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Nanowerk NewsNanotechnology Research and General News
Posted on: Sep 8th, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public meeting today to gather information that will assist the Agency in implementing the recommendations of the Nanotechnology Task Force Report. Two CU experts will comment on nanofoods and nanocosmetics. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 7th, 2008
Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination. They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 7th, 2008
The solar powered plane flew for 82 hours 37 minutes, exceeding the current official world record for unmanned flight which stands at 30 hours 24 minutes set by Global Hawk in 2001 and Zephyr's previous longest flight of 54 hours achieved last year. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 7th, 2008
Used in microfluidic systems, these 'Pyrex'-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature fluctuations and harsh chemical environments than currently used nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
John E. Kelly III, IBM's director of research, gave a reality check to the upstate business community Friday. Here's one shock: China is churning out 600,000 engineering graduates a year, more than eight times the number coming out of U.S. schools. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
ou can squeeze it and stretch it and even chop it up, but a photon is still a photon, a particle of light. Physicists have been manipulating single photons for several years, but now a team has modulated the time profile of a photon. Using the same optical equipment that fashions ordinary light pulses, the team molded single photons into arbitrary shapes, such as a pair of square pulses. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $6.5 (over 4 years) grant to a team of Harvard University researchers to further develop electronic sequencing in nanopores. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
Washington Legal Foundation paper by Gardere Wynne Sewell attorney Nancy Brown looks at need to address concerns raised by growing nanotechnology sector. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
Using a pair of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) instruments for which spherical aberration is corrected, researchers for the first time achieved state-of-the-art resolution of the active gold nanocrystals absorbed onto iron oxide surfaces. In fact, the resolution was sensitive enough to even visualize individual gold atoms. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
Urgent action is needed to cut red tape and create a more risk-tolerant environment for high-tech research in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) sector, the European Commission has said. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
CNRS Images has just released 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies', its second thematic DVD, to answer all our questions about the infinitesimally small. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
Princeton scientists have discovered a way of stimulating organic molecules that they expect will prompt researchers to create materials from new kinds of chemical reactions. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
On Thursday, September 4, the University of Illinois' hosted Capital Development Board Chairman Anthony Licata and other state officials on campus dedicated the recently expanded Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL). ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 5th, 2008
Das 'Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland' wurde vom Bundesforschungsministerium als ein Spitzencluster ausgewaehlt. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Six scientific articles by researchers in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, appear among the most cited articles published in Volume 23 of Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an $800,000 EUREKA award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop MADMAX, a precise molecular ruler for measuring distances within a protein. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Cancer cells can be detected then destroyed using a nanostructure designed by South Korean researchers. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
US researchers have cracked a long standing problem in chemical synthesis - the catalytic alpha-alkylation of aldehydes - by combining two catalysts in one pot. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
How does one predict and direct something that is by nature unpredictable and, by necessity, often undirected? According to David Guston, who is co-director of ASU?s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes and a professor of political science, it is by strengthening society?s ability to nurture and guide innovation within socially acceptable frameworks. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Scientists peel away the mystery behind gold's catalytic prowess. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
A drug delivery system the size of a millionth of a centimeter could hold the key to more effective treatments of cancerous tumors. San Antonio researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center and homegrown biotech firm Azaya Therapeutics Inc. have teamed up to test the new technology in humans and to bring it to the market. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
On September 8, FDA is holding a public meeting to gather comments and data to assist the agency in the development of agency guidance that would clarify what information industry needs to provide FDA about nanoproducts, and also when the use of nanoscale materials may change the regulatory status of products.. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
The devices will be designed to adapt to physical changes in a patient's body and dissolve once they have healed, reducing the follow-up surgeries and potential complications of major orthopedic, craniofacial, and cardiovascular procedures and sparing millions of patients worldwide added pain and medical expenses. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Why is it that the origins of many serious diseases remain a mystery? In considering that question, a scientist at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has come up with a unified molecular view of the indivisible unit of life, the cell, which may provide an answer. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
The project CDuR32 (Critical Dimensions and Registration for 32nm Mask Lithography) is funded in part by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Of the total budget of ?16.7 million (about $24.3 million), the government contributes ?7.9. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
New ECS Professor Darren Bagnall manages an energetic research group within the Nano Group that is investigating new types of solar cell based on nanotechnology. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Russia believes that Israel could become a strategic partner in developing nanotechnology projects, the general director of the Russian Rosnanotech state corporation said on Thursday. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Wie sicher ist Nano? Der Antwort wollen Wissenschaftler aus 29 Laendern beim Kongress Nanotox2008 vom 7. bis 10. September an der ETH Zuerich naeher kommen, der bislang groessten internationalen Tagung von Nanotoxikologen. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
Just like works of art, wine is now being subjected to advanced testing to establish its authenticity: after measuring caesium 137 radioactivity levels to test the age of the wine, the glass in vintage wine bottles is now being tested by particle acceleration. ...nanotechnology news article
Posted on: Sep 4th, 2008
The NAD (Nanoparticles for therapy and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease) Project is based on the use of nanoparticles for Alzheimer's diagnosis and therapy. The research, costing 14.6 million euros over 5 years, is financed by the European Union's 7th Framework Program and includes 19 European research centers. ...nanotechnology news article
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