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Salmon sperm points the way to green electronics

Professor Andrew Steckl, a leading expert in light-emitting diodes, is intensifying the properties of LEDs by introducing biological materials, specifically salmon DNA.

September 13, 2007 Read more

Science Buddies to exhibit science fair projects of future at Wired NextFest

Science Buddies today announced that it will be exhibiting at WIRED NextFest, a unique world's-fair-style event to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, September 13-16, 2007.

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UT Dallas receives part of $12 Million in new defense funding

Part of the funding, $1 million, in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, will go to conduct research into the use of nanotechnology for the treatment of a variety of medical conditions including cancer, autoimmune deficiencies, HIV and organ transplant rejection.

September 12, 2007 Read more

Biotechnology center seeks medical technology support

A strategic plan unveiled today by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center calls upon business, academic and civic leaders to boost the state's support for advanced medical technologies.

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Physicists pin down spin of surface atoms

Important step toward spin-based quantum computing and spintronics.

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Intelligent extruder plans its own growth

A bench top extruder developed at Bradford University is able to collect data about its own operation and to determine a wide range of characteristics of the material with which it is working.

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New nanoemulsion safely treats serious skin infections without systemic side effects

A new topical lotion that penetrates the skin deeply enough to target and eliminate serious skin infections, but without being systemically absorbed, has shown a high degree of safety and tolerability in patients with onychomycosis, or toenail fungus, a new study has shown.

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CMU to host nanotechnology workshop that will shape national policy

Central Michigan University and Dr. Donald A. Tomalia will be hosting a NSF Workshop at the National Dendrimer Center.

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Award-winning nanomedicine animation video

Hybrid Medical Animation announced today that it took home two platinum best of show and two gold at this year's Aurora Awards.

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Toward next-generation integrated circuits made from carbon nanotubes

Scientists in Israel are reporting the first simple and inexpensive method for building the large-scale networks of single-walled carbon nanotubes needed for using these microscopic wisps in a future generation of faster, smaller, and more powerful computers and portable electronic devices.

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Tiny solution or a big problem? Scientific panel explores the nano potential for turning green

The pressing urgency to arrest climate change and find workable alternatives to major pollutants has prompted experts to examine the impact of nanotechnology on the environment - does nanotechnology hold the key to environmental protection, or is it likely to further aggravate the issue?

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Role of nanotechnology in brand protection

There is an article over at the Converting Magazine that says that despite its high cost, new nanoscale developments can provide covert authentication and track-and-trace features for consumer packaged goods.

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Taxol bristle ball: a wrench in the works for cancer

Chemists have discovered a way to load dozens of molecules of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel onto tiny gold spheres. The result is a tiny ball, many times smaller than a living cell that literally bristles with the drug.

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New DNA-based technique for assembly of nano- and micro-sized particles

Scientists have developed a new method for controlling the self-assembly of nanometer and micrometer-sized particles.

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What's for dinner? Nanotechnology, of course.

Over at the IndustryWeek website, Scott E. Rickert, the CEO of Nanofilm, has written an article on nanotechnology in the food industry ("Taking the NanoPulse -- What's for dinner? Nanotechnology, of course").

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Method safely deposits novel metal oxide thin films on substrates

Chemists have developed a novel way to grow chemically pure, zinc oxide thin films characterized by dense, bristle-like nanostructures and a new method for depositing them on temperature-sensitive substrates, including polymers, plastics and tapes.

September 11, 2007 Read more