nano
news 31- 03 - 2004 |
Nano
Research: USA
BAY
AREA TO GET UNIQUE X-RAY MICROSCOPY RESOURCE:
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A
first-of-its-kind x-ray microscope being built
for the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
holds forth the promise of “cat scans” for biological
cells, and other unprecedented capabilities
for cell and molecular biology studies.
The new microscopy resource also promises a
better understanding of human diseases at the
molecular level and possibly new discoveries
for treating those diseases. Now, researchers
with Berkeley Lab and the University of California
at San Francisco (UCSF), have received grants
from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build
and operate this microscope....read
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Nano
Research: EU
Accord
de coopération entre le CNRS et l'Institut
national pour la science des matériaux
japonais
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| Bernard
LARROUTUROU, directeur général
du CNRS et le Professeur Teruo KISHI, président
du NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science
Tsukuba Japon) ont signé un accord de
coopération scientifique et technique
en sciences et technologies des matériaux,
le 25 mars 2004 au siège du CNRS à
Paris. Les
nanosciences, les nanomatériaux et
les nanotechnologies sont au cur de cet accord
qui permettra de favoriser les échanges
de chercheurs et d'informations scientifiques
et techniques entre les deux pays.
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Nano
Debate:
Towards
Molecular Nano Weapons in
China vs. U.S. “Unilateral Disarmament”
by Lev Navrozov
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| Eric
Drexler published his seminal monograph, subtitled
“The Coming Era of Nanotechnology,” in 1986.
Five years earlier, in 1981, his article, published
by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, had
outlined nanotechnology. On
March 5, 2004, the magazine “Howard Lovy’s
NanoBot” reported that “a National Nanotechnology
Initiative official tried, unsuccessfully,
to uninvite Eric Drexler from a conference
at the University of South Carolina on ‘imaging
and imagining Nanotechnology.’”…read
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Nano
Electronics: UK
Single-Molecule
Logic Proposed
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Researchers
from the French National Center for Scientific
Research (CNRS) and University College London
in England have devised a scheme for designing
logic circuits within individual molecules.
The scheme could eventually be used to produce
small, fast computers and to store large amounts
of data in very small spaces. The method could
also be modified to make sensors for detecting
individual molecules
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Nano
Funding: USA
S.J.
nanotech firm closes 2nd round of VC funding
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NeoPhotonics,
a developer of optical components using nano-materials-based
processes, closed a second round of funding
by raising more than $40 million from Oak
Investment Partners and Institutional Venture
Partners, who co-led the round, with participation
from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, ATA Ventures,
Rockport Capital Partners, Harris & Harris
Group, Ventana Global Capital, Linkmore Limited
and Alps Information Technology Fund. It brings
total funding in Neophotonics to $100 million….read
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Nano
News: USA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
USED TO ‘SHRINK” THE WHITE HOUSE
NanoBusiness
Alliance Co-Founder Presents
Bush Administration With Cutting Edge Cornell
Nanotech Project
–The World’s Smallest White House
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Washington
DC - No, it's not a new Hollywood blockbuster:
Cornell University professors have made a
White House 1/100,000 the size of the original
to honor President Bush's recent signing of
the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and
Development Act.
Cornell
University alumnus and NanoBusiness Alliance
Co-Founder Josh Wolfe will
present a lucite encased paperweight containing
a chip with a lithograph of The White House
as a gift to Dr. John H. Marburger,
the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP), at a meeting of
the President's Committee of Advisors on Science
and Technology (PCAST), which Marburger also
co-chairs...read
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Nano
Products:
Nano-Hive
version 1.0.0 for win32-x86 platforms is now
available for download.
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The
following distributions are available:
· Binary Distributions - for users who
just want to run the simulator and who want
to interface with the simulator via already
existing plugins.
· Plugin Software Developer's Kit (PSDK)
Distributions - for developers who want to write
plugins for, and run, the simulator.
· Full Source Distributions - for developers
working on the Nano-Hive core application and
libraries.
There's
also been some progress at the website - a
new Projects & Contribution section was
added where you can learn about upcoming Nano-Hive
projects like the grid-computing clients,
Nano-Wars, how you can be involved with them,
and other ways to contribute to Nano-Hive.
Lastly,
Nano-Hive Corporate Services are now available,
providing
· Corporate licensing alternatives
for non-GPL users and integrators of Nano-Hive
· Service contracts
· Consulting and custom development
Visit
www.nano-hive.org
to learn more. Nano-Hive's open source development
and distributions are hosted at ...read
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nano
news 30- 03 - 2004 |
Nano
Research: USA
NEW
TECHNIQUE USES HOUSEHOLD HUMIDIFIER TO CREATE
NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS
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| CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. - In what may sound like a project from
a high school science fair, scientists are using
a household humidifier to create porous spheres
a hundred times smaller than a red blood cell.
