New artificial cells developed by researchers at the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College, also in the U.S., can lure, entrap and inactivate a class of deadly human viruses, and could even become the basis for a new class of antiviral drugs.
Thailand’s National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) and Vocational Education Commission (VEC) have initiated a formal partnership agreement in which both entities will conduct faculty training and research project competition, and include nanotechnology information in the curriculum.
The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), a United Kingdom-based independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe and the only professional body in the UK concerned with all aspects of food science and technology, is calling for greater appraisal of the potential risks from the release into the environment of nanomaterials used in […]
A professor of chemistry at Queen’s University, United Kingdom, has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines.
Europe’s case against Chinese export curbs on rare earths has been boosted due to confidential findings by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Chemistry researchers at McGill University, Canada, have developed a new and inexpensive way of filtering water using silver nanoparticles.
A new handheld device that uses magnetic nanopartices in a microchip could allow clinicians to diagnose cancer from the bedside.
In a drive to promote consumers awareness to buying nanotechnology product such as textile, Khun Paskorn Boonsom, Director of Unsafe Product Verification and Alert Center (UPVAC) under the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (CPB) went on the air this afternoon
After completing two collaborative training activities, both National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) and Vocational Education Commission decided to tie the knot by initiating a formal partnership agreement this afternoon at the Vocational Education Commission’s office in Bangkok.
The United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) this week released the 2011 NNI Strategic Plan.
A new paper in the Journal of Consumer Affairs, by United States Department of Agriculture economist Jean Buzby, says that consumer acceptance of nanotechnology hinges on finding answers to a number of questions regarding the safety, benefits and regulatory oversight of this emerging technology.
The “African Network for Solar Energy” (ANSOLE) is a newly created organization, started in November 2010, which aims to foster research activities in the field of solar energy among African scientists working in Africa.
University researchers and the EADS Innovation Works, part of the EADS Group,
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, United States, with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), are working to create solar cells that are light, flexible, efficient, and, perhaps most importantly, affordable.
Research experts and climate policy advocates in the United States say that the massive budget cuts proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives would hit clean energy and smart grid research programs at a crucial transition point for the U.S. electric power sector.
The European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) has launched the first European repository of nanomaterials
Funding for the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) would increase by slightly more than US$200 million under President Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget request.
Germany plans to expand its funding for nanotechnology research under its new Action Plan 2015.
This article presents an overview of the current nanomedicine landscape in Argentina. Dr. Eder Romero, of the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, and Dr. Alejandro Sosnik, of the Universidad Nacional de Buenas Aires,
China this week announced plans to tighten controls over rare earth producers and restrict output in a five-year development strategy, promising to “reasonably set annual quotas for production and export”, but giving no further details.
This blog, by Dexter Johnson, says that when it comes to nanotechnology and energy, it’s the mundane that is interesting.
