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Pioneers in Personalized Medicine Launches Unique Clinical Trial

Imagine if treatments for disease could be based not on a patient's diagnosis but instead on the characteristics of their tissue. By identifying and decoding the cryptic messages hidden deep inside the human proteome...

15 Jan 2010

Biodiesel Production from Algae Using Nanotechnology

Two teams of Iowa State University researchers will receive a total of $8 million over three years from a $78 million U.S. Department of Energy program to research and develop advanced biofuels.

15 Jan 2010

Green Nanotechnology: Challenges of Sustainability

Chemical Nanotechnology Talks (CNT) is an event for international participants, stressing chemical nanotechnology. Every year there is a focus on a particular theme. This year's focus lies on "Green Nano: Challe...

15 Jan 2010

Two Different Given Paths for Quantum Particles may Interfere

According to the foundations of quantum mechanics, two different given paths for quantum particles may interfere. Such a so-called "double-slit" scenario is put forward devoid of material constituents, consisti...

15 Jan 2010

Nanostructures May Lead to a Treasure for Researchers Interested in Faster and Smaller Computing Devices

Building microscopic materials known as superlattices on the surface of gold may lead to a treasure for researchers interested in faster, smaller, and more energy efficient computing devices, say researchers at Missouri ...

14 Jan 2010

Combining Design Concepts Produces High-Sensitivity Detector Enabling Greater Exploitation of Terahertz Radiation

Terahertz radiation (THz) has unique characteristics with the potential to provide the basis of new imaging techniques for detecting and diagnosing cancer and other medical conditions. Moreover, because the energy of the...

14 Jan 2010

Jetting into the Quark-Gluon Plasma

The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics recently named Berkeley Lab's Nuclear Science Division to lead a nine-institution collaboration investigating the "Quantitative Jet and Electromagnetic Tomography of Extreme Phases of Matter in Heavy-Ion Collisions" - JET, for short.

14 Jan 2010

The Divas of the Nanoworld - Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins.

14 Jan 2010

A123 Systems Expands US Manufacturing Capacity

A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(TM) lithium ion batteries and battery systems, today announced details related to the further expansion of the company's United States manufacturing capacity.

From Wanxiang A123 Systems Corp 14 Jan 2010

Battery Systems to Power Fisker's Karma Luxury Plug-in Hybrid Electric

A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(TM) lithium ion batteries and systems, today announced a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive, a new American automaker buildi...

From Wanxiang A123 Systems Corp 14 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies to Participate in Membrane Project

The products to come from this project are membrane plating and membranous roll-fed modules that are used in the process of filtration and reverse osmosis. Participants in the project, which is estimated at 1.92 billion ...

14 Jan 2010

Tiny Machines with Aptitude to Work Inside the Human Body Could be Built

"Nature has some million years of experience. It seems like a good idea to make use of this fact", says Holger Stark. Indeed, the Professor for theoretical physics at the Technical University of Berlin is engag...

14 Jan 2010

Theme for This Year's Conference Is "System-on-Chip (SoC) in Cloud Computing"

Savant Company Inc. today announced a call for sponsors and speaker presentations for the 8th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, which will be held at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport, California, on Wednesday, November 3rd, and Thursday, November 4th, 2010.

14 Jan 2010

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Approves Nanocoating Project

A project to expand production of units for applying modified coatings of a single nanometer thickness on materials and goods with the help of a plasma magnetron discharge has won approval from the Supervisory Council of...

14 Jan 2010

Coupling MRI Contrast Agent to Nanodiamond Enhances Signal Intensity

A Northwestern University study shows that coupling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent to a nanodiamond results in dramatically enhanced signal intensity and thus vivid image contrast. "The result...

14 Jan 2010