Technology Update

The Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI)’s 6th Annual Greener Nano Conference, “GN11: Advancing Applications and Reducing Risk”, will be held on May 1-3, 2011, in Cupertino, California.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, United States, have developed an innovative device that uses Velcro-like nanoscale technology to identify and “grab” circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood.

This article, by Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., a Washington, D.C. law firm focusing on assisting clients in obtaining regulatory agency approval of their chemical, medical device, and diagnostic products, explores what the absence of reauthorization for the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) means.

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, have developed a new instrument capable of detecting individual nanoparticles with diameters as small as a few tens of nanometers.

Metallic nanowires (NWs) have been one of the most studied families of nanostructures.

Doxorubicin loaded MPEG-PCL (Dox/MPEG-PCL) micelles have been readily prepared by a self-assembly method.

Ge nanocrystals are promising materials for developing nanoscale optoelectronic devices, such as band-gap engineered tandem solar cells, thanks to low processing temperatures and full compatibility with large-scale integrated circuit fabrication.

A team of scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Texas at Dallas are designing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and related nanostructures for the targeted thermal ablation of cancer tissue.

Researchers in the US have succeeded in removing single layers of atoms from graphene for the first time.

Researchers at Stanford University in the US have come up with a new way to control the electrical characteristics of organic transistors – something that has been difficult to do in the past.

The ICPC-NanoNet project, which stimulates global networking in nanoscience and nanotechnology, is hosting an online showcase of Latin American biomedical nanotechnology on March 23, 2011 from 13:30-16:00 GMT.

The countries of Chile and Argentina first began their scientific and technological cooperation in 1974. For the first time since they began collaboration, both countries will undertake joint research, beginning with nanotechnology and non-conventional renewable energies.

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.

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.