http://www.merid.org/nanodev/ en-us http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1524 Spanish biotechnology company Zeltia Group and its companies Noscira and PharmaMar along with the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NANOMED) recently hosted the annual meeting of the working groups of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN), a group of European industrial and academic nanotechnology experts established to address nanotechnology research, development, and innovation in the field of healthcare to improve the scientific and industrial competitiveness of Europe and to improve the “quality of life and health care” of Europeans. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1523 On October 2 at the nanotxUSA 2008 conference held in the U.S., Dr. Jacob Stanley of the U.S. Army Research and Development will present on nanotechnology applications needed by the U.S. military. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1522 Continental Western Insurance Group, a U.S. regional commercial property and casualty insurer, has announced that it will cease insuring against “bodily injury, property damage, or personal and advertising injury related to the actual, alleged, or threatened presence of or exposure to nanotubes or nanotechnology in any form” starting November 15. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1521 The International Journal on Disability, Community & Rehabilitation (IJDCR) has issued a call for papers on the potential implications of nanotechnology for people with disabilities, the communities connected to them, and rehabilitation practitioners for a special issue of the journal dedicated to the topic of nanoscale science and technology. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1520 Dr. K.M. Cherian from Frontier Lifeline Hospital in the India and six girls from India’s countryside who work in his research laboratory are using nanotechnology to improve animal vein, artery, and tissue implants for human hearts. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=1519 Stephen Steiner, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S., has developed a software program that automates nanotube furnaces—eliminating the need for researchers to spend hours making small adjustments to the furnaces every few minutes in preparation for making nanotubes—which he plans to make available through an open source website intended to “make nanotechnology more accessible to speed up the innovation process”. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400