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How Can the FDA Regulate Nanomaterials in Dietary Supplements with Limited Information

The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety
of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information,
lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority in certain critical
areas, according to a new expert report released by the Project
on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

13 Jan 2009

Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Could be Used as Interconnects in Future Electronic Devices

Metallic carbon nanotubes have been proposed as interconnects in future electronic
devices packed with high-density nanoscale circuits.

13 Jan 2009

High Resolution MRI Allows the Study of Complex 3D Nanostructures

IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million times finer th...

13 Jan 2009

Samsung to Market Aerogels to the US and European Solar Thermal Industries

Aspen Aerogels Inc. and Samsung America Inc. have signed a cooperative sales agreement under which Samsung will market and sell Aspen Aerogels' thermal insulation products to the concentrated solar thermal industry i...

12 Jan 2009

Free Online Seminar on Nanoscale Electronic Devices

Nanoscale electronic devices have the potential to achieve exquisite sensitivity as sensors for the direct detection of molecular interactions, thereby decreasing diagnostics costs and enabling previously impossible sens...

12 Jan 2009

Stanford Establishes $100m Research Institute to Find Alternative Energy Sources

Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations - economic, environmental and political - Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues, Pre...

12 Jan 2009

Approval Granted for Construction of State of the Art Synchotron Light Source II

To advance its science mission that focuses on critical national challenges,
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction start of the
state-of-the-art National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven
National Laboratory.

12 Jan 2009

Polymer Layers and Nanoparticles Provides Precise Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism

A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide
drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body,
according to a team of chemical engineers.

12 Jan 2009

Infrared Technique Maps Strain in Semiconductors

A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain) and the
Max
Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics (Munich, Germany) report
the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in
semiconductors.

11 Jan 2009

Custom Nanovea Tribometer to be Used to Develop Cutting Tool Materials with Controlled Localized Heating

McMaster University approached Nanovea in need of a system that would allow them to apply localized heat to the static sample without heating the surface of the tested sample. During a real cutting process, the high movi...

11 Jan 2009

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