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Nanotech goes to D.C.
timesunion.com March 2nd, 2008 Lawmakers are known for getting down to the nitty gritty. But lately, they've been focusing on the tiniest forms of matter: the subject of nanotechnology. Roughly two dozen nanotechnology companies and other experts came to Capitol Hill last week to show off their wares and send Congress a message: Nanotechnology is about a whole lot more than computer chips. Supporters of more federal aid for nanotechnology -- the science and engineering of products on an extremely small scale -- say this is the next industrial frontier. Scientists and entrepreneurs argue that the burgeoning industry needs more federal funding for the United States to stay ahead of global competitors.

The March of the Carbon Nanotubes
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) March 4th, 2008 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have surpassed by a surprising margin the Department of Energy's goal for storing hydrogen within a unique material called carbon nanotubes. The pioneering result, published in the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters, brings us one step closer to realizing hydrogen as a source of energy.

Congressional R&D Caucus co-chairs join scientists, engineers and graduate students
The Science Coalition March 4th, 2008 Group thanks Congressional leaders for support and calls for increased federal funding for scientific research

Researchers engineer new polymers to change their stiffness and strength when exposed to liquids
Case Western Reserve University March 6th, 2008 Case Western Reserve University, VA researchers publish findings in Science

Carnegie Mellon researchers create invisibiity cloak
Carnegie Mellon University March 6th, 2008 New technique to control nanoparticles

SOURCE: NANOTECHWEB.ORG NEWSWIRE (WEEK 10)

Recycled eggs make ordered nanostructures Diverse applications for lead sulphide nanoclusters grown on eggshell membranes

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33253

Graphene continues to amaze

Carbon sheets are best at conducting heat

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33258

Inkjet prints transparent CNT film

Conductive patterns of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are put to the test http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33180

Nanotubes profile deep-surface trenches

AFM technique gets to grips with a major challenge facing the semiconductor industry

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33221

Study probes silicon nanocrystal emission Experiments settle long-standing controversy surrounding the source of light emission

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33195

Nature offers up photonic nanostructure

Anti-reflective nanonipple arrays found on a cicada wing are replicated in polymer

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33181

Meteorites contain graphite "whiskers"

Discovery might have implications for supernovae and dark energy

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/33184

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