A record number of over 300 participants attended TAPPI Nanotechnology Division’s 2017 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials on June 5-8 in Montreal, Canada.
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Representatives from research and development companies, governmental agencies, universities, investment firms, and more came together in Washington, D.C. for the annual Tech Connect World 2017 on May 14-17th.
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The Italian National Science Foundation (CNR) is conducting a foresighting effort to advance a Smart Grid for food.
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In advance of this year’s TAPPI Nanotechnology Division Conference in Montreal, Canada, (June 5th-8th, 2017) Vireo Advisors will be hosting a half-day workshop on Monday June 5 aimed at small-, mid-, and large-sized enterprises interested in the health, safety and environmental aspects of working with bio-based and nanoscale materials.
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Non-legally binding guidance documents are released with updated testing recommendations and a major decision about regulating nano-forms.
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The chapter, (Environmental Health and Safety of Cellulose Nanomaterials and Composites, Ch. 21 in, Dufresne, A, H. Kargarzadeh, I. Ahmad, S. Thomas (Eds.) Handbook of Cellulose Nanocomposites, 2 Volume Set 1st Edition. 2017, ISBN: 978-3527338665.Wiley,-VCH, Weinheim, DE.) was co-authored by Jo Anne Shatkin and Baram Kim.
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American Process Inc. (API) (Atlanta, GA) and Aditya Birla Group’s, Birla Carbon (Marietta, GA) recently signed a Joint Development Agreement to further efforts of combining carbon black and nanocellulose to improve the performance and sustainability of tires.
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American Process, Inc. (API) and MYBiomass Sdn. Bhd. (MYBiomass) announced in a press release this week that they will work together to produce nanocellulose and cellulosic sugars from oil palm empty fruit-bunches, a lignocellulosic feedstock common in Malaysia.
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Applications for 2017 The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) are being accepted now through May 21, 2017.
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The 2016 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials was held June 13-16, 2016, in Grenoble, France. Abstracts are due for 2017 TAPPI Conference on December 31, 2016.
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