A new European Commission-funded project, NANOCHANNELS, was launched last week, with a two-day kick-off meeting that led to the planning of a dynamic program of communication, dialogue and engagement in issues of nanotechnology aimed at European citizens.
New research from the Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, shows that carbon nanotubes may present health risks if inhaled, in the worst case leading to cancer.
University of Michigan, United States, researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility of individual bacteria cells without the use of a microscope – a development that promises to speed treatment of bacterial infections.
Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF), United States, have developed a technique that uses sugar and iron oxide nanoparticles to test water sources that could be contaminated with the cholera toxin.
The ImagineNano Conference, one of the largest European events in nanoscience and nanotechnology, will be held from April 11-14, 2011 in Bilbao, Spain.
Researchers at Cardiff University, United Kingdom, have found a way to activate the primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene, a hydrocarbon widely used as an industrial material, at low temperatures.
Researchers from North Carolina State University, United States, have released a new study that highlights a major flaw in attempting to use a single survey question to assess public opinion on science issues.
A new, ultra-light form of “frozen smoke”, or “multi-walled carbon nanotube aerogel”, has been developed by scientists at the University of Central Florida in the United States.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, United States, and Kyushu University, Japan, have developed a polymer that can repair itself when irradiated with UV light – over and over again.
State media reports from China say the government will release new standards, in late February, for the mining of rare earth minerals, including measures to reduce water pollution and set energy consumption limits.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Chulalongkorn University research team headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science) on their receiving the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Research Output Award 2010
There is no doubt that Thailand is emerging as a key player in the arena of nanotechnology in the region. Several key factors are contributing to the country gaining investors’ interest in nanotechnology investment
On Jan 10, 2011 NANOTEC played host to the visit of Prof. Dr. Vincent T. Remcho, Associate Dean for Research at Oregon State University, USA.
Recently, three Thai scholarship students took the opportunity during their year-end school break to visit families in Thailand and also gave presentations of their research projects to senior research colleagues at NANOTEC.
Congratulations to: Dr. Taridaporn Buajarern (BIOTEC) – recipient of the Wiley-CST Outstanding Publication Award 2010 for her research work on “Isoriotins E and F, spirocyclic and bicyclic hemiacetals from the entomopathogenic fungus Isaria tenuipes BCC 12625” Dr. Kajornsak Faungnawakij (NANOTEC) – recipient of the CST Distinquished Young Chemist Award 2010 (Inorganic Chemistry) for his […]
The National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) of Thailand is hailing the decision by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) to characterize nanomanufacturing as a top priority business.
New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and GE, both in the United States, shows that the use of a super-hydrophobic coating as a solution to the problem of ice build-up on surfaces such as airplane wings, won’t work, but the researchers suggest an alternative that should.
Counterfeiting is a high-volume, high-profit business that has become a global phenomenon, affecting individuals in small villages and large cities, as well as big industries and pharmaceutical companies.
Researchers in Italy and France are the first to have observed an arrested “empty” liquid in the lab. The gel is a new state of soft matter and consists of sparse networks of bonded nanoparticles.
When carbon nanotubes are produced, they come in a mix of “chiralities” (or handedness) with varying electronic properties. However, the nanotubes need to be rich in one chirality if they are to be used to make devices.
Popular topics in 2010 included cleaning up drinking water, simplifying transistors, improving energy storage, upgrading the manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells and finding a better way to make gold nanoparticles.
