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11/28/2010
Fitting a Biological Nanopore into a Man-Made One, New Ways to Analyze DNA

Researchers at Delft University of Technology and Oxford University have  announced a new type of nanopore device that could help in developing fast and cheap genetic analysis.

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11/17/2010
Nanoscale Probe Reveals Interactions Between Surfaces and Single Molecules

A team of researchers led by Paul Weiss, UCLA’s Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences, has developed a tool capable of measuring the interactions between single molecules and the surfaces to which the molecules are attached.

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11/10/2010
Winners of the 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Announced

Among those honored are science communicators reporting for The New York Times, NOVA scienceNOW, NPR, Slate and High Country News.

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11/04/2010
Understanding Dark Energy Through CMB Observations

Observations of the Universe’s expansion rate suggest that dark matter and dark energy dominate the large scale evolution of the Universe.

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11/02/2010
Astronomers Find Evidence of Cosmic Climate Change

A team of astronomers has found evidence that the Universe may have gone through a warming trend early in its history.

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10/29/2010
A New Instrument Puts A Twist On DNA

Scientists at TU Delft's Kavli Institute have developed a new instrument for measuring the extent to which individual DNA molecules resist twisting.

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10/25/2010
USA Science & Engineering Kavli Science Video Winners Announced

The winners of the USA Science & Engineering Kavli Science Video Contest were announced on October 24at at the festival's Expo at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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10/18/2010
President Obama to Host White House Science Fair

President Obama will host the White House Science Fair, kicking off week that culminates in USA Science and Engineering Festival.

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10/15/2010
NYU to Upgrade Structural DNA Nanotech Facility with $1.6 Million NSF grant

New York University has received a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Structural DNA Nanotechnology facility -- a facility directed by Kavli Prize laureate Nadrian Seeman.

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10/13/2010
Nations "Need to Act" to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change, States Jonas Ghar Støre, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs

In an opening speech before the Kavli Prize Science Forum: 2010 in Oslo, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Ghar Støre, pressed the need for recognizing the wide impact of global climate change.

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