The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its ability to oversee the safety of complex, high-tech products made using nanotechnology, according to a new report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN).
Aug 21st, 2008
Read moreLipidomicNet builds on a private public partnership (PPP) in order to support the translation of LipidomicNet inventions into new technologies and products that will benefit the health care systems.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreThe Institute of Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a consortium of course providers and industrial representatives, is now working towards benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology education and training at the Masters level through a peer-reviewed accreditation process.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreDiesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air that slip through both government regulation and vehicle filters.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the mucus barrier, engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus - regarded by many as nearly impenetrable - and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreSeptember 2008 will see particle physicists setting protons on a collision course through the Large Hadron Collider with more energy than ever before. Their intention is to track down the Higgs boson and solve the problem of why the universe contains almost no antimatter.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Researchers are hoping for improved therapies for treating age-related diseases.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Proteins attaching to gold nanoparticles don't mill around randomly, but organise into clusters, according to UK scientists who say they have for the first time spied in detail peptides assembling on a surface.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreThe fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreA team of Penn State materials scientists is developing ferroelectric polymer-based capacitors that can deliver power more rapidly and are much lighter than conventional batteries.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Scientists report that they have combined silicon and ferromagnetic iron with a small amount of another common metal, manganese, to create a new material which is neither a magnet nor an ordinary semiconductor.
Aug 20th, 2008
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In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC - Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute - has broadened the functionality and scope of its wireless health monitoring technology by linking it to real-time extraction of relevant medical data.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreDr. Novoselov, a Royal Society Research Fellow in The School of Physics and Astronomy, was selected from more than 300 nominees under the age of 35 following his discovery of graphene with Professor Andre Geim in 2004.
Aug 20th, 2008
Read moreThe structure of gold nanoparticles has been largely unknown for over a decade. The current study helps to understand the stability, composition as well as electronic, chemical and optical properties of the particles.
Aug 20th, 2008
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Forscher in Japan stellten vor einigen Jahren in einem Experiment zufaellig eine Verbindung aus Silizium, Mangan und Kohlenstoff her, die unerwarteterweise auch bei Raumtemperatur ferromagnetisch war. Forschern aus Karlsruhe und Dresden gelang nun die Herstellung von magnetischen 'Nano-Draehten' aus diesem Material.
Aug 20th, 2008
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