The basic aim of the new regulation is to remove legal uncertainties and inconsistencies, while increasing the safety of cosmetics. Parliament's amendments add further improvements, especially regarding the claims companies make for their products and the safety of nanomaterials used in cosmetics.
Mar 24th, 2009
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Researchers have attached together blocks of sugar molecule chains (polysaccharides) and protein chains (polypeptides) in a linear fashion. In water, these block copolymers spontaneously form vesicles.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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The prime areas for cooperation are photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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The quantity of artificial carbon-based nanoparticles in lake and river-beds, originating from new products, is negligible compared to the concentration of natural carbon-based nanoparticles that are present in such beds.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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A new PhD thesis from Chalmers shows that the multifaceted material perovskite could be of benefit in three key applications: fuel cells, gas separation prior to the storage of carbon dioxide and nanocomponents in electronic products.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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Die Deutsche Vakuum-Gesellschaft zeichnet Dr. Juergen Fassbender vom Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) fuer seine Arbeiten zur Ionenstrahl-Modifikation von ultraduennen magnetischen Schichten und Schichtsystemen mit dem Gaede-Preis 2009 aus.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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EuroNanoForum 2009 is the fourth conference of a set of international nanotechnology conferences organized within the framework of national Presidencies of the European Union. This will be a 4-day conference taking place from 2nd to 5th of June 2009, in Prague.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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The two-day event, to open on March 30 in Jerusalem's Inbal Hotel and organized by Kenes, will attract world-class experts, investors, businessmen and governmental representatives from Israel and abroad, and will include not only lectures and over 300 poster sessions but also a large exhibition.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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Sri Lanka's Science and Technology Minister Prof. Tissa Vitarana stressed the importance of introducing Nanotechnology to industries and said fund controllers in the country must extend their fullest co-operation to develop the technology.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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Nanotoxicology research has grown rapidly and a wide variety of analytical techniques are used to assess biodistribution, cellular uptake and both in vivo and in vitro toxicity.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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Ziel eines neuen Forschungsprojekts ist es, definierte optoelektronische Eigenschaften neuartiger Materialsysteme auf Molekuelbasis zu designen. Die VW-Stiftung unterstuetzt das Forschungsvorhaben mit insgesamt 500.000 Euro.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have designed, synthesized and tested new materials that improve the power efficiency of blue OLEDs by at least 25 percent.
Mar 23rd, 2009
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EUR 14.5m for the development of powerful and efficient electronic devices
Mar 23rd, 2009
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This is the tale of two biological substances-cells from mammals and bacteria. It's a story about the havoc these microscopic entities can wreak on all manner of surfaces, from mighty ships to teeth and medical devices, and how two Syracuse University researchers are discovering new ways to prevent the damage.
Mar 22nd, 2009
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A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing.
Mar 22nd, 2009
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