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Chemicals feed hopes and fears

Without their products chemical companies would be praised as ethical leaders. Chemical products are a space for complex and emotional debates where it is hard to register reputation gains. Companies rather manage to do so at the levels of working conditions, impact of production and institutional impact, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence - Covalence Chemical Industry Report 2007.

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EU report on the impact of new technologies on the job market

The European Parliament has funded a study on interactions between new technologies and the job market; flexicurity and training/vocational training.

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Pakistan Minister of Health inaugurates international workshop on Nanomedicine

The International Workshop on Nanomedicine organized by OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan was inaugurated by Mr. Ejaz Rahim, the Federal Health Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on March 13, 2008 at COMSTECH Secretariat building in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties

In today?s Science Express, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of quantum mechanics. The problem the physicists addressed is how a fundamental particle in matter loses track of its quantum mechanical properties through interactions with its environment.

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Creation of an optics and extreme vision Scientific Interest Group in France

The group aims to carry out synergetic research in the fields of optics, optronics, microelectronics and associated instrumentation, crowning a long standing collaboration on these subjects. Another objective is to industrially develop the results that have already been obtained within the scope of this collaborative effort.

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Oakland Community College snags $1.9 million grant for nanotechnology study

The study of the smallest things is bringing big money to Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills campus. A $1.9 million grant was awarded to the campus Tuesday for its plans to develop a center for the study of nanotechnology.

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European Science Awards honor 'the best that Europe has to offer'

The winners included experts in the mysterious dark energy, a team developing molecular motors, climate experts, medical researchers and an economist. This year the award ceremony featured three prizes: the Descartes Prize for Transnational Collaborative Research, the Marie Curie Excellence Awards and the Science Communication Prize.

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Professor Toh-Ming Lu named fellow of the Materials Research Society

Toh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the advancement of materials research, specifically his 'seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of thin film morphological evolution.'

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University of Toronto nanotechnology expert awarded $10m grant from Saudi university

Acclaimed nanotechnology researcher Ted Sargent has been awarded a $10 million dollar grant from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia - an international graduate-level research university set to open in September 2009.

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Einblicke in lebende Zellen in ungekannter Schaerfe: 'Nanolive'-Projekt entwickelt STED-Mikroskopie weiter

Ein Forschungsverbund aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft will die von Professor Stefan Hell erfundene 'Lichtmikroskopie in ungekannter Schaerfe' in eine biomedizinische Routinemethode ueberfuehren.

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Carbon nanotubes outperform copper nanowires as interconnects

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer chips in everything from personal computers to portable music players.

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International Summer School on OLED lighting

The European ICT research project OLLA organizes its fourth and last edition of the International Summer School on OLEDs. During this event an international group of top experts will explain and discuss the latest developments and challenges of Organic Light Emitting Diodes, a new and promising lighting technology.

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Stopping and freezing a bullet

The cooling of atoms to near absolute zero has been possible thanks largely to laser-based techniques, but only about 10 percent of elements in the periodic table have the necessary atomic level structure. A new two-step technique promises to cool atoms representing 90 percent of the elements.

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Wellcome Image Awards 2008

Bold, beautiful and groundbreaking, this year's Wellcome Image Awards delve deep into our understanding of modern medicine and science.

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UC Berkeley and Stanford University launch joint stem cell research

Two leaders in biomedical research - the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University School of Medicine - will join forces in a new stem cell initiative that will catalyze research and serve as a magnet for scholars from around the world.