http://www.nanoforum.org The latest news from Nanoforum.org which is a pan-European nanotechnology network funded by the European Union under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) to provide information on European nanotechnology efforts and support to the European nanotechnology community. en-us info@nanoforum.org (Nanoforum) http://www.nanoforum.de/layouts/standard/pics/logo.jpg http://www.nanoforum.org The latest news from Nanoforum.org the Institute of Nanotechnology: Successful commercialisation of nano-enabled products is fraught with many difficulties including access to finance, securing IP, and manufacturing scale-up. It also requires an integrated approach that includes risk assessment, communication and good governance. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4086~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4086~.html?action=longview 2010-03-09 13:08:28 +0100 NEPHH: Nanomaterials related Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards Throughout their Life Cycle (NEPHH) is undertaking a survey on the health, environmental and safety practices of organizations working with nanomaterials. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4085~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4085~.html?action=longview 2010-03-08 13:11:11 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology: The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK‘s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, and the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), a professional membership organisation for the nanotechnology industry, have announced a collaboration that will encourage and support global business development for UK SMEs. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4084~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4084~.html?action=longview 2010-03-05 18:37:39 +0100 The European Medicines Agency: The European Medicines Agency will hold a workshop to discuss the state-of-the-science of nanomedicines on<br /> 26-27 April 2010 at the Agency‘s offices in London.<br /> The aim of this workshop is to bring together regulatory, academic, and industry scientists to share their experiences with the development and use of nanotechnologies in Medicinal Products. The application of nanotechnologies to medicinal science spans over the whole range of medicinal products from disease treatment and prevention to restoration, correction of modification of physiological function or medical diagnoses. Independent views on the main aspects to be considered will be presented at this workshop:<br /><br /> • Experience in evaluating and developing nanomedicines<br /><br /> • Emerging nanotechnology applications in the pharmaceutical area<br /><br /> • Regulatory borderline issues<br /><br /> • Benefit/risk and application of Risk Management principles<br /><br /> • Global outlook on nanomedicines<br /><br /> <br /><br /> By fostering the global dimension of the emerging nanomedicines, the Agency expects to further extend the<br /><br /> dialogue opportunities on the requirements and methods considered acceptable for nanomedicines and to support the innovative development.<br /><br /> To express your interest in attending the workshop, please use the attached registration form and send it back to the Agency (martine.vanrooyen@ema.europa.eu) before 15 March 2010.<br /><br /> Please note that approximately 120 places are available for the workshop. Spaces will be allocated on a firstcome-first-serve basis.<br /><br /> Further information can also be obtained from Martine van Rooyen (E-mail: martine.vanrooyen@ema.europa.eu).<br /><br /> The European Medicines Agency looks forward to welcoming you at the workshop. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4083~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4083~.html?action=longview 2010-03-05 11:05:11 +0100 Federal internet-portal Nanotechnologies & Nanomaterials: In the Institute of Physical Problems, a method has been developed and successfully tested which is capable of smoothing asperities of poly(methyl methacrylate) surface in nanometre or subnanometre scales by means of 124 nm wavelength vacuum ultraviolet (VUV). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4082~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4082~.html?action=longview 2010-03-04 14:33:22 +0100 Bayer MaterialScience: Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany) reports that aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing individual tubes offer interesting perspectives for a number of new applications which depend on a high electrical or thermal conductivity, respectively. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4081~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4081~.html?action=longview 2010-03-04 13:58:03 +0100 S.NET: Call for Papers Second Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET)Sept 29 to Oct 2 in Darmstadt, Germany - deadline for submission of abstracts: March 15, 2010 http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4080~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4080~.html?action=longview 2010-03-02 09:44:13 +0100 European Commission: The European Commission issued the ENIAC-2010-1 call for proposals under the Joint Technology Initiatives call. Deadlines 30 April 2010 and 30 July 2010, budget 85 million euro. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4079~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4079~.html?action=longview 2010-02-26 13:27:06 +0100 cordis: A German team of scientists has developed a technique to treat nanoparticle surfaces. This treatment boosts the efficiency of organic solar cells. Presented in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the work shows how 2% efficiency was obtained by using so-called quantum dots made up of cadmium selenide. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4078~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4078~.html?action=longview 2010-02-18 15:15:23 +0100 Republication. The original article was published in ENT Magazine, Issue 01/2009 pp 24-26. Published on 8 February 2009.: The ICPC-NanoNet project can support international research cooperation in environmental nanotechnology between the European Union and International Cooperation Partner Countries to the EU (emerging economies and developing countries). This article focuses on the case of nanotechnology for water purification. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4077~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4077~.html?action=longview 2010-02-18 09:44:40 +0100 MCT: Nanotechnology is the theme for the MERCOSUL/MERCOSUR prize for Science and Technology 2010. The contest will be launched 30 March 2010 and close 30 July. The award ceremony will be in November. The prize aims to recognise the best achievements in nanotechnology in the MERCOSUR member states. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4076~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4076~.html?action=longview 2010-02-11 11:28:27 +0100 Innovationsgesellschaft.ch: The Governance and Ethics Unit of DG Research has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. The document gives an overview on four current or recently finished research projects in this field (Deepen, Nanocap, Nanoplat and FramingNano). The authors intend to give an insight into the nature of public debate on nanosciences and nanotechnologies, and the ways in which deliberative approaches could lead to better governance of these technologies. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4075~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4075~.html?action=longview 2010-02-10 15:03:53 +0100 ICT-Platon.eu: The new research project PLATON is targeting the realization of a fully integrated Terabit per second optical routing system for data networks through merging Plasmonics and Silicon Photonics. All consortium partners have gathered for the kick off meeting in Dijon for the first time and discussed their joint activities within the new project.<br /> PLATON aims to be the first project that will realize Terabit per second optical routing fabrics for optical interconnects in backplanes and Blade Servers adopting Plasmonics as its disruptive technological vehicle. Plasmonics is an emerging research discipline that deals with the demonstration of entirely new classes of devices based on surface plasmon waves. Surface plasmon waves were first observed in the 1980‘s, with light waves traveling at the interface between a metal and a dielectric and inducing a resonant interaction between the waves and the free electrons at the surface of the metal. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4074~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4074~.html?action=longview 2010-02-10 10:45:59 +0100 CNDP: From now on until the end at 23 February, the Commission organising the Public Debate on Nanotechnology in France wants to focus the discussion on ethical and governance issues. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4072~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4072~.html?action=longview 2010-02-09 13:31:08 +0100 ObservatoryNano, COMECE: Recently, the Commission of European Bishops Conferences COMECE published an opinion by the Bioethics Reflection Group on the Perspectives on Human Enhancement by Technological Means (in French). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4071~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4071~.html?action=longview 2010-02-09 10:18:08 +0100 Phantoms Foundation: The world‘s largest annual nanotechnology exhibition covering the entire nano marketplace and creating a variety of business opportunities, nano tech 2010, will be held from February 17 to 19, 2010 at Tokyo Big Sight, (Tokyo, Japan). The ninth edition of this conference and exhibition is more international in scope than ever, expecting over 50,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors and 900 booths. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4070~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4070~.html?action=longview 2010-02-05 13:44:38 +0100 Brigham Young University: A team of Brigham Young University (BYU) engineers and chemists has created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4069~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4069~.html?action=longview 2010-02-04 12:04:26 +0100 Lumerical Solutions: Lumerical Solutions has donated FDTD Solutions Engine licenses to ScotGrid, one of the largest grid computing sites in the United Kingdom. The donated licenses will enable photonics researchers at academic institutions to perform large-scale simulations of devices such as silicon photonics components, solid-state light emitters, and thin-film solar cells. