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Manuscripts wanted for new Journal of Nanoneuroscience

Journal of Nanoneuroscience is the first multidisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of nanoscale neurosciences.

Oct 10th, 2007

EUR 900 million for German molecular imaging research

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and partners from German industry have announced a �?�900 million (approx $1.25 billion) investment in molecular imaging research.

Oct 10th, 2007

BSI British Standards will publish nine documents for nanotechnology terminology

BSI British Standards will publish nine documents for nanotechnology terminology and guidance for UK industry, addressing nanotechnology health and safety issues, materials specifications, and labelling of nanotechnology-based products.

Oct 9th, 2007

Opportunity to publish your nanotoxicology research

Are you looking to publish research in Toxicology, Risk Assessment, Eco-toxicology, Materials Science and Nano-medicine?

Oct 9th, 2007

Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $3.2 million NIH grant to develop bio-artificial kidney

Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute to develop alternative to dialysis using silicon nanotechnology.

Oct 9th, 2007

Nanotechnology pioneers win Nobel prize in physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2007 jointly to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance.

Oct 9th, 2007

PhD fellowships - Nanoscale approaches to bacterial biofilms

As part of a new interdisciplinary research programme supported jointly by the Danish Strategic Research Council and Technical University of Denmark, "Nanoscale Investigations of Biological Surfaces and Biofilms by Scanning Probe Microscopy", two Ph.D. fellowships are open. The positions are available for a period of 3 years.

Oct 9th, 2007

Johns Hopkins develops undergraduate minor in nanotechnology risk assessment

Johns Hopkins faculty members specializing in disciplines ranging from engineering to public health have received federal funding to develop an undergraduate minor in nanotechnology risk assessment and public policy. The program is expected to accept its first students by fall 2009.

Oct 9th, 2007

David H. Koch gives $100 million to MIT for cancer research

MIT to establish an Integrative Research Institute to develop new paradigms in cancer research.

Oct 9th, 2007

Nanotechnology in Second Life

Nanotechnology Island has launched in Second Life with the goal to establish a place for the Nano Science and Technology communities to come together and to bring key ideas and research into public discussion.

Oct 9th, 2007

Unveiling the structure of microcrystals with synchrotron radiation

For the first time, researchers from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) have used X-ray diffraction to determine the structure of microcrystal grains of only one cubic micrometre in size.