Combining efforts of materials scientists and measurement laboratories with those of biological and medical researchers, a new Internet-linked 'community of interest' will exploit Web 2.0-style social networking technologies to enable creating and sharing information, as well as deliberating over technical details of in-process standards.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
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The World Cup may be two years away, but soccer aficionados can get an early start at satisfying their yen for global competition when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the RoboCup Federation host the second-ever international nanosoccer contest next summer.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
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Extremely small nanoscale particles are released by common kitchen appliances in abundant amounts, greatly outnumbering the previously detected, larger-size nanoparticles emitted by these appliances.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented 'optical tweezers' technique for detecting and measuring very small concentrations of a biological substance - such as a virus on a surface.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer.
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Nanosafe Inc. has announced the launch of its NANOSAFE TESTED Program and companion nanotechnology product registry - the NANOTECH REGISTER
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreAn academic in conjunction with the Student Branch of the IEEE at the University of Southampton plans to enter a solar-powered boat in the world championship of intercollegiate solar/electric boating next year.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a strong, flexible, bio-material that may be used someday to close wounds with minimal scarring and rejection by the immune system.
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Researchers at the University of Delaware have provided what is believed to be the first experimental evidence that plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues.
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Scientists breed 'made-to-measure' molecular 'furs' on surfaces, with the individual 'hairs' consisting of peptides, short proteins. These peptides control the biocompatibility, i.e. which proteins adsorb.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreThe TECNALIA Technological Corporation is taking part in the Cenit Intelimplant project, the goal of which is to develop advanced biomaterials based on innovative technologies (microtechnologies, nanotechnologies, tissue and surface engineering) for the manufacture of a new generation of implants which have greater durability and reliability, need less recuperation time and that provide data on their state and progress.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreResearchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreThere is an urgent need for more testing, extending existing governance arrangements and creating new arrangements for the control of the rapidly developing field of nanomaterials, according to a report by the influential Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreThe international summit of the world's leaders in nanofibers - Nanofibers for the 3rd Millennium - NANO FOR LIFE organized in the cooperation of Elmarco Ltd., Technical University in Liberec, North Carolina State University and Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, will take place on 11th and 12th March 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreThe worldwide competition NanoArt 2008 is open to all artists 18 years and older. The online exhibition will open for the public on January 20, 2009.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2008
Read moreThe Chemical Heritage Foundation's 'Molecule that Matters' exhibition and lecture series is more than half way through its run. The exhibition showcases 10 organic molecules that profoundly altered our world: aspirin, isooctane, penicillin, polyethylene, nylon, DNA, progestin, DDT, Prozac, and buckminsterfullerene. The exhibit connects each molecule to one decade of the 20th century.
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