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4068~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4068~.html?action=longview 2010-02-04 11:58:15 +0100 EuroNanoBio: The EuroNanoBio project recently published recommendations for a European Research and Innovation infrastructure networking regional clusters. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4067~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4067~.html?action=longview 2010-02-01 16:55:36 +0100 Bayer Material Science: Leverkusen, January 29, 2010 – Bayer MaterialScience has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) at CHEMPARK Leverkusen. The company has invested some EUR 22 million in the planning, development and construction of the facility, which is the largest of its kind in the world and has an annual capacity of 200 metric tons. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4066~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4066~.html?action=longview 2010-02-01 10:24:54 +0100 SAFENANO: A consortium led by SAFENANO from the Institute of Occupational Medicine has been awarded two contracts by the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission‘s Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) concerning the development of specific advice on the assessment of nanomaterials under REACH. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4065~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4065~.html?action=longview 2010-01-29 10:22:05 +0100 CNDP: The public nanodebate in France is increasingly obstructed by radical anti-nano activists. The meeting in Orsay on 26 January had to be moved to the internet because the meeting room was destroyed the night before. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4064~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4064~.html?action=longview 2010-01-28 14:56:55 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology: Electrified mobility is currently a top priority in the US, Japan, China, Korea and EU. It will introduce a radical industrial-economical-energetic change in our society, as new technologies and infrastructure are put in place over the next two decades. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4063~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4063~.html?action=longview 2010-01-27 18:02:11 +0100 nanopodium: The Dutch nanodebate is materialising in the form of a television series, a special issue of the magazine Quest for a broad audience, 8 educational projects, 8 science cafes, debates and discussions and 3 other activities. Most projects are to be finished by 31 July 2010. A second call for proposals for the second half of this year will be launched today. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4062~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4062~.html?action=longview 2010-01-25 10:06:18 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology: Carriers are needed for a number of reasons in drug delivery, e.g. to protect the drug from the body, to protect the body from the drug and to adjust the pharmacokinetics, i.e. distribution and clearance, of the drug. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4061~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4061~.html?action=longview 2010-01-21 11:56:48 +0100 observatoryNANO: observatoryNANO has published its latest newsletter with information on workshops, the annual symposium and the latest opinion on the ethical aspects of nanotechnology development. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4060~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4060~.html?action=longview 2010-01-20 14:57:35 +0100 NanoCharM: The NanoCharM newsletter is the newsletter for scientists, companies and organizations involved in the field of nanomaterials synthesis, characterization and production. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4059~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4059~.html?action=longview 2010-01-18 15:44:12 +0100 ChinaView: Singapore and France announced on Friday the first bilateral joint call for proposals in the areas of nanotechnology and information communication science and technologies. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4058~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4058~.html?action=longview 2010-01-18 10:36:54 +0100 Innovation Society: The Innovation Society has published a report from its 5th nanoregulation conference, held in Rapperswil on the 25th to 26th of November 2009. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4055~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4055~.html?action=longview 2010-01-08 13:25:31 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology: The UK‘s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee today published the findings of their 2009 inquiry into the use of nanotechnologies in the food sector. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4054~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4054~.html?action=longview 2010-01-08 13:05:59 +0100 University of New South Wales: Superfast quantum computing is closer than ever following recent breakthroughs by an international team led by researchers from the University of New South Wales. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4053~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4053~.html?action=longview 2010-01-07 10:20:13 +0100 Tweede Kamer: Minister Donner of Social Affairs and Employment informed the Dutch Parliament about recent developments in occupational safety of nanomaterials, in a letter dated 21 December 2010. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4052~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4052~.html?action=longview 2010-01-07 10:00:11 +0100 ObservatoryNano: Current issues in nanobioethics - Interview with Prof. Dr. Luca Marini, Italy<br /> Even though there has been a public and stakeholder debate on nanobioethics in Italy for several years, this discussion is not very visible on an international level. In this interview, Professor Luca Marini gives some insight in the characteristics of the Italian nanobioethics-scene, and in the key issues to resolve. He is a key organiser of this debate. In 2002, Professor Marini took the initiative for a working group of the Italian National Bioethics Committee on nanosciences and nanotechnology. This group produced an opinion on ethical aspects of nanotechnology in 2006. As president of Center for Biojuridical Studies "ECSEL", Professor Marini has promoted, organised and realized several events discussing ethics of nanotechnology, converging technologies and other new technologies.<br /> Under the header of Nanobioethics, ObservatoryNano aims to highlight technological and economic trends in nanotechnology for health, medical, biotechnological and agrifood applications with potential ethical and social implications. Simultaneously, current debates on relevant issues in nanobioethics among ethicists and social scientists, policy making circles and stakeholders are analysed and confronted with the issues emerging from the technical and economic trends. This way, emerging issues not discussed sufficiently can be identified and brought to the attention of policy makers in the second annual report on nanobio ethics to be published online in the spring of 2010. The series of interviews with opinion leaders is intended to be a compilation of different views on the relevant issues currently in debate from different perspectives of social scientists, ethicists, natural scientists, and stakeholders from industry and civil society. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4051~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4051~.html?action=longview 2010-01-06 09:46:51 +0100 Nanostart AG: • Shareholding rises from 15 to 26 percent<br /><br /> • Cleantech breakthrough based on nanotechnology<br /><br /> • Saves 50 percent of precious metals in production of automotive catalytic converters<br /><br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4057~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4057~.html?action=longview 2010-01-05 18:02:07 +0100 European Commission: The Commission is inviting experts as well as the public at large to give their views on the needs for EU action related to nanotechnologies in the next five years. The consultation is open until 19 February 2010. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4050~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4050~.html?action=longview 2009-12-24 09:26:47 +0100 NL Government: On 18 December, the Dutch government decided to invest 125 million euro in \"Towards a sustainable open innovation system\", developing micro and nanotechnologies for the benefit of Dutch industry. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4049~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4049~.html?action=longview 2009-12-22 15:31:54 +0100 http://www.nanostart.de/en/presscenter/pressreleases/2009/2583.December__.html: * Nanotechnology-based solutions for biomedical applications<br /> * Revolutionary product for USD 2.4-billion orthodontic device market<br /> * Regulatory approval already obtained for U.S., EU and Japan http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4056~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4056~.html?action=longview 2009-12-18 11:31:17 +0100 Nanofair.com: Nanofair 2010 as a truly international symposium will present most recent results of scientific research as well as new applications in the field of nanotechnology. If you wish to present your latest research results or if you have developed a new application, your contribution will be highly welcome. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4048~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4048~.html?action=longview 2009-12-17 14:40:14 +0100 nanopodium: The Committee for the Societal Dialogue on Nanotechnology in the Netherlands announced the selection of 21 projects which will be carried out in national nanodialogue in the next half year, with a funding budget of 2.5 million euro. