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Improving Our Scientific Understanding of Nanoscale Materials

Nanotechnology opens new worlds of possibilities for important computer, medical and environmental applications. To ensure nanotechnology is developed in a responsible manner, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and EP...

19 Sep 2008

EPA to Host 2008 International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will host the 2008 International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference: Applications and Implications, Oct. 7 - 9 at Chicago's Hyatt Regency Hotel, 151 E. Wacker Dr. ...

18 Sep 2008

Centers will Focus on Environmental Effects of Nanotechnology and its Applications

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have made awards to establish two Centers for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN).

18 Sep 2008

Center to Study the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have awarded $14.4 million to create the Center for Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) to explore the potential ecolog...

18 Sep 2008

New Center Will Explore Impact of Nanomaterials on Life Forms

UCLA and 12 collaborating institutions have been awarded $24 million in federal funding to establish the University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), which will help researc...

18 Sep 2008

CompoZr Zinc Finger Nuclease Platform Enables Precise Modification of Genome

Sigma-Aldrich today launched its CompoZrTM platform of zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) reagents. The CompoZr ZFN platform of reagents is expected to provide researchers with the ability to target and precisely manipulate the ...

17 Sep 2008

The Microbiological Treatment of Selenium

A new study funded by the European Union has demonstrated that unsafe levels of selenium, sometimes referred to as an "essential toxin", can be reduced by a microbiological treatment. With this method, microorg...

16 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology Could be the Answer to Ensuring Safe Supply of Drinking Water

Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife. Writing in the International Journal of Nuclear D...

16 Sep 2008

Nanometer-Sized 'Cargo Ships' Targetting and Destroying Tumors

Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might otherwise go untreated or undetected.

12 Sep 2008

New International Alliance to Establish Protocols for Toxicological Testing of Nanomaterials

A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and ...

9 Sep 2008