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EPA has awarded 21 grants totaling $7.34 million to universities to investigate potential adverse health and environmental effects of manufactured nanomaterials.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2008
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FDA advisors declare 'FDA science and mission at risk'
The nation's public health is at risk, as are the regulatory systems that oversee the nation's drug and device supplies, according to an FDA Science Board report being presented at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today. The committee attributed the deficiencies to soaring demands on the FDA; and resources that have not increased in proportion to those demands.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2008
Read moreLab on a chip developed for cheap, portable medical tests
University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada, have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2008
Read moreNew nanotube findings give boost to potential biomedical applications
Carbon nanotubes-cylinders are packed with the potential to be highly accurate vehicles for administering medicines and other therapeutic agents to patients. But a dearth of data about what happens to the tubes after they discharge their medical payloads has been a major stumbling block to progress. Now, Stanford researchers, who spent months tracking the tiny tubes inside mice, have found some answers.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2008
Read moreWhat do orthodontics, private jets and car tires have in common?
MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) are being put to use in some very innovative ways; find out more during the Bourne Report, a new weekly talk radio show that discusses the latest MEMS-based products, news and trends.
Posted: Jan 29th, 2008
Read moreFuel-cell cars race to reality
For those who dream of a cleaner, greener future thanks to nonpolluting technologies, recent auto shows have showcased some ideas. The biggest conglomeration was at the December 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show, where green machines were a dominant theme. The January Detroit auto show was more low-key on the green front, but there were a couple of intriguing, well-developed concepts on display there as well.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreNew kind of transistor radios shows capability of nanotube technology
Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world's first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreNew polymer could improve semiconductor manufacturing, packaging
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing and computer chip packaging.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreINBT offers valuable undergraduate nanobiotechnology research opportunity
Undergraduate research experience provides students with lasting benefits. The Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology is pleased to offer a 10-week summer NanoBio research experience for undergraduates funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreEPA seeks data about nanoscale materials
What are the human health and environmental risks and benefits of nanoscale chemical products? That's what EPA wants to find out with its just-announced Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP).
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreMolecular walker takes baby steps
Locomotion of two-legged DNA walker holds promise for molecular machines.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreCall for scientific data on applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials used in food and feed
The European Commission has requested an initial scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) relating to the risks arising from nanoscience and nanotechnologies on food and feed safety and the environment. The request also asks to identify the nature of the possible hazards associated with actual and foreseen applications in the food and feed area and to provide general guidance on data needed for the risk assessment of such technologies and applications.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreThe world's lowest noise laser
Researchers in Hanover outsmart quantum physics by organising the photons of a laser beam in an orderly fashion.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreBerkeley scientists bring MRI/NMR to microreactors
In a significant step towards improving the design of future catalysts and catalytic reactors, especially for microfluidic 'lab-on-a-chip' devices, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley, have successfully applied magnetic resonance imaging to the study of gas-phase reactions on the microscale.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreTiny avalanche photodiode detects single UV photons
In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) capable of detecting single photons in the ultraviolet region (360-200 nm).
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
Read moreRice wins innovation award for NanoJapan program
NanoJapan, a unique, Rice University-based program that combines a traditional study abroad experience in Japan with a targeted undergraduate research internship in nanotechnology, has been awarded the Institute of International Education's (IIE) prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education.
Posted: Jan 28th, 2008
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