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4047~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4047~.html?action=longview 2009-12-16 15:47:13 +0100 Nano Connect Scandinavia: Access to advanced cleanrooms is crucial in order for companies to develop new products based on nanotechnology. This has prompted Chalmers MC2 Nanofabrication Laboratory and Lund Nano Lab in Sweden and DTU Danchip in Denmark to collaborate on user education and knowledge exchange. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4046~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4046~.html?action=longview 2009-12-16 11:36:34 +0100 Contactproject.eu: The demands placed on new, high-tech materials are continually increasing, and existing material systems are reaching their limits. Due to their exceptional electrical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes offer high potential for use in diverse applications. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4045~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4045~.html?action=longview 2009-12-14 13:35:01 +0100 European Commission: The EC recently published the NMP Expert Advisory Group Position Paper on future RTD activities of NMP for the period 2010-2015\". http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4044~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4044~.html?action=longview 2009-12-14 10:49:20 +0100 European Commission: On 7th February 2008 the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on a Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research, suggesting that a revision should be made after two years. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4043~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4043~.html?action=longview 2009-12-10 09:44:12 +0100 Katherine Bourzac, Technology Review: A dip in nanotube ink turns ordinary office paper into a high-energy electrode. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4042~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4042~.html?action=longview 2009-12-09 08:51:05 +0100 http://www.nanostart.de/en/presscenter/pressreleases/2009/2583.December__.html: * Shareholding in portfolio company increased to 27.19 percent<br /> * Turnaround of ItN Nanovation successful completed<br /> * No remaining liabilities toward banks or lenders<br /> <br /> <br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4039~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4039~.html?action=longview 2009-12-08 10:02:39 +0100 Arizona State University: A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized a massive number of regulatory documents dealing with the rapidly advancing technology. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4038~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4038~.html?action=longview 2009-12-07 10:52:09 +0100 CNDP: The Committee for the Public Debate in France had to suspend the meeting on 1 December in Grenoble, because 100 participants made it impossible for others to make themselves heard. The meeting will be held in another form soon. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4037~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4037~.html?action=longview 2009-12-03 10:01:07 +0100 http://nanostart.de/en/presscenter/pressreleases/2009/2577.December__.html: # European regulatory approval expected by end of May 2010<br /> # Sales and marketing launch now in planning<br /> # Renowned nanomedicine expert calls it "a real medical revolution" http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4040~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4040~.html?action=longview 2009-12-01 16:03:44 +0100 Hessen-Nanotech: 6th Nanotechnology Forum Hessen at the Congress Park Hanau http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4041~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4041~.html?action=longview 2009-11-27 11:36:19 +0100 European Group on Ethics: The European Group on Ethics (EGE) just published its Opinion on the Ethics of Synthetic Biology, adopted on 18 November 2009. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4036~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4036~.html?action=longview 2009-11-24 16:51:49 +0100 ObservatoryNano: The ObservatoryNano project just published a list of nanoethics experts and experts in Ethical, Legal and Societal Aspects of nanotechnology. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4035~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4035~.html?action=longview 2009-11-24 14:28:43 +0100 AZoNano: To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement-the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4034~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4034~.html?action=longview 2009-11-19 09:44:44 +0100 IOM: The centre, at Edinburgh Napier University, is one of the first in the UK to encompass four existing research groups working in nanotoxicology (human, environment and reproductive health and microbiology). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4033~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4033~.html?action=longview 2009-11-19 09:21:47 +0100 nanoICT: In order for the field of emerging nanoelectronics to continue growing exponentially worldwide and therefore lead to new commercial applications and to change the micro and nanoelectronics paradigm, it is necessary to educate new researchers who can work across traditional disciplines. The EU funded nanoICT project establishes a broad array of specialised training activities to provide mainly students with interdisciplinary competences in Nanotechnology and more specifically "nano-scale ICT devices & systems" (Emerging Nanoelectronics). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4032~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4032~.html?action=longview 2009-11-18 18:49:06 +0100 Infra-team: A consortium of EU research organisations for nanosafety is seeking feedback from the community regarding access to specfic facilities. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4031~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4031~.html?action=longview 2009-11-18 12:37:25 +0100 InSciences: Soft drinks, cosmetics, medications, and more still – since an attempted terrorist attack on a commercial airliner was thwarted at the last second in 2006 air passengers are only allowed to carry limited amounts of liquids and gels in their hand luggage. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4030~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4030~.html?action=longview 2009-11-16 11:54:08 +0100 NanoICT: This workshop aimed at gathering all disciplines involved in bio inspired and bio mimetic approaches to conceive new systems and materials. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4029~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4029~.html?action=longview 2009-11-11 18:58:10 +0100 European Commission: The European Commission has opened a public consultation in order to receive input from all people and organisations involved or interested in nanosciences and nanotechnologies research in Europe, and notably research, policy makers, industry, media and civil society organisations. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4028~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4028~.html?action=longview 2009-11-10 10:57:09 +0100 defra: This report review information and studies on the environmental exposure and effects of nanoparticulate silver; comments on known or predicted environmental exposure levels and whether these present a human health or environmental risk; and considers what action should be taken to further develop our understanding in this area. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4027~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4027~.html?action=longview 2009-11-09 18:49:46 +0100 ICPC-NanoNet: The EU funded ICPC-NanoNet project organises a series of online workshops on Nanotechnology for Water Purification, on 2, 8 and 15 December 2009, 12.45 until 15.15 GMT. Register now for free! http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4026~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4026~.html?action=longview 2009-11-09 14:07:27 +0100 European Commission: On 29 October 2009, the European Commission adopted the Communication \"Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009.<br /> Second Implementation Report 2007-2009\". http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4025~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4025~.html?action=longview 2009-11-09 13:01:47 +0100 FramingNano: Nanotechnology promises huge potential benefits to society but these prospects may be jeopardized unless its development takes place responsibly and within a governance framework that takes into account the opinions and needs of all concerned parties. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4024~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4024~.html?action=longview 2009-11-09 10:30:54 +0100 http://www.nanostart.de: # Study objective significantly exceeded<br /> # Median survival time doubled<br /> # Therapy shown to be highly effective, with minimal side effects<br /> # Application for EU regulatory approval to be submitted before end of year http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4023~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4023~.html?action=longview 2009-11-03 11:54:52 +0100 EU: The Science and Technology Fellowship programme in China is inviting proposals from European researchers interested in spending 2 years in a Chinese research organisation. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4021~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4021~.html?action=longview 2009-10-29 09:58:51 +0100 Science Daily: A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4020~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4020~.html?action=longview 2009-10-16 15:51:54 +0100 Evangelische Akademie Loccum: The Protestant Academy Loccum invites you to a conference on risk regulation of nanotechnology from a transatlantic perspective. We convene actors from Germany, Europe, the United States, and beyond to link previously separated regulatory debates. