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Innovation: Mind-reading headsets will change your brain

In Animal, Cogno, Enhancement, Neuro on April 24, 2009 at 2:17 pm

This week, engineer Adam Wilson made global headlines by updating Twitter using his brainwaves. “USING EEG TO SEND TWEET” he explained.
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World First Discovery: Genes From Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Function In A Mouse

In Animal, Genetic on May 20, 2008 at 4:50 pm

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Nanoparticle Chicken Feed Keeps Birds Healthy

In Animal, Health on February 29, 2008 at 11:37 pm

Feb. 29, 2008 — Researchers at Clemson University have fed nanoparticles to chickens, eliminating deadly bacteria and making the chickens safer for human consumption.
The research could reduce the number of cases of food-borne diseases in the United States and one day treat the more than five million people in developing countries who die annually from diarrhea.
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NANODERM. Quality of Skin as a Barrier to ultra-fine Particles

In Animal, nano on January 26, 2008 at 11:15 pm

Tilman Butz; Tilo Reinert; Teresa Pinheiro; Philippe Moretto; Jan Pallon; Arpad Zoltan Kiss; Jerzy Stachura; Wojciech Dabros; Zbigniew Stachura; ; Janusz Lekki; Malgorzata Lekka; Janos Hunyadi; Tamas Biro; Michael Sticherling; Luc Van Vaeck here

Cloning

In Animal on November 13, 2007 at 2:18 am

A technical breakthrough has enabled scientists to create for the first
time dozens of cloned embryos from adult monkeys, raising the prospect
of the same procedure being used to make cloned human embryos.
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Forthcoming conferences and Events organised by the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK)

In Animal, Health, nano on October 13, 2007 at 12:38 am

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2007

Nanoparticles for European Industry II

Investing in Medical Nanotechnologies II

One-day Course: ‘What is Nanomedicine?’

Public Debate: Nanomedicine

2008

Nanotechnology for Security and Crime Prevention III

Albert Franks Memorial Lecture: Micro and Nano Technologies for Food

Nanotechnology and Smart Textiles for Industry, Healthcare and Fashion

Nanotechnology: A Contributor to Reducing Animal Experiments?

European Food Safety Agency assessing nanoparticles and cloned meat

In Animal, Health, nano on October 13, 2007 at 12:33 am

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