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Young Sun-like Star Shows a Magnetic Field Was Critical for Life on the Early Earth - See more at: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-06#sthash.YtOY5GLY.dpuf

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Sweet 'quantum dots' light the way for new HIV and Ebola treatment

A research team led by the University of Leeds has observed for the first time how HIV and Ebola viruses attach to cells to spread infection.

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Quantum dots are fluorescent crystals in which the color of the emitted light is dependent on the size of the crystal.

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Experimentation and largest-ever quantum simulation of a disordered system explain quantum many-particle problem

Using some of the largest supercomputers available, physics researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have produced one of the largest simulations ever to help explain one of physics most daunting problems.

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Figure illustrates puddles of localized quasi-condensates found using a quantum Monte Carlo simulation of trapped atoms in a disordered lattice. Individual puddles, consisting of 10-20 particles each, are incoherent relative to each other. The Bose glass is composed of these puddle-like structures.

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Purification of Industrial Wastewater by Application of Ultrasound Waves, Oxide Nanoparticles Simultaneously

Iranian researchers succeeded in the synthesis of nanoparticles that can be used in purification of industrial wastewater containing organic compounds.

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New Nanosorbent Detects Tiny Amounts of Anticancer Drugs in Body

Iranian researchers from K. N. Toosi University of Technology produced a new nanosorbent to detect very low amount of anticancer drugs in biological samples.

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Innovative catalyst fabrication method may yield breakthrough in fuel cell development: Kyushu University research group develops new method for creating highly efficient gold nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells

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New nanoparticle technology to decipher structure and function of membrane proteins

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have developed a nanoparticle technology that can be used to stabilise membrane proteins so that their structure can be studied in a lipid environment. The method, described in Nature Methods, makes it possible to access drug targets that previously could not be investigated and therefore potentially allows for the development of novel drugs, therapeutic antibodies and vaccines.

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According to the researchers, the new Salipro technology may offer a wide range of potential applications; from structural biology to the discovery of new pharmacological agents.

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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Montenegro

On February 19, 2016 the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Montenegro.
Montenegro’s economy has rebounded in the past year, and strong growth looks set to continue in 2016, at just over 4 percent. The medium-term outlook is boosted by the construction of the Bar-Boljare highway.

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Irregular silicon wafer breakage studied in real-time by direct and diffraction X-ray imaging

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On the left are the direct transmission images. On the right are the diffraction images.

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Nanoscale rotor and gripper push DNA origami to new limits: Dietz lab's latest DNA nanomachines demonstrate dynamics and precision

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have built two new nanoscale machines with moving parts, using DNA as a programmable, self-assembling construction material. In the journal Science Advances, they describe a rotor mechanism formed from interlocking 3-D DNA components. Another recent paper, in Nature Nanotechnology, reported a hinged molecular manipulator, also made from DNA. These are just the latest steps in a campaign to transform so-called "DNA origami" into an industrially useful, commercially viable technology.

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Rotor mechanism assembled from 3-D DNA components.