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4019~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4019~.html?action=longview 2009-10-16 14:19:19 +0100 EurActiv: The EU executive plans to respond positively to the European Parliament‘s call for a number of EU policies and regulations covering health and environmental safety issues related to nanomaterials to be reviewed. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4018~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4018~.html?action=longview 2009-10-14 10:08:48 +0100 AZoM: Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved \"highly commended\" runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct 1st, 2009. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4017~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4017~.html?action=longview 2009-10-14 10:04:29 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology: Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng, Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4016~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4016~.html?action=longview 2009-10-12 10:38:14 +0100 European Commission: In order to support the preparation of proposals, the FP7 theme NMP and CONACYT are holding a Joint Information Day concerning the coordinated call at Camino Real Hotel, Diego Rivera street # 2492, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico on the 14th of October 2009. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4014~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4014~.html?action=longview 2009-10-07 19:09:22 +0100 Environmental Expert.com: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Nanomaterial Research Strategy (Strategy), which EPA describes as its new research strategy to understand better how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4013~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4013~.html?action=longview 2009-10-07 10:08:38 +0100 European Commission: The European Commission plans to produce some promotional material to enhance the marketing of Materials Research. The Commission will soon invite interested parties to submit an offer for the production of approximately 10.000 boxes containing 4 or 5 objects showing some materials research progress over the last few years and their potential (together with a succinct explanation of why the materials behave like they do).<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4012~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4012~.html?action=longview 2009-10-06 10:46:14 +0100 Nanopodium: The Committee for the Societal Dialogue on Nanotechnology in the Netherlands launched its agenda for the public debate the coming 1.5 years during a Nanopodium event in The Hague, 30 September. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4011~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4011~.html?action=longview 2009-10-02 16:06:39 +0100 Jennifer Newton,: Resolving questions surrounding nanoparticle toxicity has led North American researchers to suggest the particles as a potential skin cancer treatment. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4010~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4010~.html?action=longview 2009-10-02 11:01:47 +0100 Edward Morgan, RSC: Bone-like materials can be used both as bone fillers and drug delivery vehicles for targeting bone cancers, claim Italian scientists. The materials release the drugs over a prolonged period and make them work better than the free drug. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4009~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4009~.html?action=longview 2009-10-02 10:40:54 +0100 Photonics.com: The first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots have been created by a team of physicists at the University of Michigan, who say it is a major step toward producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4008~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4008~.html?action=longview 2009-09-30 10:23:09 +0100 Lewis Brindley, RSC: Japanese researchers have made ultra-thin metal wires by growing them inside carbon nanotubes. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4007~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4007~.html?action=longview 2009-09-30 10:13:10 +0100 DEEPEN: While efforts to involve the public in decision making on new technologies such as nanotechnology are impressive, they need to be substantially rethought, argues a new report from the EU-funded DEEPEN (‘Deepening ethical engagement and participation in emerging nanotechnologies‘) project.<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4006~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4006~.html?action=longview 2009-09-29 18:43:11 +0100 Marie Freebody, IoP: A scalable method of structural colour printing could find applications in forgery protection and the design of advanced materials. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4005~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4005~.html?action=longview 2009-09-29 15:13:31 +0100 RIVM: The aim of the report is to generate a list of consumer products containing nanomaterials that have a high priority for future exposure assessment. The report describes a) an update of the previous product inventory published by the RIVM in 2007, b) analysis of several purchased market reports on nano in consumer products, c) expert consultation. <br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4004~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4004~.html?action=longview 2009-09-29 11:30:59 +0100 McREL: The NSF funded NanoTeach project experiments with inclusion of nanoscience and nanotechnology in secondary school teaching in the USA. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4003~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4003~.html?action=longview 2009-09-28 09:56:09 +0100 Colin Barras, New Scientist: THERE is a simple rule of computing that holds true even in the weird quantum world: increase the number of units of information available and you boost computing power. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4002~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4002~.html?action=longview 2009-09-25 10:22:47 +0100 MIT News: Mechanical engineer Carol Livermore and colleagues find that carbon nanotubes, used as springs, have potential to compete with batteries for energy storage. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4001~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4001~.html?action=longview 2009-09-22 10:30:19 +0100 ObservatoryNano: In the series \"Current Debates on Nanobioethics\", ObservatoryNano just published an interview with Dr Klaus-Michael Weltring. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4000~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~4000~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 13:33:04 +0100 Physics world: Physicists in Brazil have added another capability to the quantum computing toolkit by being the first to show that light beams of three different wavelengths can be entangled. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3999~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3999~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 10:41:48 +0100 Reuters: Arkema (Paris:AKE), a world leader in nanostructured materials, announces the<br /> construction of a carbon nanotube (CNT) pilot production plant at its Mont site<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3998~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3998~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 10:34:52 +0100 Lewis Brindley, RSC: A simple and scalable way to purify mixtures of carbon nanotubes has been developed by researchers in the US. The process uses ultraviolet light and air to produce purified semiconducting nanotubes, which could be valuable in developing the next generation of computer chips. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3997~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3997~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 10:29:06 +0100 Eurekalert: Case Western Reserve University researchers find mixing different metals in a catalyst can help determine structure, function http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3996~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3996~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 10:13:33 +0100 MIT Technology Review: Microcapsules in a mixture burst and release reactants on demand. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3995~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3995~.html?action=longview 2009-09-21 10:03:59 +0100 Nanowerk: Out to prove that there‘s more to Finnish technology than Nokia handphones, Finland is seeking collaborations with India in biotechnology and nanotechnology and will also set up a Finnish Innovation Centre in New Delhi. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3994~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3994~.html?action=longview 2009-09-16 12:44:27 +0100 Springer: Japanese researcher Motoichi Ohtsu receives the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2009 for his pioneering work in the field of nanophotonics. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3993~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3993~.html?action=longview 2009-09-16 12:41:57 +0100 Eurekalert: Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new \"adjuvant\" that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many diseases more effectively. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3992~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3992~.html?action=longview 2009-09-15 12:37:14 +0100 Eurekalert: Oil-and-water-based nanoemulsion could be more effective than commonly used lotions http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3991~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3991~.html?action=longview 2009-09-15 12:26:40 +0100 Deakin University: Being able to swing through the air like Spiderman on strands of ‘spider silk‘ may be one step—or swing—closer with researchers at Deakin University discovering a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres, ultra-fine fibres much thinner than a human hair, with one of the world‘s strongest materials, carbon. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3990~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3990~.html?action=longview 2009-09-15 10:20:29 +0100 Hayley Birch, RSC: US and French scientists say the term ‘nanoparticle‘ needs to be redefined to provide a focus for environmental, health and safety studies, and future regulation. