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Montemagno keynotes the 2009 conference on nanotechnology for the forest products industry

Join your industry colleagues for the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, which will be held June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The theme of this year's event is 'Unlocking the Potential of Nano-Enabled Biomaterials'.

February 18, 2009 Read more

22-booth Spanish nanotechnology pavillion at nano tech 2009

After a very successful 2008 edition, the Phantoms Foundation and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade will promote the Spain Pavilion at nano tech 2009, as an initiative under the program 'Espana, Technology for Life'.

February 18, 2009 Read more

IMEC to present latest breakthroughs in advanced semiconductor lithography research

IMEC technologists will present their newest breakthroughs in advanced semiconductor lithography research and development at next week's SPIE Advanced Microlithography Conference, to be held February 23 - 27 in San Jose, California.

February 18, 2009 Read more

Australian nanotechnology joint venture to commercialize clean technologies

South Australia continues to be a focal point for expertise in clean and sustainable technologies with the launch of new venture CleanFutures.

February 18, 2009 Read more

New textiles - research and development in the textile-clothing-technical textiles industry

The Textile Industry Research Association AITEX is organizing 'New Textiles. R+D in the Textile - Clothing - Technical Textiles Industry', an Information Day which will take place on 31 March 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Plasmonic nanosurgery project part of $3.2m NSF CAREER award for UTexas

Eight engineering assistant professors at The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation, an honor which recognizes promising young faculty and supports their research with five years of funding.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Tel Aviv University scientists develop highly accurate nano-scale biomonitoring solution

Working in the miniaturized world of nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University researchers have made a big leap forward in the detection of pollutants.

February 17, 2009 Read more

German nanotechnologist and atomic physicist each awarded $1.6 million for especially innovative research projects

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has announced that it will fund two new especially innovative and high-risk research projects.

February 17, 2009 Read more

New nano-hydrogels capable of detecting cancer cells

A Spanish research team is designing a system with nano-hydrogels that contains a mixture of anti-tubercular pharmaceutical drugs and which release this medication in a controlled and constant manner over long periods of time.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Nanomechanical sensors identify viruses faster

A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin's Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College's Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and an international team of researchers.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology-based approach for protecting people from nerve gas

A veterinary pharmaco-toxicologist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech is leading a team that has been awarded almost $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to explore the development of a nanotechnology-based approach for protecting people from the deadly affects of nerve gases like Sarin, VX, and others that can be used as agents of terror.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Engineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves

The structure's graded depths arrest light at multiple locations and different frequencies.

February 17, 2009 Read more

Nagano Techno Foundation and NanoQuebec agree 5-year nanotechnology development partnership

NanoQuebec President and CEO, Dr. Robert Crawhall, has announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding between NanoQuebec and Nagano Techno Foundation to help develop nanotechnologies.

February 16, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology research could aid paper making

Researchers at Victoria University in New Zealand have discovered ground-breaking new ways to capitalise on New Zealand's increasingly valuable paper export markets using nanotechnology.

February 16, 2009 Read more

Designer food or disaster - what nanotechnology might bring to the food sector

Food technology is regarded as one of the industry sectors where nanotechnology will play an important role in the future.

February 16, 2009 Read more

FramingNano mapping study on regulation and governance of nanotechnology released

The new mapping study approaches the nano risk governance issue by presenting a range of nanotechnology applications, summarising the current knowledge about risks and concerns and by giving a comprehensive overview on regulatory approaches, initiatives and stakeholders involved worldwide.

February 16, 2009 Read more