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NanoBusiness Alliance and Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance announce new nanotechnology conference: Nano Renewable Energy Summit

The NanoBusiness Alliance, a leading nanotechnology trade association and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced that it is launching a new conference, The Nano Renewable Energy Summit, to be held in Denver, Colorado from July 20 ? 22, 2008.

March 18, 2008 Read more

A high power laser zap to nanotechnology

Scientists at the Advanced Technology Institute of the University of Surrey and at the School of Chemistry in the University of Bristol have been awarded funding of nearly GBP 0.87M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to investigate techniques using high-power, short-pulsed lasers for the production of important nanomaterials, including nanoclusters, nanotubes and nanorods of carbon and zinc oxide, with controllable electrical and optical properties.

March 18, 2008 Read more

Chinese, German scientists meet to address science frontiers

The First Sino-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (SINOGFOS) was held from March 13-16, in Beijing, bringing together 60 or so young scholars from research institutions and universities of the two countries.

March 18, 2008 Read more

Packaging World to produce Packaging Law Forum on June 17

New conference addresses the legal and regulatory world of food and beverage packaging, including food security, the threat of bioterrorism, recalls, nanotechnology, food safety and sustainability issues.

March 18, 2008 Read more

NYU chemist Seeman recognized for founding, establishing the field of structural DNA nanotechnology

New York University Chemistry Professor Nadrian Seeman has received the American Chemical Society?s Nicholas Medal for his founding and establishing the field of structural DNA nanotechnology.

March 17, 2008 Read more

Fake diamonds help jet engines take the heat

Ohio State University engineers are developing a technology to coat jet engine turbine blades with zirconium dioxide -- commonly called zirconia, the stuff of synthetic diamonds -- to combat high-temperature corrosion.

March 17, 2008 Read more

South Korean professor to withdraw papers on anti-aging nanotechnology from science journals

A South Korean biotechnology professor agreed to retract two papers on anti-aging technology published in international science journals after the institute discovered he fabricated data, officials said.

March 15, 2008 Read more

Software giants and startups tackle lithography complexity

Semiconductor International has an article about EDA developemnts at last month's SPIE Advanced Lithography conference.

March 15, 2008 Read more

Book explains nanotechnology use in biomedical imaging

'Nanoparticles in Biomedical Imaging: Emerging Technologies and Applications (Fundamental Biomedical Technologies)' is the title of a new book co-edited by Jeff W.M. Bulte, professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and affiliated faculty member of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and his colleague Mike M.J. Modo, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King?s College in London, UK.

March 15, 2008 Read more

Fullerenes: produce and divide

The unique complex designed and built from several units by specialists of the Leningrad Institutes and Enterprises in St. Petersburg, Russia, enables to produce kilograms of fullerenes per day.

March 15, 2008 Read more

Baker named 2008 Distinguished University Innovator

Dr. James R. Baker Jr. has been named the 2008 Distinguished University Innovator at the University of Michigan. Baker, a scientist in the Medical School and a successful entrepreneur, has conducted breakthrough research in nanotechnology materials and launched two startup companies based on the results.

March 14, 2008 Read more

Universities develop inhaled TB vaccine

A new tuberculosis vaccine successfully tested at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is easier to administer and store and just as effective as one commonly used worldwide.

March 14, 2008 Read more

Governor Rendell announces $9.8 million for targeted nanotechnology projects statewide

Governor Edward G. Rendell's drive to make Pennsylvania home to groundbreaking technological innovation will continue with $10 million in state investments in six projects that could ensure the commonwealth's place as a global leader in emerging technologies.

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The National Physical Laboratory in the UK has awarded a GBP350k grant to the Nano-Electronics Centre at the University of Surrey

NPL extends strategic relationship with the Advanced Technology Institute, Surrey for a further three years

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More people likely to accept nanotechnology than GM, say researchers

Foods produced using emerging nanotechnology are less likely to come up against consumer hurdles than genetically modified foods since they do not involve tinkering with genes, and therefore have a greater perception of naturalness, says a new paper.

March 14, 2008 Read more

Harmonic microscopy

Researchers at RIKEN?s Discovery Research Institute in Wako, in collaboration with researchers at Osaka University, have developed a new microscopy method that in principle allows for almost arbitrary enhancements in imaging resolution.

March 14, 2008 Read more