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White House issues memo on nanotechnology EHS oversight
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Council on Environmental Quality have issued a memo to the heads of executive departments and federal agencies titled 'Principles for Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Oversight.'
Posted: Nov 27th, 2007
Read moreWorld class technology and talent battle cancer at the Centenary Institute
Top Austrian Professor puts cancer under the microscope.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2007
Read moreNew radio show to focus on nanotechnology
Bourne Research LLC today announced the launch of a new science and technology radio show on 1310 KXAM in Phoenix.
Posted: Nov 27th, 2007
Read moreResearchers outline structure of largest nonvirus particle ever crystallized
Findings will make it easier to engineer nanoparticle containers for use in targeted drug therapy.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreCall for National Medal of Science Nominations
The National Science Foundation will accept applications for the National Medal of Science until Dec. 7, 2007.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreBrilliant perspectives
Topping-out ceremony for DESY's new light source PETRA III.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreSouth Africa launches first nanotechnology innovation centers
To ensure that South Africa remains competitive with the international research community in this fast-developing field, the country's nanoscience and nanotechnology effort is being coordinated at national level by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) through its National Nanotechnology Strategy.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreEU project hopes to revolutionize telecoms
A team of European scientists has published the details of its research into three-dimensional photonic crystals which they believe could revolutionize the world of telecommunications.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreThe Economist says nanotechnology is 'A Little Risky Business'
A major feature story in this week's The Economist magazine highlights the enormous promise of nanotechnology but also underscores the lack of research being done to determine how safe nanoscale materials are.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreNanoswitches toggled by light
Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close-on command. Such switchable nanochannels could be useful for future nanoelectronics and nanoscopic machines.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreEngineers give industry a moth's eye view
New industrial lens mimics nature.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreResearchers produce high performance field-effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60
The ability to produce devices with such performance with an organic semiconductor represents another milestone toward practical applications for large area, low-cost electronic circuits on flexible organic substrates.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreTop nanotechnology schools rent out their labs to businesses
Turning its patented synthetic material into path-breaking devices, a nanocompany's success hinges on finding room at an affordable research lab.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2007
Read moreConference at SUSCET tracks emerging trends in biotechnology
A Two-Day national conference on 'Emerging Trends in Biotechnology Engineering' was concluded today at the Department of Biotechnology, Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology (SUSCET).
Posted: Nov 24th, 2007
Read moreU.S. Congress discloses intel earmarks for first time
In a break with tradition, Congress has revealed close to $80 million in earmarks boosting spy technology and training as part of the 2008 defense appropriations bill.
Posted: Nov 24th, 2007
Read moreDr. Sumio Iijima Awarded 2007 Balzan Prize for Nanoscience
Dr. Sumio Iijima was today awarded with the 2007 Balzan Prize for Nanoscience for his discovery of carbon nanotubes, and in particular the discovery of single walled carbon nanotubes and the study of their properties, by the International Balzan Prize Foundation.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2007
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