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European Union funds EUR 3 million nanotechnology risk research

Dr Andrew Nelson, a chemist at the University of Leeds, will lead the project which has been awarded EUR 3 million by the European Union and brings together experts from the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Spain to assess how nanotechnology impacts on our environment.

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Iron nanoparticles released from melting icebergs could slow global warming

Melting icebergs are doing their own bit to halt the onward march of global warming. By releasing iron into the Southern Oceans, melting icebergs are fuelling the growth of plankton - which help to remove a substantial amount of CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Nanotechnology researchers create nontoxic clean-up method for potentially toxic nanomaterials

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the first natural, nontoxic method for biodegrading carbon nanotubes, a finding that could help diminish the environmental and health concerns that mar the otherwise bright prospects of the super-strong materials commonly used in products, from electronics to plastics.

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Nanotechnology conference: Theoretical assessment of the biological effects of nanomaterials

The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics announced the Nordita research program and symposium on 'Theoretical Assessment of the Biological Effects of Nanomaterials'. The event will take place from March 6-28, 2009, in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology go to James Tour and George Schatz

The 2008 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes, named in honor of pioneer physicist Richard Feynman, are given in two categories, one for experimental work and the other for theory in advances in nanotechnology.

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NanoKTN and The Wellcome Trust collaborate on Nano 4 Life conference

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced that their first Nano 4 Life event will take place on Wednesday 11th February hosted by The Wellcome Trust in London.

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Green Energy Summit 2009 program now available

The summit is a highly efficient forum for varied stakeholders from solar, wind, biomass, IT, transport, construction, aviation, nanotechnology and biotechnology to bring together the business and science of the most important and relevant Green Energy and Clean technologies.

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Biological nanocoating technology improves surgical implants

The technology involves a unique surface engineering process that adds micro and nano sized hair like structures to the surface which creates a ?living interface? between artificial implants and bone. The addition of a multilayer coating containing biological substances, such as growth factors and antibiotics, could improve bony integration, arterial and venous proliferation and reduce infection.

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Lethal 'lint brush' captures and kills cancer cells in the bloodstream

In a new tactic in the fight against cancer, Cornell researcher Michael King has developed what he calls a lethal 'lint brush' for the blood - a tiny, implantable device that captures and kills cancer cells in the bloodstream before they spread through the body.

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Efficient method to measure conductance of individual carbon nanotubes in batches

A team of Cornell researchers has invented an efficient, inexpensive method to electrically characterize individual carbon nanotubes, even when they are of slightly different shapes and sizes and are networked together.

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Electric nanotechnology yarn enables smart textiles to detect blood

A carbon nanotube-coated 'smart yarn' that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health.

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Fingerprints from crime scenes will soon reveal drug abuse

Scientists in the UK have developed a process based on magnetic particles and antibodies that causes fingerprints to fluoresce if they were made by a drug user.

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Researchers watch cellular fission machine in real time

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved one of biology's neatest little tricks: they have discovered how a cell's outer membrane pinches a little pouch from itself to bring molecules outside the cell inside - without making holes that leak fluid from either side of the membrane.

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11-megapixel micro-mirror array for high-end industrial applications

At today's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC presented a monolithically integrated 11-megapixel micro-mirror array for high-end industrial applications - a world's first both in terms of pixel density and reliability

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Researchers create new class of fluorescent dyes to detect reactive oxygen species in vivo

Researchers have created a new family of fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species.

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Scientific output in nanoscience increased by nearly 16% per year during the last decade

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'Nanotechnology - World R+D Report 2008 - Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' report to their offering.

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