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BMBF startet Internetseiten zum Thema Nanomaterialien

Was genau sind Nanopartikel? Was versteht man unter Exposition? Wann sprechen Toxikologen von einem Risiko? Diese und andere Fragen zur Nanotechnologie beantworten Experten auf einer jetzt gestarteten Internet-Plattform.

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Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality

CSIRO scientist Dr Tara Sutherland and her team have achieved another important milestone in the international quest to artificially produce insect silk. They have hand-drawn fine threads of honeybee silk from a 'soup' of silk proteins that they had produced transgenically.

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European project for Engineered NanoParticle Risk Assessment publishes first newsletter

Launched in May 2009, ENPRA (Engineered NanoParticle Risk Assessment) is a major new European Framework 7 project to develop and implement a novel integrated approach for engineered nanoparticle risk assessment.

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Oxford Nanotechnology Summer School 2010

Oxford University has announced the dates for its 2010 Nanotechnology Summer School. The Summer School Programme offers five one-day courses designed to introduce participants to the advances that are being made in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. The courses focus on nanotechnology for energy, biomedical nanotechnology and nanosafety.

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FramingNano report on current and future challenges in nanotechnology governance

After two years of consultation, the FramingNano Governance Platform as the final outcome of the corresponding FP7 research project has been published. The Platform describes a heuristic process of how current and future challenges in nanotechnology governance can be identified, assessed and decided on, and proposes a number of strucutal elements to achieve this.

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Nanophotonics: Bright attractions

Application of an external magnetic field enhances the extraction efficiency of laser light from elliptical microcavities

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Thin-film ferroelectrics offer a fundamentally different route to photovoltaic devices

The potential of thin ferroelectric films for visible-light photovoltaic devices has now been demonstrated by researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and the National University of Singapore.

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Carbon nanotube thermocells could convert heat waste to energy

A new study reveals that thermocells based on carbon nanotube electrodes might eventually be used for generating electrical energy from heat discarded by chemical plants, automobiles and solar cell farms.

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Sorting device for analyzing biological reactions puts the power of a lab in a researcher's pocket

Microfluidic technology increases efficiency, reduces costs, and could be a boon for synthetic biology.

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Cooper appointed interim director of Birck Nanotechnology Center

Longtime Purdue University professor James Cooper has been named interim director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, a Discovery Park facility he helped lead during its startup.

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New study show that silver nanoparticles can cause toxicity in fish

Tested on fathead minnows - an organism often used to test the effects of toxicity on aquatic life - nanosilver suspended in solution proved toxic and even lethal to the minnows. When the nanosilver was allowed to settle, the solution became several times less toxic but still caused malformations in the minnows.

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Scientists expand the potential uses for glass through a study into how atoms vibrate

Scientists from the Functional Materials Group at the University of Kent's School of Physical Sciences have expanded the potential uses of glass by developing an experimental technique that reveals more clearly how atoms in glass vibrate.

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Call for papers - Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies

The program committee invites all discussions of anthropological, cultural, economic, ethical, historical, philosophical, political, and sociological aspects of nanosciences and emerging technologies.

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Successful atomic-level visualization of chemical reactions

Scientists in Japan have jointly succeeded in the atomic level analysis of the reactivity and selectivity of the dimerization reaction of fullerene molecules.

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All-in-one diagnostic test for point-of-care deployment in effort to fight infectious diseases

Researchers from A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) join efforts to fight emerging infectious diseases with their breakthrough total analysis solution that combines sample extraction, ribonucleic acid amplification and detection into one set-up.

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New device for ultrafast optical communications

A new device could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology could be applied to ultrafast, high-capacity communications, imaging of the Earth's surface and for encrypting secure messages.

March 1, 2010 Read more