 | NFFA Survey on the Potential of an European Distributed Research Infrastructure for Nanoscience (NFFA)
The European Commission has awarded a feasibility study for setting up a cluster of distributed nanoscience foundries co-located at the large scale facilities in EU member states.
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| Sensitive Nanowire Disease Detectors Made by Yale Scientists (Yale University)
Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano Letters.
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| FP7 2009 Calls of Theme 2
FP7 2009 call for proposals of the Theme 2 "Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology" (FP7-KBBE-2009-3)activity 2.3 Biotechnologies opens for four topics on Nanobiotechnologies.
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| Spanish scientists produce the smoothest surface ever created (Alpha Galileo)
A team of physicists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA-Nanociencia) has created the "quantum stabilised atom mirror”, the smoothest surface ever.
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| 'Chips for life' Receive Substantial European Injection(Mesa+)
Tracking down cancer at a very early stage, studying cell growth, developing new medicines: future lab-on-a-chip systems will use nanoscale electrical fields to enable the detection and manipulation of cells and biomolecules.
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| Knockout nanoparticles fight infection (RSC)
Septicaemia causing bacteria take a blow from two different types of antibacterial nanoparticles, made by scientists working independently in the UK and Korea.
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| "European Master in Molecular Imaging” Kick-off meeting
The aim of this event is to present Molecular Imaging research and developments in academia and industry through a series of conferences.
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| New FP7 Service on Article 169 Initiatives Online (Cordis)
CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new service providing detailed information on the Article 169 Initiatives.
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| EU Project FAST-DOT Homes in on Laser Technology Research
Laser technology has revolutionised the world of medicine in ways never before thought of. More and more often the scalpel is giving way to a new generation of lasers. Now the FAST-DOT project, backed by the EU with EUR 10.1 million in financing, is underway to develop a new line of lasers for biomedical applications
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| World's Smallest High Performance, Low Energy Sensor (Alpha Galileo)
Scientists at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) are developing the world’s smallest, high-performance and low-power sensor in silicon which will have applications in biosensing and environmental monitoring.
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| Commission Starts Public Dialogue on Nanotechnologies
Nanotechnologies have enormous potential benefits for manufacturers, consumers, employees, patients and the environment.
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| Robert Langner wins 2008 Millennium Technology Prize
The 2008 Millennium Technology Prize was presented to Professor Robert Langer today in Helsinki for developing innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release.
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| European Master in Molecular Imaging EMMI - Applications in France open now!
The European master EMMI offers an interdisciplinary program dedicated to molecular imaging in all its multimodal aspects.
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| EU New Member States (NMS) Push for Integration
into European Micro Nano Research
The EC-funded MINOS-EURONET project has combined a series of methods to showcase Micro Nano Technology R&D Capabilities from New Member States for a better integration of their research activities into the European Research Area (ERA).
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| Synergy Between Biology and Physics Drives Cell-imaging Technology (Alpha Galileo)
The traditional division between the disciplines has found common ground in the effort to image cellular functions.
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| Real-time Observation of the DNA-repair Mechanism
For the first time, researchers at TU Delft have witnessed the spontaneous repair of damage to DNA molecules in real time
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| ENIAC Opens Nanoelectronics Call
The European Technology Platform on Nanoelectronics ENIAC opened a call for proposals on 8 May. Deadline 3 September 2008.
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| Europe ahead of US in Funding Nanotech Risk Research (CORDIS)
Europe invests nearly twice as much as the US in research addressing the potential risk of nanotechnologies, a report issued by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) indicates.
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| Scientists Make Chemical Cousin Of DNA For Use As New Nanotechnology Building Block (EurekAlert)
In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust.
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| Nano Drugs to Starve Tumors (Technology Review)
A new delivery system chokes a tumor's blood supply while sparing healthy tissues.
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| observatoryNANO Project kicks off in London
This FP7 Support Action will collate and analyze data regarding scientific and technological (ST) trends and economic realities and expectations, with due regard to ethical and societal issues, impacts on health, environment and safety, as well as regulation, standardization, and legislative issues.
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| Eindhoven University of Technology starts Institute for Complex Molecular Systems
Researchers from a wide range of disciplines at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will be joining forces in the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS).
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| Nanotubes Measure DNA Conductivity
Ever since the famous double-helix structure of DNA was discovered more than 50 years ago, researchers have struggled to understand the complex relationships between its structural, chemical and electrical properties.
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| Nanotechnologies at the OECD
The OECD has prepared an overview of its work on nanotechnologies for Forum VI of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS).
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| News from the NANOSAFE2 Project (VDI)
A news update of the European integrated project Nanosafe2 supported through the 6th framework programme for research and technological development of the European Commission has been published.
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| TU Delft Launches Bionanoscience Initiative
The TU Delft launches a new Bionanoscience Department, which will be part of the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience.
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| Transnational Call for Collaborative Proposals in Nanoscience (DFG)
NanoSci-E+ is a body created specifically for the implementation of a transnational call for collaborative proposals in nanoscience wherein research agencies from 13 countries of the European Research Area (ERA) participate.
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| The Application of Nanotechnology in Stem Cell Research (Assistant Professor Yubing Xie, Nanotechnology Now)
Nanotechnology and stem cells are two of the most promising research areas. Stem cell nanotechnology refers to the application of nanotechnology in stem cell research.
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| British Standards Guide to Safe Handling of Nanomaterials (SAFENANO)
The British Standards Institute published the first publicly available extensive guide to safe handling of nanomaterials.
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| Creating smart, multifunctional materials - The INTELTEX project (Cordis)
Developing smart, multifunctional materials that can be used in protective clothing, medical applications and buildings is the goal of the EU-funded INTELTEX ('Intelligent multi-reactive textiles integrating nano-filler based CPC-fibres') project.
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| FP7 2008 Calls
The FP7 2008 call for proposals of the Theme 2 "Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology" (FP7-KBBE-2008) opens for the first time two topics on Nanobiotechnologies.
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| Nanotube-Producing Bacteria Show Manufacturing Promise (USR)
Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria – a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices.
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| Structural Snapshot Shows Monster Protein (Ananyo Bhattacharya, RSC)
A structural snapshot of a protein capsule has revealed details of the largest cellular component ever imaged by x-ray crystallography.
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| Standardizing Nanotechnologies, the Heavyweight Small Science (BSI)
BSI British Standards is soon to launch a series of standards and guides to underpin the rapidly expanding fields of nanotechnologies and nanosciences.
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| Transporting Gold Across Physical Boundaries (MPI)
Max Planck researchers create nanoparticles that move back and forth between water and oil.
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| Evolution in the Nanoworld (MPI)
The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life.
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| Nanotube Gives Ultimate Force Measurement (RSC)
US researchers have pushed chemical force microscopy (CFM) to its ultimate limit by measuring the interaction of a single functional group with a carbon nanotube.
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