Funding Sources:

Bahrain's Arbah Global Unveils Nanotechnology Fund

 

Global News:

Pressure increases on EU to regulate nanotechnology

Australian, Chinese researchers make breakthrough in renewable ...

Swedish Nanotechnology Researchers Make Complex Nanostructures ...

Global Investors See Opportunities in Nanotechnology in Singapore

Alberta's nanotechnology strategy connects industry and research

 

US News:

New Rice University discovery brings nano revolution closer

NASA nanotechnology-based biosensor helps detect biohazards

 

Journal and Book:

 

Nano-Products:

Via Launches More-Powerful Nano Processor Family

Imation ships compact Nano Flash Drives

 

Research News:

Novel nanotechnology material addresses water pollution and oil spills

Cleaning up: Nano 'towel' soaks up oil spills

Nanotechnology builds artificial virus for possible therapeutic use

Scientific evidence on interaction between nano-particles and the ...

Nanotechnology process produces plastics that are 10 times more ...

New invention of fluorescent nano barcodes helps diagnostics

Nanotechnology treatment for automotive glass surfaces lasts 80000 ...

Super-hard Nanocrystalline Iron Developed That Can Take The Heat

Nanotechnology: adding graphene to make superior polymers

 

Business:

Parsvnath may buy 30% in Nano City for Rs 5.5 bn

Cosmetic industry to take nano leap

 

Articles & Reports:

Nanotechnology holds many socioeconomic challenges

 

Nano-Risks & Safety:

Nanotechnology In The Food Chain? Nanomaterials Tested Not ...

Nano particles can damage animal cells

Nanotechnology Risks: How Buckyballs Hurt Cells

Certain Types Of Carbon Nanbotubes May Lead To Cancer

Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos ...

 

Awards:

Nanotech pioneers win Kavli Prize

AeroVironment Gets DARPA Contract

 

Education & Outreach:

Frequenty Asked Questions About Cheap Tubes Carbon Nanotubes ...

 

SOURCE: NanoNews-Now Digest

Names of Inaugural Kavli Prize Winners Revealed
The Kavli Foundation May 28th, 2008 SEVEN pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes.

UQ researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials
University of Queensland May 28th, 2008 University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy.

Nanoparticles assemble by millions to encase oil drops
Rice University May 29th, 2008 Designer 'nanobatons' could be used to trap oil, deliver drugs

Learn About ‘NIST and Nanosoccer’ from New Web Site and Video
NIST May 29th, 2008 If you love soccer but don't want to wait until the next World Cup in 2010 to satisfy your appetite for the most popular game on Earth, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has the answer—though the nourishment comes in very small bites.

Engineers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles
Harvard University May 30th, 2008 Discovery could significantly extend the lifetimes of common gas-liquid products

 

SOURCE: NANOTECHWEB.ORG NEWSWIRE

Carbon nanotubes extend superbridge design CNT bundles could increase the main span of suspension bridges by up to three times

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/34424

 

THz laser source shines at room temperature Nanotechnology-enabled device opens up applications in biological imaging and security screening

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/34414

 

Graphene oxide for transparent electronics New solution-based technique produces large-area ultrathin films with tunable properties

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/34392

 

BEC bubble could measure nanoscale forces Ultracold atoms could make highly sensitive 'spirit level'

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/34377

 

Spin states endure in quantum dot

Ultrashort laser pulses bring quantum computing a step closer

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/34368

 

SOURCE: New RFPs From NineSigma

 

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