uses bioinspired approach.

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Wanderausstellung 'NANO - KLEINES GANZ GROSS': interaktive Reise in die Nanowelt

Die Ausstellung 'NANO - KLEINES GANZ GROSS' macht von April bis November 2008 in sieben Einkaufszentren der Ostschweiz Halt.

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Laser light cools microchip

Ground-state cooling should in principle be possible in the 'resolved-sideband regime', as demonstrated with trapped atom and ions. Researchers have now been able to demonstrate just this very regime experimentally - taking a key step towards ground state cooling.

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University of Michigan expands Nanotechnology Center, part of 13-school US network

The University of Michigan on Friday opened its expanded nanotechnology lab, a $40 million project dedicated to inventing ultra-small tools for reshaping the worlds of medicine, computing and energy.

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Where's the glue? Scientists find a surprise when they look for what binds in superconductivity

Provocative results yielded by two years of experiments carried out at Princeton University have a group of scientists saying that high-temperature superconductivity does not hinge on a magical glue binding electrons together. The secret to superconductivity, they say, may rest instead on the ability of electrons to take advantage of their natural repulsion in a complex situation.

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Studies shed new light on organic semiconductors

Researchers at the Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Chemistry (ICCAS), have made progress in designing and synthesis of n- and p-type organic semiconductors.

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ESF Conference probes water's mysterious interactions at molecular level

Some of the most challenging problems in science concern the behaviour of the most commonplace compound on the planet's surface - water. But some of the mysteries are now being unravelled by the latest analysis and imaging techniques in an unfolding story that was presented at a recent conference organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) focusing on interaction between water and other compounds at the molecular level.

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