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New materials can selectively capture carbon dioxide

UCLA chemists report a major advance in reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Science.

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Helsinki University and UPM to establish a Finnish Centre for Nanocellulosic Technologies

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Helsinki University of Technology TKK and UPM to establish an internationally unique Finnish Centre for Nanocellulosic Technologies Science, research and industrial partners are turning nanotechnology into evolving product platform.

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National Nanotechnology Initiative releases its fiscal year 2009 budget and highlights

A summary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Fiscal Year 2009 Budget was released today by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology.

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Strategy for nanotechnology-related environmental, health and safety research

The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology today released a document describing the National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) strategy for addressing priority research on the environment, health and safety (EHS) aspects of nanomaterials.

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Protein's strength lies in h-bond cooperation

Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT reveal that the strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dissipate energy.

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Finland and Japan in strategic nanotechnology cooperation

Finland's national nanotechnology initiative FinNano is rapidly advancing on the international scene. Its record-sized delegation was highly visible at nano tech 2008, the world's largest nanotechnology exhibition in Tokyo. Several cooperation agreements were established during the event. One of the most important was the extension of cooperation between NOF Corporation, a consortium of Finnish industrial companies, and the University of Oulu.

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Flagship project on smart nanocomposites starts at Chinese Academy of Sciences

With the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, a major research project on intelligent nanocomposites has recently kicked off in Beijing.

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NSF preparing for the demise of Moore's Law

The National Science Foundation see's Moore's Law as becoming irrelevant within the next 10-20 years and is researching a replacement for current silicon technology.

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No limits to silicon integrated circuits

Microchip processing technology is being updated at faster and faster rates in our age of silicon chip wizardry. By the time you unpack your smart new laptop or digital camera the technology that went into making it is already becoming outdated. But a solution to the problem is now at hand. Researchers working on a project called PICMOS, with EU funding of EUR 2.5 million, have developed new technologies to produce and combine semiconductor microlasers with silicon wave guides for new, efficient and powerful optical connections.

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Air Force chief lays out new strategy

A new Air Force strategy document says the service must control not only the skies, but space and cyberspace too, or risk U.S. security and the failure of future military operations.

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Singapore's BIOPOLIS and FUSIONOPOLIS on stage in Boston this week

Singapore's focused transformation into a scientific powerhouse in the biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering will stage a presence this week in Boston at the annual meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and the Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology.

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New sensor system improves detection of lead, heavy metals

PNNL develops inexpensive portable detection system for rapid, accurate analysis of toxic metals.

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Nanotechnology shirt may someday power your iPod

Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a shirt that harvests energy from the wearer's physical motion and converts it into electricity for powering small electronic devices worn by soldiers in the field, hikers and other users.

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Scientists research delivering drugs direct to the brain

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have won nearly half a million pounds to try and develop a way of allowing drugs to be delivered straight to the brain.

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Talk to the Experts about Nanotechnology R&D in Boston, Friday, Feb. 15

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, Arlington, Va., the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y., and the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. invites media and members of the public to a roundtable on nanoenergy and nanomedicine on Feb. 15 in Boston.

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Researchers make first direct observation of 3-D molecule folding in real time

Researchers at Stanford University are looking closer than ever at how the three-dimensional twists and turns in a riboswitch come together by grabbing it and tugging it straight. By physically pulling on this loopy RNA, they have determined for the first time how a three-dimensional molecular structure folds, step by step.

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