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 moreThe 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 will hold the second international congress on nanoscience and nanotechnology to discuss implementation of nanotechnology in industry.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2008
Read moreClimate 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 moreThe 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 moreIndia 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 moreSen. 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 moreOn 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 moreThe EU funded NanoforumEULA project released a background document exploring nanotechnology research and policies in Brazil.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreNew 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
Read moreA team of investigators has shown that quantum rods may perform even better than their spherical cousins.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreUsing nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators has shown that it can produce whole-body images in small animals that can reveal the location of tumors and track how these nanoparticles traffic through the body.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreThree recently published papers highlight the progress developing a new use for perfluorocarbons: as the building blocks for nanoparticles capable of delivering a wide range of imaging agents and drugs to tumors.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreRepresentatives of authorities from Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany discussed the current state of voluntary safety measures in nanotechnology risk management.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
Read moreLe Conseil federal a adopte le Plan d'action 'Nanomateriaux synthetiques'.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
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The new material, a superlattice, which has a multilayer structure composed of alternating atomically thin layers of two different oxides, possesses properties radically different to either of the two materials by themselves.
Posted: Apr 18th, 2008
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