Futurist predictions mixed on nanotechnology
The World Future Society has released a list of its top ten technology forecasts for the next 25 years.
Dec 29th, 2006
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Nanotubes in the environment
New research underscores that anthropogenic nanomaterials can readily interact with natural materials.
Dec 28th, 2006
Read moreSafety experts ill-equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace
A strategic plan and more resources for risk research are needed now in order to ensure safe nano-workplaces today and in the future.
Dec 28th, 2006
Read moreNanotechnology and intellectual property issues
Nanotechnology applications are expanding the limits of science and medicine, they are stretching the boundaries of intellectual property law. As with other waves of innovation, nanotechnology will catalyze change in social, scientific, and legal arenas.
Dec 26th, 2006
Read moreNanotechnology for Life Sciences
Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences is the first comprehensive source covering the convergence of materials and life sciences on the nanoscale.
Dec 22nd, 2006
Read moreNew research could lead to 'invisible' electronics
By combining organic and inorganic materials researchers have produced transparent, high-performance transistors that can be assembled inexpensively on both glass and plastics.
Dec 22nd, 2006
Read more'Vortex lattices' may help explain material defects
Physicists at JILA have developed a method of visualizing defects, or disruptions, in rotating patterns.
Dec 22nd, 2006
Read moreLaser-based method cleans up grubby nanotubes
A simple method of cleaning nanotubes by zapping them with carefully calibrated laser pulses.
Dec 22nd, 2006
Read moreA no-go decision for carbon nanotubes in the DOE Hydrogen Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Program has decided to discontinue future applied research and development investment in pure, undoped single walled carbon nanotubes for vehicular hydrogen storage applications.
Dec 21st, 2006
Read moreNanotechnology: elements of a medical surveillance program
Guidance expected to be issued soon by NIOSH will recommend that all nanotechnology workplaces implement an occupational health surveillance program.
Dec 21st, 2006
Read moreNaturally glowing carbon nanotubes tracked in vivo
A new method to locate single-walled carbon nanotubes injected into the bloodstream with the fluorescence of CNTs.
Dec 20th, 2006
Read moreAmerican Public Health Association adopts policy on nanotechnology
APHA adopts a policy addressing the potential environmental and occupational health and safety risks of nanotechnology.
Dec 20th, 2006
Read moreImproved understanding of mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes
Researchers have discovered through computer simulations that the bending of carbon nanotubes occurs differently from that of their macroscopic counterparts in significant ways.
Dec 20th, 2006
Read moreDNA logic circuits that work in test tubes
But a new breakthrough by researchers at the California Institute of Technology could result in future logic circuits that literally work in a test tube--or even in the human body.
Dec 20th, 2006
Read moreWorld's strongest nanowires 'near perfect materials'
Scientists say they have made the world's strongest nanowire, reaching the theoretical limits of what they had designed.
Dec 19th, 2006
Read moreNanotechnology and complexity: Building functionalities from multitude (Nanowerk News
A 1-day seminar will deal with the complexity and multidisciplinarity inherent in nanotechnologies.
Dec 19th, 2006
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