Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The potential risks of nanotechnology and its effects on humans and the environment is a widely discussed subject. But to this day, there are no proven risk factors and now, a study finds that the general public is alarmingly unconcerned about the use of nanotechnology. Conducted by North Carolina State ...
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
When thinking of Switzerland, what first comes to your mind: the Alps? Cheese? Watches? Or is it the irresistibly delicious Swiss chocolate? When reading through Norbert Sparrow's blog "Switzerland Deploys Nano Patrol" on medtechinsider last week, I was immediately reminded of my recent trip to Switzerland. Working on an article ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Remember asbestos? The material used to be in everything—including cigarette filters—until it eventually dawned on people that those tiny fibres could wreak havoc inside the body. There are some people—and they are not all Michael Crichton devotees—who think we should learn from this example and take a more cautious approach ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The latest economic data survey of the German IVAM Microtechnology Network confirms how well the European microtechnology, nanotechnology and materials sectors have recovered from the Great Recession. The companies are ready to hire, sales are up and new overseas markets beckon. In sum, they are looking at the new business year ...
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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
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Delwyn Evans champions a repellent ideology . . . and he should be applauded for it. Principal Chemist for P2i Ltd, a provider of nano-coating technology headquartered in Abingdon, UK, Evans will be sharing his passion for liquid-repellent technology at BIOMEDevice ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The NanoKTN (Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network) in the UK has announced it has partnered with the School of Pharmacy to host an event exploring the ways in which nanotechnology can help with the formulation and delivery of drugs. The conference on 27 January, 2011 in London, will provide a forum for ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
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For reportedly the first time, scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation. Nanoparticles are the foundation of nanotechnology and their performance depends on their structure, composition and size. ...
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
It's not your father's contact lens, not by a long shot. Researchers at the University of Washington are developing a contact lens that can monitor the wearer's glucose levels, cholesterol, temperature and other health indicators, reports www.dailypress.com.
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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The microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries in Germany are seeing some light at the end of the economic tunnel, according to a survey conducted by the IVAM Microtechnology Network. More than ...
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Researchers at Rice University unveiled a new method for dissolving half-millimeter-long carbon nanotubes in solution, a breakthrough that could pave the way to the development of highly conductive quantum nanowire. Nanotubes have the frustrating habit of bundling, making them less useful than when they're separated in a solution. Rice scientists led by ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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From the Wire: By dipping ordinary paper or fabric in a special ink infused with nanoparticles, Stanford engineer Yi Cui has found a ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
The automotive industry squeaked past the medical technology sector as the primary target market for German micro and nanotechnology companies in 2009, according to a report published today by the IVAM Microtechnology Network. Slightly more than half of the German companies surveyed by IVAM supplied the automobile industry, compared with ...
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