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Nanomaterials - an environmental pandora's box?

A special open-access issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry examines the issues surrounding nanoparticles and their impact on environemnt and health.

August 19, 2008 Read more

Controlling the size of nanoclusters

Melissa Patterson, a W. Burghardt Turner Fellow at Stony Brook University (SBU), will give a talk at the American Chemical Society?s national meeting in Philadelphia on controlling the size of nanoclusters, research she performed using a new instrument at the U.S. Department of Energy?s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

August 19, 2008 Read more

Optical computing moves closer to reality

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have theorized a way to increase the speed of pulses of light that bound across chains of tiny metal particles to well past the speed of light by altering the particle shape.

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Chemist designs new 'catch-and-tell' molecules

The discovery is based on previous pioneering research by Professor De Silva and his colleagues at Queen?s, which created ?catch and tell? sensor molecules that send out light signals when they catch chemicals in blood.

August 19, 2008 Read more

Energieeffizienz durch Mikro- und Nanotechnologie

Energieeffizienz, eines der aktuell bedeutsamsten Themen fuer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, wird von Mikro- und Nanotechnik-Experten auf der MST-Regionalkonferenz NRW 2008 am 27. Oktober in Dortmund diskutiert.

August 19, 2008 Read more

Modified DNA helps scientists understand secrets of DNA repair mechanisms

A modified DNA is helping scientists to understand the sophisticated DNA repair mechanisms that allow dormant bacteria to come 'back to life'.

August 19, 2008 Read more

New developments in microscopy to be discussed this week in Ireland

Leaders in the field of microscopy from across Ireland will meet at Queen?s University Belfast this week to discuss exciting new developments in technology which could have a huge impact on public health.

August 19, 2008 Read more

University of Kentucky awarded $2 Million EPA grant to study nanoparticle and human health

On August 20, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) will announce the award of a $2 million grant to the University of Kentucky to study nanoparticles.

August 18, 2008 Read more

Molecular Programming Project at Caltech receives $10m NSF funding

The National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to the Molecular Programming Project, a collaborative effort by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington to establish a fundamental approach to the design of complex molecular and chemical systems based on the principles of computer science.

August 18, 2008 Read more

Biochemist starts search for biomarker proteins in the secreted fluids of cancer cell lines

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced a landmark collaboration between its Thermo Fisher Scientific Biomarker Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center and the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto to explore uncharted areas in biomarker research.

August 18, 2008 Read more

New speed record for magnetic memories

An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows.

August 18, 2008 Read more

Nanoscale electrical fields will power future lab-on-chip systems

Tracking down cancer at a very early stage, studying cell growth, developing new medicines: future lab-on-a-chip systems will use nanoscale electrical fields to enable the detection and manipulation of cells and biomolecules.

August 18, 2008 Read more

IBM announces first working SRAM for the 22 nanometer node

IBM and its joint development partners - AMD, Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) - today announced the first working static random access memory (SRAM) for the 22 nanometer (nm) technology node, the world's first reported working cell.

August 18, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnologie Konferenz nano.DE 2009

'Rohstoff' fuer Innovationen - unter diesem Motto werden erstmalig die bisher separat gefuehrten Konferenzen WING und nanoDE im naechsten Jahr zusammengelegt.

August 18, 2008 Read more

Tin film of protein coils promising for nanoelectronics and solar cells

Chemists have succeeded in making a layer of tiny protein coils attached to a surface, much like miniature bedsprings in a frame. This thin film made of stable and very pure helices can help researchers develop molecular electronics or solar cells, or to divine the biology of proteins.

August 18, 2008 Read more

The next big thing in nanotechnology? Litigation.

Nanotechnology holds great promise for revolutions in medicine, energy and agriculture. But as scientists work to make groundbreaking nanotechnology discoveries, lawyers are waiting.

August 18, 2008 Read more