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Nano
Debate : UK
UK
Report: More Hits than Misses on Nanotech
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After
a year-long investigation, the United
Kingdom's Royal Society and Royal Academy
of Engineering released its final report
today examining the health, safety,
environmental, ethical and societal
implications of nano-scale technologies.
The report was commissioned by the UK
government last June. The UK's Trade
Union Congress today supported the Royal
Society's report and called for strong
regulations to prevent worker exposure
to manufactured nanoparticles. "There
have been plenty of red flags, but the
dollar signs have blotted out the warnings
signs," said Rory O'Neill, spokesman
for the Trade Union Congress.
"The
report is a good start toward addressing
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Nano
Debate : UK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
OFFERS POTENTIAL TO BRING JOBS, INVESTMENT
AND PROSPERITY - LORD SAINSBURY
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Responding
to the nanotechnology study produced
by the Royal Societyand Royal Academy
of Engineering, Lord Sainsbury, the
Minister for Science and Innovation,
said:
"Nanotechnology
offers the potential to bring high quality
jobs, investment and prosperity to the
UK. It also has the ability to deliver
a cleaner environment and improvements
to human health, information and communication
technology,and transportation.
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Nano
Debate : UK
Nanotechnologies
Bring Great Potential And Need For
Responsible Development
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AlphaGalileo---Nanotechnology
offers many potential benefits, but
its development must be guided by appropriate
safety assessments and regulation to
minimise any possible risks to people
and the environment, according to a
report published today (29 July 2004)
by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy
of Engineering.
The report was commissioned by the UK
Government last year to consider current
and future developments in nanotechnology.
It identifies a range of potential benefits
to be gained from nanoscience and nanotechnologies
including new materials, more powerful
computers and revolutionary medical
techniques. The report recommends steps
to realise these while minimising possible
future uncertainties and risks...read
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Nano
Electronics: USA
A
New Advance in Gallium Nitride Nanowires
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BERKELEY,
CA – A significant breakthrough in the
development of the highly prized semiconductor
gallium nitride as a building block
for nanotechnology has been achieved
by a team of scientists with the U.S.
Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and
the University of California at Berkeley.
For the first time ever, the researchers
have been able control the direction
in which a gallium nitride nanowire
grows. Growth direction is critical
to determining the wire's electrical
and thermal conductivity and other important
properties...read
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Nano
Products : USA
Nano-composite
resin opens new applications and opportunities
for SLA system owners
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VALENCIA,
Calif., Jul. 29, 2004 - 3D Systems Corporation
(Nasdaq: TDSC) announced the availability
of Bluestone™ SL material, the first
commercially available engineered nano-composite
resin for SLA® (stereolithography)
systems.
Bluestone™
engineered nano-composite material is
a breakthrough in material technology,
delivering exceptional accuracy, stiffness,
thermal performance and long-term stability.
Bluestone material is ideal for automotive
and aerospace applications, such as
wind-tunnel testing, under-the-hood
applications, and the manufacture of
jigs and fixtures. Its thermal properties
are also suitable for elevated temperature
electronic applications, including insulating
components, electrical housings and
connectors...read
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Future
Technology:
A
First Glance at the Gene Networks
of Human Aging
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Scientists have rendered the first gene
and protein networks of human aging,
an important step in understanding the
genetic mechanisms of aging. The work
led by Joao Pedro de Magalhaes from
Harvard Medical School is detailed in
the July 30 issue of FEBS Letters.
The
work involved the integration of all
genes, in both humans and animal models,
previously shown to influence aging.
By using a combination of bibliographic
information and modern high-throughput
genomics, employing software developed
by the team, each gene was placed in
the context of human biology...read
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Nano
Tsunami : Guest
Writer
Rory
McLean has
the say…
Repairman
in a can?...read
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Nano
Products : USA
Car
Owners Can Now Use Nanotechnology
to Improve Cabin Air Quality
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SALEM,
NH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- The NanoBreeze™
Car Air Purifier from NanoTwin Technologies
uses photocatalytic nanotechnology
to clean and purify the air inside
the passenger compartment of any motor
vehicle. Motor vehicles emit several
pollutants that EPA classifies as
known or probable human carcinogens.
EPA estimates that motor vehicles
account for as much as half of all
cancers attributed to outdoor sources.
One fact is clear: vehicles are such
an integral part of our society that
virtually everyone is exposed to their
emissions.
