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Nanotechnology: Possible Risks to People And the Environment

Nanotechnology offers many potential benefits, but its development must be guided by appropriate safety assessments and regulation to minimise any possible risks to people and the environment, according to a ...

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World's smallest autonomous submarine

A new era of oceanic discovery, with potential applications ranging from shipwreck recovery, to mineral exploration, to search and rescue missions may be possible with the development of the world’s smallest ...

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Testing Surface Acoustic Wave Technology for RFID in Harsh Enviroments

Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology is commonly used in the electronic circuitry of everyday appliances like mobile phones and televisions, where the waves are used to filter frequencies. But RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) ...

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New Nanotechnology Effect: Moving Water Molecules by Light

A team of researchers at Arizona State University has demonstrated the ability to move water molecules by light -- a phenomenon they believe could have widespread use in analytical chemistry and possibly pharmaceutical research. ...

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Revolution in Nanobiotechnology with Cancer Detection Kit

Acrongenomics Inc. is pleased to introduce the revolutionary design of its nanobiotechnology product, the Neo-EpCAM(TM) cancer detection kit, which fuses molecular diagnostics with nanotechnology. ...

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SAMSUNG Processors Provide High-End Multimedia Capabilities to New Consumer HP iPAQ Mobile Media Companions

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leader in advanced silicon technology solutions, today announced that its family of mobile application processors will be implemented in the new line of HP iPAQ Mobile Media Companions. By ...

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Sharp Introduces New 'Illuminating Solar Panel' and Solar-Powered Street Light

New Lighting Systems Combine Solar Cells and LEDs Sharp Corporation announces the introduction into the Japanese market of two new solar cell products - an Illuminating Solar Panel integrating long-life, en ...

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Fujitsu and TDK Plan Strategic Alliance in Hard Disk Drive Head Business

Fujitsu Limited and TDK Corporation today announced that they have agreed in principle to form a strategic alliance in the magnetic hard disk drive head business.

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International Space Station Expedition 9 Science Operations Status Report

International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke and Commander Gennady Padalka are continuing an experiment that looks at the interactions between the crew and ground teams. The study involves a questionnaire on a ...

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Cutting Edge Technology: Electricity From Sugar Cane Using Fuel Cell Technology

Intelligent Energy Inc., a leading energy solutions business, today announces that it has successfully completed trials of its ethanol based fuel cell technology system. These trials show that sufficient electricity can be ...

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Toshiba Unveils New Smart Thin Package for Power MOSFETs With Industry's Smallest Mount Area Per MilliOhm of ON-Resistan

First MOSFETs in Smart Thin Package Series Offer Increased Power Dissipation, Very Low ON-Resistance Construction to Improve Lithium Ion Battery Performance Expanding innovative advanced packaging for its power semiconduct ...

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Swales Aerospace and Aavid Thermalloy to Develop Advanced Cooling Systems

Aavid Thermalloy and Swales Aerospace announced today that the companies have formed a strategic alliance to pursue new commercial opportunities for electronic cooling applications utilizing Swales' industry-leading Loop H ...

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Swift Satellite To Catch Mysterious Bursts From Deep In The Cosmos

The NASA Swift satellite, which will pinpoint the location of distant yet fleeting explosions that appear to signal the births of black holes, is due to arrive at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida today in p ...

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Breakthrough in Material Technology: Engineered Nano-Composite Bluestone SL Material for SLA Systems Available

3D Systems Corporation announced the availability of Bluestone(TM) SL material, the first commercially available engineered nano-composite resin for SLA(R) (stereolithography) systems. Bluestone(TM) engineered ...

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The Royal Astronomical Society Declares Support For UK Involvement In Aurora

Should the UK participate in the European Space Agency's future Exploration Programme [Aurora]? This is one of the key questions currently being debated by the scientific community, the UK research councils, parliamentarian ...

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