Green gel
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have now developed a new strategy for the formation of hybrid materials from synthetic polymers and proteins.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
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Nanotechnology inspires L.A. youth
Students from local high schools and community college participate in nanoscience workshops.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology can bring down farm production costs
Nanotechnology can bring down farm production costs through precise and more efficient use of inputs.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreHigh-tech fuer die Industrie: Nanotechnologie auf der Hannover Messe
Die Philipps-Universitaet Marburg zeigt High-tech auf der Hannover Messe 2008.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreBasics and applications of particle characterizations
Basics and Applications of Particle Characterizations is one of eight short courses that the American Filtration and Separation Society will be offering during its 21st Annual Conference being held May 19-22 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreUS lags far behind Europe in nanotechnology risk research
A new analysis indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology. The analysis also highlights a substantial over-inflation of the federal government?s nanotechnology risk-research investment figures for the U.S.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Waterloo welcomes Arthur J. Carty as head of Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology
Canada's last national science advisor is returning to the University of Waterloo to lead a new research initiative that will place UW among the world's best centres for nanotechnology. Arthur J. Carty will serve as the first executive director of the new Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2008
Read moreNew Indian nanotechnology center set up in collaboration with University of Arkansas
The Sathyabama Deemed University is setting up an advance centre for nanotechnology, with an investment of about $8.8 million, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2008
Read moreIran holds 2nd international nanotechnology congress
Iran will hold the second international congress on nanoscience and nanotechnology to discuss implementation of nanotechnology in industry.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2008
Read moreJapan stresses tech solutions to climate change at Hanover Fair
Climate change is the biggest task facing humanity, and technology has a huge role in solving the problem, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday on opening the Germany's Hanover Fair.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2008
Read moreA nano-imaging open house at the University of Utah
The University of Utah will hold an open house on Thursday, April 24 to explain and demonstrate two new state-of-the-art electron microscopes that local industries may use for a fee.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2008
Read moreStem cells, nanotechnology key to India's future, former president says
India is looking to stem-cell and nanotechnology research, among other scientific endeavours, to help it achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020, according to the country's former president, Dr. Abdul Kalam.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2008
Read moreOfficials to detail Albany NanoCollege deal
Sen. Charles Schumer is planning to announce what he called a 'landmark agreement' that will create a partnership between the federal government and the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2008
Read moreSwiss retailers introduce world's first code of conduct for nanotechnology in consumer products
On April 14th, the Swiss Retailer's Organisation among whose members are the most important actors in the Swiss Retailing such as Migros, Coop, Denner, Manor, and Valora, published a Code of Conduct for the handling of nanotechnology in consumer products. In the Code, the members commit to highest possible transparency for consumers and to the application of the precautionary principle in the face of a lack of specific legal rulings.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology in Brazil
The EU funded NanoforumEULA project released a background document exploring nanotechnology research and policies in Brazil.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreIron nanoparticles spot tumor spread in patients with kidney cancer
New pilot phase data shows that iron nanoparticles can detect lymph node metastases in a highly sensitive and specific manner in patients with renal cell carcinoma, which accounts for some 20% of kidney cancers.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
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