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Grey goo, Frankenfoods... - are you scared yet?
The risks of nanotechnology are real, but running a lopsided story titled 'Alert over the march of the 'grey goo' in nanotechnology Frankenfoods' - quoting such nanotechnology experts as Price Charles - does not contribute to a fact-based discussion.
January 1, 2008 Read more
Nanoscience centuries old, has great potential
Carbon nanotechnology much older than carbon nanoscience.
January 1, 2008 Read more
Indian science congress to focus on creation of knowledge society
The 95th Indian Science Congress (ISC), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday, will focus on creating a knowledge-based society to transform India into a developed country in the coming decades.
January 1, 2008 Read more
UConn developing implantable chip for soldiers
Tiny device under skin would help monitor soldiers' health signs.
January 1, 2008 Read more
Knowledge based industries and nanotechnology conference in Quatar
The city-based Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (Goic) will be conducting a conference here on Knowledge-based industries (KBI) and Nanotechnology on February 11 and 12, 2008.
December 31, 2007 Read more
First projects launched under FP7 now profiled on CORDIS
One year into the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and action is well underway, with the third call for proposals currently active. Information on the first projects accepted for funding under FP7 has now also been published on CORDIS, the EU's official information service for research and development.
December 31, 2007 Read more
Chinese experts call for nanotechnology information development
Although nano-materials are currently high on research agenda, efforts should be made to promote nano-information technology in China because nanoelectronics is the nanotechnology with most market potentials, says Prof. HU Weiwu from the CAS Institute of Computing Technology.
December 31, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology battery dragster sets new EV world speed record
Altairnano Batteries Power Electric Dragster to National Electric Drag Racing Association World Speed Record for Electric Vehicles in the Quarter Mile.
December 31, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology aids large-area solar cell
A scientist at Israel's Bar-Ilan University claims that he has managed to create a solar cell 100 times bigger than a typical solar cell, using nanotechnology methods.
December 31, 2007 Read more
Saudi Arabia plans to set up nanotechnology institute
To be located on a two million square metres facility in Riyadh Techno Valley, it will be named after King Abdullah, and serve as an advanced technology research centre for KSU.
December 29, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology coming to a face near you
Panasonic has introduced a new electrical shaver - the ES8228S Vortex Nano Shaver with Nanotech Blades - which it claims 'delivers the sharpest blades for precise and accurate shaving, now with nanotechnology.'
December 28, 2007 Read more
India preps nanotechnology policy
India has brought together a core group of about a dozen researchers from academia, industry and research spheres to develop a national nanotechnology policy.
December 28, 2007 Read more
The Future of Nanomaterials
The DC-based research and consulting firm Social Technologies recently released a series of 12 briefs that shed light on the top areas for technology innovation through 2025. The brief on 'nanomaterials,' by futurist Peter von Stackelberg, is the fourth trend in the series.
December 28, 2007 Read more
Researchers set to do teraflops over UT's most powerful supercomputer yet
Using Sun hardware, AMD quad-core chips, $59 million Ranger expected to run at up to 504 trillion operations per second.
December 28, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology update for industrial hygienists: toxicology and exposure assessment issues
An online web seminar on January 31, 2008 presented by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) will deal wth nanotoxicology issues for assessing and managing occupational exposure risks for nanoparticles in the workplace.
December 27, 2007 Read more
EU-funded Uranus project showcases advances in fiber lasers
A new generation of ultrafast fiber lasers being developed in Europe is creating more uses for the beams of high-intensity light, while lowering production and maintenance costs and increasing efficiency.
December 27, 2007 Read more
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