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NanoEthics journal features nanotechnology human enhancement and societal challenges

The Nanoethics Group today announced publishing a symposium of papers focusing on ethical and societal problems arising from human enhancement applications of emerging technologies, especially nanotechnology.

December 15, 2008 Read more

Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level

MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells.

December 14, 2008 Read more

Breakthrough achieved in the production of double-walled carbon nanotubes

Northwestern University team develops new method to reliably produce and sort out double-walled carbon nanotubes; discovery could lower the cost of this dynamic material.

December 14, 2008 Read more

Bangalore Nano National Award goes to Prof. Dipankar Chakravorty

Today, during the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event, Shri. M. Hamid Ansari, H.E. Vice President of India, presented the 2nd Bangalore Nano National Award to Prof. Dipankar Chakravorty, recognizing his awe-inspiring achievements in the field of Nanotechnology.

December 13, 2008 Read more

Bangalore declared as the 'Nanocity of India' at the 2nd Bangalore nanotechnology event

The government of Karnataka, on the occasion of the 2nd Bangalore Nano conference, has declared Bangalore as the 'Nanocity of India'.

December 13, 2008 Read more

New routes to gram-scale graphene

Australian researchers have reported making grams of graphene using nothing more complicated than sodium and ethanol. The process, according to team leader John Stride at the University of New South Wales, should help accelerate the progress of applications for a much-hyped material that's proved hard to manufacture cheaply.

December 13, 2008 Read more

Chemical Industry Trade Fair invites young chemists to attend InformexUSA free of charge

Informex today announced that it will invite young chemists to attend the upcoming InformexUSA exhibition in San Francisco free of charge. The invitation opens the door for chemists and chemical engineers 25 and under to learn more about the chemical technologies manufacturers will require in the years ahead to commercialize exciting new concepts in areas like nanotechnology, pharmaceutical fine chemicals, and green chemistry.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Detailed 24-page monograph explaining the theory, functionality and applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Asylum Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have released a detailed 24-page monograph explaining the theory, functionality and applications of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM). Electromechanical coupling is one of the fundamental natural mechanisms underlying the function of many inorganic and macromolecular materials and is ubiquitous in biological systems.

December 12, 2008 Read more

2008 Status Report on Photovoltaics reviews state of European industry

Europe's photovoltaic industry is growing rapidly and is now worth EUR 14 billion a year, according to the 2008 Status Report on Photovoltaics (solar energy technologies) released by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.

December 12, 2008 Read more

UK EPSRC Science and Innovation Awards 2008

Five-year grants totalling 20m pounds will be given to Bath, Imperial, London School of Economics, Edinburgh, Exeter, Heriot-Watt, Lancaster, Manchester and Strathclyde Universities as a result of the EPSRC 2008 Science and Innovation Awards.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Would you like your own DNA profile on canvas?

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. offers life scientists the opportunity to own a unique and highly visual representation of their own DNA profile immortalized on canvas.

December 12, 2008 Read more

New technique allows real-time observation of molecules during chemical reactions

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Stromproduzenten im Nanometerbereich

Winzige Antennen, die Licht sammeln und in Strom umwandeln, wollen Chemiker und Physiker der Uni Wuerzburg herstellen.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Thailand aims to become regional center for nanotechnology

The National Nanotechnology Centre (Nanotec) in Thailand has revealed plans to make Thailand the focus of the emerging nanotechnology industry in the Asean region.

December 12, 2008 Read more

New international program on maskless lithography for 22 nanometer IC manufacturing

MAPPER Lithography and CEA-Leti, a leading French semiconductor research institution, signed an agreement today according to which MAPPER will ship a 300 mm electron-beam direct write lithography platform to CEA-Leti in Grenoble.

December 12, 2008 Read more

Most influential Korean scientists named

Four scientists are responsible for the most influential papers in Korea over the past decade -- Profs. Kim Soo-bong and Hyun Taek-hwan of Seoul National University, Kim Ki-moon of Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kwon Young-joon of Yonsei University.

December 12, 2008 Read more