Physicists have now succeeded in aligning electron spin, bringing it to a controlled 'waver' and reading it out. The electron spin can also be realigned as required at any time using optical pulses.
Mar 28th, 2009
Read moreIf all existing nanomaterials were to be tested for toxicity, it would cost U.S. industries between $249 million and $1.18 billion, but the testing could take as long as 53 years at current levels of investment, according to the first study to estimate the costs and time needed for nanotox testing.
Mar 28th, 2009
Read moreEducation Week is carrying an article on how schools and colleges increasingly offer courses on nanotechnology.
Mar 28th, 2009
Read moreMichael Lebby, president of OIDA, testified Tuesday at a Congressional hearing on China's Industrial Policy and Its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers and the American Economy. Chaired by Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane, Lebby offered OIDA's perspective on the panel discussing China's Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics Industries.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreAustralian unions and industry are calling for urgent regulation to protect workers from the risks of nanotechnology, while scientists are struggling to keep up the supply of hard data.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreContact with a wide range of chemicals and other hazardous substances at work is endangering the health of workers across Europe, and nanotechnology is one of the risks causing most concern to experts from 21 European countries.
Mar 27th, 2009
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A team led by Jason McNeill at Clemson University has developed a new technique to determine the oxygen content of cells and tissues based on dye-doped nanoparticles.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreModern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreAfter engaging in a three-year learning process, European Trade Unions and European environmental NGOs have formulated position statements calling upon industry and governments to pursue the responsible development of nanotechnologies and to operationalise comprehensive precautionary measures that can effectively prevent harm to the user and the environment.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreOver the past 18 months, the Lloyd's Emerging Risks team has been examining the potential threats associated with nanotechnology from an insurance perspective.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreThis is the first comprehensive book covering all aspects of the use of carbonaceous materials in heterogeneous catalysis
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreA new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques including those used in hospital scanners and chemistry laboratories has been developed by scientists at the University of York.
Mar 27th, 2009
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Researchers have studied how the electric polarization of multiferroic materials responds to changes in an externally applied magnetic field.
Mar 27th, 2009
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Designing new catalysts based on two or more metal centers.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreUC Berkeley and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, aims to achieve new peaks in research excellence through collaboration in three research areas which are of significance globally - synthetic biology, stem cells and energy efficiency.
Mar 26th, 2009
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Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving along the edge of a graphene crystal.
Mar 26th, 2009
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