Fears nanotechnology rules not tough enough - ABC Online

Fears nanotechnology rules not tough enough
ABC Online, Australia
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Consumer and environment groups are concerned the burgeoning field of nanotechnology will soon be embraced by food companies and they want Australia's Food Standards Code to keep pace. The technology promises to make food look and

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Nanotechnology Slips Into Schools - Education Week News (subscription)

Nanotechnology Slips Into Schools
Education Week News (subscription), MD
By Sean Cavanagh Nanotechnology is the science of tiny things. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter in length. A sheet of paper is 100000 nanometers thick. Each day in class, it’s the job of John Balet to bring nanotechnology into plain view.

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Nanotechnology: Balancing Risk and Opportunity - Nanotechnology and Development News


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Nanotechnology: Balancing Risk and Opportunity
Nanotechnology and Development News, DC
The article, by Darragh Gray, senior manager of the 360 Risk Project at Lloyd's of London, one of the world's largest insurance markets, says that nanotechnology is a good example of an emerging technology where risk potentialities need to be
Nanotechnology: balancing risk and opportunity Lloyd’s List
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Nanotechnology may have found its Henry Ford - Christian Science Monitor


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Nanotechnology may have found its Henry Ford
Christian Science Monitor, MA
That’s the scale that he and others who work in the field of nanotechnology deal with on an everyday basis. By manipulating molecules, they attempt to build new materials and microscopic robots, possibly small and smart enough to move through human

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Nanotechnology cargo transporters that penetrate plant cells - Nanowerk LLC


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Nanotechnology cargo transporters that penetrate plant cells
Nanowerk LLC, HI
In addition to nanomedicine applications, plant science research focusing on investigation of plant genomics and gene function as well as improvement of crop species has become a nanotechnology frontier. To what degree nanotechnology materials can be

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A nanotechnology route to quantum computers through hybrid rotaxanes - Nanodot

A nanotechnology route to quantum computers through hybrid rotaxanes
Nanodot
A major advance in molecular machine fabrication allows the construction of rotaxane molecular shuttles in which organic and inorganic components are mechanically linked in the same molecular structure. The varied electronic configurations of inorganic

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SOCMA Nanotechnology SME Coalition Expands Membership Categories - Nanotechnology News (press release)

SOCMA Nanotechnology SME Coalition Expands Membership Categories
Nanotechnology News (press release)
In response to the growth and development of nanotechnology companies that produce and use nanoscale materials, SOCMA's Nanotechnology SME Coalition has expanded its membership categories to address their specific needs. This new service comes on the

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Hamsters Get Nanotechnology Now But We Could Be Waiting for Ten Years - Wired News


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Hamsters Get Nanotechnology Now But We Could Be Waiting for Ten Years
Wired News
By Aaron Rowe March 26, 2009 | 1:42:27 PMCategories: Chemistry, Energy, Nanotechnology SALT LAKE CITY — Bend, stretch, or shake a zinc oxide nanowire and it will generate a tiny electrical pulse. Link several of them together, and they could crank out
Nanogenerators to power future? Washington Times
So Long, Energizer Bunny Science Now
Nanoscale dynamo to power biosensors and iPods RT
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Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in the United Kingdom Report … - Business Wire (press release)

Research and Markets: Nanotechnology in the United Kingdom Report
Business Wire (press release), CA
UK has the world's first nanotechnology initiative, with a Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) National Nanotechnology Initiative (NION) announced in 1986, followed in 1988 by a four-year LINK Nanotechnology programme.

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Marlton executive is bullish on nuclear waste - Philadelphia Inquirer

Marlton executive is bullish on nuclear waste
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
He is now working toward a new generation of storage materials based on nanotechnology - the study and manipulation of materials at invisibly small scales. And he has just donated $20 million to the University of Pennsylvania to create one of the

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