Is rebranding research as 'nanoscience' just jumping on the bandwagon? A recent conference in Basel proves that the name does at least attract researchers from different disciplines to mingle for mutual inspiration. While most of Switzerland was caught up in the festivities on 1 August that commemorate the birth of the nation, 1,400 scientists gathered in Basel at ICN+T 2006 to discuss the latest developments in nanoscience and technology. They were also there to celebrate a pivotal event in the history of Swiss science: the invention of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) at the IBM labs in Zurich more than 25 years ago.
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机译：将研究重命名为“纳米科学”是否正在迅速流行？最近在巴塞尔举行的一次会议证明，这个名称至少确实吸引了来自不同学科的研究人员相互交流。虽然瑞士大部分地区都在8月1日举行了庆祝国家诞生的庆祝活动，但1400位科学家聚集在巴塞尔的ICN + T 2006上，讨论了纳米科学和技术的最新发展。他们还在那里庆祝瑞士科学史上的一个关键事件：25年前，在苏黎世的IBM实验室发明了扫描隧道显微镜（STM）。
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