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US federal funding for science and engineering fields declines second year in a row

Federal funding of academic science and engineering research and development failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to recently released fiscal year 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

August 21, 2008 Read more

Weaponized anthrax is coated with silica nanoparticles

When bacillus anthracis spores are weaponized, the spores are coated with silica nanoparticles that look almost like lint under the microscope. The 'lint' makes the particles 'bouncier' and less likely to clump and fall to the ground.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Solar, nanoscience, photonics, and optical engineering get attention at SPIE Optics+Photonics

SPIE Optics+Photonics drew 4,812 attendees this year, an impressive count for the even-year version of the symposium.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Mapping the unique smell of skin cancer

US researchers mapping the volatile chemicals emitted from skin cancers have found that the levels of just two compounds could differentiate diseased from healthy tissue.

August 21, 2008 Read more

European Union launches open access pilot program for EU-funded research

The European Commission has launched a pilot project which will see the results of EU-funded research in seven key subject areas made freely available online.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Tomorrows batteries are half the size of a human cell and built with viruses

Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.

August 21, 2008 Read more

eLab4Life lab-on-a-chip project received 2.4m euros funding

Point-of-care diagnostics in the starting blocks.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Neues Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Material- und Nanotechnik

Das 'Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Nano- und Materialtechnik' der Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nuernberg mit einem Projektvolumen von 1,2 Millionen Euro hat fuer die Jahre 2009 bis 2014 629.000 Euro aus dem Europaeischen Fonds fuer regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) bewilligt bekommen.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Plastic coatings helps medical implants to connect with neurons

Plastic coatings could someday help neural implants treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease and macular degeneration.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Stained glass church windows - nanotechnology air purifiers?

Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Navy ranks third in number of U.S. nanotechnology patents granted

A study by researchers at the University of Arizona reports that the U.S. Navy ranks third, behind IBM and the University of California system, in the number of nanotechnology patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1976-2006.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Molecular electronics make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient

South Dakota State University (SDSU) scientists are working with new materials that can be used to make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Critics say Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotechnology

The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its ability to oversee the safety of complex, high-tech products made using nanotechnology, according to a new report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN).

August 21, 2008 Read more

New EU project focuses on lipidomics technology

LipidomicNet builds on a private public partnership (PPP) in order to support the translation of LipidomicNet inventions into new technologies and products that will benefit the health care systems.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology Masters education

The Institute of Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a consortium of course providers and industrial representatives, is now working towards benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology education and training at the Masters level through a peer-reviewed accreditation process.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Diesel exhaust nanoparticles can get trapped in lungs

Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air that slip through both government regulation and vehicle filters.

August 20, 2008 Read more