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Microswimmers make a big splash for improved drug delivery

They may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the 'microswimmers' developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of medications for cancer and other diseases.

January 7, 2009 Read more

A foldable world - free e-book on nanotechnology and flexible electronics

Massimo Marrazzo of Italy-based design firm Biodomotica has published a free e-book on printed flexible electronics.

January 7, 2009 Read more

A miniature synchrotron for your home lab

Today, at the 39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Ronald Ruth, president of Lyncean Technologies, announced that the Compact Light Source has started delivering on this promise by achieving three key milestones using its unique x-ray beam.

January 7, 2009 Read more

ISO published new nanotechnology safety report for handling nanomaterials

EngineersISO has just published new ISO/TR 12885:2008, Health and safety practices in occupational settings relevant to nanotechnologies, which focuses on the manufacture and use of engineered nanomaterials. The Technical Report is based on current information about nanotechnology, including characterization, health effects, exposure assessments, and control practices.

January 6, 2009 Read more

Argonne scientist Orlando Auciello named AAAS fellow for contributions in materials science

Orlando Auciello of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

January 6, 2009 Read more

Cutting-edge rapid prototyping works with nanopowders

A prototype of a cutting-edge 'three-dimensional printer', a Rapid Prototyping (RP) device, has been successfully developed by the group led by the Distinguished Professor Sen-Yung Lee of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

January 5, 2009 Read more

The European Future Technologies Conference

The conference is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies.

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Nanotechnology in 2009 - creative destruction or credit crunch?

Tim Harper over at Cientifica has published a thought-provoking brief white paper that looks at the effects of the current financial crisis on the world of nanotechnologies.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology raises big hopes and also big fears

It's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times.

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Swedish scientists make breakthrough in nanowire growth control

Scientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level.

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Electronics from a printer with nano ink

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen have now commissioned a process line in which electron devices can be printed from inorganic materials using an ink jet similar to those in any office printer.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Energy giant backs major organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic project as part of nanotechnology focus

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'.

January 5, 2009 Read more

NanoKTN supports significant funding round for UK nanotechnology research

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK?s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for one of the largest funding rounds that has been made available to the micro and nanotechnology sector.

January 5, 2009 Read more

New technique squeezes light to the fundamental quantum limit

A team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe.

January 2, 2009 Read more

Molecular imaging enables earlier, individualized treatment of thyroid cancer

In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery.

January 2, 2009 Read more

Six North American sites hold 12,900 year-old nanodiamond-rich soil

Abundant nanoparticles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth?s impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team.

January 1, 2009 Read more