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Clean, Safe Drinking Water Purified With Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife

15 Sep 2008

Sustainable Wood Composites Being Made Using Nanotechnology

The European Commission has decided to invest 6.5 million Euro into a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials

10 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology Paint Can Kill Germs in Hospital When the Lights are Turned On

New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on

10 Sep 2008

Nanoscale Silver Use To Present Environmental Challenges

Widespread use of nanoscale silver will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility of significant environmental risk, highlighting the need to identify research priorities concerning this emerging technology, according to a new report released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN)

9 Sep 2008

Bosch Growing Green Technologies With New Research Facilities

The Bosch Group, a leading German global supplier of technology and services, establishes their Asia-Pacific regional headquarters for Research and Advance Engineering in Singapore

8 Sep 2008

Nanometals to Save Fuel By Reducing Weight of Vehicles

Manhattan Scientifics acquires Metallicum

3 Sep 2008

Top International Experts Come to Singapore To Tackle Issues Of Sustainable Cities By 2058

More than 20 world experts on building sustainable cities - urban leaders and globalisation experts - will converge at Singapore for the landmark conference, Futuropolis 2058

3 Sep 2008

Quantumatica and Bandera Use Nanotechnology to Develop New Materials for Extruded Plastic Photovoltaic Panels

Quantumatica and Bandera in a joint effort to develop new materials suitable for the creation of plastic photovoltaic solar panel via extrusion technology

31 Aug 2008

Science Talk to Focus on How Nanotechnology Can Help Renewable Energy Storage

The science of renewable energy storage and how nanotechnology can benefit that science is the subject of Los Alamos National Laboratory's next Frontiers in Science Lecture beginning August 26 in Los Alamos

24 Aug 2008

Stained Glass Windows Painted With Gold Use Sunlight to Purify the Air

Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered

21 Aug 2008