This document compiles information provided by member countries and other delegations on current developments on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in their countries or organisations.
Jun 8th, 2012
Read moreNIMS and JST developed an organic-metallic hybrid polymer which displays the light-emitting property called vapoluminescence in response to airborne materials.
Jun 8th, 2012
Read moreResponding to local producers and exporters of aromatic potpourri requests, researchers at NANOTEC NanoMolecular Sensor Laboratory have found a way to develop coating and encapsulate technique for fragrance molecules that will result in extending the potpourri scent without leaving any stain.
Jun 8th, 2012
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Using synthetic diamond, quantum bit memory can now exceed one second at room temperature, opening up the potential for new solid state quantum based sensors and quantum information processing.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreNumber of graduates reaches 90 as first-of-its-kind initiative marks 5th anniversary, with participation set to triple for next year's program.
Jun 7th, 2012
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An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the way for major advances in many fields including medicine, biology and nanotechnology development.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreRice University's coaxial nanocable outperforms previous microcapacitors.
Jun 7th, 2012
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Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are important for applications such as solar cells that convert the sun's energy to electricity. Now University of Washington scientists have found that a previously unappreciated aspect of those reactions could be key in developing more efficient energy systems.
Jun 7th, 2012
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DARPA's Intrachip/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) program seeks to crack the thermal management barrier and overcome the limitations of remote cooling.
Jun 7th, 2012
Read moreA new research project that will pioneer a nanoscope to screen patient cells and potentially help with the early detection of Alzheimer's disease has just kicked off.
Jun 7th, 2012
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With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense - the world is different than most people believe.
Jun 7th, 2012
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A synthetic compound long known to exhibit interesting transition properties may hold the key to new, non-magnetic forms of information storage, say researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and their collaborators.
Jun 7th, 2012
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Wissenschaftler des Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden und ihre Partner forschen an neuen Materialien fuer elektrische Energiespeicher der Zukunft. Sie infiltrieren z.B. einen CNT-Rasen mit Schwefel und erhalten so aeusserst preiswert neue Elektrodenwerkstoffe.
Jun 7th, 2012
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Researchers used Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to make use of silver nanoparticles to increase the sensitivity limit of chemical detection.
Jun 6th, 2012
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When the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory decided to give high school students a chance to test-drive a science career, it found students, parents and school officials from Naperville, Ill. eager to hop on board.
Jun 6th, 2012
Read moreThe efficiency of a solar cell can decisively be increased by a surface structuring process. A novel laser based technology to structure organic solar cells has proved itself as a very fast and efficient process and is thus very promising for industrial applications.
Jun 6th, 2012
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