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Data storage using ultra-small needles

A Dutch researcher has demonstrated that a field-emission current signal can be used to arrange the position of thousands of nanometer-sharp needles.

March 31, 2008 Read more

Universities are trying to build statewide support for the North Carolina Translational NanoMedicine Institute

Researchers exploring the molecular aspects of medicine are thinking big about its potential economic impact on North Carolina, including providing incentives to startup companies.

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University professor talks small

University of Virginia professor Rosalyn Berne discusses her book 'NANOTALK: Meaning, Belief and Ethics in the Development of Nanotechnology' during the Virginia Festival of the Book.

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Materials Simulation Laboratory opens at University College London

UCL opens a new Materials Simulation Laboratory this week, bringing together 90 researchers and forming the largest concentration of materials modelling experts in the UK.

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Cambridge Network welcomes new Founder Members

Four new companies have joined the ranks of Cambridge Network Founder Members - the exclusive category of membership that helps to shape and support the organisation.

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Three-dimensional imaging - first insights into magnetic fields

Researchers in Germany have succeeded, for the first time, in a direct, three-dimensional visualisation of magnetic fields inside solid, non-transparent materials.

March 30, 2008 Read more

CIO Symposium looks at five technology forces

The Greater Dallas Chamber presented "Five Technology Forces Driving the Future" Thursday night. The seminar was the first of three planned for 2008 as a part of the CIO Symposium Series.

March 29, 2008 Read more

Researchers achieve scalable fullerene production and separation

Russian researchers claim to have found a way to produce and purify high yields of fullerenes for commercial use by carefully tweaking existing techniques.

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University of Arkansas OKs $20m building for nanotechnology

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will build a $ 20 million Nanoscale Science and Engineering Building, the University of Arkansas System board of trustees voted Friday.

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Nanotechnology internet TV talk show debuts

InTimeTV has announced a new internet TV talk show for professionals: Nanotech Today. Nanotech Today, which is hosted by Dr. Ogan Gurel, is a truly global venue by which nanotechnology professionals can share ideas, trends and perspectives worldwide.

March 28, 2008 Read more

3 nanotechnology PhD studentships offered at the University of Canterbury

The Cluster Physics Group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand invites applications for 3 year PhD studentships.

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U.S. to support Czech research in exchange for radar base

The U.S. government wants to sponsor Czech researchers who would help the United States in the fight against terrorism in exchange for the deployment of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil, the Hospodarske Noviny daily reported Friday.

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Two-photon nanoparticles for the improved detection of tumor cells

Researchers from several CNRS-associated laboratories in France have succeeded in synthesizing porous nanoparticles that are capable of absorbing the energy of two photons in the near infrared spectrum, and then re-emitting radiation used for medical imaging by fluorescence.

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Strength in nanoworms

Scientists in the US have mimicked the structure of bird nests to overcome the extreme fragility of highly insulating aerogels.

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New horizons in modelling surface processes

Medical, environmental and chemical conundrums - including the mystery of how ice forms in the sky and goes on to create clouds - will be unravelled at a conference hosted by University College London to mark the opening of UCL's Materials Simulation Laboratory on Monday, March 31, 2008.

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The spin Hall effect in platinum is mainly caused by scattering within the wire

Scientists hope to build spintronic devices using a phenomenon called the spin Hall effect, which results from a particle's intrinsic angular momentum, or spin, rather than its electric charge.

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