Category: IEEE Nano News

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  • $10 million KidneyX Artificial Kidney Prize

    KidneyX launches Artificial Kidney Prize to radically transform kidney care The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) have launched the KidneyX Artificial Kidney Prize, a competition to accelerate the development of artificial kidneys toward human clinical trials. This multiphase competition is KidneyX’s first fully dedicated effort toward artificial kidney advancement, with initial phases offering up to $10 million in prizes. The [...]

    Published On: January 26, 2021Categories: IEEE Nano News1.2 min read

  • 2019 Outstanding NTC Chapter Award Goes to the Inaugural Chapter

    by Nick Massetti, NTC Chapters Chair The San Francisco Bay Area Nanotechnology Council Chapter was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award for the third time since 2014. The chapter was formed in 2005 as the inaugural chapter of an IEEE Council rather than an IEEE Society. Since then, the chapter has hosted a continuing string of monthly events comprising single speaker lunch time talks, an annual full day symposium of [...]

    Published On: May 5, 2020Categories: Chapters, IEEE Nano NewsTags: 2.1 min read

  • KidneyX Phase 2 Redesign Dialysis Competition

    KidneyX launches $1.5 million Phase 2 of prize competition to redesign dialysis On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) launched the second phase of KidneyX: Redesign Dialysis, a prize competition that seeks to transform kidney care. Redesign Dialysis is part of a series of KidneyX prize competitions to catalyze the development of innovative solutions that can prevent, diagnose, [...]

    Published On: December 10, 2019Categories: IEEE Nano News1.8 min read

  • IEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative (RCI) 2019 Events

    The IEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative (RCI) has announced its 2019 event schedule: International Nanodevices and Computing (INC) Conference Description: “The new International Nanodevices and Computing (INC) conference covers the continuously evolving technology ecosystem based on nanotechnology, nanodevices and computing, supporting the global information technologies infrastructure. The INC conference includes predictions on devices for computing and communications, computer architecture, and applications.” Venue: Minatec, Grenoble, France Events (April 3-5, 2019) IRDS™ “International Roadmap [...]

    Published On: March 16, 2019Categories: Conferences, IEEE Nano News1.5 min read

  • National Nanotechnology Day (USA) 10^-9

    National Nanotechnology Day is an annual celebration in the US featuring a series of community-led events and activities on or around October 9 to help raise awareness of nanotechnology. This date, 10/9, pays homage to the nanometer scale, 10^–9 meters. The theme for this year’s National Nanotechnology Day is “Nano in Motion,” highlighting the dynamic progress of nanotechnology. To see the activities underway for National Nanotechnology Day 2018, go to: [...]

    Published On: October 7, 2018Categories: IEEE Nano News0.4 min read

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