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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cultivated many thousands of nanocrystals in what looks like a pinscreen or "pin
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We are pleased to inform you that the web site for the 45th CIML Meeting to be held from 21 through 24 September 2010 in Orlando (FL, USA) is now open: http:/
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