ISO/TR 13121:2011 describes a process for identifying, evaluating, addressing, making decisions about, and communicating the potential risks of developing and using manufactured nanomaterials, in order to protect the health and safety of the public, consumers, workers and the environment.
May 17th, 2011
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May 17th, 2011
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Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by Cornell scientists that promote vascular growth could hasten healing, encourage healthy skin to invade the wounded area and reduce the need for surgeries.
May 17th, 2011
Read moreResearchers used theoretical calculations to understand exactly why and how a particular crystalline ceramic, a layered perovskite, is multiferroic.
May 17th, 2011
Read moreResearchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have outlined a method for storing programs inside DNA that simplifies nanocomputing - computation at the molecular level.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreEfficiency is a problem with today's solar panels; they only collect about 20 percent of available light. Now, a University of Missouri engineer has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light, and he plans to make prototypes available to consumers within the next five years.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreThe high-efficiency thermal waste heat energy converter actively cools electronic devices, photovoltaic cells, computers and large waste heat-producing systems while generating electricity.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreAPIC Corporation, a Los Angeles, CA-based pioneer of photonics technology integrated with electronics, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany today announced that they have formed a $10 million partnership for joint development and commercialization of innovative "green" technology to enable faster computer chips that use significantly less power.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreEU-funded researchers from Germany and Poland have made some groundbreaking discoveries about cell cytoplasm viscosity, which could further our knowledge of the cytoplasm of cancer cells.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreInnovative collaboration between physics and cell biology demonstrates pathway.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreThe Institute of Nanotechnology and NanoKTN are lending their significant support to NANO Live UK 2011.
May 16th, 2011
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Physiker haben am Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) am Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie (KIT) in der Arbeitsgruppe von Professor Martin Wegener fast ein Jahr daran gearbeitet, die Struktur der Karlsruher Tarnkappe so zu verfeinern, dass sie auch in einem fuer den Menschen sichtbaren Bereich des Lichts wirkt.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreAn international team, of scientists, led by a team at Monash University has found the key to the hydrogen economy could come from a very simple mineral, commonly seen as a black stain on rocks.
May 16th, 2011
Read moreThe Nanoscale Effects in Tribology (NET 2011) Meeting will address the advances occurring in nanoscale tribology, providing attendees the opportunity to network, and discuss trends and future developments.
May 16th, 2011
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Scientists report a new method for revealing a 3D picture of the structure inside a material,
May 16th, 2011
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Today, Flanders' ambitious brain research that may lead to better diagnosis and treatment of brain disease, new prosthesis technologies for patients with a disability, a new generation of more intelligent robots, etc. switches into higher gear.
May 16th, 2011
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