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Antimicrobial Nanotech Product Set To Protect Homes In Hurricane Areas

BioQuest Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative, environmentally safe antimicrobial products, today announced it will focus personnel on applications of the Company’s existing and developing nano-tec...

14 Aug 2007

Carbon Nanotube Based NanoComposite Paper Energy Storage May Replace Batteries

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. $$IMAGE$$ The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra...

14 Aug 2007

EPA Looking for Improved Understanding of Nanotechnology Risks and Benefits

EPA will hold a public meeting, Thurs., Sept. 6 and Fri., Sept. 7, 2007 in Arlington, Va., in line with its continuing effort to better understand the potential risks and benefits of nanotechnology. The meeting is to...

14 Aug 2007

Starpharma’s DNT To Develop Water Purification Technology Under US Defense Dept Contract

Starpharma today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Dendritic Nanotechnologies Inc (DNT) will develop its proprietary technology to purify water following the award of a contract with the US Department of Defense...

From Starpharma Holdings Ltd 9 Aug 2007

Nano Boric Acid Makes Motor Oil More Slippery

One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonn...

7 Aug 2007

CNS-UCSB To Host Conference On Occupational Health and Safety in Nanotech Labs and Industries

The National Science Foundation’s Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-UCSB), housed at UC Santa Barbara, will host a major conference on health and safety in laboratories and industrial workplaces employing n...

2 Aug 2007

NanoTX’07 Pioneers with Environmental, Health and Safety Summit

Experts in workplace protection and nanoparticle monitoring from around the country will come together with business leaders at the nanoTX’07 Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Summit to explore the state of th...

1 Aug 2007

Under Magnetic Force, Nanoparticles May Deliver Gene Therapy

After binding DNA segments to tiny iron-containing spheres called nanoparticles, researchers have used magnetic fields to direct the nanoparticles into arterial muscle cells, where the DNA could have a therapeutic effect...

1 Aug 2007

Graphene Sensors Can Detect Single Molecules of Toxic Gas

Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas. The development of graphene-based devices – whic...

31 Jul 2007

Does EPA Have an Adequate Strategy to Oversee Nanotechnologies?

Does the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have an adequate strategy to ensure that nanotechnology is being safely commercialized? Can it get needed information through a proposed program where companies voluntarily ...

31 Jul 2007