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Nanoscale tool allows scientists to study membrane proteins one at a time

Researchers at Rockefeller University have now created a tiny tool, more than 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, capable of encasing single membrane proteins from living cells. The new system, which resembles a nanoscale sushi roll, will allow investigators to individually stimulate these key proteins with specific molecules and signals in order to precisely define the biological reactions that result.

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Tuberculosis bacterium is double-protected

The first 3-D images that disclosure a double membrane surrounding mycobacteria were recorded by Martinsried scientists, ending a long scientific debate about the mycobacterial outer membrane and opening new pathways to improve the development of chemotherapeutic substances against tuberculosis.

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Ottawa invests $1 million in University of Victoria research, tech transfer

Science research and technology transfer at the University of Victoria got a shot in the arm on Feb. 20 with a $1.04-million grant from Western Economic Diversification Canada.

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Japan's goverment to evaluate safety of nanomaterials

Japan's Ministry of Health, Lobour and Welfare held the first meeting of study groups on the safety of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotube and fullerene at a joint government building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, March 3, 2008.

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Researchers control growth rate of replacement blood vessels, tissues

Researchers have discovered a way to control the growth rate of replacement tissue and the formation of new blood vessels, which solves one of the vexing problems of growing replacement tissue to treat injuries and trauma in humans.

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Hybrid materials: Exciting interdisciplinary field offering future solutions for industry

Elsevier, a publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today Hybrid Materials 2009: The First International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials which will take place in Tours, France, 15-19 March 2009.

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Revision of risk-assessment methods needed to evaluate potential risks in the use of certain Nanomaterials in cosmetic products

In order to properly assess the potential risk of insoluble and/or biopersistent nanomaterials used in cosmetics either new risk-assessment methods have to be developed or the existing ones have to be improved, an EU scientific committee concludes.

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Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium Set for May 1-2. New workshop focuses on nanotechnology for cancer

The Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology hosts its second annual NanoBio Symposium on May 1-2, 2008 at the School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md.

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IBM scientists 'quiet' unruly electrons in atomic layers of graphite

For the first time anywhere, IBM scientists have found a way to suppress unwanted interference of electrical signals created when shrinking graphene, a two-dimensional, single-atomic layer thick form of graphite, to dimensions just a few atoms long.

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NanoCharM: an EU Project aimed at bringing Nanomaterials into mainstream markets

NanoCharM, a Coordination and Support Action funded by the EU is notable for two firsts'. Not only was it the first to be signed under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme, with a start date of January 1st 2008, but was also the highest ranked CSA project to be approved.

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Nanotechnology struggles to grow up in the Chicago area

The nascence of nanotech companies in the Chicago area during the last decade has built one of the biggest nano hubs in the U.S., industry leaders, analysts and other experts say.

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Nanoelectronics center to open at Notre Dame

Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from IBM and the Semiconductor Research Corporation today to announce plans to open a new $61 million nanoelectronics research center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, creating new research opportunities to develop atomic-scale technologies that will drive future breakthroughs in computing.

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Call for papers, abstracts for nanoTX 08, due April 30

nanoTX USA'08, International Nanotechnology Conference & Trade Expo to be held at Hyatt Regency Dallas Convention Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA, October 2-3, 2008, seeking expert presenters.

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New technique takes a big step in examination of small structures

A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved.

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Advances in science and technology and the Chemical Weapons Convention

With the second review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) approaching in April, a raft of studies have appeared making clear that fundamental changes in science and technology are affecting the implementation of the treaty and that it must be adapted to take account of them.

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Analytica Conference in Muenchen: Nanoanalytik zwischen Physik, Chemie und Biologie

Die Nanoanalytik bildet in diesem Jahr einen deutlichen Schwerpunkt der Analytica Conference, die im Rahmen der Analytica vom 1. bis 3. April als bedeutendste europaeische Analytiker-Tagung stattfindet. Drei wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften, die Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), die Gesellschaft furr Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM) und die Deutsche Vereinte Gesellschaft fuer Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin (DGKL), zeichnen für das Programm verantwortlich.

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