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Hyderabad Brings Out India's First Magazine on Nanotechnology
Summary posted by Meridian on 6/16/2009 India's first magazine to focus exclusively on nanotechnology, Nano Digest, has hit the news stands. The inaugural edition was unveiled by C.N.R. Rao, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council to India's Prime Minister and National Research Professor, Linus Pauling Research Professor and Jawaharalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), and is considered to be the "Father of Indian Nanotechnology." The magazine is described as the one-stop source for information and news about nanotechnology. The cover story features Professor Rao speaking about the state of nanotechnology in India, the directions it needs to take, and what it has in store for every Indian. The publication is targeted at nano-professionals and industry personnel, with monthly features on research, development, technological advances, trends and business news. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/other/2009061527522.htm As tagged by Meridian Institute:
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Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters
-- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More]
Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts
-- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More]
Nanotechnology: Small wonders
-- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More]
Nanotech on Farmers' Fields
-- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More]
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