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Daily Archives: February 7, 2013

WEF Member Receives 2012 Clarke Prize for Nanotechnology Research

  From left, James Irvine Swinden and Toni Smith present Pedro Alvarez with the Clarke Prize medallion on behalf of the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation (Newport Beach, Calif.),which helped establish the prize. Photo courtesy of the National Water Research Institute (Fountain Valley, Calif.). Pedro J.J. Alvarez, George R. Brown Professor of Engineering at Rice University (Houston) ... Read More »

Nanoporous Carbon Materials Raise Chances of Surviving Sepsis

Woman is 57 But Looks 27 British Mum publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors… ConsumerHealthLifestyle.co.uk CREDIT: Dr. V. Presser, INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials, and Uwe Bellhäuser View full size image This Research in Action article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. With an overall mortality rate of 40-60 percent, severe sepsis and ... Read More »

Safety of Nanotechnology Focus of New EMA,

  Safety of Nanotechnology Focus of New EMA, MHLW Joint Reflection Paper By Alexander Gaffney, RF News EditorThe European medicines Agency (EMA) has released a new draft reflection paper on the development of nanomedicines made with block copolymer micelles (BCMs), aiming to provide basic information for the development of a common type of investigational nanomedicine. The paper is unusual in ... Read More »

Nanotechnology – What is it, and what has it ever done for us?

10th February 2013, 14:15, Holgate House, Grey College logo. Image Credit: University of Durham. Given by Dr Del Atkinson, Reader in the Department of Physics at the University of Durham. This public talk will introduce nanotechnology – what it is and how things are made with nanoscale dimensions. The talk will also outline some of the many uses and benefits ... Read More »

What is Green Nanotechnology?

Source: Azocleantech.com (29 Jan 2013) Author(s): Kris Walker Green nanotechnology is the study of how nanotechnology can benefit the environment, such as by using less energy during the manufacturing process, the ability to recycle products after use, and using eco-friendly materials. Nanotechnologies, according to this article, will not just initiate the next industrial revolution; they will also offer technological solutions. ... Read More »

Nanodermatology Society declares 2013 the Year of Topical Delivery

(Nanowerk News) For over a century, each year has been marked by extraordinary progress in both medicine and biotechnology. Just one hundred years ago, Nicholay Anichkov made the earliest link between cholesterol and atherosclerosis, and Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr presented their models–physical and quantum–of the atom. 2013 will not only keep up pace, but will mark an extraordinary period ... Read More »

Purdue lands $14.5M to expand nanotechnology portal

Purdue University announced Tuesday that some of its researchers won a five-year, $14.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand the school’s online gateway for instruction, research and simulations in nanotechnology. The nanoHUB.org portal already attracts nearly 250,000 users each year, and it provides instructional segments used by 760 classes at 185 universities around the world. The new ... Read More »