Technology Update
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States, recently conducted a survey of international companies in order to better understand how such companies were dealing with potential exposure of nanomaterials to their workers.
Rising demand and prices for certain metals are causing some manufacturers of high-technology products to scramble to cut their usage.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, have developed a microfluidics technique that is able to scavenge considerably more energy than previous attempts from human footfalls, and convert it into electric power.
This article explores nanotechnology and nanoscience work being conducted in Colombia. The country recently installed a new National Centre for Nanotechnology and Energy in Medellin,
According to Steve Walsh, founder and past president of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation, a global nanotechnology group known as MANCEF, emerging markets are one of the new drivers for nanobiotechnology innovation.
A team of researchers in the United Kingdom have devised a way to capture and convert more light into power than was previously possible, in an advance that could help boost broadband internet speed.
Scientists at the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new approach to the problem of storing hydrogen safely in future fuel-cell-powered cars.
A researcher at Case Western Reserve University, United States, has built a prototype wind turbine blade that is substantially lighter and eight times tougher and more durable than the materials currently used for blades.
In this letter, Hermann Stamm, with the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Ispra, Italy, takes issue with Andrew Maynard’s article in the journal Nature, in which Maynard argued against defining engineered nanomaterials for regulatory purposes.
Researchers at Yonsei University, the Korea Basic Science Institution, and the Yonsei University College of Medicine, all in South Korea, have developed a way to maximize the heat produced by magnetic nanoparticles to treat cancer.
Nanomedicine and stem cell technology are the next generation of medical “miracles”, and both are already being used in Kenya.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released a podcast, “Providing Safe Foods: Safety of Nanoparticles in Food Crops Is Still Unclear.”
A new study by independent company Market Attitude Research Services, shows that Australians are supportive of nanotechnology.
Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, United States, have created the first fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a step toward a future of stretchable electronics that promises video displays that could be rolled up, or cell phones that could shrink or swell.
A new technology developed by the United States-based company Nanologix speeds up the diagnostic process, potentially allowing hospitals to identify the presence of dangerous bacteria up to five times faster than conventional methods.
The country of Denmark’s Environmental Protection Agency has conducted a literature review of current knowledge on the environmental and health risks of exposure to the most widely used nanomaterials.
Researchers at the Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo, Norway, have found that nanoparticles can interfere with the transport of vital substances in cells.
South Africa’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will collaborate with researchers in Kenya to develop nanomedicine technology aimed at revolutionizing treatment of communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria.
Researchers at the Pharmaceutical School of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, in cooperation with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Exir Pharmaceutical Company, all in Iran, have designed a nanotechnology-based vaccine to prevent leishmaniasis disease.
Research conducted by scientists at Brown University, United States, has found that nanoparticles of nickel can trigger a cellular pathway that promotes cancer growth.
While organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, they still lag behind conventional solar cells in their ability to efficiently convert sunlight into electricity.
