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TOPNEWS 08 March 2010 (from NEPHH)

The NEPHH FP7 project invites manufacturers and users of nanomaterials to complete a short survey

Society
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Nanomaterials related Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards Throughout their Life Cycle (NEPHH) is undertaking a survey on the health, environmental and safety practices of organizations working with [..]

09 March 2010 (from the Institute of Nanotechnology)

Risk assessment, Governance and the Code of Conduct for Nanotechnology

Business people

Successful commercialisation of nano-enabled products is fraught with many difficulties including access to finance, securing IP, and manufacturing scale-up. It also requires an integrated approach that includes risk [..]

05 March 2010 (from Institute of Nanotechnology)

NanoKTN and Institute of Nanotechnology Launch International NanoMicroClub for Global Investment

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The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, and the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), a professional membership [..]

05 March 2010 (from The European Medicines Agency)

International Workshop on Nanomedicines

Red blood cells

The European Medicines Agency will hold a workshop to discuss the state-of-the-science of nanomedicines on 26-27 April 2010 at the Agency’s offices in London. The aim of this workshop is to bring together [..]

04 March 2010 (from Federal internet-portal Nanotechnologies & Nanomaterials)

Russian scientists demonstrate precision modification of nanotopography of polymer surface with ultraviolet radiation

Extreme UV
Philips

In the Institute of Physical Problems, a method has been developed and successfully tested which is capable of smoothing asperities of poly(methyl methacrylate) surface in nanometre or subnanometre scales by means of [..]

04 March 2010 (from Bayer MaterialScience)

First Commercial Application of Baytubes® Carbon Nanotubes in Japan

High-performance locomotive from Siemens
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Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany) reports that aqueous suspensions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing individual tubes offer interesting perspectives for a number of new applications which depend on a high [..]

02 March 2010 (from S.NET)

S.Net call for papers

Family
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Call for Papers Second Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET)Sept 29 to Oct 2 in Darmstadt, Germany - deadline for submission of abstracts: March 15, [..]

26 February 2010 (from European Commission)

ENIAC call for proposals published

Cross-section of a test vehicle finished by IMEC
IMEC

The European Commission issued the ENIAC-2010-1 call for proposals under the Joint Technology Initiatives call. Deadlines 30 April 2010 and 30 July 2010, budget 85 million euro. [..]

18 February 2010 (from cordis)

Scientists boost solar cell efficiency

LED

A German team of scientists has developed a technique to treat nanoparticle surfaces. This treatment boosts the efficiency of organic solar cells. Presented in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the work shows how 2% [..]

18 February 2010 (from Republication. The original article was published in ENT Magazine, Issue 01/2009 pp 24-26. Published on 8 February 2009.)

Supporting international cooperation in environmental nanotechnology

Water

The ICPC-NanoNet project can support international research cooperation in environmental nanotechnology between the European Union and International Cooperation Partner Countries to the EU (emerging economies and [..]

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