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NanoSensors, Inc., a nanotechnology development company that develops instruments and sensors to detect explosives, chemical and biological agents announced today that it has entered into a technology license agreement with Pohang University of Science and Technology, located in Korea, for exclusive rights to Korean patent-pending methods to increase the sensitivity of sensor devices utilising carbon nanotubes as well as a planned patent application for fabricating single nanowire devices.

The promise of regenerative medicine and the nanotechnology catapulting it into the forefront of chemistry are highlighted in two papers being presented on Monday, 11 September in San Francisco during the American Chemical Society’s 232nd national meeting. The presentations occur on the second day of a three-day symposium, “Advances in Nanomedicine”.

Regulatory oversight of nanotechnology is urgently needed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should act now, reports a new study released today. In EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century, former EPA assistant administrator for policy, planning and evaluation, J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, provides a roadmap for a new EPA to better handle the challenges of nanotechnology. New nanomaterials and nanotechnology products are entering the market each week, and an adequate oversight system is necessary to identify and minimize any adverse effects of nano materials and products on health or the environment. Davies’ report sets out an agenda for creating an effective oversight system as nanotechnology advances—the technology that some have hailed as “the next industrial revolution.”

A trio of nanotechnologists from The University of Texas at Dallas has been added to the 2006 Scientific American 50, a prestigious list published annually by the respected magazine that recognises outstanding contributions in the fields of science and technology during the past year. Announced today in New York, the Scientific American 50 will appear in the magazine’s December 2006 issue, which is expected at newsstands Nov. 21

Leading UK technology venture company IP Group has teamed up with scientists from the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and CEVP Ltd, a leader in plasma tool manufacture, to form a new company, Surrey NanoSystems, to provide commercial tools for producing nanomaterials which will revolutionise the semiconductor industry.