Greater transparency and public engagement about the potential opportunities and risks presented by nanotechnology is required, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.
Nov 25th, 2009
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Sharjah (UOS) will cooperate in the future. Cooperation with the University of Sharjah will cover joint research projects to study urgent aspects of energy research, the focus being on renewable and sustainable energies.
Nov 25th, 2009
Read moreTECNALIA Technological Corporation, through its Energy Unit, is the only representative from the Spanish State within APOLLON, the largest European photoelectric energy research project, falling within the remit of the 7th R+D Framework Programme.
Nov 25th, 2009
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New calculations by Chilla Reddy at the Institute of High Performance Computing of A*STAR, Singapore, and co-workers have shown that narrow-width ribbons - ten nanometers wide or less - have a strong effect on the elastic properties of graphene.
Nov 25th, 2009
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Creating ultra-small particles with multiple functionalities becomes easier thanks to a new extraction procedure.
Nov 25th, 2009
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Patterned surfaces mimicking the nano-scale structure of butterfly wings can produce impressive optical effects.
Nov 25th, 2009
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Discovery of the first small fluorescent probe for a pancreatic hormone could shed light on pancreatic diseases.
Nov 25th, 2009
Read moreTesting commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found nanoparticles in foundations and concealers sold by big name brands, including Revlon, Clarins, Clinique, Max Factor, the Body Shop, L'Oreal, By Terry and Lancome Paris.
Nov 24th, 2009
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The kinetics of ion transfer reactions at liquid/liquid interfaces has been the central focus in the past few decades, and is often very fast and difficult to measure.
Nov 24th, 2009
Read moreChemical Abstracts Service reports that China's patent office is now the world's leading producer of patent invention applications in chemistry.
Nov 24th, 2009
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Zusammenarbeit von Nanowissenschaftlern und Medizinern an der CAU Kiel mit visionaeren Zielen.
Nov 24th, 2009
Read moreEfforts by EU governments to force cosmetics manufacturers to inform consumers when products contain nanomaterials were resisted by Germany, it has emerged.
Nov 24th, 2009
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By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn't so far fetched.
Nov 24th, 2009
Read moreResearchers at the University of Illinois have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling photolithography and a self-folding process driven by capillary interactions.
Nov 23rd, 2009
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By producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research may lead to a new treatment for kidney stones using biomolecules.
Nov 23rd, 2009
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The future Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, BIONAND, in Malaga/Spain is seeking Heads for its main research areas: Nanodiagnostics, Therapeutic Nanosystems and Nanobiotechnology as well as for its Nano-Imaging Research Facility.
Nov 23rd, 2009
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