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From NSF Will Invest $84 Million in National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on August 24, 2020, that it will invest a total of $84 million over five years in a renewal of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From Electrically-Driven Yagi-Uda Antennas for Light

For the first time, physicists from the University of W�rzburg have successfully converted electrical signals into photons and radiated them in specific directions using a low-footprint optical antenna that is only 800 nanometers in size. At the heart of this structure is a single CTAB-coated gold nanoparticle from Nanopartz. Read the Whole Article

— CHRIS SCHOEN, President, Nanopartz Inc.

Additional Press Releases

Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it (PLEASANTON, CA)
Graphene ink may be used to fight coronavirus (GUELPH, CANADA)
Carbon nanotubes forecast when vegetables spoil and buds bloom (CAMBRIDGE, MA)
A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello: Three new breakthroughs make commercial nanotube processors possible (GAINESVILLE, FL)
NIOSH requests data to help develop exposure limits for nanomaterials (WASHINGTON, DC)
What if the Universe has no end? The Big Bang is widely accepted as being the beginning of everything we see around us, but other theories that are gathering support among scientists are suggesting otherwise (LONDON, UK)
Nanoparticles Inside Samples of Mucus to Measure COPD Development (BALTIMORE, MD)
Journal Nanotechnology Progress International (JONPI), volume 7, issue 1 out (ITHACA, NY)
This new nanotech could help clean up Earth�s microplastics (ARLINGTON, VA)
Researchers Confirm Strong Magneto-Optical Resonance in Graphene (GENEVA, SWITZERLAND)

Additional News Stories

From EFSA Calls for Grant Proposals on the Use of NAMs for the Hazard Assessment of Cellulose Nanofibers

On September 15, 2020, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) called for grant proposals on the use of new approach methodologies (NAM) for the hazard assessment of cellulose nanofibers. Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From 2020-2021 NNI NanoEHS Webinars Will Begin in November 2020

According to the Summer 2020 edition of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) Quarterly Newsletter, the 2020-2021 National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) nanomaterial environmental, health, and safety (nanoEHS) webinars will begin in November 2020. Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From ECHA Publishes Final Evaluation of MWCNTs, Synthetic Graphite in Tubular Shape and Tangled

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has posted the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (BAuA) substance evaluation conclusion document for multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), synthetic graphite in tubular shape and tangled. Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From EUON Publishes Nanopinion on Nanosilver in Healthcare

On August 31, 2020, the European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) published a Nanopinion entitled "Nanosilver in healthcare -- does the silver bullet exist?" by Dr. Dorota Napierska, Chemicals Policy and Projects Officer, Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH Europe). Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From 2020 NanoEHS U.S.-EU COR Workshop Will Be Held September 16-17

The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and European Commission (EC) have organized the ninth annual meeting of the environmental, health, and safety effects of nanomaterials (nanoEHS) Communities of Research (COR) as a virtual workshop on September 16-17, 2020. Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

From Comments on GRACIOUS Framework Due August 31

The European Union's (EU) Horizon 2020 project GRACIOUS has launched its stakeholder engagement platform and started an open consultation on the GRACIOUS Framework. Read the Whole Article

— Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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