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Institute of Nanotechnology creates lines of communication for public dialogue in the NanoChannels The main thrust of the NANOCHANNELS project is to provide stakeholders and the lay public with opportunities to engage in debate. Image Credit: NANOCHANNELS. In one of the biggest nano-related public engagement exercises ever implemented, the Institute of Nanotechnology has now published online surveys in seven languages ... Read More »

A new generation of high speed, silicon-based information technology has been brought a step closer by researchers in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL and the London Centre for Nanotechnology. The team’s research, published in Nature Photonics journal, provides the first demonstration of an electrically driven, quantum dot laser grown directly on a silicon substrate (Si) with ... Read More »

Federal guidelines proposed June 9 for the regulation and oversight of products containing engineered nanoscale materials have gotten a mixed reception from affected industries. The government policies aim to protect public health and the environment without stifling innovation, but some stakeholders see room for improvement. The long-awaited guidelines from EPA, FDA, and the White House are meant to serve as ... Read More »

Oxford Instruments, based in Tubney Woods, UK, today announced the acquisition of Omicron NanoTechnology based in Taunusstein, Germany. Omicron will join the Nanotechnology Tools Division of Oxford Instruments; a division that already includes Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology as well as Oxford Instruments Nanoscience. Omicron NanoTechnology, formerly OMICRON Vakuumphysik GmbH, was founded in 1984. During the past 28 ... Read More »

Boise State University and the University of Idaho have acquired high-tech gadgets that could boost the state’s incipient nanotechnology industry by attracting skilled workers who could eventually create their own companies, school officials say. Boise State has a $610,000 super-fast burst, high-intensity laser designed to test and develop nanomaterials. Researchers at the University of Idaho are assembling a $710,000 advanced ... Read More »

In recent years, various nanotechnology-based approaches have been explored to provide novel solutions to food safety challenges. Such solutions include nanoscale delivery of antimicrobials, novel nano-biomaterials and delivery vehicles, food processing surface modification at the nanoscale level, food polymer packaging, and interactions with food matrices. On Sunday morning from 10:30 am–12:00 pm in Room 383, Session 017 Nanotechnology-Enabled Food Safety ... Read More »

Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices: First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller Than a Pinhead ScienceDaily (June 11, 2011) — IBM Research scientists have announced that they have achieved a milestone in creating a building block for the future of wireless devices. In a paper published in the journal Science, IBM researchers announced the first integrated circuit fabricated from wafer-size graphene, ... Read More »