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3989~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3989~.html?action=longview 2009-09-15 10:05:30 +0100 Katherine Bourzac, MIT Technology Review: Nanotube-filled capsules could restore conductivity to damaged electronics http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3988~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3988~.html?action=longview 2009-09-14 10:32:33 +0100 Andrew Maynard, Institute of Emerging Ethics and Technologies: Regulators around the world are currently grappling with how to manage the possible risks associated with first generation nanotechnologies. But increasingly sophisticated nanotechnology-based products are coming—will the old regulations still cover these emerging nanotechnologies, or is a re-think in how substances are regulated in order? http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3987~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3987~.html?action=longview 2009-09-14 10:17:57 +0100 RSC Publishing: Carbon nanotubes are increasingly being used in everyday products such as sporting equipment, biomedical devices and aeroplanes. But questions remain as to how safe these nanotubes really are. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3986~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3986~.html?action=longview 2009-09-11 10:53:49 +0100 MIT: A new technique for growing carbon nanotubes should be easier to integrate with existing semiconductor manufacturing processes http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3985~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3985~.html?action=longview 2009-09-11 10:47:28 +0100 Berkley Lab: In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3984~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3984~.html?action=longview 2009-09-11 10:40:23 +0100 Andy Extance, Physics World: Carbon nanotubes could be used to produce solar cells that generate more electrical current per photon than existing photovoltaic technologies, according to scientists in the US. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3983~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3983~.html?action=longview 2009-09-11 10:11:48 +0100 Printed Electronics: A team led by chemistry professors Alexander Star and Stéphane Petoud at University of Pittsburgh revealed the development of a highly sensitive, fluorescent oxygen sensor that can detect minute amounts of Oxygen. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3982~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3982~.html?action=longview 2009-09-10 10:24:41 +0100 James Urquhart, RSC: German researchers have developed a hybrid, light activated nanomaterial that can target, label and kill harmful antibiotic resistant bacteria such as Escherichia coli. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3981~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3981~.html?action=longview 2009-09-09 10:29:25 +0100 safenano: Nanotechnology continues to be forecast to reap massive global benefits across multiple sectors. Increasing public awareness of nanotechnologies, linked to non-specifically regulated introduction of products containing nanomaterials into the market, and the increasing use of ‘Health & Safety‘ as an easy excuse for the prevention of desirable or beneficial activities by those unable or unwilling to understand them, makes heeding advice laid out by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering ever more important to their responsible development. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3980~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3980~.html?action=longview 2009-09-08 18:54:11 +0100 University of Bristol: The University of Bristol opened its Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information yesterday (7th September 2009). This highly distinctive, £11 million building provides state-of-the-art specialised laboratories where vibration and acoustic noise levels are among the lowest ever achieved, despite being located in the centre of Bristol. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3979~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3979~.html?action=longview 2009-09-08 10:33:18 +0100 Eurekalert: Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society for General Microbiology‘s meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3978~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3978~.html?action=longview 2009-09-08 10:11:08 +0100 Matt Wilkinson, Chemistry World: US researchers have developed a nano-sized drug delivery system that only releases its payload in specific pH conditions, a feature that could prove particularly useful for targeted delivery of cancer treatments. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3977~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3977~.html?action=longview 2009-09-04 17:37:09 +0100 R. Colin Johnson, EETimes: What is being billed as the world‘s smallest semiconductor laser boasts a 5-nm active region that is 20 times smaller than the wavelength of the light it emits, according to university researchers who recently demonstrated their nanoscale laser. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3976~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3976~.html?action=longview 2009-09-04 17:24:11 +0100 EUMINAfab: EUMINAfab is the first European Research Infrastructure on multimaterial micro and nanotechnology. It offers open and no-cost access to state of the art fabrication and characterisation technologies for a multitude of functional materials. EUMINAfab combines the scientific expertise and technological capacities of 10 leading European institutions from industry and academia, creating a unique source of knowledge and capabilities in micro nano technologies for European researchers from industry or academia.<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3975~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3975~.html?action=longview 2009-09-02 17:38:52 +0100 Grupo Kuo: The Mexican Kuo Group recently established a subsidiary Macro-M in Lerma, Mexico. This subsidiary will produce 250 metric tonnes of nanomaterials per year. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3974~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3974~.html?action=longview 2009-09-02 14:12:21 +0100 Eurekalert: Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of a myriad of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among many others. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3973~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3973~.html?action=longview 2009-09-02 10:53:57 +0100 NT-MDT Co.: It‘s a widely spread idea that performing AFM in liquids is a rather complicated research approach. Actually, many tasks related to the investigation of molecular structures and complexes in a liquid environment claim high demands on the SPM equipment. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3972~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3972~.html?action=longview 2009-09-01 13:56:25 +0100 Lauren Gravitz, MIT Technology Review: A new kind of sensor could one day be used to detect lung cancer. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3971~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3971~.html?action=longview 2009-09-01 10:31:43 +0100 Physicsworld.com: Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley claim to have created the smallest semiconductor laser ever. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3970~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3970~.html?action=longview 2009-09-01 10:18:54 +0100 Institute of Physical Problems, Russian Federation: When using a scanning probe microscope (SPM), for instance on board of a near-Earth station or a planet exploration rover, a number of control-related tasks should be solved. A method is required to exclude the operator from the measurement process that would make the microscope operation completely autonomous. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3969~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3969~.html?action=longview 2009-09-01 08:55:57 +0100 Pieter van Broekhuizen, IVAM, NanoCAP: In March 2009 the Social Economic Council of the Netherlands advised the minister on safe working with nanoparticles: Advisory report 09/01 - Nanoparticles in the Workplace: Health and Safety Precautions. The three ministers of Social Affairs, Environmental Affairs and Economical Affairs did give their reactions to this advice, consequently leading to an intense discussion in the Dutch Parliament. This resulted in several motions in the Parliament of which the following three motion were accepted by a majority of the Parliament:<br /> - Motion on a notification obligation<br /> - Motion on nano reference values<br /> - Motion of speeding up of risk research<br /> Now the Dutch Government will have to come up with a practical elaboration of these motions. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3968~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3968~.html?action=longview 2009-08-31 13:22:27 +0100 James Dacey , Physics world: Physicists in Switzerland and the Netherlands have designed a new form of atomic force microscopy (AFM) capable of revealing the identity of individual atoms within a molecule for the first time. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3967~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3967~.html?action=longview 2009-08-28 17:25:07 +0100 Eurekalert: Known for their wide variety of vibrant plumage, birds have evolved various chemical and physical mechanisms to produce these beautiful colors over millions of years. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3966~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3966~.html?action=longview 2009-08-26 17:46:40 +0100 Colin Barras, New Scientist Tech: Borrowing an idea from nature could lead to technology capable of producing full-colour prints in a fraction of a second, according to South Korean engineers. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3965~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3965~.html?action=longview 2009-08-26 12:44:24 +0100 University of California Santa-Barbara: Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a potential new drug delivery system. The finding is a biological mechanism for delivery of nanoparticles into tissue. The results are published in this week‘s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3964~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3964~.html?action=longview 2009-08-26 12:38:00 +0100 Jon Cartwright, RSC: Techniques used to image tumours and infections improve when the carbon nanotube ‘contrast agents‘ are gold plated, researchers in the US have discovered. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3963~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3963~.html?action=longview 2009-08-25 10:59:12 +0100 Electronics Weekly: Surrey NanoSystems, a University of Surrey spin-out working on a low-temperature growth process for carbon nanotubes, has secured second round funding of £2.5m http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3962~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3962~.html?action=longview 2009-08-25 10:53:42 +0100 Eurekalert: Using thin films of silk as templates, researchers have incorporated inorganic nanoparticles that join with the silk to form strong and flexible composite structures that have unusual optical and mechanical properties. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3961~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3961~.html?action=longview 2009-08-24 11:47:03 +0100 MIT: New sensor could reveal nitric oxide‘s role in living cells http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3960~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3960~.html?action=longview 2009-08-24 10:56:50 +0100 Cordis News: Researchers in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK have discovered new electron properties that could lead to useful applications in computers and lasers. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3959~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3959~.html?action=longview 2009-08-20 11:05:22 +0100 Lewis Brindley, RSC: Researchers have taken a step towards the next generation of high-speed computer chips by controlling how triangle-shaped pieces of DNA mount themselves on a surface. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3958~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3958~.html?action=longview 2009-08-19 11:54:35 +0100 Eurekalert: It appears that bacteria can squeeze through practically anything. In extremely small nanoslits they take on a completely new flat shape. Even in this squashed form they continue to grow and divide at normal speeds. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3957~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3957~.html?action=longview 2009-08-19 11:30:30 +0100 Katie Dryden-Holt, RSC Publishing: DNA logic gates can now detect more than just DNA segments, and by exploiting nature‘s design, their preparation could be simpler than ever. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3956~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3956~.html?action=longview 2009-08-18 15:52:11 +0100 Bundestag: Last month, the German Parliament adopted a resolution on Nanotechnology: targeted research funding for future oriented innovation and growth areas. The parliament calls for better integration of the nanotechnology activities in a societal dialogue, and focus of research on areas including clean water, energy efficiency and climate protection. At least ten percent of nanofunding should be dedicated to nanorisk research. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3955~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3955~.html?action=longview 2009-08-18 11:39:15 +0100 Katherine Bourzac, MIT Technology Review: Surface-plasmon lasers could enable a new generation of computers based on nanophotonics. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3954~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3954~.html?action=longview 2009-08-17 11:48:54 +0100 RSC Publishing: Nanostructures have the potential to transform the way we investigate life processes but only if we can find good ways to make them. Seunghun Hong, at Seoul National University, Korea, and colleagues discuss ways to integrate nanowires and nanotubes on chips. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3953~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3953~.html?action=longview 2009-08-17 11:37:52 +0100 Jon Cartwright, RSC: Researchers in the US and Germany have found that the speed of synthetic ‘nanomotors‘ responds to nearby concentrations of silver. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3952~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3952~.html?action=longview 2009-08-17 11:13:22 +0100 Hayley Birch, RSC: US researchers have created tiny oxygen-sensing devices made from carbon nanotubes. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3951~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3951~.html?action=longview 2009-08-17 10:43:14 +0100 observatoryNANO: The observatoryNANO project has published its latest newsletter, providing an update on its activities. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3950~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3950~.html?action=longview 2009-08-13 15:27:18 +0100 Eurekalert: As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for measuring the size of nanoparticles in solutions. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3949~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3949~.html?action=longview 2009-08-12 17:34:03 +0100 Katherine Bourzac, MIT Technology Review: Transistors with lipid membranes could make better interfaces for neural prosthetics http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3948~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3948~.html?action=longview 2009-08-11 16:09:23 +0100 Kate Greene, MIT News: Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes, study finds http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3947~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3947~.html?action=longview 2009-08-11 10:23:35 +0100 Fars News Agency: Iranian agricultural biotechnology institute affiliated to the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad established a nanotechnology research center in a bid to conduct wider studies on the applications of nanotechnology in agriculture. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3946~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3946~.html?action=longview 2009-08-11 10:11:22 +0100 Institute of Nanotechnology (UK): When developing a new course of study there is always a great deal of soul-searching about what should, or should not, be contained in the course. This is especially so in an area of technology that is truly multi-disciplinary and developing rapidly into new thematic areas such as Nanotechnology. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3945~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3945~.html?action=longview 2009-08-10 17:39:42 +0100 Eurekalert: Researchers develop a new toolbox for nano-engineering http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3943~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3943~.html?action=longview 2009-08-07 15:25:33 +0100 Electronics Design News: Researchers continue to seek out some plausible application for carbon nanotubes. The latest effort, by a team at the University of California—Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Pennsylvania State University, has discovered that a multiwall nanotube containing a particle of iron might just be an effective archival storage device. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3942~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3942~.html?action=longview 2009-08-07 10:23:59 +0100 Technology Review: A series of sustained quantum operations shows promise for developing a practical device. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3941~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3941~.html?action=longview 2009-08-07 10:15:52 +0100 cordis: A new EU-funded project is set to link up the world‘s leading formulation-science experts in a single network. Dubbed INFORM (‘Integrating the nanoscale in formulations‘), the 3-year, EUR 1.7 million project is funded under the EU‘s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3940~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3940~.html?action=longview 2009-08-06 10:42:30 +0100 Technology Review: A startup‘s conductive graphene inks can be used to print RFID antennas http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3939~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3939~.html?action=longview 2009-08-06 10:31:06 +0100 Eurekalert: Technique may accelerate drug discovery for cancer, other diseases http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3938~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3938~.html?action=longview 2009-08-05 10:49:08 +0100 Eurekalert: New technique eliminates grain boundary defects, researchers report in Science http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3937~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3937~.html?action=longview 2009-08-05 10:20:02 +0100 AZoNano: The London Centre for Nanotechnology - a joint venture between UCL and Imperial College London - is taking a strategic lead in the emerging field of nanospintronics, by initiating collaborative projects with research groups at China‘s top two universities, Peking University and Tsinghua University. The projects aim to develop radically new approaches to miniaturization of computer systems, based on the exploitation of special magnetic \"spin\" properties of individual molecules and single atoms. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3936~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3936~.html?action=longview 2009-08-03 16:54:09 +0100 MIT Technology Review: Tiny electron emitters inside an x-ray generator could improve medical imaging and cancer therapy. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3935~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3935~.html?action=longview 2009-08-03 15:36:25 +0100 JEFF HECHT, Laser World: Self-assembled quantum-dot lasers have low thermal sensitivity and very low threshold. Developers are exploring ways to arrange quantum dots in regularly spaced nanopatterns in the active layer of a diode laser. