Dr. Zhong Lin Wang, an expert in nanotechnology and inventor of the world's first nanogenerator, will be the keynote speaker at Nano Summit 2007, which will be hosted by Texas A&M University's Dwight Look College of Engineering.
Jun 24th, 2007
Read moreNew report identifies the use of public funding to enable greater industrial investment as the key challenge facing nanotechnology commercialisation in Europe.
Jun 22nd, 2007
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of two grants totaling almost $600,000 to Oregon State University for nanotechnology research. These grants will evaluate whether some manmade nanomaterials could be toxic to human health.
Jun 22nd, 2007
Read moreGermany is by far investing more in nanotechnology than other European country. German companies are also more enthusiastic about nanotechnology than their counterparts around Europe.
Jun 22nd, 2007
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A simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one key to the next generation of high-density information storage, but have been difficult to make in bulk.
Jun 22nd, 2007
Read moreA multifunctional nanoparticle platform comprising nanoparticles synthesized within dendrimers equipped with targeting molecules and dyes is able to seek out and specifically bind to cancer cells.
Jun 22nd, 2007
Read moreScientists measured the ability of each nanocarbon material to remove singlet oxygen, a kind of active oxygen species.
Jun 22nd, 2007
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By making careful observations of the growth of a layer of molecules as they gradually cover the surface of a small silicon rectangle, researchers have gained basic insights into how self-propagating self-assembly wave fronts develop.
Jun 21st, 2007
Read moreOver 200 organizations express a united opposition against three problematic elements of the Patent Reform Act of 2007.
Jun 21st, 2007
Read moreNanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale provides a multidisciplinary forum for exploration of ethical issues related to nanotechnology.
Jun 21st, 2007
Read moreSpeakers at session at the EuroNanoForum 2007, taking place in Düsseldorf in Germany, gave an overview of what various surveys have established regarding societal perceptions of nanotechnology, and offered advice on how to deal with scepticism.
Jun 21st, 2007
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Combining experimental observations with theoretical modelling reveals with unprecedented resolution the structures of the smallest pieces of ice that form on hydrophobic metal surfaces.
Jun 21st, 2007
Read moreToday, Environmental Defense and DuPont publicly launch of the Nano Risk Framework.
Jun 21st, 2007
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Fluorescent semiconductor nanoparticles that exhibit chiral luminescence.
Jun 20th, 2007
Read moreHoneycomb-like photonic crystal helps nanolaser achieve high efficiency.
Jun 20th, 2007
Read moreIf Europe is to benefit from all that nanoscience and nanotechnology has to offer, the results of research must make their way out of the lab, and into industrial applications.
Jun 20th, 2007
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