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Dr Chien-Lung Wang – Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Seminar – Video

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Dr Chien-Lung Wang of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, delivered a WIN seminar entitled "The Role of Aromatic Structural Units of Conjugated Co...

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SPE ANTEC Plenary Speakers address progress via 2 technologies.

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Experts from White House Office of Science & Technology and Arburg Will Speak on Technologies with Implications for the Future of the Plastics Industry

BETHEL, CT, U.S.A. Speakers at the plenary sessions of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC 2015 will discuss two technologies that will be key drivers in the future progress of the plastics industry: nanotechnology and additive manufacturing.

ANTEC 2015 will take place March 23-25, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, FL, U.S.A. and will be co-located with the NPE2015 international plastics show. The plenary speakers and their topics will be as follows:

Monday, March 23 Michael A. Meador is a NASA specialist in nanotechnology who is currently on loan to serve as the director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), National Science and Technology Council, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His address will be titled The Role of Nanotechnology in Current and Future Space Missions.

Tuesday, March 24 Heinz Gaub is managing director of technology and engineering for Arburg, Inc. His address will be titled Arburg Plastic Freeforming: Additive Manufacturing of Plastic Parts Using Standard Granulates.

Mr. Gaubs presentation will be the forerunner of two technical sessions on additive manufacturing / 3D printing scheduled for Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 25.

Information on SPE ANTEC 2015 is available at http://www.antec.ws.

SPEs Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) is the largest, most-respected, and well-known technical conference in the plastics industry globally. For over 70 years, ANTEC has successfully expanded from U.S. into Europe, India, and the Middle East with further expansion to global locations in 2015 and beyond. Each event features technical and business presentations on new and evolving technologies, panel discussions, as well as tutorial sessions. Networking events and student functions provide attendees with ample networking opportunities with experts from the largest industry segments.

The mission of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is to promote scientific and engineering knowledge relating to plastics worldwide and to educate industry, academia, and the public about these advances. SPE is active in educating, promoting, recognizing, and communicating technical accomplishments for all phases of plastics and plastic based-composite developments in the global transportation industry. Topic areas include applications, materials, processing, equipment, tooling, design, and development. Visit http://www.4spe.org.

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Welcome to NASA Quest!

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NASA TV In addition to real-time coverage of agency activitites, watch educational programming. + Watch Now + Watch NASA TV NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel. + Read More Tracking a Solar Storm Challenge: Join the Tracking a Solar Storm Challenge and guide students as they learn about our suns anatomy, the space weather it generates, and why studying the sun is important. Educators are invited to register now. Challenge begins February 2013. + Read More PRODUCTS NASA Quest offers a wide range of FREE online tools and resources for teachers, students, parents and others including Web and print lesson plans, educator guides and workbooks: LCROSS Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite website. Be a part of in this exciting mission! +Go! Smart Skies (Grades 5-9) Use hands-on math to avoid air traffic conflicts. + Go! Astro-Venture (Grades 5-8) Search for and design a habitable planet. New Modules + Go!

Solar System Math (Grades 5-8) Interactive software and hands-on pre-algebra math activities + Go!

Virtual Field Trip (All Grades) Multimedia application for exploration of areas on Earth identified as analog sites to regions on Mars + Go!

SPACEWARD BOUND Home

Students and teachers participate in exploration of scientifically interesting, remote and extreme environments on Earth as analogs for human exploration of the Moon and Mars

Namibia: Follow the adventures of Liza & the Boys

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Consumer Products Inventory – Nanotechnology – Project on …

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After more than twenty years of basic and applied research, nanotechnologies are gaining in commercial use. But it has been difficult to find out how many nano consumer products are on the market and which merchandise could be called nano. While not comprehensive, this inventory gives the public the best available look at the 1,600+ manufacturer-identified nanotechnology-based consumer products introduced to themarket.

This "living" inventory is a resource for consumers, citizens, policymakers, and others who are interested in learning about how nanotechnology is entering the marketplace.

By crowdsourcing expertise our goal is to create a 'living' inventory for the exchange of accurate information on nano enabled consumer products. Registered users are encouraged to submit relevant data pertaining to nanoparticle function, location, properties, potential exposure pathways, toxicity and life cycle assessment. Registered users can update product information and add new products. You can register for an account here or submit new and updated information to nano@wilsoncenter.org.

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Response to recent stories surounding food products containing nano-scale titanium dioxide

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Meet the Nanobot

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Story highlights Advancements in nanotechnology have created robots small enough to enter the human body Using magnets, they can be steered to the desired location to target diseases Clinical trials on human patients, targeting the eye, are about to begin Other potential uses include environmental cleanup operations, such as oil spills

They are ready to be injected into the most delicate areas of a human body -- the heart and the brain -- to deliver drugs with extreme precision or work like an army of nano surgeons, operating from within.

If it all sounds like science fiction, that's because it is: the plot of the 1966 sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage revolves largely around this concept.

In the film, four people board a miniaturized submarine to enter the bloodstream of an American scientist, left comatose by the Russians as a result of a Cold War quarrel over the technology. They only have an hour to remove a life-threatening blood clot before they return to full size. The crew manage to escape the body in the nick of time via a teardrop.

But reality has a way of catching up with our fantasies, and nanotechnology is yet another field of science that bears that promise.

At ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, mechanical engineer Brad Nelson and his team have worked on nanobots for a decade, and are now ready to think big: "We're making microscopic robots that are guided by externally generated magnetic fields for use in the human body," he told CNN.

The first to suggest that you could one day "swallow the surgeon" was beloved physicist and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman. He coined the idea in the provocative 1959 talk "There's plenty of room at the bottom", which is widely considered the first conceptual argument for nanotechnology.

"You put the mechanical surgeon inside the blood vessel and it goes into the heart and 'looks' around," Feynman said, "It finds out which valve is the faulty one and takes a little knife and slices it out."

Nelson's microrobots might not yet have a little knife, but they sure have something special: their shape is inspired by the common E.coli bacteria, which is propelled by a rotating "tail" called the flagellum.

"Bacteria have a rotary motor," he explains, "Now, we can't make that motor, we don't have the technology for that, but we can use magnetism to move these things, so we actually take these flagella and we magnetize them, which allows them to swim."

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Dr Mario Leclerc – Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Seminar – Video

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Dr Mario Leclerc, Canada Research Chair in Electroactive and Photoactive Polymers, and Professor at Universit Laval, Canada, delivered a WIN seminar entitle...

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Iran visit of Leader to the exhibition of achievements in nanotechnology 2 – Video

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran should continue to make more progress in the field of nanotechnology and biotechnology, which can serve as a model for...

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The big and small of it: Port Discover extends its reach

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Nanotechnology might sound like small science, but its the biggest thing going these days. And Port Discover aims to help kids understand just what nano is with a new exhibit.

The science center in Elizabeth City is also reaching out to middle and high school students with its new Tech Caf program. Its all a part of the hands-on science centers mission to, enhance youth science understanding through interactive and guided discovery.

Port Discover director Robin Kelly-Goss said, We are really proud of our work interacting with the community and kids.

Kelly-Goss said she wanted to extend the reach of Port Discover to offer programs and exhibits for all ages.

The Nanotechnology Exhibit, which is now open to the public until April, appeals to all ages. Kelly-Goss said Port Discover also offered its first weekly Tech Cafe for teens last Friday and Saturday night.

The Nanotechnology Exhibit is a 400-square-foot exhibit provided by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network and sponsored by Hockmeyer Equipment Corporation. Port Discover, a member of the NC Grassroots Science Museum Collaborative, was able to acquire this exhibit for three months.

This is our first traveling exhibit, said Kelly-Goss.

Nanotechnology is used in various areas including the medical field, clothing and building industries, explained Kelly-Goss.

Nanotechnology has been around forever, she said.

One example of its utilization in the past was the breaking down of gold to be used to color stained glass.

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R&I: Nanotechnology in Energy Applications Market – Size, Growth, Forecast 2014-2018 – Video

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Nanotechnology in Energy Applications Market: Has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis, Size, Share, Trends with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas,...

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US EPA, FDA & EU Regulations Complexity Impacts Nanomaterials Market Strategy

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Durham, NC (PRWEB) January 30, 2015

Many consumer goods as well as other industries are working in the nanotechnology field with nanomaterials or are creating products incorporating nanomaterials. Studies show that smaller airborne particles are more toxic, giving rise to concerns for regulating nanomaterials made of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles that make up nanomaterials have the potential to present a new risk and US and EU regulatory bodies feel the need to extensively analyze the risk.

An issue of debate is the size-defining characteristic of nanotechnology. Regulation of nanotechnology will require a definition of the size, in which particles and processes are recognized as operating at the nano-scale. Also, regulatory frameworks for chemicals tend to be triggered by mass thresholds. However, nano-particle applications are unlikely to exceed these thresholds (tonnes/kilograms) due to the size and weight of nano-particles. The usefulness of regulating nanotechnologies on the basis of their size/weight alone has been questioned. The toxicity of nano-participles is more related to surface area than weight, and it has been argued that emerging regulations should also take account of such factors.

The applications and uses of nanoparticles and nanotechnology in nanomaterials are still untapped. For example, nanomedicines are just beginning to enter drug regulatory processes. A controversial point in the regulation of nanotechnology is the question of whether nanotechnology represents something new. Chemicals comprising nanoparticles have previously been subject to assessment and regulation and may be exempt from regulation, regardless of the potential for different risks and impacts. However, nanomaterials are often recognized as 'new' and are commercially protected via patenting laws under intellectual property rights (IPRs).

There is also no regulatory requirement for nanomaterials to face new health and safety testing or environmental impact assessment prior to their use in commercial products, if these materials have already been approved in bulk form.

To help the manufacturers and suppliers using nanomaterials to navigate the current nanomaterials and nanotechnology regulatory developments in the U.S. and EU, AudioSolutionz countrys leading business enhancing information provider, will conduct a session on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, with expert speaker Dr. David Carlander. This audio conference will outline the steps and considerations nanotechnology industries need to take to get their products onto the market following applicable legislations. Dr David Carlander will also shed light upon the current nanospecific requirements regulators (e.g. FDA/EPA/EU) pose for nanomaterials and the requirements of assembling a notification or authorization dossiers and the issues to consider due to a product's nano-specific properties. The presentation will focus on the chemical and raw materials sector but also cover other industries such as the food industry, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products.

For more information, visit http://www.audiosolutionz.com/chemicals/nanomaterials-regulations.html

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