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Two sensors in one: Nanoparticles that enable both MRI and fluorescent imaging could monitor cancer, other diseases

MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescent imaging in living animals. Such particles could help scientists to track specific molecules produced in the body, monitor a tumor's environment, or determine whether drugs have successfully reached their targets.

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Graphene/nanotube hybrid benefits flexible solar cells: Rice University labs create novel electrode for dye-sensitized cells

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The Rice University lab of materials scientist Jun Lou created flexible dye-sensitized solar cells using a graphene/nanotube hybrid as the cathode, replacing more expensive platinum and brittle indium tin oxide.

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Application of Nanocomposites in Production of Photocatalysts for Water Treatment

Iranian chemical researchers from University of Isfahan studied the production of nanocomposites with photocatalytic properties to modify industrial wastewater purification processes.

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Latest Supercomputers Enable High-Resolution Climate Models, Truer Simulation of Extreme Weather

Berkeley Lab researcher says climate science is entering a new golden age.

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Automated taxis and delivery by drone: welcome to Europe's high-tech future

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Production of Magnetic Nanoparticles with New Structures in Iran

Iranian researchers succeeded in the production of nanoparticles with new structures and special magnetic properties.

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ESA: Comet Probe Is 'Game Changer'

Hundreds of millions of kilometers from earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - an audacious first designed to answer big questions about the universe.

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Nanocomposites Strengthen Bone Implants

Iranian academic researchers produced nanocomposites which can be used in the recovery of bone and damaged tissues.

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VDMA Electronics Production Equipment: Growth track for 2014 and 2015 confirmed: Business climate survey shows robust industry sector

According to the current business climate survey of the VDMA Sector Group Productronics the German manufacturers of components, machinery and equipment for electronics production expect an increase in turnover of 9.8 percent for the current year. This means that the apprehended special situation of photovoltaics production equipment which had dampened the expectations from nine to 3.2 percent reported in the April survey have not occurred. Turnover expectations for 2015 of 4.7 growth give evidence of a still very optimistic industry. Growth impulses increasingly arise from surface mount technology and board assembly.

Current trouble spots have low influence on electronics production
"While VDMA has corrected its forecast for the overall machinery industry to one percent for 2014, the sentiment in electronics production is very robust", says Rainer Kurtz, CEO of kurtz-ersa Group and chairman of the VDMA Sector Group Productronics. "The current trouble spots are of minor importance for electronics production locations. The generally lower growth in China does not effect our industry much, either. It is compensated by other regions like e.g. the US. The devaluation of the Euro currency is very helpful in this respect", Kurtz resumes at the end of the customers' trade show electronica in Munich. Here the "Internet of Things" has prominently been presented as the driver for new markets.

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Is the Technology Gap Closing?

U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics said that the technological dominance enjoyed by the U.S. military force that fought the first Gulf War a quarter century ago is threatened today.