Australian unions and industry are calling for urgent regulation to protect workers from the risks of nanotechnology, while scientists are struggling to keep up the supply of hard data.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreContact with a wide range of chemicals and other hazardous substances at work is endangering the health of workers across Europe, and nanotechnology is one of the risks causing most concern to experts from 21 European countries.
Mar 27th, 2009
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A team led by Jason McNeill at Clemson University has developed a new technique to determine the oxygen content of cells and tissues based on dye-doped nanoparticles.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreModern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreAfter engaging in a three-year learning process, European Trade Unions and European environmental NGOs have formulated position statements calling upon industry and governments to pursue the responsible development of nanotechnologies and to operationalise comprehensive precautionary measures that can effectively prevent harm to the user and the environment.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreOver the past 18 months, the Lloyd's Emerging Risks team has been examining the potential threats associated with nanotechnology from an insurance perspective.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreThis is the first comprehensive book covering all aspects of the use of carbonaceous materials in heterogeneous catalysis
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreA new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques including those used in hospital scanners and chemistry laboratories has been developed by scientists at the University of York.
Mar 27th, 2009
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Researchers have studied how the electric polarization of multiferroic materials responds to changes in an externally applied magnetic field.
Mar 27th, 2009
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Designing new catalysts based on two or more metal centers.
Mar 27th, 2009
Read moreUC Berkeley and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, aims to achieve new peaks in research excellence through collaboration in three research areas which are of significance globally - synthetic biology, stem cells and energy efficiency.
Mar 26th, 2009
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Science fiction fans still have another two months of waiting for the new Star Trek movie, but fans of actual science can feast their eyes now on the first movie ever of carbon atoms moving along the edge of a graphene crystal.
Mar 26th, 2009
Read moreIn response to the growth and development of nanotechnology companies that produce and use nanoscale materials, SOCMA's Nanotechnology SME Coalition has expanded its membership categories to address their specific needs.
Mar 26th, 2009
Read moreWorking at the nanoscale level, University of Arkansas engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass substrate.
Mar 26th, 2009
Read moreFounded in Munich in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft evolved from a challenging into the largest organization for applied research in Europe.
Mar 26th, 2009
Read moreUsing aquatic microbes as their 'canary-in-a-cage', scientists from Ohio today reported that nanoparticles now being added to cosmetics, sunscreens, and hundreds of other personal care products may be harmful to the environment.
Mar 26th, 2009
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