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Nanometer (nm) |
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A Unit of length measure. One nanometer is one billionth of a meter (1/1,000,000,000 m). |
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Nanoscale |
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Namometer scale. |
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Nanoscience (NS) |
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Nanoscience (shortly NS) is the Science that studies the phenomena and manipulation of materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. |
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Nanotechnology (NT) |
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Nanotechnology (shortly NT) is the Technology of designing and creating, characterization, constructing and producing functional and working materials, structures, systems and devices, by control of matter (including its shape and size) at the nanoscale and exploitation of novel phenomena and properties (like physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, electrical) at that scale. Nanotechnology results as the technological application of Nanoscience. |
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News Website (NW) |
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A News Website (shortly DW), is a Website which most effective Web Information Resource available to Users are one or several News Sections. The Information on News Websites available to Users is organized through a structured architecture by major categories and sub-categories, somehow similar to the one of Directory Websites. Normally the main and second categories are chronological and topics (not necessarily by this order). The structured information available on a News Website is normally categorized by specialized human reviewers (News Website Editors). News Websites can eventually be customized and/or customizable by Users (filtered information flow). News Websites also provide Users with the access to an archive of old Headlines, chronologically / subject organized and allowing the access to the full text of each Press Release. Those headlines are organized through a hierarchy of structured information identical to Directory Websites and usually can be searched through a Search Engine. News Websites can belong (i) to Web Advertising Media; (ii) to Web Information Resources. News Websites belonging to Web Advertising Media operate under a profit-driven philosophy, have commercial nature, their aims consist on provide to, receive from and exchange Information with their Audiences, usually offer advanced Advertising Opportunities, their aims consist on provide to, receive from and exchange Information with their Audiences and to launch, sustain or develop a business and their costs of implementation are supported by Internet Advertising. News Websites belonging to Web Information Resources operate through a public service model, have non-commercial nature and their aims consist on provide to, receive from and exchange Information with their Audiences. |
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