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3934~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3934~.html?action=longview 2009-08-03 11:14:21 +0100 R. Colin Johnson, EETimes: Graphene will carry nearly 1,000-times more current and run over 10-times cooler than conventional copper interconnects below 22-nanometer line widths, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3933~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3933~.html?action=longview 2009-08-03 10:43:37 +0100 Anne Trafton, MIT news: New gene therapy technique could fight late-stage tumors http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3932~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3932~.html?action=longview 2009-07-31 15:33:40 +0100 ICPCNanoNet: These reports describe N&N activities providing information about the region and its N&N publications<br /> as well as initiatives, networks, S&T agreements and funding programmes. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3931~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3931~.html?action=longview 2009-07-29 14:04:16 +0100 Eurekalert: Maternal exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) affects the expression of genes related to the central nervous system in developing mice. Researchers writing in BioMed Central‘s open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that mice whose mothers were injected with the nanoparticles while pregnant showed alteration in gene expression related to neurological dysfunction. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3930~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3930~.html?action=longview 2009-07-29 11:21:43 +0100 http://www.nanostart.de: * Scientist of international reputation<br /> * Former Head of Oncology Research at Novartis<br /> * "Curiox establishes itself"<br /> http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3944~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3944~.html?action=longview 2009-07-27 15:22:11 +0100 Nanowerk; BAM: The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Germany has compiled a website which lists all nanoscale reference materials that are commercially available worldwide. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3929~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3929~.html?action=longview 2009-07-27 11:20:24 +0100 Janet Crombie, RSC: US researchers have developed a method to track nanoparticle self-assembly by incorporating fluorine-labelled ligands into the nanoparticle shells. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3928~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3928~.html?action=longview 2009-07-27 11:16:23 +0100 Katherine Bourzac, MIT Technology Review: Easily made nanolenses can perform superhigh-resolution lithography and imaging. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3927~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3927~.html?action=longview 2009-07-23 14:20:50 +0100 Laura Cassiday, Chemical and Engineering News: Specific sequences separate nanotubes according to chirality http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3926~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3926~.html?action=longview 2009-07-23 12:16:14 +0100 EurekAlert: Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3925~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3925~.html?action=longview 2009-07-23 11:28:11 +0100 Belle Dumé, Nanotechweb.org: US researchers shed light on the optical properties of nanoparticles. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, have shown how electron–hole exchange interactions in quantum dots depend on the size of the semiconductor material that the dots are made of. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3924~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3924~.html?action=longview 2009-07-23 11:12:38 +0100 Berkley Lab: Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3923~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3923~.html?action=longview 2009-07-23 11:02:23 +0100 Jon Cartwright, RSC: Chemists in the US have created the first material to exhibit ‘inverse photoconductance‘, in which conductance decreases with exposure to visible light. The effect could be exploited to make new types of sensor that can be tuned for different spectral properties and printed directly onto plastic substrates. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3922~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3922~.html?action=longview 2009-07-20 11:12:27 +0100 Erica Wise, RSC: A coating designed for clothing could help reduce industrial injuries due to scalding, say Chinese scientists. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3921~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3921~.html?action=longview 2009-07-20 11:03:46 +0100 ST Microelectronics: Key European R&D program will build on European leadership in CMOS platforms and application-specific derivative technologies. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3920~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3920~.html?action=longview 2009-07-20 10:14:36 +0100 emportal: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic stated that a draft strategy for scientific and technological development is one of the Ministry‘s key achievements in the first year of its term http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3919~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3919~.html?action=longview 2009-07-20 10:09:44 +0100 ObservatoryNano: ObservatoryNano just published an interview with Dr Daniela Cerqui on trends towards human enhancement including nanotechnology in the series on nanobioethics. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3918~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3918~.html?action=longview 2009-07-17 10:46:35 +0100 Dept for Business, Innovation and Skills: Lord Drayson, Science and Innovation Minister and chair of the Ministerial Group on Nanotechnologies, is today calling on industry and interested groups to get involved in shaping a UK strategy for nanotechnologies. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3917~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3917~.html?action=longview 2009-07-17 10:12:32 +0100 Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN): IBN, the world‘s first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, has discovered a new environmentally friendly method to synthesize a wide variety of nanoparticles inexpensively. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3916~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3916~.html?action=longview 2009-07-13 19:02:49 +0100 STOA: STOA, the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment Unit of the European Parliament just released a study on Human Enhancement. The authors recommend to set up a European body for the development of a normative framework that guides the formulation of EU policies no Human Enhancement. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3915~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3915~.html?action=longview 2009-07-13 10:43:30 +0100 NanoImpactNet: NanoImpactNet, the European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials, has released its latest newsletter, describing the ongoing debate in standardisation, update on events and calls, and profiles of new members. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3914~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3914~.html?action=longview 2009-07-10 10:20:23 +0100 Utrecht University: Three research proposals by the Utrecht University in The Netherlands and one made in cooperation with Delft University of Technology, are together to receive a subsidy of 1.2 million euro from the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) and energy provider Nuon. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3913~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3913~.html?action=longview 2009-07-10 10:09:53 +0100 INCT: Two researchers from the Federal University Minas Gerais (Brazil) were granted patents for a nanodrug delivery system for slow release of drugs for cardiovascular diseases including hypertension in China and Canada. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3912~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3912~.html?action=longview 2009-07-09 12:13:56 +0100 Cordis: The EU funded Nano Health Environment Commented Database NHECD project just started. The project has a budget of 1.45 million euro and aims to develop an open access, robust and sustainable repository for research data on nanotoxicology. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3911~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3911~.html?action=longview 2009-07-08 15:41:36 +0100 Innovation Society: The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education (SFIVET) and the Innovation Society just launched the Nano-cube project for vocational training in nanotechnology at secondary and tertiary levels. The project will be implemented over the next 2.5 years. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3910~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3910~.html?action=longview 2009-07-06 15:12:18 +0100 Cordis: Danish and Chinese researchers are making advances in the world of nanotechnology as they work together to develop electronic components. The fruits of their labour will contribute to fuelling the electronic, energy and communications industries. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3909~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3909~.html?action=longview 2009-06-29 15:03:39 +0100 Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology: IBN‘s Minute Antibacterial Particles Destroy Drug-Resistant Germs. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3908~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3908~.html?action=longview 2009-06-29 10:13:54 +0100 Norwegian Board of Technology: The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) establishes a scheme for Norwegian businesses to report their use of nanomaterials in chemical products. Information about nanomaterials in chemical products will be incorporated as a separate topic in declarations to the Norwegian Product Register, administered by the SFT. The new initiative will supplement REACH. While REACH targets substances as they are produced or imported, the Norwegian initiative focuses on how substances are marketed and used in real life – in the form of chemical products. