Interview:
Nobel Laureate, Robert Floyd Curl Jr of
‘Nanotech
evolved over billions of years’
Global News:
EUR100 million nanotechnology
center opens in Ireland
United Kingdom:
Technology Predictions - TMT Trends 2008 - Part 1
Nano Chemical
Systems Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire ...
UK Centre of Excellence in
Metrology for Micro and Nano ...
Nanotechnology
Center Expands to Taiwan
Banks
gearing up to design special loans for Nano –
US Statewide News:
Nanotech
center provides cutting-edge tools for research –WU
FDA
Beginning to Address Nanotechnology Regulatory Concerns
Journal and Book:
(Source - NANOTECHWEB.ORG
NEWSWIRE )
Atom Resolved Surface Reactions:
Nanocatalysis (Geof A Ozin & Andre
Arsenault)
http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2005/9780854046645.asp
Fullerenes: Principles and
Applications (Fernando Langa De La Puente & Jean-Francois Nierengarten) http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2007/9780854045518.asp
Nanotubes and Nanowires (C N Ram Rao
& A Govindaraj) http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2005/9780854048328.asp
NIST
reference materials are 'gold standard' for bio-nanotech research
Nano-Products:
Nanotechnology-Based
Lubricant Continues To Lubricate Even In ...
Nano
Hitec to commence LED BLU mass production from Next Month
Low
cost, nano-based solar cell from GE
Research News:
Next
Gen electronics on nano scale – CNT
Fabrication
of nano-gold islands with mum-spacing using 2.5 ...
Nano-based
antimicrobial paint is created
The Application of Nanotechnology
in Stem Cell Research
Nanotechnology
in the Development of Photovoltaic Cells
Using nanomaterials to
localize and control drug delivery
Amplifying
biomolecular signals with nanoscale field effect ...
Business:
Nano Chemical
Systems Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire ...
Nanochip
receives $14M to develop data storage chips based on ...
Easton
Axis Arrows Utilize Nanotechnology
Caparo
Group setting up facility to supply Nano components
Printed Semiconductor Based
Sensor Developer NANOIDENT Secures ...
NanoDynamics - first US company to
list on the DIFX
Articles &
Reports:
Preparing
ourselves to accommodate the Nano
Deloitte predicts
environmental benefits from nanotechnology
Growth in nano-sector
healthcare requires unparalleled test accuracy
Nano-Risks:
The Strategic Risk of Nanotechnology
Awards:
Jobs:
Conference:
Education &
Outreach:
SOURCE: NANOTECHWEB.ORG
NEWSWIRE (WEEK 4)
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Nanowire format revamps 1960s
magnets
Elongated single domain particle
magnets make a comeback
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32595
Analysis captures optical trapping essentials
Stability number makes sense of nanoparticle transport in lab-on-a-chip devices
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32520
Dark material sets blackness
benchmark
Carbon nanotube coating absorbs over
99.9% of the light falling on it
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32576
Graphene breaks speed record
Electrons move with ease in carbon
sheets http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32570
Low-cost chip stretches single
molecules Bulk fabrication method is proposed as a way of making cheaper
nanofluidic chips
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32436
Nanocarriers could help drug
overdose victims Nanoparticles detoxify tissues by intravenous injection
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/32535
SOURCE: NanoNews-Now
Digest #167 Ready
China's
10 most significant S&T developments in 2007
Chinese Academy of Sciences January 22nd, 2008 Under
the auspices of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Science Times, a selection of
China's10 most significant developments in science and technology in 2007 was
recently made in Beijing. Some 540 Members of CAS and CAE took part in the
voting. Its results were released on 20 January.
Copenhagen
Nano-Science Centre to run major EU research project
European Union January 23rd, 2008 Nanotechnology
allows scientists to observe atoms and molecules and manipulate them. New
materials, improved medicine, high-speed computers, and enhanced environmental
protection are just a few of the benefits that can be gained. This new field of
science will play a key role in improving the global competitiveness of
European industry. The knowledge generated will aid the transformation from a
resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive industry. By creating conditions
for innovation and growth, new products and services will be developed.
Moscow
State University Buys Russia's First IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer
IBM January 23rd, 2008 Leading Russian
University to Use the World's Most Powerful Computing System for Breakthrough
Scientific Research
The
Art of Nanotech
blogs.nytimes.com January 25th, 2008 By
day, Christian Orfescu relies on his training in materials science to run the
analytical laboratory at Caleb Technology, a small company in
EU
project on intelligent materials to regenerate bone tissue
European Union January 25th, 2008 More than
half a million Europeans suffer from disorders in or serious defects of some
part of their bone structure. So, graft or implant operations needed to repair
the damage depend decisively on the materials used. The Nanobiocom project,
funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), is working on the
regeneration and repair of bone tissue. Its aim is to come up with a substitute
for bone tissue that can repair the bone and regenerate it in such a way that
it will be able to carry out similar functions to those in its natural state.
