Scientists create beating heart in laboratory
Method may revolutionize how heart and other organ tissues are developed.
Jan 14th, 2008
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Nanotechnology to steer CBSE students in India
While the Nano car of Tatas' has taken the country by storm, it will be nanotechnology that promises to spur students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). From April 1, nano-technology will be introduced as an optional subject for Class XI and Class XII students. There are around 12 lakh (one lakh is equal to a hundred thousand) students under CBSE.
Jan 14th, 2008
Read moreGeorgia Tech plans Special Economic Zone in India
The Georgia Institute of Science and Technology has sought 250 acres of land in order to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) focusing on research and industrial collaboration apart from the offshore campus that the institute is planning on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
Jan 13th, 2008
Read moreAustralia cuts $12 million from National Nanotechnology Strategy
The Rudd Government's budget axe will fall on the technology behind self-cleaning windows and stain-resistant clothes, after unions expressed concerns over the safety of the emerging field of nanotechnology.
Jan 13th, 2008
Read moreSpeaker event - Wade Adams and nanotechnology
A Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Speaker Event on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. features Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University.
Jan 13th, 2008
Read morePhysicists make plea to halt research council delivery plan
Physics and astronomy in the UK is under threat and could face serious damage if the Science and Technology Facilities Council�??s Delivery Plan is not put on ice until the Wakeham Review has had to time to report, according to the chief executive of the Institute of Physics.
Jan 13th, 2008
Read moreEPA grant makes for a better environment
A University of Cincinnati researcher studies methods for removing toxins from water with a new grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Jan 12th, 2008
Read moreThe joy of nano
There is an article over on the BBC News Magazine about the popularity of the word 'nano' in consumer products - latest example being the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car rolled out in India this week.
Jan 12th, 2008
Read moreBelgium's IMEC to establish liaison office in Taiwan
The Interuniversity Microelectronic Center (IMEC), Europe's leading independent research center in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics as well as nanotechnology, has decided to establish a liaison office in Taiwan to further encourage exchanges with this country.
Jan 12th, 2008
Read moreVote for your favorite Nano-Art work
37 nanoartists from 13 countries and 4 continents sent 121 NanoArt works to this second edition of the international competition. Public online voting is now open through March 31, 2008.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology to be explored at Jan. 19 CU-Boulder physics program
The University of Colorado at Boulder physics department will continue its Saturday Physics Series on Jan. 19 with an examination of some of the tools used in the nanotechnology field and where breakthroughs in the field may lead.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreChairman Wynn examines dangers of nanotechnology
On Wednesday, Congressman Albert R. Wynn (D-MD), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials, convened a forum on nanotechnology and heard from some of the leading environmental, government and industry experts in the field.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreScientists invent nanotechnology device for disease biomarker discovery
Scientists at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine have invented an innovative nanotechnology tool that may lead to a dramatic improvement in treatment results for patients diagnosed with cancer or other diseases.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreMolecular beauty
The New Straits Times in Malaysia carries a funny editorial that makes for a perfect Slow News Friday article. Nanotechnology is now being used for facial and hair care. But Shannon Teoh will have none of it. Because, he rails, beauty is being sacrificed for health in the process.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read moreEurope launches new Joint Technology Initiatives
Joint Technology Initiatives (public-private partnerships, involving industry, the research community and public authorities) are proposed as a means to implement the Strategic Research Agendas of a limited number of European Technology Platforms.
Jan 11th, 2008
Read morePhonon resonant cavities as promising building blocks of hand-made nanocrystalline matter
Researchers from the Institute for Nuclear Research and the Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science, both in Moscow, Russia, are proposing that that nanocomposites of phonon resonant cavities (NPRC) will possess an interesting electrodynamic properties.
Jan 11th, 2008
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