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eLab4Life lab-on-a-chip project received 2.4m euros funding
Point-of-care diagnostics in the starting blocks.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreNeues Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Material- und Nanotechnik
Das 'Kompetenzzentrum Analytik, Nano- und Materialtechnik' der Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nuernberg mit einem Projektvolumen von 1,2 Millionen Euro hat fuer die Jahre 2009 bis 2014 629.000 Euro aus dem Europaeischen Fonds fuer regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) bewilligt bekommen.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read morePlastic coatings helps medical implants to connect with neurons
Plastic coatings could someday help neural implants treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease and macular degeneration.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreStained glass church windows - nanotechnology air purifiers?
Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreNavy ranks third in number of U.S. nanotechnology patents granted
A study by researchers at the University of Arizona reports that the U.S. Navy ranks third, behind IBM and the University of California system, in the number of nanotechnology patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1976-2006.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreMolecular electronics make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient
South Dakota State University (SDSU) scientists are working with new materials that can be used to make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreCritics say Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotechnology
The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its ability to oversee the safety of complex, high-tech products made using nanotechnology, according to a new report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN).
Posted: Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreRussian Corporation of Nanotechnologies launches RUSNANO brand
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies unveils a new brand image today. The Swedish agency Differ has replaced its double-headed eagle logo, traditional for Russian state companies, with a multicolored sphere and chopped off the last syllable of its name, making it Rosnano.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreNew EU project focuses on lipidomics technology
LipidomicNet builds on a private public partnership (PPP) in order to support the translation of LipidomicNet inventions into new technologies and products that will benefit the health care systems.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreBenchmarking the quality of nanotechnology Masters education
The Institute of Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a consortium of course providers and industrial representatives, is now working towards benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology education and training at the Masters level through a peer-reviewed accreditation process.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreDiesel exhaust nanoparticles can get trapped in lungs
Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air that slip through both government regulation and vehicle filters.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreThe first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus
Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the mucus barrier, engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus - regarded by many as nearly impenetrable - and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read more240 elephants in a tunnel
September 2008 will see particle physicists setting protons on a collision course through the Large Hadron Collider with more energy than ever before. Their intention is to track down the Higgs boson and solve the problem of why the universe contains almost no antimatter.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreBiomarkers reveal our biological age
Researchers are hoping for improved therapies for treating age-related diseases.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreMonolithic comb drive - a nanoscale manipulator with atomic-scale precision
Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreSpying on self-assembly
Proteins attaching to gold nanoparticles don't mill around randomly, but organise into clusters, according to UK scientists who say they have for the first time spied in detail peptides assembling on a surface.
Posted: Aug 20th, 2008
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