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Nanotechnology products banned from carrying the 'organic' label
Products made using nanotechnology will not be certified as organic due to safety concerns, the UK's Soil Association said.
January 14, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology in Coatings Symposium: Emerging Applications
Building on a very successful symposium on Nanotechnology offered in 2005, the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) will host an Advancement in Coatings Series program on 'Nanotechnology in Coatings: Emerging Applications' in 2008.
January 14, 2008 Read more
Durham University leads UK research project into cheaper solar energy
A national team of scientists are embarking on one of the UK's largest ever research projects into photovoltaic solar energy. The £6.3 million PV-21 programme, led by experts at Durham University, will focus on making thin-film light absorbing cells for solar panels from sustainable and affordable materials.
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T-cell 'nanotubes' may explain how HIV virus conquers human immune system
String-like connections found between T-cells could be important to how HIV spreads between cells in the human immune system, according to new research published online today in Nature Cell Biology. The newly-discovered strands, named 'membrane nanotubes' by scientists, could help to explain how the HIV virus infects human immune cells so quickly and effectively.
January 14, 2008 Read more
The Nanoethics Group to speak at Nanotechnology Law & Commerce Forum
The Nanoethics Group today announced that its co-founder, Dr. Fritz Allhoff, is scheduled to speak next week at the 'Nanotechnology Law & Commerce: Business at One-Billionth of a Meter' forum hosted by Chadbourne & Parke LLP on January 31 at the law firm's offices in New York City.
January 14, 2008 Read more
Scientists create beating heart in laboratory
Method may revolutionize how heart and other organ tissues are developed.
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Nanotechnology to steer CBSE students in India
While the Nano car of Tatas' has taken the country by storm, it will be nanotechnology that promises to spur students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). From April 1, nano-technology will be introduced as an optional subject for Class XI and Class XII students. There are around 12 lakh (one lakh is equal to a hundred thousand) students under CBSE.
January 14, 2008 Read more
Georgia Tech plans Special Economic Zone in India
The Georgia Institute of Science and Technology has sought 250 acres of land in order to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) focusing on research and industrial collaboration apart from the offshore campus that the institute is planning on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
January 13, 2008 Read more
Australia cuts $12 million from National Nanotechnology Strategy
The Rudd Government's budget axe will fall on the technology behind self-cleaning windows and stain-resistant clothes, after unions expressed concerns over the safety of the emerging field of nanotechnology.
January 13, 2008 Read more
Speaker event - Wade Adams and nanotechnology
A Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Speaker Event on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. features Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University.
January 13, 2008 Read more
Physicists make plea to halt research council delivery plan
Physics and astronomy in the UK is under threat and could face serious damage if the Science and Technology Facilities Councilâ??s Delivery Plan is not put on ice until the Wakeham Review has had to time to report, according to the chief executive of the Institute of Physics.
January 13, 2008 Read more
EPA grant makes for a better environment
A University of Cincinnati researcher studies methods for removing toxins from water with a new grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
January 12, 2008 Read more
The joy of nano
There is an article over on the BBC News Magazine about the popularity of the word 'nano' in consumer products - latest example being the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car rolled out in India this week.
January 12, 2008 Read more
Belgium's IMEC to establish liaison office in Taiwan
The Interuniversity Microelectronic Center (IMEC), Europe's leading independent research center in the field of micro- and nanoelectronics as well as nanotechnology, has decided to establish a liaison office in Taiwan to further encourage exchanges with this country.
January 12, 2008 Read more
Vote for your favorite Nano-Art work
37 nanoartists from 13 countries and 4 continents sent 121 NanoArt works to this second edition of the international competition. Public online voting is now open through March 31, 2008.
January 11, 2008 Read more
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