SOURCE:
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SOURCE: [nanotech] The Nanogirl News~
The Nanogirl News
January 26, 2008
Cancer fight could advance via thin film. Chemotherapy drugs are intended to
kill the fast-growing cancer cells that populate tumors, but the poison kills a
lot of innocent bystander cells as well. Nanotech researchers who seek ways to
send chemokillers where they're needed while avoiding healthy tissue had some
good news last week in the form of a film so thin as to be virtually invisible.
(Chicago Tribune 1.28.08)
http://www.chicagot
Scientists Make 'Perfect' Nanowires. Scientists have created silicon nanowires
that are perfect-at least atomically. Down at the single-atom level, the
identical wires have no bumps, bends, or other imperfections. They are perfectly
crystalline, even more so than bulk silicon. The full array of nanowires is
also highly parallel, and each wire is an excellent metallic conductor.
(Physorg 1.23.08) http://www.physorg.
Vision of the future: Researchers build bionic eye. Nanotech could let
travelers check Net, e-mail or play games on floating display
screen...University researchers reported that they have used nanotechnology
manufacturing techniques to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens
with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. Perfecting virtual displays
could mean that traveling executives could surf the Net or check their e-mail on
a floating virtual display screen that only they could see. It also would mean
that drivers could see their speed projected onto the windshield, or gamers
could become far more immersed in their virtual worlds. (Computer World
1.25.08)http://www.computer
Related - you may all remember my speculative 2004 cornea computer animation:
http://www.nanogirl
Nanowires hold promise for more affordable solar cells...The Department of
Engineering Physics at McMaster University, Cleanfield Energy and the Ontario
Centres of Excellence (OCE) have formed a partnership to pursue the
commercialization of nanowire technology in the production of solar cells. The
particular type of nanowire technology developed at McMaster is able to trap
more sunlight and convert it to electricity more efficiently than traditional
solar cells. (Nanotechwire 1.25.08) http://nanotechwire
DNA 'fabricator' constructs walking DNA. The goal of being able to program
biochemical reactions as precisely and easily as computers crunch numbers and
process words has moved a giant step closer. A group at the California
Institute of Technology, led by biomolecular engineer Niles Pierce, has created
a DNA-based fabricator. This is a system that allows the team to specify a
piece of DNA with a desired shape and function, and then execute a molecular
program to assemble it in a test tube. As an example, they used their system to
construct a piece of DNA that walks along another strip of DNA. (Newscientist
1.16.08)
http://technology.
Fine print: New technique allows fast printing of microscopic electronics. A
new technique for printing extraordinarily thin lines quickly over wide areas
could lead to larger, less expensive and more versatile electronic displays as
well new medical devices, sensors and other technologies. Solving a fundamental
and long-standing quandary, chemical engineers at
http://www.eurekale
Controlling Cell Behavior with Magnets. Nanoparticles allow researchers to
initiate biochemical events at will. For the first time, researchers have
demonstrated a means of controlling cell functions with a physical, rather than
chemical, signal. Using a magnetic field to pull together tiny beads targeted
to particular cell receptors, Harvard researchers made cells take up calcium,
and then stop, then take it up again. Their work is the first to prove that
such a level of control over cells is possible. If the approach can be used
with many cell types and cell functions, it could lead to a totally new class
of therapies that rely on cells themselves to make and release drugs.
(Technologyreview 1.18.08)
http://www.technolo
Nanotechnology Innovation May Revolutionize Gene Detection In A Single Cell.
Scientists at
Scientists discover new method of observing interactions in nanoscale systems.
Scientists have used new optical technologies to observe interactions in
nanoscale systems that Heisenberg's uncertainty principle usually would
prohibit, according to a study published Jan. 17 in the journal Nature.
(Physorg 1.16.08)
http://www.physorg.
Artificial Viral Shells Could Be Useful Nano-Containers. Researchers at the
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and The Scripps Research Institute in
http://www.scienced
Nanotechnology makes photo inscription on diamonds possible. A
Was Tipu's sword made using nanotechnology? Indians had the know-how for
nanotechnology, one of the latest branches in science, from 18th century only,
a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry said on Monday. Robert F Curl, the Nobel
Laureate, said right from the 18th Century, Indians were using nanotechnology,
and the sword of Tipu Sultan is one example. However, he refused to comment as
to whether they were using it knowingly or unknowingly. Similarly, there are
examples of the use of nanotechnology in preparing glass in
...Nanotechnology researchers have now been able to demonstrate that
semiconductor nanowires can be designed to achieve extremely large enhancements
in thermoelectric efficiency. Bulk silicon is a very inefficient thermoelectric
material. It conducts heat so well that is is difficult to produce a
temperature difference big enough to generate any useful voltage at all.
(Nanowerk 1.16.08) http://www.nanowerk
Surprise: silicon nanotechnology turns heat into electricity. Two teams of US
scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that
could convert waste heat back into electricity - potentially giving a boost to
the efficiency of everything from power stations to refrigerators. (Nanodot
1.17.08) http://www.foresigh
Dark, dark nanotechnology. An ideal black object absorbs all of the colors of
light and reflects none of them. Researchers at
An article in the Houston Chronicle puts it like this: "A scientist at
Nanotechnology improves the prospect of better treatment for brain disorders...
Scientists invent nanotechnology device for disease biomarker discovery.
Scientists at
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