Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Chatham House, Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), an initiative of Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Pew Charitable Trusts, have been awarded a $587,000 European Commission grant to conduct an international research project on regulating nanotechnologies in the European Union and United States.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
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Developing a portable device that will help prevent, identify and contain infectious diseases such as SARS, is the goal of a new University of Toronto research project. The project is one of four cutting-edge research projects at the University of Toronto to receive funding from the McGuinty government.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
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To catch up with the development of global science and technology, Vietnam should have proper investment plans, prepared for ideas and combining scientists and experts with programmes which have completely new contents, and establishing training and research centres. Apart from traditional laboratories, two National Universities have begun to do this.
Posted: Feb 6th, 2008
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Nanotechnology Masters Courses each vary in their emphasis and content, and the NanoMasters Course Website provides a means for prospective students to search for details of Nano Masters Courses of specific interest to them.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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Don't know your nanorod from your nanoribbon? Want to find out what nanomaterials are in the products you buy? Could the safe handling of nanomaterials be improved? Nine new nanotechnology publications lead the way.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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NanoSci-E+ is announcing the opening of a transnational call for collaborative proposals. A minimum of EUR 16M will be distributed for the funding of high-quality projects, possibly complemented by an additional EUR 8M (subject to contract with the European Commission).
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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A high-level delegation from Germany's leading energy state is visiting Queensland to discuss clean energy technology, renewable energy, and joint global responses to climate change.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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A delegation from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, visited Hong Kong University of Science and Technology today to sign a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a long-term collaboration between the two research institutions.
Posted: Feb 5th, 2008
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Rapid identification of bird flu infection will be the key to controlling a pandemic should the virus learn how to transmit between humans. A new lab-on-a-chip could provide diagnosis in as little as 30 minutes.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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Building on 37 years of progress in protecting human health and the environment, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today released his agency's $7.14 billion fiscal year 2009 budget.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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At the largest Asian fair for nanotechnology, the nano tech 2008, IVAM Microtechnology Network promotes the innovations of its 270 member companies and institutes, ranging from nanoanalytics to tool manufacturing.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology's potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nanotechnology, a key study has found.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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Research underway at the University of Leeds will provide a completely fresh insight into the workings of nano-scale systems, and enable advances in the development of nano-electronic devices for use in industry, medicine and biotechnology.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable medical devices and sensors that last far longer when running from a battery.
Posted: Feb 4th, 2008
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Three female students from Pisa will present their project on nanotechnology's potential application in the biomedical field to the business community in Silicon Valley, California.
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2008
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