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ISLAMIC WORLD: Plan to reform nations' universities
University World News
... to carry out the upgrades and reform, and to promote scientific research in agriculture, nanotechnology and information and communication technologies. ...

Basking in the glow of brilliant minds
Albany Times Union
It's no secret that the nanotechnology sector in our region is growing. A little more than a decade ago, the site that now houses CNSE's $5 billion Albany ...

Synopsys and King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) Sign ...
ITNews
The arrangement enables the two organizations to establish a Center of Excellence for Nanoelectronic Design at KACST in Riyadh, featuring a nanotechnology ...

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Just a month before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (http://en.cop15.dk/), energy experts who had gathered in Washington, DC, for the Emerging Technologies/Emerging Economies (http://nanoequity2009.cns.ucsb.edu/) conference headed to Capitol Hill to talk about how technology and innovation will help emerging economies limit energy consumption and production of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Senator Ron Wyden (http://wyden.senate.gov/welcome.cfm) of Oregon was the first speaker at the November 5 event, which drew several dozen Capitol Hill staffers, media, researchers, and others. Wyden, a Democrat who serves on the Senate Energy Committee, chairing its Subcommittee on Public Lands...

SouthWest NanoTechnologies To Feature Breakthrough Carbon Nanotube Ink ...
Nanowerk LLC
More information about the Materials Research Society can be found on its Web site, www.mrs.org. SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) is a privately-held ...

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Malaysia Star
Time to give innovation its due
Malaysia Star
... societies and communities; it will create jobs and new businesses such as nanotechnology. This is a plan to uplift the society, bearing in mind that ...

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Nanotechnology in Innovative and Enterprise Week (IEW) Conference 2009 Singapore
Nanotechnology News
Starting from building entrepreneurial culture in the society to nurture innovative start-ups, SPRING Singapore has many schemes involved such as Young ...

Cops, Corporations, And Clans
Spero News
The state corporations -- Russian Technologies, the bank VEB, the nanotechnology firm Rosnano, the nuclear agency Rosatom, the Olympic construction firm ...

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Behavior Modification Could Ease Concerns about Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology and Development News
[More] findNano App Puts Nanotech in Your Pocket -- The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (11/12/2009) The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), ...

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NanoKTN publishes a UK nanotechnology health, safety and environment directory
Nanowerk LLC
As signposted by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering report in 2004, Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) concerns are crucial to society's ...

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Read all 'Ray Kurzweil' posts in Geek Gestalt
CNET News
They'll have a chance to match a nanotech expert from Russia with an AI expert from Silicon Valley and see what magic happens at the boundaries. ...

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Medvedev pushes democratic modernisation for Russia
MSN Philippines News
During Putin's presidency, Russia created an array of state champions to oversee sectors such as car manufacturing, aviation, nanotechnology, nuclear energy ...

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Students Turn Sounds of Science Into youtube Hit
Daily Californian
The group's first video, "The Nano Song," has more than half a million hits and won it $1000 in a contest sponsored by the American Chemical Society. ...

The UK Nano & Emerging Technologies Forum 2009
Nanotechnology News
Three top British nanotechnology firms whose innovations make solar cells more efficient, help in the fight against heart disease, and improve the ...

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Academician Paul Chu and Prof. Ying-Tai Lung Honored with KT Li Chair ...
Earthtimes (press release)
... IEEE Proceedings of Nanobiotechnology, and the Chair for the Technical Committee on Nanosensors and Nanoactuators under the IEEE Nanotechnology Council. ...

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Daily Digest 10 November
ElectricNews.net
... of the contribution that nanoscience makes to the Irish economy and society in general. Nanotechnology enabled EUR15 billion in exports last year. ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Professor Nikhil Koratkar Wins ECS Young Investigator Award
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
He is currently an associate editor of the journal Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters and an associate fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics ...

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Photonion GmbH to Market New Possibilities for Direct Analysis of Complex ...
Nanowerk LLC
He added, “Our model for technology transfer works: Products with a direct benefit for society originate from cutting-edge basic research at Helmholtz ...

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Eureka and the European Commission lead funding programme
Materials Handling World Magazine
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its ...

EPSRC Award Winners
Hospital Healthcare Europe
Chris Jones, Head of RCUK Nanoscience Programme at EPSRC comments, "The awards create a channel where basic nanotechnology can be taken through to ...

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