Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines

Revision of risk-assessment methods needed to evaluate potential risks in the use of certain Nanomaterials in cosmetic products

In order to properly assess the potential risk of insoluble and/or biopersistent nanomaterials used in cosmetics either new risk-assessment methods have to be developed or the existing ones have to be improved, an EU scientific committee concludes.

March 6, 2008 Read more

Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium Set for May 1-2. New workshop focuses on nanotechnology for cancer

The Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology hosts its second annual NanoBio Symposium on May 1-2, 2008 at the School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md.

March 6, 2008 Read more

IBM scientists 'quiet' unruly electrons in atomic layers of graphite

For the first time anywhere, IBM scientists have found a way to suppress unwanted interference of electrical signals created when shrinking graphene, a two-dimensional, single-atomic layer thick form of graphite, to dimensions just a few atoms long.

March 6, 2008 Read more

NanoCharM: an EU Project aimed at bringing Nanomaterials into mainstream markets

NanoCharM, a Coordination and Support Action funded by the EU is notable for two firsts'. Not only was it the first to be signed under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme, with a start date of January 1st 2008, but was also the highest ranked CSA project to be approved.

March 6, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology struggles to grow up in the Chicago area

The nascence of nanotech companies in the Chicago area during the last decade has built one of the biggest nano hubs in the U.S., industry leaders, analysts and other experts say.

March 6, 2008 Read more

Nanoelectronics center to open at Notre Dame

Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from IBM and the Semiconductor Research Corporation today to announce plans to open a new $61 million nanoelectronics research center on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, creating new research opportunities to develop atomic-scale technologies that will drive future breakthroughs in computing.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Call for papers, abstracts for nanoTX 08, due April 30

nanoTX USA'08, International Nanotechnology Conference & Trade Expo to be held at Hyatt Regency Dallas Convention Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA, October 2-3, 2008, seeking expert presenters.

March 5, 2008 Read more

New technique takes a big step in examination of small structures

A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Advances in science and technology and the Chemical Weapons Convention

With the second review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) approaching in April, a raft of studies have appeared making clear that fundamental changes in science and technology are affecting the implementation of the treaty and that it must be adapted to take account of them.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Analytica Conference in Muenchen: Nanoanalytik zwischen Physik, Chemie und Biologie

Die Nanoanalytik bildet in diesem Jahr einen deutlichen Schwerpunkt der Analytica Conference, die im Rahmen der Analytica vom 1. bis 3. April als bedeutendste europaeische Analytiker-Tagung stattfindet. Drei wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften, die Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), die Gesellschaft furr Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM) und die Deutsche Vereinte Gesellschaft fuer Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin (DGKL), zeichnen für das Programm verantwortlich.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Good vibrations probe innards of molecular electronic junctions

Using an unusual spectroscopic technique, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided the most convincing evidence yet that current is flowing through a simple silicon-based molecular â??sandwich,â? which is the most basic structure of molecular electronics.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Tech transfer workshop focuses on nanotechnology advances

Business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and government researchers and development officials interested in commercializing recent research advances in nanoelectronics, nanofabrication and nanometrology will meet April 8 at a Technology Transfer Showcase hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md.

March 5, 2008 Read more

US nanotechnology strategy

Chemical & Engineering News carries a story today on how prioritizing federal efforts for studying health and safety of nanomaterials is evolving.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Growing trend for micro and nanotechnology at HANNOVER MESSE - new topics, more exhibitors

The IVAM Product Market at MicroTechnology within HANNOVER MESSE is fully booked. With 74 participants, the number exceeds the previous yearâ??s record of 60 exhibitors noticeably. From April 21 to 25, new trends for industrial applications will be shown at the 1,000 square meter large joint pavilion of IVAM Microtechnology Network. In this respect, the special fair MicroTechnology once again proves as one of the largest market places for micro and nanotechnology.

March 5, 2008 Read more

United States and South Africa in a new science deal

The US and South Africa have agreed to establish geospatial and earth observation joint working groups focusing on global change, sustainable development, energy, and health, the US Department of State said in a statement.

March 5, 2008 Read more

Future quantum computers will offer increased efficiency - and risks

An unusual observation in a University of Central Florida physics lab may lead to a new generation of 'Quantum Computers' that will render today's computer and credit card encryption technology obsolete.

March 5, 2008 Read more