The technique is a new and inexpensive way to
do chemistry using sound waves, the researchers
say. In
the home, ultrasonic humidifiers are used
to raise humidity, reduce static electricity
and ease discomfort from the common cold or
cough. In the lab, chemists at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are using
the devices to make complex nanocomposite
materials that could prove useful as catalysts
in applications ranging from refining petroleum
to making pharmaceuticals. The procedure is
both simple and efficient….read
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Nano
Electronics: Canada
Nanotechnology
expert predicts death of chip foundries
Author
explains how diamonds could bring end to silicon
era by Scott Foster
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A
more cost-effective method of manufacturing
microchips will gradually replace multi-billion-dollar
foundries with table-top boxes, marking the
end of the silicon era and the potential death
of many factory-floor jobs, a nanotechnology
expert predicted Wednesday.
Advances in 3D manufacturing using nanotechnology
are already taking place, Douglas Mulhall, author
of Our Molecular Future, told an Ottawa audience
during a morning presentation entitled "How
Nanotechnology is Transforming Ottawa’s IT Horizon."
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| Nano
Products: Gibraltar COOL
CHIPS plc ON TARGET FOR COOLING POWER
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| Cool
Chips plc announces it is meeting targets for
the manufacture of quantum thermotunneling devices
having a work function capable of pumping 3-5
Watts of heat across a surface area of one square
centimeter. The production process shows a consistently
high yield within the target parameters.
Scientists
at the company’s in-house research facility
report that the devices, consisting of two
wafer-like surfaces separated by a nanoscale
gap, demonstrate work functions of 0.9 eV
(electron volt) or better. …read
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Nano
Medicine: India
Seizing
the nano edge
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| Stain-resistant
clothing has already become a hit with Indian
consumers but nanotechnology has plenty more
to offer, says Surajeet Das Gupta It’s
a project to turn science fiction into futuristic
reality. At Velbionanotech, a little-known
Bangalore-based company, researchers are working
on pathbreaking projects that — if successful
— might dramatically reduce the need for heart
surgery or for kidney stone operations.
What’s
the frontier technology Velbionanotech is
developing? It’s working on designing nanochips
which will deliver a drug exactly to the affected
area in the body.
So, one project aims to develop a chip which
when injected into the body will head towards
the kidney and remove stones. Another — even
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Nano
News: Russia courtesy of Nano
News Net
Career
in NanoScience and NanoBusiness for Russian
Youth!
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Russian
Youth Science Society (www.mno.ru),
Institute of Nanotechnology of International
Conversion Fund (www.nanotech.ru),
and Nanotech Information Services
Ltd (www.nanobot.ru) invite students,
graduates and young scientists to take part
in research activities of ICF Institute of
Nanotechnology. Institute staff has a lot
of unique amazing opportunities:...read
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Nano
Products: Russia courtesy of Nano
News Net
Russian
company to launch native nanoproduct: «RVS»
repair and restoration composition.
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With
use of nanotechnology methods, Russian nanotechnology
concern Nanoindustry (www.nanotech.ru) launched
commercial unique repair and restoration composition,
called RVS (Remontno-Vosstanovitelny Sostav).
This composition provides self-assembly of
special nanoparticles to modified high-carbon
ferrosilicate protective layer (MHPL) 1-15
micrometers thick over intensive friction
areas of metallic surfaces....read
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Nano
News: Russia courtesy of Nano
News Net
Russian
Competition of youth projects on domestic
MNT development.
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| Nanotech
Information Services Ltd (www.nanobot.ru) Institute
of Nanotechnology of International Conversion
Fund (www.nanotech.ru), and Youth Science Society
(www.mno.ru) announced start of Competition
of Russian youth projects on domestic MNT development.
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Nano
News: Iran
NanoTech
news from Iran.
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NanoTechnology
Newsletter (NO.55) and (No.56)
news from Iran.
Please note not in English …read
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Nano
Electronics: Japan
Toshiba,
Rambus Ink Serial Link Cell Deal
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Toshiba
Corp. has signed an agreement to incorporate
Rambus Inc.'s RaSer serial link cell technology
into its 90nm process technology library, the
company have announced.
The cell technology operates at up to 6.25Gbits/sec.
and aims to address some of the toughest connection
problems associated with the backplane. In addition,
the cell meets the Fibre Channel standard at
1, 2 and 4Gbps for storage area networking (SAN)
applications….read
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nano
news 29- 03 - 2004 |
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Nano
Electronics:
Wire-growth
process leads to flexible nanosystems
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| An
approach to creating single-crystal nanowires
from just about any semi conducting material
is being pioneered by Charles Lieber and his
group at Harvard University in tandem with the
nanotech startup he co-founded, Nanosys Inc.
