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Computing breakthrough could elevate security to unprecedented levels

By using pulses of light to dramatically accelerate quantum computers, researchers have made strides in technology that could foil national and personal security threats.

August 16, 2007 Read more

Safety of nanotechnology part of EU-US 'Global Challenges' pilot project

A new Call for Proposals has been launched (application deadline: 2 October 2007) to identify projects that are eligible for financial support in the area "Safety of nanotechnologies".

August 16, 2007 Read more

Anthrax vaccine produces immunity with nanoparticles, not needles

Easy-to-use nasal emulsion could protect after bioterror attack.

August 16, 2007 Read more

DARPA grant to develop CAD environments for NEMS

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) award to participate in a multi-university research center that will develop a computer-aided design (CAD) environment for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS).

August 16, 2007 Read more

Sandia spearheads the formation of the National Institute for Nano-Engineering

Sandia National Laboratories has entered into a relationship with universities and industries around the country to establish the National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE).

August 15, 2007 Read more

UCSB researcher reacts to report on nanotechnology sunscreen threat

In light of Friends of the Earth's report yesterday on sunscreens' potential to cause harm to human health and the lack of industry oversight by the government, CNS-UCSB Researcher and UC Santa Barbara Professor Bruce Bimber today issued the a statement.

August 15, 2007 Read more

Life source to help develop new technologies

The blueprint of life - DNA - could be used to enhance technologies in electronics and information storage.

August 15, 2007 Read more

Is fullerene toxicity a myth?

Researchers in Russia call in question validity of fullerene apprehension.

August 15, 2007 Read more

Friends of the Earth releases guide to help consumers avoid potentially harmful nanoparticles in sunscreens

Friends of the Earth has released Nanoparticles and Sunscreens: A Consumer Guide for Avoiding Nano Sunscreens, which includes information about the health and environmental risks that nanoparticles may pose.

August 14, 2007 Read more

IBM's atomic corrals show nanotechnology at its finest

Two atomic-sized images resulting from scientific work at IBM's labs are part of an art exhibit opening today at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Virginia.

August 14, 2007 Read more

Promising new nanomedical cancer therapy also highlights tech transfer

If a new approach to cancer therapy, still experimental and in a phase I clinical trial, turns out as well as hoped, the credit will go as much to technology transfer as to scientific acumen.

August 14, 2007 Read more

American Chemical Society launches new nanoscience and nanotechnology journal

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division has released the inaugural issue of ACS Nano, a new, peer-reviewed journal.

August 14, 2007 Read more

New technology has dramatic chip-cooling potential for future computers

Researchers have demonstrated a new technology using tiny 'ionic wind engines' that might dramatically improve computer chip cooling, possibly addressing a looming threat to future advances in computers and electronics.

August 13, 2007 Read more

Video: Nanotechnology helps build a greener car

Check out what CNET's Brian Cooley and Michael Kanellos learned from visiting Nanostellar, a company that replaces particles in a catalytic converter so a car can run greener.

August 13, 2007 Read more

Government of Nigeria approves nanotechnology plan

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the deployment of nanotechnology under the fourth national development plan, an official has said.

August 13, 2007 Read more

Consumer guide to warn that nano sunscreens may threaten human health

Widespread use of nanoparticles in sunscreens is focus of guide being released Tuesday, Aug. 14.

August 13, 2007 Read more