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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Nanoscale Bioceramics in Healthcare and High Performance Ceramics: 12 – 13 Oct

IoN, CERAM and Materials KTN team up for an exciting two-day workshop The Institute of Nanotechnology, CERAM and the Materials KTN have teamed up to present a two-day Workshop on the application of bioactive glass and ceramics at the nanoscale to healthcare and high-tech industries. The use of novel nanoceramics is rapidly growing in a variety of healthcare and medical ... Read More »

Regulating nanotechnology

The FDA proposes the first set of regulations for nanotechnology and asks for feedback from the scientific community. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance yesterday (June 14th) for the regulation of nanotechnology, a field that has exploded since the government began to explicitly support nanotechnology research through the National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2000. The aim ... Read More »

Food Safety and Nutrition

Scientist Utilizing Nanotechnology to Improve the Food Safety and Nutrition Released: 6/15/2011 11:00 AM EDT Source: Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Newswise — NEW ORLEANS – Food scientists are hoping to utilize nanotechnology to improve food nutrition, quality, safety and taste, according to panelists Tuesday at the Institute of Food Technologists’ 2011 Annual Meeting & Food Expo. Nanotechnology is the ... Read More »

Nanotechnology makes big inroads into construction industry

The small science of nanotechnology — which deals with objects so tiny that thousands would fit inside the period at the end of this sentence — is having a big impact in the construction industry, according to the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the American Chemical Society’s weekly newsmagazine. Indeed, some experts believe ... Read More »

When size matters: Nanotechnology for energy efficiency

New research at the University of Leicester is using nanotechnology to create energy efficient materials. With the increasing worldwide demand for energy there is a pressure to use the finite energy resources wisely whilst reducing one of the major areas of energy consumption, transportation, which accounts for more than 20% of the world’s total primary energy and produces much of ... Read More »

Intelligent Drive Solution

iPOS3602: A Compact, Flexible, 75 W Intelligent Drive Solution Technosoft is proud to announce a new family of intelligent servo drives – the iPOS Line – based on a revolutionary design concept offering higher power density on very compact boards. Modularly designed to cover both low- and high-volume applications, the first member of this family – iPOS3602 (36 V, 2 ... Read More »

UK: Senior Applied Research Chemist – Nanotechnology

This exciting Nano-Technology Coating Company is rapidly expanding to support the success and demand for its product. As such they are looking for a Senior Applied Research Chemist with experience of Nanotechnology and working at the molecular level to join their Applied Research Team to further enhance their current technology and develop new technologies, Role – Senior Applied Research Scientist ... Read More »