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New Administration Framework for Chemical Management Reform in US

In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA.

30 Sep 2009

Investment Will Help Commercialize Patented Nanotechnology Cancer Treatment Platform

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30 Sep 2009

NSF Grant Helping Physicist Understand Atomic Collisions

A Kansas State University physicist is continuing his study of atomic collisions with the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Brett Esry, professor of ...

30 Sep 2009

In a Step Forward for Nanotechnology, Scientists Control Movement of Individual Molecules

Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting an advance toward overcoming one of the key challenges in nanotechnology: Getting molecules to move quickly in a desired direction without help from outside forces.

30 Sep 2009

Joint Research Team Focusing on Thin Film Technologies for Photovoltaic Solar Applications

Total and Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (LPICM), a joint R&D research team between the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and France’s Ecole Polytechnique engin...

29 Sep 2009

New Brain Implants Developed using Nanotechnology

Brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats have been created at the University of Michigan. The findings could eventually lead to more effective treatment of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and paralysis.

29 Sep 2009

First Atomic-Scale Maps of Quantum Dots

University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.

29 Sep 2009

Research Strategy to Better Understand How Nanomaterials Harm Human Health and the Environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. Nanomaterials are materials that are between ...

29 Sep 2009

NTU Nanotechnology Professor Wins Young Scientist Award

A 34-year-old Physics lecturer from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) received the Young Scientist Award for his research on metal oxide nanostructures and graphene, which are used to develop nanodevices and harvest energy.

29 Sep 2009

DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials Opens New Asia Headquarters

DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials L.L.C. [DA NanoMaterials], a 50/50 joint venture of DuPont and Air Products, and a leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries to the semiconductor fabrication industry, today announced the opening of its new Asia Headquarters in Jhudong Township, Taiwan, just outside Hsinchu Science Park.

28 Sep 2009