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Nanohazard Symbol Competition Goes to the Vote

The ETC Group international graphic design competition to design a nanotechnology hazard symbol has now closed and the entries will shortly be voted upon. Taking a lead from the universal warning symbols for hazards like...

15 Jan 2008

Nanotechnology Based Lubricant Continues to Protect Against Wear Even After Severe Oil Loss

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that recent tests conducted at its customers labs have shown that when added to a regular oil, NanoLub, the world’s first nanotec...

10 Jan 2008

Gold Nanoparticles Created for use as Reference Standards in Biomedical Research

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the biomedical research community — literally “gold standards” for labs studying the biological effects of nanoparticles.

10 Jan 2008

SafeNano Scientific Services to Help Companies Minimise the Environmental and Health Risks of Working with Nanomaterials

IOM’s SAFENANO Information Service and Community Portal, SAFENANO Scientific Services will provide companies operating in the nanotechnology industry with a multidisciplinary range of solutions to ensure they can offer employees a safe and healthy working environment and end products that are safe for customers.

10 Jan 2008

Cancers to be Detected Earlier With the Help of Gold Nanoparticle Probes

Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasivel...

24 Dec 2007

Next Generation Military Micro Detonators Enabled Using Nanoporous Copper

Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain mil...

24 Dec 2007

Media Coverage of Nanotech Risks and Government on the Rise

U.S. newspaper and wire service coverage of questions about nanotechnology risks rose dramatically last year, according to findings of a new study presented at a Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies event. The number of ...

18 Dec 2007

Cancer Treatment Based on Nanoparticles to be Commercialised as Part of New Nanotechnology Industry Partnership

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced q...

18 Dec 2007

Patent Awarded to Advance Nanotech Subsidiary for Chemical Detection System

Advance Nanotech, Inc., a leader in next generation chemical detection, announced today that it has been issued with a patent award by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its 3-D miniature pre-concentrator ...

From Owlstone Nanotech 14 Dec 2007

Private Equity Financing for Engineered Nanoparticulate Delivery Systems to Improve Drug Targeting, Efficacy and Safety

Carigent Therapeutics, Inc., announced today that the company has secured $2 million in its first round of private equity financing. Carigent is advancing a new drug delivery technology that aims to improve drug efficacy...

12 Dec 2007

Nanotoxicology News

Nanohazard Symbol Competition Goes to the Vote

Nanotechnology Based Lubricant Continues to Protect Against Wear Even After Severe Oil Loss

Gold Nanoparticles Created for use as Reference Standards in Biomedical Research

SafeNano Scientific Services to Help Companies Minimise the Environmental and Health Risks of Working with Nanomaterials

Cancers to be Detected Earlier With the Help of Gold Nanoparticle Probes

Next Generation Military Micro Detonators Enabled Using Nanoporous Copper

Media Coverage of Nanotech Risks and Government on the Rise

Cancer Treatment Based on Nanoparticles to be Commercialised as Part of New Nanotechnology Industry Partnership

Patent Awarded to Advance Nanotech Subsidiary for Chemical Detection System

Private Equity Financing for Engineered Nanoparticulate Delivery Systems to Improve Drug Targeting, Efficacy and Safety

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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