Technology Update
This article, by Thomas W. Kenny, chief emerging technology advisor at Cedrus Investments and a professor at Stanford University, both in the United States, argues that investors should look toward companies that are developing solutions to address the world’s significant water challenges.
Talks between the European Parliament and the European Commission regarding an update on the EU regulation on novel foods have broken down.
Researchers from Harvard University, United States, have demonstrated a carbon nanotube-based filtration and electrolysis system that can completely remove or inactivate viruses and bacteria from water.
In this article, by Scott E. Rickert, CEO of Nanofilm, Ltd., located in Valley View, Ohio, United States, the author says the rising prices at the gas pump only reinforce the notion that countries need to take charge of preserving and protecting their energy independence.
Scientists from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, have found that nanoscale cellulose from tunicates, more commonly known as sea squirts, can be used to create skeletal muscle tissue.
Agriculture is a booming industry in Brazil, but the two-fold punch of an increasing population and agricultural output threatens the country’s plentiful water supply.
Four United States senators have asked that country’s Secretary of Treasury and of the Interior to use their authority with multilateral development banks, and under U.S. mining law, to block Chinese mining projects until China agrees to trade fairly in rare earth elements.
Russia’s state-backed nanotechnology corporation, RUSNANO, in a major foray into India’s high-tech market, has signed a collaboration agreement with SUN Group, a private, Indian-owned investment group active in Russia.
A two-day workshop hosted by United States and European Union officials resulted in both governments calling for a need to coordinate their nanotechnology research strategies to answer key questions about engineered nanoparticles.
A new desalination process, which promises to be faster, better and cheaper than conventional methods, has been developed by a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in the United States.
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have employed a focused laser beam of spot size less than 1 µm to study the localized photoresponse of individual metal oxide nanowires.
As silicon photovoltaics evolve towards thin-wafer technologies, efficient optical absorption at near-infrared wavelengths has become particularly challenging.
Researchers are busy exploring the use of nanoparticles for a range of medical applications from diagnosis to delivery and therapy.
Researchers at Cornell University are the first to have performed electrochemical measurements on individual pieces of monolayer graphene. The findings from the new study could help in making better electronic devices from the material. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/45372
Phase-change materials are already used to store data on rewritable discs, but their relatively high power requirements make them impractical for use in mobile phones and other portable devices.
Brazil and Cuba have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation projects in science, technology and innovation, according to Cuban Ambassador to Brazil,
The Washington, D.C.-based Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) reports that nanotechnology consumer products continue to grow at a consistent pace.
Researchers at Purdue University, United States, are developing a technology that could make solar cells more affordable and efficient.
The first rare earth ore processing refinery to be built outside of China in nearly 30 years will soon be the world’s largest such refinery.
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, both in the United States, have found that nanoparticles can be used to improve survival after life-threatening blood loss.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nanotechnology Institute has published a new podcast as part of its educational outreach initiative on all aspects of nanotechnology developed by society.
