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Journal of Responsible Innovation will focus on intersections of ethics, societal outcomes, and new technologies
Scholars and practitioners in the emerging interdisciplinary field known as 'responsible innovation' now have a new place to publish their work. The Journal of Responsible Innovation will offer an opportunity to articulate, strengthen, and critique perspectives about the role of responsibility in the research and development process.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreNew Clemson facility to advance nanotechnology
Clemson University completed construction of a world-class nanomaterials facility specifically designed to support research projects that are funded by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Energy.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreGo ahead, dunk your cell phone in salt water
Barrier films, used in everything from food and drug packaging to consumer electronics and solar cells, help prevent your food from spoiling, help to preserve medication, and protect your electronics from damage due to exposure to air or a splash of water. Now a group of researchers in Georgia have developed a new way to produce better films using atomic layer deposition.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreA nanoparticle mimic of good cholesterol could someday treat cardiovascular and other diseases
A new type of 'good cholesterol', made in the lab, could one day deliver drugs to where they are needed in the body to treat disease or be used in medical imaging, according to scientists.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreResearchers take cues from nature in designing a programmable nanomaterial for biosensing
The new material resembles tiny sheets of Velcro, each just one-hundred nanometers across. But instead of securing your sneakers, this molecular Velcro mimics the way natural antibodies recognize viruses and toxins, and could lead to a new class of biosensors.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreUsing nanomaterials to recycle rare earth elements from industrial wastewater
Many of today's technologies, from hybrid car batteries to flat-screen televisions, rely on materials known as rare earth elements (REEs) that are in short supply, but scientists are reporting development of a new method to recycle them from wastewater. The process could help alleviate economic and environmental pressures facing the REE industry.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreResearchers fabricate stable three-dimensional plasmonic nanoclusters
A team from Rice University in Houston, Texas, has developed a method to manufacture stable, three-dimensional (3-D) nanoclusters that could be used to impart metamaterial optical properties into unstructured substrates such as liquids, glasses and plastics.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read moreScientists use nanotechnology to investigate mechanical properties of implants
Researchers succeeded in the presentation of a new method to investigate the behavior of implants applied inside human's body by using nanotechnology.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2013
Read morePhysicists provide nanoscale insights into coral skeleton formation
Their investigations, carried out at the nanoscale, provide valuable new information for scientists and environmentalists working to protect and conserve coral from the threats of acidification and rising water temperatures.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreThe NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology launches updated NanoFab website
The shared-use NanoFab gives researchers economical access to and training on a state-of-the-art tool set for cutting-edge nanotechnology development.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read morePlasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source
A device like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology Award: winners of the best international nanomedicine innovation 2013
Since the official launch in June 2013, the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN) together with the EU funded consortium NANOMED2020, are organising the first ever Nanomedicine Award to honor the best international nanotechnology medicine innovation for 2013.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreNanotechnology researchers test for drug toxicity with iPod (w/video)
Accurate and rapid testing for drug toxicity just became easier, thanks to a half-dozen Rice University student interns working at Houston-based nanotechnology startup Nano3D Biosciences.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreSpinning atoms in light crystals
After more than 40 years of intense research, experimental physicists still seek to explore the rich behaviour of electrons confined to a two-dimensional crystalline structure exposed to large magnetic fields. Now a team of scientists developed a new experimental method to simulate these systems using a crystal made of neutral atoms and laser light.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreNew theranostic nanoparticle delivers, tracks cancer drugs
Chemical engineers have synthesised a new iron oxide nanoparticle that delivers cancer drugs to cells while simultaneously monitoring the drug release in real time.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
Read moreSolar cells incorporated Into smart windows
Researchers have integrated solar cells into a 'smart' window that can intelligently regulate the transmission of heat while maintaining visible transparency.
Posted: Oct 29th, 2013
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