Together
with methods for placing wires in arrays and
multilayers, the technique promises to create
complesystems at the nanoscale….read
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Nano
products:
Nanotechnology
is hot: For mundane products
The technology is now used
to strengthen coatings, plastics, paints.
By Harold
Brubaker
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Nanotechnology
is the latest "greatest technology revolution"
ever.
To skeptics, such hyperbole is a sure sign that
the science of manipulating individual molecules
will ultimately fail to meet expectations, as
happened with industrial ceramics, superconductors
and other scientific innovations
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| Nano
Research: USA Type
of Buckyball Shown To Cause Brain Damage In
Fish
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Researchers
have found that a type of buckyball—a carbon
nanoparticle that shows promise for electronic,
commercial and pharmaceutical uses — can cause
significant brain damage in fish.
The small preliminary study, the first to
demonstrate that nanoparticles can cause toxic
effects in an aquatic species, could point
to potential risks in people exposed to the
particles, they say. The study was described
today at the 227th national meeting of the
American Chemical Society, the world's largest
scientific society
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Nano
Products :
Composite
Fibers With Carbon Nanotubes Offer Improved
Properties
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A
new class of fibers Strong and versatile carbon
nanotubes are finding new applications in
improving conventional polymer-based fibers
and films. For example, composite fibers made
from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)
and polyacrylonitrile – a carbon fiber precursor
– are stronger, stiffer and shrink less than
standard fibers….read
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Nano
Debate:
Health
Concerns in Nanotechnology
By BARNABY J. FEDER
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Buckyballs,
a spherical form of carbon discovered in 1985
and an important material in the new field
of nanotechnology, can cause extensive brain
damage in fish, according to research presented
yesterday at a national meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Anaheim, Calif.
Eva Oberdörster, an environmental toxicologist
at Southern Methodist University in Dallas,
said the buckyballs also altered the behavior
of genes in liver cells of the juvenile largemouth
bass she studied….read
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Nano
Debate:
Nanotechnology
Linked to Organ Damage – Study
By Rick Weiss Washington
Post Staff Writer
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The
first study to look at the health effects
of microscopic, manufactured "nanoparticles"
on aquatic animals has found troubling evidence
that the molecules -- which scientists are
starting to make for research and industry
-- can trigger organ damage and other toxic
effects.
At modest concentrations in aquarium water,
the minuscule particles -- which are made
of carbon atoms and are less than one-thousandth
the diameter of a human hair -- triggered
damaging…read
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Nano
Research: Germany
DNA
has Nano Building in Hand
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Researchers
from Ludwig Maximilians University in Germany
have built a simple molecular machine from
DNA that can bind to and release single molecules
of a specific type of protein.
The DNA hand can be made to select any of
many types of proteins, and could eventually
be used to construct materials or machines
molecule-by-molecule.
The researchers used DNA branch migration,
a method that allows a DNA nanostructure to
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nano
news 27 / 28 - 03 - 2004 |
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links may require registration to be viewed. |
Nano
Biotech : USA
BIOTROVE
LAUNCHES SNP GENOTYPING CAPABILITY THE FIRST
APPLICATION OF THE LIVING CHIP NANO-FLUIDICS
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
First pilot study presented
at the 11th Annual Molecular Medicine
Tri-Conference
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| Woburn,
MA, USA BioTrove, Inc. have presented SNP genotyping
data from a study of human genomic samples using
its proprietary high-density nanoliter through-hole
array chip for PCR-based genomic assays. SNP
genotyping is the companys first commercial
application based on its Living Chip nano-fluidics
technology platform. In
the pilot study, 90 Coriell CEPH DNA samples
were genotyped using 130 TaqMan Assay-By-Design
and Assay-On-Demand SNP detection assays.
The SNP assays were transferred from microplates
into the Living Chip using BioTrove's proprietary
reformatting technology. A flat block cycler
was used to perform PCR and assay results
were detected using a slide scanner
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Nano
Research: USA
UCLA
Chemists Report the Most Sophisticated Artificial
Nanomachine Yet |
UCLA
supramolecular chemists report in the journal
Science an artificial molecular machine that
functions like a nanoelevator.
