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NanoTecNexus and NanoTumor Center launch first-of-its-kind webinar series
NanoTecNexus (NTN), formerly NanoBioNexus, already acclaimed for its educational forums and nanobiotechnology expertise, announces the launch of new courses, seminars, and lectures to be delivered online with proven and easy to use webinar tools.
Posted: Nov 8th, 2009
Read moreGive your opinion on the Nanotechnology Research Code of Conduct
The European Commission has opened a public consultation in order to receive input from all people and organisations involved or interested in nanosciences and nanotechnologies research in Europe, and notably research, policy makers, industry, media and civil society organisations.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read morePresentations from the OECD Conference on the Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology
The speakers' presentations from the OECD 'Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth' are now available online on the OECD site.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read morePre-announcement: Call for proposals within 'Energy Efficiency with Nanotechnology'
The Top-level Research Initiative is launching a call for user-driven research projects within the sub-programme 'Energy Efficiency with Nanotechnology' in the beginning of 2010.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreNew funding for development and deployment of UAlbany nanofabrication strategies
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate has approved the FY10 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill which includes $500,000 for the University at Albany's College of Nanoscience and Engineering.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreAdvanced Researcher Grant 2009 an Nanowissenschaftlerin Luisa de Cola
Prof. Luisa De Cola vom Physikalischen Institut der Westfaelischen Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster erhaelt eine besonders prestigetraechtige Auszeichnung des Europaeischen Forschungsrats (ERC): den hoch angesehenen 'Advanced Researcher Grant' 2009.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreNew synthetic molecules trigger immune response to HIV and prostate cancer
Researchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body?s immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreComputer predicts reactions between molecules and surfaces, with 'chemical precision'
Good news for heterogeneous catalysis and the hydrogen economy: computers can now be used to make accurate predictions of the reactions of (hydrogen) molecules with surfaces.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreAustria showcases its nanotechnology initiative
The 'NANO: Wissenschaft. Wirtschaft. Wirkung. 09' event the exhibition for the Austrian NANO Initiative of the BMVIT on 9 November at Tech Gate Vienna has been fully booked for a number of days.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreNanocapsules for artificial photosynthesis
Chemists from the University of Wuerzburg have made progress on the road to achieving artificial photosynthesis.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreWork begins on laboratory for world's strongest microscope
With a groundbreaking ceremony, work began today on an extension to the Ernst Ruska-Centre (ER-C) on the campus of Forschungszentrum Juelich
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreNew cancer detection method with fluorescent silica beads
A novel method of detection of cervical cancer cells has been developed by Clarkson University Professor Igor Sokolov's group, an affiliate of the University's Nanoengineering and Biotechnology Laboratories Center (NABLAB)
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreDie Magnetisierung einzelner Atome manipulieren
Feiner geht es nicht: Valeri Stepanyuk vom Max-Planck-Institut fuer Mikrostrukturphysik in Halle und seine Kollegen koennen die Magnetisierung einzelner Atome manipulieren.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreNovel nanoparticles could become a safer alternative to gene therapy delivered by viruses
Researchers report that a nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy successfully suppressed ovarian tumor growth in mice.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreDOE awards Argonne, partners more than $7 million for solar energy-related research projects
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Argonne National Laboratory nearly $2.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding (ARRA) for three solar-energy related research projects.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
Read moreMagnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat
Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve channels and induce nerve-led behaviour (such as the life-dependant thumping of our hearts), mNPs have come a long way in the past decade.
Posted: Nov 6th, 2009
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