Latest News:
Work of Lorin Jakubek on nanotubes and neuronal calcium-ion channels featured in Nature News
Kane and Hurt write News and Views article for Nature Nanotechnology on the nanotube/asbestos controversy [Nature Nanotechnology, July 2008]
LEHN work on mercury capture from compact fluorescent lamps receives coverage in the scientific and popular press:
Indrek Kulaots gives invited talk at Carbon 2008 in Nagano Japan
Natalie Johnson wins the Division of Engineering's top commencement honor for her work on mercury from fluorescent lamps - The Domenic Ionata award for creative research
Kane and Hurt groups start new NIEHS R01 Project on in vitro granuloma formation induced by carbon nanotubes
Brown establishes new nanosciences institute, IMNI
Natalie Johnson wins Rhode Island AIChE paper competition
Natalie Johnson and William Turnbull win undergraduate poster award in AICHE 2007
Complete renovation of LEHN lab – new paint, tile, class A2 biosafety hood, 2 new fume hoods, Flow Sciences balance enclosure for nanosafety, new microbalance, zeta potential instrument, Langmuir trough, and live cell imaging confocal microscope
Kengqing Jian and Joseph Fontaine receive Ph.D. (spring 2006)
New NSF NIRT project on nanomaterial toxicity / biocompatibility (Sept. 2005)
