The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is hosting the third Nanotechnology Symposium: 'NanoRegulation - Anticipating the Smallest Threats and the Largest Opportunities' on March 19, 2009 in Sacramento, California.
Feb 5th, 2009
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Scientists including one from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston successfully predicted the outcome of a nano drug on breast tumors in a pre-clinical study.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreLiming Dai, the University of Dayton's Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials, and fellow scientists have taken a step toward a more efficient fuel cell that can be affordably mass-produced.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreInstant pictures showing how the sun's energy moves inside plants have been taken for the first time.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreAsylum Research will sponsor a free atomic force microscopy (AFM) Workshop on February 12 and 13, 2009 in the Pettit Building/Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC) on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreA new open-source software package developed at Stanford University is making it possible to do complex simulations of molecular motion on desktop computers at much faster speeds than has been previously possible.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreFrom mid-February 2009, EthicSchool distributes 500 e-learning DVDs on Ethics of Nanotechnology and of Converging Technologies for free to lecturers giving courses on Ethics of Science and Technology, and for self-study.
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a way to chemically shrink the holes in the mucus layer?s netting so that it will keep out more of the unwanted particles.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreThe British House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into the use of nanotechnologies in the food sector.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreThe project, called 'Engineered Nanoparticles: Review of Health and Environmental Safety (ENRHES)', involves a survey to gather information from manufacturers and uses of nanomaterials to provide context for the scientific review and inform the risk assessment considerations.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreAt the University of Surrey, test tube chemistry just took a leap down in size to the nano-scale, with new test-tubes measuring only about one billionth of a metre across.
Feb 5th, 2009
Read moreAn international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological disorders such as motor neurone disease.
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Researchers have found that carbon nanotubes grow like tiny molecular tapestries, woven from twisting, single-atom threads.
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have recently demonstrated the ability to control the spin population of the individual quantum shell states of self-assembled indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dots.
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Waterproof sand - or as German scientist Helmut F. Schulze calls it - hydrophobic sand, a nanotechnology wonder seven years in the making.
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University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver nanoparticles so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological materials like bone or tumor cells.
Feb 4th, 2009
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