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Daily Archives: July 8, 2010

Nanotechnology site opens in Melbourne

Victoria is looking to become Australia’s nanotechnology epicenter. The state reveals the Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication, a $63 million site that would serve as the core research lab within the Australian National Fabrication Facility. The center is a joint project between the Federal government, CSIRO, Minifab and educational institutions such as Swinburne University of Technology, Monash University, Deakin University, La ... Read More »

Revolutionary Medical Dressing Uses Nanotechnology to Fight Infection

Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop a medical dressing which will detect and treat infection in wounds. Scientists at the University of Bath and the burns team at the Southwest UK Paediatric Burns Centre at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol are working together with teams across Europe and Australia to create an advanced wound dressing. The dressing will work by releasing ... Read More »

Food from cloned animals an EU issue

Foods from cloned animals and their offspring should be banned, the European Parliament said Wednesday. The rules will be finalized through negotiations between EU lawmakers and European governments that are to start in September, The New York Times reported. “Although no safety concerns have been identified so far with meat produced from cloned animals, this technique raises serious issues about ... Read More »