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Bioelectronics: Progress toward drug screening with a cellâ??transistor biosensor

Researchers have shown that such bioelectronic hybrid systems are no longer just a utopian vision. A new report describes the coupling of a receptor to a silicon chip by means of a cellâ??transistor interface.

June 26, 2007 Read more

New survey on nanotechnology measurement tools and standards

Nanostrand is a new foresighting project funded by the European Commission.

June 26, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology Task Force launches to drive UK research strategy

The UKâ??s Nanotechnology Task Force, convened by the University of Surrey, launches today with a conference to discuss the future of nanotechnology in the UK.

June 26, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology, medicine and bioethics

The President's Council on Bioethics will hold a special session on nanotechnology this Friday, June 29th.

June 25, 2007 Read more

Watch cutting-edge nanotechnology research as it happens

Over the coming 3 years, the key scientists involved in this European nanotechnology research project will be making video diaries and posting them on this web site, along with blogs of their work and lives.

June 25, 2007 Read more

Significant step towards European joint technology initiative on nanoelectronics

More than 30 new members joined he joint technology research program on Nanoelectronics driven by European companies, universities and research institutes.

June 25, 2007 Read more

Scientists call for global push to advance research in synthetic biology

With research backgrounds ranging from materials engineering to molecular biophysics, seventeen leading scientists issued a statement today announcing that, much as the discovery of DNA and creation of the transistor revolutionized science, there is a new scientific field on the brink of revolutionizing our approach to problems ranging from eco-safe energy to outbreaks of malaria.

June 25, 2007 Read more

World's first X-ray free electron laser is on course to completion

Argonne reached another milestone in the design and construction of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) undulator system.

June 25, 2007 Read more

Tracking the influence of a cancer inhibitor on a single DNA molecule

Researchers have cast new light on the workings of the important cancer inhibitor topotecan.

June 25, 2007 Read more

Legal appraisal of nanotechnology released by German Federal Environment Agency

The Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany's Federal Environment Agency, has commissioned a legal opinion that identifies regulatory gaps for nanotechnology.

June 24, 2007 Read more

Texans requests billions in earmarks

Here is a story that goes very nicely with one of our Nanowerk Spotlights from last week - "Congressional pork bloats U.S. military nanotechnology spending".

June 24, 2007 Read more

Nano Summit 2007 nanotechnology conference in Texas

Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, an expert in nanotechnology and inventor of the world's first nanogenerator, will be the keynote speaker at Nano Summit 2007, which will be hosted by Texas A&M University's Dwight Look College of Engineering.

June 24, 2007 Read more

European nanotechnology commercialisation workshop identifies need for greater industrial engagement

New report identifies the use of public funding to enable greater industrial investment as the key challenge facing nanotechnology commercialisation in Europe.

June 22, 2007 Read more

EPA issues award for nanotechnology safety research

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of two grants totaling almost $600,000 to Oregon State University for nanotechnology research. These grants will evaluate whether some manmade nanomaterials could be toxic to human health.

June 22, 2007 Read more

German nanotechnology spending outstrips that of other EU member states

Germany is by far investing more in nanotechnology than other European country. German companies are also more enthusiastic about nanotechnology than their counterparts around Europe.

June 22, 2007 Read more

New nanotechnology method may help compress computer memory

A simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one key to the next generation of high-density information storage, but have been difficult to make in bulk.

June 22, 2007 Read more