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Teva UK has launched a generic inhaler to prevent breathing problems caused by asthma. The inhaler, Salmeterol pMDI does not contain Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) which can cause environmental damage. The product comes in 25mcg per actuation pressurised inhalation, suspension in a green inhaler. Teva UK, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical is a provider of liquid dose, injectable and respiratory medicines to ... Read More »

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark Pryor today introduced legislation to address potential health and safety risks about products that contain nanotechnology materials. “From new cancer treatments to stain-resistant pants, nanotechnology offers hundreds of promising applications and jobs,” Pryor said. “As these products are developed and used, we should assess potential risks to human health, safety, or the environment.  My ... Read More »

Dexter Johnstone – Nanoclast October 6, 2011 This week Iran will be hosting its fourth annual Iran Nano 2011 and the PR materials have been churned out fast and furious leading up to the event. Just about everything that has been announced is simultaneously intriguing and baffling. For instance, earlier this week I read that the Secretary of Iran’s Nanotechnology Initiative Council, ... Read More »

Invisibility is becoming one of the more attractive features of nanomaterials. As evidenced here, here and here. The last link on that list brings you to research in which researchers at the University of Texas used  graphene to build on the phenomena known as “plasmonic cloaking” and “mantle cloaking”. It seems the University of Texas is at again, this time at the UT ... Read More »

ST. PAUL, Minnesota–3M ESPE has introduced Lava Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative, a new CAD/CAM material with long-lasting esthetics and performance. Based on 3M ESPE’s nanotechnology, Lava Ultimate CAD/CAM restorative offers a polish that lasts, and a 10-year warranty. This new class of CAD/CAM material provides a fast, no-firing process that is easy to mill, helping dentists to maximize the productivity of ... Read More »

The tentacles protruding from the sundew secrete a powerful adhesive capable of stretching a million times its size. One micro-liter of the sundew’s adhesive is capable of covering a 25-square-inch surface. CREDIT: Pelagie Favi, University of Tennessee and Samantha Tracht, University of Tennessee View full size image This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the ... Read More »

TEHRAN (FNA)- Laboratory equipment and instruments produced by 22 companies are being displayed in the section of Equipment Manufacturers in the Fourth Nanotechnology Festival and Exhibition in Tehran. Among such equipment, mention can be made of scanning tunneling microscope (STM), atomic force microscope (AFM), BET, deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), HiReSPECT and capillary electrophoresis instrument. The device for the determination ... Read More »