Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

The Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine and the JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP) have kicked off collaboration to support risk management and improve consumer protection through new approaches in the areas of nanotechnology and alternative methods to animal testing. On 6 June, the organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the occasion of the EU-China Food Safety ... Read More »

In both lecture format and conversation with Sloan Senior Lecturer Noubar Afeyan, RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais presents an ambitious plan to create Russia’s Nanotechnology Center—a $10 billion, entrepreneurial ecosystem that incorporates education, research and business incubation. Noting that a plan of this depth also requires the deep engagement with an academic institution Chubais discusses the launch of SKOLKOVO, the Moscow ... Read More »

CHESTNUT HILL, MA (6/7/10) – A nano-scale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film solar cell by resolving the “thick & thin” challenge inherent to capturing light and extracting current for solar power, Boston College researchers report in the current online edition of the journal Physica Status Solidi. The quest for ... Read More »

Starting at 10:00AM on June 24th, 2010 Current Imaging in Living Cells Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Cell is a fundamental building block underlying all biological systems. Countless efforts have been made from various fields of science and technology to better understand this complex system. With the existing research tools available today, it has been difficult, if not impossible, to perform nanoscale studies ... Read More »

We’ve been talking recently about silver nanoparticles and ifnanosilver will be the new amalgam. This week, we’ll try to piece together some of the scientific evidence about nanotechnology. Nanomaterials have been defined by the EPA as “particles that have been intentionally produced to have at least one dimension that measures between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers.” That’s pretty tiny, given that there ... Read More »

The IFIC 2010 “Consumer Perceptions of Food Technology” Survey explores U.S. consumers’ perceptions of various aspects of plant and animal biotechnology, as well as sustainability and new and emerging technologies such as nanotechnology.  Formerly the “IFIC Survey of Consumer Attitudinal Trends toward Food Biotechnology,” this year’s survey is the 14th in a series conducted since 1997. IFIC commissioned Cogent Research ... Read More »