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'Spectroscopy in a Suitcase' provides schools hands-on access to state of the art instruments

The University of Leicester and the East Midlands Region are leading a national programme aimed at providing schools and colleges with hands-on access to state of the art scientific instrumentation in the study of chemistry.

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Swiss to employ quantum cryptography in national elections

The Swiss national elections on October 21 will mark a world first for Geneva as the canton employs quantum cryptography to protect the dedicated line used for counting its ballots.

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Finding opens path for designing novel complex oxide nanomaterials

A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to 'look' at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially when interacting at the interface of a ferromagnet and a high-temperature superconductor.

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Sol-gel inks produce complex shapes with nanoscale features

New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features.

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New molecules discovered that block cancer cells from modifying cell DNA

Researchers have discovered new small molecules that may prevent prostate cancer cells from turning off normal genes in a process that transforms normal cells into cancer cells.

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DOE publishes update of plan: 'Facilities for the Future of Science: A 20-Year Outlook'

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science today released a comprehensive update of its landmark 2003 publication, Facilities for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook, that shows the agency has made "significant progress" in deploying the scientific facilities and instruments that the United States needs to capture world scientific leadership, extend the frontiers of science and support the Department's missions.

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Manuscripts wanted for new Journal of Nanoneuroscience

Journal of Nanoneuroscience is the first multidisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of nanoscale neurosciences.

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EUR 900 million for German molecular imaging research

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and partners from German industry have announced a â?¬900 million (approx $1.25 billion) investment in molecular imaging research.

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BSI British Standards will publish nine documents for nanotechnology terminology

BSI British Standards will publish nine documents for nanotechnology terminology and guidance for UK industry, addressing nanotechnology health and safety issues, materials specifications, and labelling of nanotechnology-based products.

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Opportunity to publish your nanotoxicology research

Are you looking to publish research in Toxicology, Risk Assessment, Eco-toxicology, Materials Science and Nano-medicine?

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Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $3.2 million NIH grant to develop bio-artificial kidney

Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute to develop alternative to dialysis using silicon nanotechnology.

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Nanotechnology pioneers win Nobel prize in physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 jointly to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance.

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PhD fellowships - Nanoscale approaches to bacterial biofilms

As part of a new interdisciplinary research programme supported jointly by the Danish Strategic Research Council and Technical University of Denmark, "Nanoscale Investigations of Biological Surfaces and Biofilms by Scanning Probe Microscopy", two Ph.D. fellowships are open. The positions are available for a period of 3 years.

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Johns Hopkins develops undergraduate minor in nanotechnology risk assessment

Johns Hopkins faculty members specializing in disciplines ranging from engineering to public health have received federal funding to develop an undergraduate minor in nanotechnology risk assessment and public policy. The program is expected to accept its first students by fall 2009.

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David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an Integrative Research Institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research.

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Nanotechnology in Second Life

Nanotechnology Island has launched in Second Life with the goal to establish a place for the Nano Science and Technology communities to come together and to bring key ideas and research into public discussion.

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