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including peeling off carbon shells by spatially and elementally selective electron beam irradiation and further elongating the exposed metal nanorod.

Dai-Ming Tanga, Li-Chang Yina, Feng Lia, Chang Liua, Wan-Jing Yua, Peng-Xiang Houa, Bo Wua, Young-Hee Leeb, Xiu-Liang Maa, and Hui-Ming Chenga: Carbon na- notube-clamped metal atomic chain, In: PNAS Early Editi- on, April 28, 2010, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914970107: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914970107

Last year, the German plastics processing indus-

try has produced goods totalling EUR45.8 billion. In respect to the previous year, it represents a sales decline of 14%.

http://www.gkv.de

The focus of BIOTECH CHINA will be on biotechno- logical applications and marketable products in the key segments of medicine, pharmaceuticals, nutriti- on, agriculture, industry and environm ental protec- tion, as well as laboratory equipment, bioenginee- ring and services. BIOTECH CHINA will be opening its gates for business for the fourth time from June 2 to 4, 2010. A well-established meeting-place for the biotech community, the event in Shanghai offers Chinese companies in the biotech and life sciences sector, and their counterparts from across the world, excellent opportunities to establish new business contacts on the vibrant Chinese market.

http://www.eastbridge.de/Biotech-China-2010/

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ScienceWatch.com or Essential Science IndicatorsSM

from Thomson Reuters published The Hottest Re-

search of 2009 + The Rising Stars, March 2010:

http://sciencewatch.com/ana/fea/10maraprFea/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rs/10mar-rs/

K. Lu from Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published a paper in Science to “The Future of Metals”. The Boeing

787 Dreamliner is mostly made from carbon fiber- reinforced polymeric composites (50% by weight, up from 12% in the Boeing 777). Aluminum usage has dropped to 20% (versus 50% in the 777). Lu discusses the reasons behind the trend that the share of metals in engineering materials has been diminishing, and which applications are likely to stay in the domain of metals. © Science

K. Lu: The Future of Metals, In: Science, Vol. 328(2010), Issue 5976, April 16, 2010, Pages 319-320, DOI:10.1126/ science.1185866:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1185866

Using a nanoparticle core, Jie Song, PhD, assistant professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and cell biology at the University of Massachusetts

Medical School, and postdoctoral fellow Jianwen Xu, have fashioned a new type of tissue and bone

scaffolding polymer that addresses a number of long-standing limitations.

Jianwen Xu and Jie Song: High performance shape me- mory polymer networks based on rigid nanoparticle cores, In: PNAS Early Edition, April 7, 2010, DOI:10.1073/ pnas.0912481107:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912481107