In November 2007, Which?, the UK consumer advocat group, commissioned a short survey among the general public which highlighted low levels of awareness for nanotechnologies and how they are being used. Following on from this, Which? undertook an additional research project with consumers - the Citizens' Panel on Nanotechnologies - which was published yesterday.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
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RIKEN researchers have shown that electron beams, like light, can be twisted into vortices that have useful functions.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreProfessors Neal Skipper and Franco Cacialli, of the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London (UCL), have been awarded a GBP200,000 laboratory refurbishment grant to help them develop alternative fuel supplies for transport and electricity generation.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreDie Bundesanstalt f. Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), das Bundesinstitut f. Risikobewertung (BfR) und das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) haben eine gemeinsame Forschungsstrategie 'Nanotechnologie: Gesundheits- und Umweltrisiken von Nanopartikeln' erarbeitet.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreA team from University College London has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and an extremely sensitive magnetometer called the 'HistoMag' to detect cancerous cells in samples of breast tissue.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreThe research of tiny microscopic cells is changing the way people look at the environment and nanotechnology.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreA University of Pennsylvania professor is exploring an approach to nanotechnology that will allow circuit theory to operate in an entirely new regime - one where 'current' is no longer defined as the movement of electrons and holes, but instead as an electromagnetic wave.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreAustralian researchers trying to regrow damaged spinal cords with tiny bionic implants are seeing for the first time what's happening at the nanoscale.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreUnder the joint auspices of the Ministry of Sciences & Technology (MOST) and China Association for Science & Technology, more than 1,600 Chinese scholars including CAS and CAE members, chief scientists of the National Basic Research Program (dubbed 973 Program) and directors of national key labs, have voted for China's top 10 events basic research in 2007.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreHave more than a casual interest to work on fuel cells, fiber lasers, hyper-spectral imagers, threat device detection or SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT and HUMINT technology? These and other needs were on deck at what was described as an 'unprecedented gathering' on Feb. 20: the first-annual NSWC Crane University Summit.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti's research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-friendly discovery could have major applications in several disciplines.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
Read moreThe world's first commercial source of individual photons (particles of light) using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
Read moreScientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strategy for creating 'liquid metal' that makes it able to bend significantly without breaking, while retaining a strength twice that of titanium. It is among the toughest, or least brittle, known materials, and could be used anywhere that strong metal alloys are traditionally found, but may prove most useful in the aerospace industry, where lower density means fuel savings.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
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Beste Karrierechancen eroeffnet eine berufliche Ausrichtung auf Nanotechnologie. Mittels kartografisch und interaktiv abrufbarer Nano-Bildungsangebote spricht das Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung gezielt Jugendliche an und zeigt Einstiegsmoeglichkeiten in dieses chancenreiche Innovationsfeld.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
Read moreFebruary's Feature Article over at the Safenano website comes from David Baxter, Lead Researcher on Emerging Risks for Lloyd's of London. In this article, David introduces the concept of insuring new technologies, and discusses the issues presented to the insurance industry by nanotechnology.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
Read moreThe OECD has prepared an overview of its work on nanotechnologies for Forum VI of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS). This event will be held in Dakar, Senegal, September 15-19, 2008.
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