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Nanotechnology Risk Management Workshop at NanoMaterials '09 hosted by SAFENANO

SAFENANO, the UK's premier resource on Nanotechnology Health and Safety, is co-hosting a Pre-Conference workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at the forthcoming NanoMaterials '09 conference in Bonn, Germany. Limited spaces are still available for those yet to register.

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New EMBL service helps researchers keep up-to-date with scientific literature

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) now offers a new free service to help researchers, teachers and students keep up-to-date with scientific literature on the web, especially when researching unfamiliar molecules.

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Molekularsprache aus Sicht eines Nobelpreistraegers

'The Molecular Language of Life' lautet das Thema des ersten Workshops des neu gegruendeten 'Jena Life Science Forum', das vom 18.-20. Juni an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena stattfindet.

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Metallofullerenes hold key to artificial life

The question of how raw chemicals became biologically driven to evolve into life may now have an answer in material science.

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Super sponges soak up gas

Researchers in the US have shown that a recently discovered class of compound based on light elements can store gas at least as efficiently as the most promising metal organic framework (MOF) candidates.

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FDA claims it can handle nanotechnology safety

An article in Food Production Daily cites Dr Annette McCarthy of the FDA as saying that The Food and Drug Administration already has sufficient authority to assess the safety of nanotechnology - but its regulation is not all to do with size.

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ISO Technical Committee on nanotechnology opens plenary in Seattle

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 229, Nanotechnologies, opened its annual plenary meeting yesterday in Seattle, Washington. Over 170 representatives from 23 countries were in attendance to advance the committee's goals in nanotechnology standardization.

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Register for the FEI cryo-transmission electron microscopy webinar

This webinar will focus on sample preparation and transfer, data acquisition and processing of results - including a description of the critical steps and factors for obtaining 3D-cryo results will be discussed.

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Researchers create freestanding nanoparticle films without fillers

Nanoparticle films are no longer a delicate matter: Vanderbilt physicists have found a way to make them strong enough so they don't disintegrate at the slightest touch.

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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will impact applications from modeling stars to nanoelectronics

Michigan State University today announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy concerning the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.

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European top universities join forces in energy research

The Technical University of Denmark, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and Eindhoven University of Technology are starting a graduate school in Sustainable Energy Technologies.

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Smart Future Fellowships for Australian researchers

Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.

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Nominations sought for MBE Innovator Award

Veeco Instruments Inc. will again co-sponsor the MBE Innovator Award in 2009 in conjunction with the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) organization.

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Dutch Spinoza Prize for micro- and nanochannels research

Highest scientific prizes for three Dutch top researchers.

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2. Workshop 'Biologie trifft Nanotechnologie'

Welche vorteilhaften neuen Eigenschaften erhalten Biosensoren und Biochips durch die Einbeziehung der Nanotechnologie? Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des 2. BioHyTec Workshops am 11. Juni.

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NY State senate leadership to get first-hand look at firsthand look at the leading model for nanotechnology education

Senators discuss opportunities to spur high-tech economic development across New York State as investments at the NanoCollege top $5 billion with more than 2,500 high-tech jobs.

June 8, 2009 Read more