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Graphene may yet make its way into the tiny circuitry thanks to a new property that a team of researchers describe in a paper in Nature Nanotechnology. When placed in a magnetic field, the graphene’s ability to conduct current can be raised or lowered depending on the field’s direction. The property may give scientists a workaround to get even tiny, ... Read More »

The Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (MOTA) will post this week a Technology Guidance Document entitled “Nanotechnology — Considerations for Safe Development,” which includes recommendations intended to enhance the safety of nanotechnology.  According to MOTA, it is providing the Guidance for “the express purpose of assisting in the development of this technology, as failure to prevent exposures or releases will ... Read More »

The metal tin lacks the value and prestige of gold, silver, and platinum – but to nuclear physicists, tin is magic. In the journal Nature, Rutgers physicists recently reported studies on tin that add knowledge to a concept known as magic numbers while perhaps helping scientists to explain how heavy elements are made in exploding stars. Credit: Oak Ridge Associated ... Read More »

Nanotechnology Enables Precise Cancer Targeting Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. Second-generation nanotherapeutics to treat cancer have drawn attention and funding as companies move to improve the efficacy of these treatments and expand their applications. Generally in the size range of 1–100 nm, these drugs have emerged as novel antitumor agents because they have the potential to deliver high concentrations of drugs ... Read More »

MEPs have called for nanosilver and long multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be banned in electrical and electronic products. Members of the EU Environment Committee made the call as they voted on amendments to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has voted on the adoption of suggested amendments ... Read More »

Industrial Consortium on Nanoimprinting (ICON) would be Singapore’s first Nanotechnology focused consortia as part of the effort to build up our advanced manufacturing capabilities. A multi-agency effort with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board, IE Singapore and Spring Singapore, ICON will push companies to adopt versatile, industry-ready nanoimprinting technology that allows new chemical and additive-free products for the market. ... Read More »

THE GOVERNMENT has announced an additional €37 million in funding for university research centres, which it said will facilitate the creation of jobs in Ireland’s so-called “smart economy”. The €37 million investment, which will be spread over six years, takes the funding of the Government’s competence centres programme to €90 million over that period. To date, the competence centres programme ... Read More »