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European Parliament approves new rules on safer cosmetics requiring labeling for nanomaterials

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.

March 24, 2009 Read more

Synthetic capsules made of natural building blocks

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

EU and Japan agree to work more closely together in energy research

The prime areas for cooperation are photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage.

March 23, 2009 Read more

To fight drug addiction, researchers target the brain with nanoparticles

A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Negligible proportion of artificial carbon-based nanoparticles in aquatic sediments

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Inorganic chameleon show promise in nanotechnology and energy research

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Nanomagnete im Labor und im Einsatz - Gaede-Preis 2009 fuer Rossendorfer Physiker

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

EuroNanoForum 2009 - nanotechnology for sustainable economy

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Israel ready to host its first international nanotechnology conference

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Introducing nanotechnology to Sri Lanka's industries

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

The growth of nanotoxicology

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

Hochempfindliche molekulare Sensoren

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

New materials boost efficiency of blue OLEDs by 25%

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.

March 23, 2009 Read more

German project DECISIF starts research on strained silicon

EUR 14.5m for the development of powerful and efficient electronic devices

March 23, 2009 Read more

New surface material resists biofilm growth

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.

March 22, 2009 Read more

Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications

A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing.

March 22, 2009 Read more