"Such nanoscale robotic devices could find
use in slow-release drug delivery systems and
in the control of chemical reactions within
nanofluidic systems conducted in laboratories
on a chip," said Jovica Badjic, the lead
author of the March 19 Science article and postdoctoral
researcher in the laboratory of Fraser Stoddart,
holder of the Fred Kavli Chair in nanosystems
sciences and director of the California NanoSystems
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| Nano
Debate: USA Why
the feds fear nanobots
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| Last
December, President Bush signed a bill—the 21st-Century
Nanotech Research and Development Act—that will
provide $3.7 billion to nanotechnology projects
over four years. But the legislation seems to
be getting more attention for what it does not
fund than for what it does. In particular, it
fails to fund a study examining the feasibility
of "nanobots"—molecule-size robotic
devices that would position atoms and molecules
to build complex substances and products from
the bottom up in a process called molecular
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Nano
Research: EU
Europe
needs to close gap with United States in top
level research
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| European
countries need more world-leading basic research
teams to close the gap with the United States,
according to a report published on the 25th
March 2004 by the Royal Society, the UK national
academy of science. The
report points out that the volume of basic
research being carried out in Europe is similar
to that of the United States, but that there
is “probably a significant shortfall in overall
quality and certainly a major shortfall in
its overall impact”. This shortfall is “particularly
noticeable in the standing of the highest
quality research teams.”…read
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Nano
Biz: USA
High-Tech
Nanomanufacturing Facility Locates in Rural
Virginia; Luna Innovations Nanomaterials Division
Selects Danville
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DANVILLE,
Va, USA .--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- U.S. Senator John
W. Warner joined Virginia Secretary of Commerce
& Trade Michael J. Schewel and U.S. Congressman
Virgil Goode at an announcement ceremony locating
a nanomanufacturing facility in the City of
Danville's Tobacco Warehouse District. This
project will help to transform the Southside
economy of Virginia by promoting a high-technology
image for the region and creating 54 "new
economy" jobs by 2006.
Headquartered in Blacksburg, VA Luna Innovations
will invest $6.4 million renovating the facility
for the production of cost-effective, carbonaceous
nanomaterials to be used for research and development
of new military and commercial applications.
Carbonaceous nanomaterials are a third form
of carbon, after diamond and graphite, comprised
of up to 500 carbon atoms arranged in a sphere
or tube. To add functionality, atoms of different
elements can be placed inside the carbon cage
including various metals.
Luna's nano-initiatives include:
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Nano
Research : USA
CARBON
NANOFOAM IS THE FIRST PURE CARBON MAGNET. |
Discovered
a few years ago, carbon nanofoam is the fifth
known allotrope of carbon,the others being
graphite, diamond, fullerene (e.g., C-60 molecules),
and carbon nanotubes. The foam is, along with
aerogel, one of the lightest known solid substances
(with a density of ~2 mg/cm^3). But at this
week's APS March Meeting in Montreal, physicists
announced an even more interesting property:
though made
entirely from carbon atoms that are normally
considered nonmagnetic, the foam nevertheless
can act like a ferromagnet....read
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Nano
Research : USA
TUNABLE
SURFACES.
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| In
a new experiment conducted at Bell Labs/Lucent,
a liquid drop was manoeuvred around a special
surface consisting, at the microscopic level,
of a forest of tiny stalks. The
blades of this "nanograss" can be
selectively electrified so as to move the
drop from place to place or to cause it to
lose its spherical shape and to wet the surface
below. Lucent scientist ...read
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Nano
Research: EU
Integrated
project to evolve programmable artificial cells
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The
European Commission has approved an Integrated
Project (PACE) that will create the foundation
for a new generation of embedded information
technology using programmable, self- assembling
artificial cells. The first workshop for PACE
will take place in Venice, April 5-8, which
is the site of the associated new European
Center for Living Technology.
Life is all about real-world information processing,
but the gap between computers and living systems
is still formidable. The European Commission
has approved an Integrated Project (PACE,
total volume 8.5 M) that will create the foundation
for a new generation of embedded information
technology using programmable, self-assembling
artificial cells. …read
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Software
Tools: USA
Silicon
Valley 101: Website provides tools to teach
high-technology entrepreneurship
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| For
scientists and engineers, it’s often easier
to develop a product in the laboratory than
it is to create the company that will deliver
it to the world. Now, a website provides free
resources to those interested in becoming
high-technology entrepreneurs (http://edcorner.stanford.edu).
Called
the STVP Educators Corner, the website is
a creation of the Stanford Technology Ventures
Program (STVP), an entrepreneurship education
and research center within the School of Engineering.
It includes videotaped interviews with Silicon
Valley entrepreneurs, Stanford course materials,
case studies, and links to organizations,
events and journals.
``Our
goal is to teach students the skills they
need to be entrepreneurial leaders both in
new ventures and existing organizations,``
says STVP Executive Director Tina Seelig.
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