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Using nanotechnology to create high-performance materials

The GKSS Research Center in Geesthacht is coordinating a European project for the development of new plastics.

July 22, 2008 Read more

4th NanoRegulation Conference to focus on voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance

As a leading international platform in the area of nanotechnology safety and regulation, the conference will offer a forum to discuss this year?s topic of 'Voluntary Measures in Nano Risk Governance' (such as Voluntary Reporting Schemes, Codes of Conduct, Risk management systems etc.).

July 22, 2008 Read more

Exotic materials using neptunium, plutonium provide insight into superconductivity

Quantum mechanical triplet of magnetic spin and electron pair may lead to superconductivity at higher temperatures.

July 21, 2008 Read more

A phonon floodgate in monolayer carbon

The first STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises

July 21, 2008 Read more

Ueberblick ueber Taetigkeiten mit Nanomaterialien in Deutschland online

Einen Ueberblick ueber die Taetigkeiten mit Nanomaterialien in Deutschland geben die Ergebnisse einer Fragebogenaktion, die jetzt auf der Homepage der Bundesanstalt fuer Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) veroeffentlicht wurden.

July 21, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology: Learning from past mistakes

Nanotechnology's success depends on addressing safety questions.

July 21, 2008 Read more

Nanosized jaws perform like proteins

Research could lead to more powerful sensors, diagnostic tools.

July 21, 2008 Read more

Raman spectroscopy could put an end to dreaded dentist drill

A new technology that spots tooth decay almost as soon as it?s begun promises to reduce the need for drilling and filling.

July 21, 2008 Read more

With NIH grant, FSU becomes one of world's top imaging centers

At Florida State University, the collective strength of biomedical research and the scientists who lead it has earned a $2 million High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

July 20, 2008 Read more

Kerry-Snowe bill strengthens safety in nanotechnology research

Sens. John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. The legislation will toughen the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) by increasing its commitment to environmental health and safety research.

July 18, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnologie fuer das Gesundheitswesen des 21. Jahrhunderts

Vom 4. - 6. Maerz 2009 treffen sich internationale Experten an der Berliner Charite, um auf der Konferenz NanoMed 2009 den aktuellen Stand medizinischer Anwendungen der Nanotechnologie zu diskutieren.

July 18, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology to provide cheap solar energy

Research into new types of solar cells produced by nanotechnology will be described by Professor Darren Bagnall at the World Renewable Energy Conference in Glasgow which begins tomorrow.

July 18, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology gets rugby fans closer then ever to the All Blacks

Fibre imprinting nanotechnology developed at the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Canterbury is going to get rugby fans closer than ever to the All Blacks. The names of as many as 100,000 fans are to be printed onto a single thread which will be sewn into the Silver Fern on a special edition jersey in a campaign organised by All Blacks sponsor adidas.

July 18, 2008 Read more

Roentgenmikroskopie mit Superaufloesung deckt die versteckten Geheimnisse in der Nanowelt auf

Ein neuartiges Roentgenmikroskop mit Superaufloesung, das von einem Forscherteam des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI) und der ETH Lausanne (EPFL) in der Schweiz entwickelt wurde, kombiniert die hohe Durchdringungsleistung von Roentgenstrahlen mit einer hohen bildlichen Aufloesung und ermoeglicht es somit erstmals, Licht auf die detaillierten inneren Strukturen von Halbleiterbauelementen oder Zellen zu werfen.

July 18, 2008 Read more

Nanoparticle research in Review of Ophthalmology

Nanoparticle research by Professor Sanku Mallik and his group at North Dakota State University, Fargo, appears in the July issue of the Review of Ophthalmology in the article 'Nanoparticles: Into the New Frontier.'

July 17, 2008 Read more

Super-resolution X-ray microscopy unveils the buried secrets of the nanoworld

A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures.

July 17, 2008 Read more