EPA and nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st century
A new report by J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century, examines the EPA role in nanotechnology oversight.
Posted: May 16th, 2007
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European Commission launches proposals for first Joint Technology Initiatives
The European Commission is now on the road to creating the first ever Europe-wide public-private partnerships to boost research and development, having adopted proposals for initiatives in two strategic industrial sectors.
Posted: May 16th, 2007
Read moreInexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together
A new adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could impact everything from next-generation computer chip manufacturing to energy production.
Posted: May 16th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology is now used in nearly 500 everyday products
The number of consumer products using nanotechnology has more than doubled, from 212 to 475, in the 14 months since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the world's first online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods in March 2006.
Posted: May 16th, 2007
Read moreFree access review on DNA nanomachines in Nature Nanotechnology
The latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology contains a free access review article on DNA nanomachines by Jonathan Bath and Andrew J. Turberfield.
Posted: May 15th, 2007
Read moreChinese-German joint symposium on nanotechnology
The German Academy of Scientists Leopoldina and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have organized a first symposium on nanotechnology to take place in Beijing on June 2, 2007.
Posted: May 15th, 2007
Read moreCarbon joins the magnetic club
The exclusive club of magnetic elements officially has a new member-carbon.
Posted: May 14th, 2007
Read moreNew nanotechnology database for societal and ethical implications
The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP) at the Illinois Institute of Technology has recently launched NanoEthicsBank.
Posted: May 14th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology to restore Renaissance wall paintings
Italian researchers show that acrylic polymers usually employed in works of art (or architecture) conservation and highly insoluble inorganic deposits containing organic materials can be solubilized in an oil-in-water microemulsions from nonionic surfactants and that a complete cleaning of an acrylic-contaminated painting can be successfully achieved.
Posted: May 14th, 2007
Read moreRecommendations for European nanotechnology transfer from lab to fab
This report is the result of the two day workshop "Nano2Business" held at Warsaw University of Technology on February 7-8, 2007.
Posted: May 14th, 2007
Read moreDo-it-yourself: 'Make your own nanotechnology device' workshop
Cover your shoes, put on your goggles and zip up your clean-room suit. You're going to make a nano device.
Posted: May 14th, 2007
Read moreRevealing photographs of DNA
Smile! Ultrasensitive DNA detection with photographic paper.
Posted: May 13th, 2007
Read moreThe first intellectual property rights auction in Europe will be held in Munich
The event has attracted the interest of 84 sellers who are trading licenses and patents for technologies ranging from industrial coating machinery to treatments for psoriasis and skin cancer.
Posted: May 13th, 2007
Read moreMagnetic tweezers unravel cellular mechanics
By injecting tiny magnetic beads into a living cell and manipulating them with a magnetic 'tweezer', scientists succeed in getting to know more about the mechanics of the cell nucleus.
Posted: May 11th, 2007
Read moreWetter report: New approach to testing surface adhesion
With a nod to one of nature's best surface chemists - an obscure desert beetle - polymer scientists have devised a convenient way to construct test surfaces with a variable affinity for water, so that the same surface can range from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic, and everything in between.
Posted: May 11th, 2007
Read moreDNA sieve: nanoscale pores can be tiny analysis labs
Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using a system that can fit on a microchip or in a drop of salt water. Itâ??s closer than you might think, say a team of researchers.
Posted: May 10th, 2007
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