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Europe races ahead of US in university-industry collaboration

A Europe-wide survey has found that European collaboration between industry and universities exceeds that of the US.

May 18, 2007 Read more

Report accuses government of gross failure in protecting public from nanotechnology

A report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) accuses the U.S. government of gross failure to use its authority to protect citizens from the potentially dangerous effects of nano-scale chemistry.

May 18, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology timelines and mapviews in Google Experimental

New, experimental Google Search features Timeline and Map Views use nanotechnology as example.

May 17, 2007 Read more

Commercializing university research - Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat

A not-so-whacky university-based center for entrepreneurism has funded some, well, somewhat unusual research projects that actually may have commercial potential.

May 17, 2007 Read more

Solutions emerging for wafer cleaning at 45 nm and beyond

Potential solutions are starting to emerge for preparing wafers for manufacturing at and beyond the 45 nm technology generation, technologists indicated at a recent industry meeting.

May 17, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology fingerprint analysis could replace blood sample

British scientists want to make it possible to use fingerprints to reveal drug and doping transgressions and to diagnose diseases.

May 17, 2007 Read more

UK publishes report on environmental benefits of nanotechnology

The 'Environmentally Beneficial Nanotechnologies: Barriers and Opportunities', a new report by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), was published today.

May 17, 2007 Read more

Making strides in quantum dot infrared photodetectors

Researchers have made significant strides in the development of quantum dot infrared photodetectors -- technology that may provide new imaging techniques with applications in medical and biological imaging, environmental and chemical monitoring, night vision and infrared imaging from space.

May 17, 2007 Read more

Carbon nanotubes aerogels capable of supporting 8,000 times their own weight

Physicists develop a carbon nanotube aeroegel optimizing strength, shape and conductivity.

May 16, 2007 Read more

Growing nanoparticles from the inside out

Gold particles have been grown inside silica nanoshells in an inside out approach to synthesis.

May 16, 2007 Read more

Accelerating the delivery of technological advances to the U.S. military

Officials from the Argonne National Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory signed an agreement today that promises to speed the delivery of technological advances to American military forces while saving taxpayer dollars.

May 16, 2007 Read more

Scientists demonstrate first use of nanotechnology to enter plant cells

A team of plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression with controlled precision.

May 16, 2007 Read more

EPA and nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st century

A new report by J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century, examines the EPA role in nanotechnology oversight.

May 16, 2007 Read more

European Commission launches proposals for first Joint Technology Initiatives

The European Commission is now on the road to creating the first ever Europe-wide public-private partnerships to boost research and development, having adopted proposals for initiatives in two strategic industrial sectors.

May 16, 2007 Read more

Inexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together

A new adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could impact everything from next-generation computer chip manufacturing to energy production.

May 16, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology is now used in nearly 500 everyday products

The number of consumer products using nanotechnology has more than doubled, from 212 to 475, in the 14 months since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the world's first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006.

May 16, 2007 Read more