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Regulating nanomaterials: A transatlantic agenda

The project's goal is to investigate the regulatory challenges posed by nanotechnologies and to assess the effectiveness of existing approaches on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Nanotechnology researchers develop artificial pore

Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through a membrane.

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Nanotech Europe Speeds Commercialization of Nanotechnology

Spinverse and an extensive partner consortium have assembled Europe's largest annual nanotechnology event, Nanotech Europe, to drive the commercial development of nanotechnology.

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The London Centre for Nanotechnology and Veeco Instruments join forces to train and certify AFM professionals

The London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and Veeco Instruments, UK are joining forces to set-up a training course for professionals and academics dedicated to the utilisation of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM).

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Stretching graphene improves its semiconducting properties

Researchers say they have found a simple way to improve the semiconducting properties of the world?s thinnest material - by giving it a good tug.

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Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network confirms Oxonica COO as new theme manager

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced the appointment of Dr Barry Park as its new Theme Manager for Manufacturing and Processing.

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Nanotechnology mini-innovation and growth team: Survey request

The Nanotechnology Mini-Innovation and Growth Team at NanoKTN in the UK are looking to collect and collate information regarding what UK companies are currently doing in nanotechnology and what their requirements are to ensure major growth over the next ten years.

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Alberta Centre for Advanced Micro Nano Technology Products (ACAMP) hosts clean technologies seminar

Technologies like nanotechnology, biomaterials and microfluidics can play a powerful role in reducing the impact of industrial activity on the environment, while opening new markets for Alberta-developed products and services.

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IBM celebrates 20th anniversary of moving atoms

On this day in 1989, IBM Fellow Don Eigler became the first person in history to move and control an individual atom.

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Metallic glass for bone surgery

It is possible that broken bones will in the near future be fixed using metallic glass. Materials researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an alloy that could herald a new generation of biodegradable bone implants.

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ETH Zurich's head of research resigns on suspicion of falsified data

At ETH Zurich, there are suspicions that scientific data may have been falsified in two publications and a doctoral thesis in 1999 and 2000.

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Nanoparticles - toxic or harmless?

At SINTEF scientist both exploit the benefits of the nanotechnology and try to discover how tiny particles could behave hazardous in nature.

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New technique siphons entropy out of a collection of atoms, much like a refrigerator

Rather than reducing disorder, physicists find a way to simply move it somewhere else.

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Uni Kassel auf der RusNanoTech 09 in Moskau

Auf dem 2. Internationalen Nanotechnologie Forum (RusNanoTech 09) in Moskau, organisiert das BMBF vom 6. bis 8. Oktober einen deutschen Gemeinschaftsstand, auf dem auch die Universitaet Kassel vertreten sein wird.

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Unique multidisciplinary forum for modeling, designing and fabricating nanoscale systems

The Nano-Net conference positions itself at the intersection of two worlds, namely, emerging nanotechnologies on one side, and Information and Communication Technologies on the other side.

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New nanomedicine chip can detect type and severity of patient's cancer

University of Toronto researchers have used nanomaterials to develop a microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that the disease can be detected earlier for more effective treatment.

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