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3907~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3907~.html?action=longview 2009-06-26 15:35:14 +0100 Organic Electronics Association (OE-A): Frankfurt, June 24, 2009 – \"The market for organic and printed electronics will grow to a multi-billion Euro market in the next ten years\", said Wolfgang Mildner, Chairman of the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) and Managing Director, PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG, at the OE-A press conference on the occasion of the grand opening of the new conference and exhibition, LOPE-C – Large-area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention, on Wednesday in Frankfurt, Germany. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3906~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3906~.html?action=longview 2009-06-26 10:14:20 +0100 Institute for Consumer Behaviour & European Consumer Policy, Calw; CBS, Copenhagen; EUI, Florence: The objective of this special issue will be to discuss the impact of nanotechnologies on consumer behaviour, policy and law. The papers may cover a wide range of applications such as foodstuff, medical products, chemicals and pesticides, consumer products and sustainable technologies. Contributions may cover the fields of nano-ethics, social aspects, the concept of risk in nanotechnologies as well as policy and regulatory instruments. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3905~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3905~.html?action=longview 2009-06-25 16:44:35 +0100 AEPI: Over the next 5 years, 2.3 billion euro will be invested in R&D plus US$1.25 billion in capital investment in the Nano 2012 programme in the Grenoble Isere region. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3904~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3904~.html?action=longview 2009-06-25 12:02:46 +0100 EurekAlert: Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3903~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3903~.html?action=longview 2009-06-25 09:55:33 +0100 OSHA: The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work just published a literature review on Worker Exposure to Nanoparticles, covering publications up until November 2008. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3902~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3902~.html?action=longview 2009-06-23 13:30:15 +0100 Net Composites: Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark Leverkusen, Germany. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3900~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3900~.html?action=longview 2009-06-10 12:14:28 +0100 Nanosmile: The French CEA has updated the Nanosmile educational website raising awareness of nanosafety. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3899~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3899~.html?action=longview 2009-06-09 16:49:28 +0100 STW, NanoNed, FOM: The Dutch government announced an investment of 15 million euro in the national facility for research and innovation in nanotechnology, NanoLab NL. This existing facility brings together public and privately funded research infrastructure and makes it available to outside users. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3898~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3898~.html?action=longview 2009-06-05 15:07:19 +0100 TuTech Innovation GmbH: The event \"Funding in nanotechnology\" will take place in Hamburg, Germany, on 2nd July 2009. Target group are enterprises, universities and research institutes which need to know more about funding in their research area. The event will be held in German.<br /> The event focuses on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies in the NMP work programme 2010 of FP 7 and aims to give information on how to apply successfully. Successful proposers of previous calls will present their experiences with the programme.<br /> The event is organises by Enterprise Europe Network Hamburg-Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with the NCP Nanotechnology and Center of Applied Nanotechnology.<br /> <br /> More information available at http://www.een-hhsh.de or at Silke Ludewigs (+49-40-76629-6362). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3897~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3897~.html?action=longview 2009-06-05 13:27:40 +0100 BNA, Helsinki Chemicals Forum, Meridian Institute: The European Commission has to review the REACH regulation covering safety of chemicals by 2012. After this, Europeach Chemicals Agency (ECHA) director Geert Dancet expects nanomaterials to be covered by REACH in a more systematic way. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3896~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3896~.html?action=longview 2009-06-03 10:34:26 +0100 observatoryNANO: In its third newsletter the FP7 funded observatoryNANO project describes the publication of reports on science and technology developments, economic and market analysis, societal and ethical issues, EHS research, developments in standards and regulations, and analysis of other observatory-like initiatives. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3895~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3895~.html?action=longview 2009-05-31 17:53:19 +0100 Rathenau Institute: The Dutch Parliament will discuss benefits and risks of nanotechnology in a General Discussion of the Committees of Economic Affairs and others on 11 June. To be well prepared, members of the relevant Parliamentary Committees will question experts during an expert meeting on 3 June. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3893~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3893~.html?action=longview 2009-05-29 09:54:47 +0100 Nanostart / Nanosys, Inc.: Frankfurt/ Palo Alto, CA – May 28, 2009 – QD Soleil™, a division of Nanostart-holding Nanosys Inc., announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Starfire Electronic Development and Marketing Corporation for patents covering the work of nanotechnology pioneer Dr. Avery Goldstein http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3894~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3894~.html?action=longview 2009-05-28 09:58:11 +0100 ICPC-NanoNet, Gulf Times: UNESCO/ISESCO organised the first meeting discussing nanotechnology and ethics in the Arab world (18-19 May 2009 in Doha, Qatar). The participants recommended to create an Arab Council on Nanotechnology (ACON). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3892~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3892~.html?action=longview 2009-05-27 12:07:28 +0100 Onderzoek Nederland, UTwente: Alfred Nordmann and Arie Rip warn that current nanoethics focuses too much on speculative and futuristic ethical issues while overlooking real current concerns, in a commentary in Nature Nanotechnology (May 2009). http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3891~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3891~.html?action=longview 2009-05-27 11:55:56 +0100 AZoM: IBM and the Bulgarian government today officially announced their cooperation in the area of nanoscience and a deal for IBM to support the creation of what will be the first Bulgarian nanotechnology centre. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3890~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3890~.html?action=longview 2009-05-26 10:03:01 +0100 Lewis Brindley, RSC: Korean chemists have assembled a multitalented nanoparticle that can hunt down, treat, and illuminate cancerous cells. The therapy combines diagnosis, treatment, and real-time monitoring of cancer progression, and although it may be several years before it reaches the market, it is a bold step towards useful nanoparticle-based medicine. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3889~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3889~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 11:49:13 +0100 Eurekalert: Substantial advances for applications of nanocrystals in the fields requiring a continuous output of photons and high quantum efficiency may soon be realized due to discovery of non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3888~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3888~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 11:39:13 +0100 New Scientist Tech: LIKE the rest of us, carbon nanotubes appreciate a bit of luxury. They turn out to grow prolifically when given a sparkling bed of diamonds. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3887~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3887~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 11:33:29 +0100 Michael Gross, RSC: Researchers in Beijing have developed a new type of incandescent display made of thin layers of highly aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3886~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3886~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 11:17:04 +0100 Eurekalert: Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even retarding antibiotic resistance. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3885~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3885~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 11:06:26 +0100 Prachi Patel, IEEE Spectrum: Understanding how the brain works typically involves sticking sharp metal electrodes into an animal‘s brain and zapping its neurons with electricity. But researchers at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, are working on what could be a more benign, efficient, and effective way to study brain circuits: using light. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3884~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3884~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 10:53:44 +0100 Eurekalert: Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being produced, it is almost impossible for scientists to determine if it poses any threat to the environment or human health. http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3883~.html?action=longview http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scc~news~scid~3883~.html?action=longview 2009-05-22 10:45:32 +0100