The venture deal was signed this month by the State Nanotechnology Corporation (also known as Rosnano), engine building company Saturn, and Gazprombank, and the deal will focus on building equipment for the aviation and engineering industries. Rosnano will hold the majority share in the deal. The agreement will focus on the production of hard-alloy tools for airplane engines for the Russian market. In time, they hope to enter their product line into the international marketplace.

The EFSA is soliciting opinions on its draft scientific paper that will address nanotechnologies for food and feed safety. This paper request comes from the European Commission, as they want to assess if current food safety guidelines adequately cover nano-engineered materials into food and feed products. People may submit comments via the EFSA website through December 1, 2008. To learn more, please visit us at www.efsa.europa.eu

The technology is aimed at development of a mechanosensor based on electro-active polymer (EAP), that can sense vectorial forces (3D forces).

The design of materials with tailored properties and function requires control over structure at the nanometer scale. Engineering applications also require that this control is carried out using parallel self-assembly processes that occur simultaneously in large numbers and reasonable timescales.

The technology is a novel organic material able to absorb, store and desorb hydrogen at low cost, such that it can be made available to a fuel cell or any other end use.

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Technical Committee 113: Nanotechnology Standardization for Electrical and Electronic Products Survey.

The capability of design and fabrication of nanometer-sized functional materials are highly desired in nanotechnology due to their potential use as building blocks in nanodevices.

Portable electronic devices continuously need more power. The miniaturized Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (micro SOFC) is a hybrid power source, directly fueled by butane, with an increased energy capacity and density compared to current Li-ion batteries.