The NanoBreeze Car Air Purifier is
a dashboard accessory that decomposes
the harmful gases from fuel or tobacco
smoke, airborne germs or allergens,
odors from mildew or trash, and the
fumes from plastics, finishes, perfumes
and cleaners. The product oxidizes
both volatile organic chemicals (VOCs)
and bioaerosols...read
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Like
Him, Hate him, Kiss Him, Hug Him,
Tomorrow
Rory McLean
has his say…
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Nano
Products : Germany
First
Application in the Field of Nano
PVC Floor Coverings
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WESEL,
Germany, /PRNewswire/ -- The products
are marketed under the tradenames
NANOBYK-3600 and NANOBYK-3601. They
have been developed to improve scratch
and wear resistance of UV-coatings
that can also be applied to plastics
(e.g. as a top coat for Vinyl Floorings).
NANOBYK-3600 is a water-based dispersion
of nano-Alumina particles...read
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Nano
Medicine: USA
Newly
designed nanoparticle quantum dots
simultaneously target and image
prostate tumors in mice
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ATLANTA--
Emory University scientists have for
the first time used a new class of
luminescent "quantum dot"
nanoparticles in living animals to
simultaneously target and image cancerous
tumors. The quantum dots were encapsulated
in a highly protective polymer coating
and attached to a monoclonal antibody
that guided them to prostate tumor
sites in living mice, where they were
visible using a simple mercury lamp.
The scientists believe the ability
to both target and image cells in
vivo represents a significant step
in the quest to eventually use nanotechnology
to target, image, and treat cancer,
cardiovascular plaques, and neurodegenerative
disease in humans....read
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Nano
Medicine: USA
Kereos
Named Among Top 15 Biotech
Companies of 2004 by FierceBiotech
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ST.
LOUIS, /PRNewswire/ -- Kereos, a biotechnology
company developing targeted therapeutics
and molecular imaging agents for the
treatment and detection of cancer
and cardiovascular disease, have announced
that it has been selected as one of
the "Fierce 15" for 2004
by FierceBiotech,an internationally-recognized
publication for the biotech industry.
Kereoswas chosen as one of the top
emerging biotechnology companies from
more than 500 privately held firms
for the company's vision, management
expertise, and
overall potential to change the way
disease is treated...read
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Future
Technology: USA
Sandia
supercomputer to be world's fastest,
yet smaller and less expensive than
any competitor
Red
Storm to be assembled in New Mexico
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ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. -- Red Storm will be faster,
yet smaller and less expensive, than
previous supercomputers, say researchers
at the National Nuclear Security Administration's
Sandia National Laboratories, where
the machine will be assembled.
The first quarter of the $90 million,
41.5 teraflops (trillion operations/second)
machine should be installed at Sandia
by the end of September and fully
up and running by January, says Bill
Camp (Sandia's Director of Computation,
Computers, Information and Mathematics),
who heads the effort to design and
assemble the innovative machine....read
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Nano
Debate: EU
Saying
no to more EU regulation
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From
Dr Reinhard Quick.
Sir,
In his brilliant analysis of the next
European Commission's priorities,
André Sapir rightly recognises
that "what European industry
needs is more opportunities for companies
to enter new markets, more retraining
of labour, greater reliance on market
financing and higher investment in
both research and development and
higher education" ("Higher
growth should be Barroso's priority",
July 22).
Unfortunately
he forgets to mention that the next
Commission should...read
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Nano
Medicine:
BioDelivery
Sciences International, Inc. Announces
Proposed Licensing Agreement with
Sigma-Tau S.p.A.
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NEWARK,
N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--BioDelivery
Sciences International (Nasdaq:BDSI)
announced today it has come to an
oral understanding to license to Sigma-Tau
S.p.A., the right to utilize BioDelivery's
proprietary formulation and delivery
technology in connection with different
compounds, with particular focus in
the area of oncology.
Under the terms of the proposed licensing
agreement, which is...read
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| Nano
Tsunami : Guest
Writer Nanotube
and nanohorn
Future real key player of nanotechnology
by
Sumio
IIJIMA
Professor,
Meijo University and Director, Research
Center for Advanced Carbon Materials,
National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology
(AIST)
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"I
really don't want people to exaggerate
carbon nanotubes too much. I want
them to leave the tubes alone a little
more," says Prof. Iijima, the
discoverer of carbon nanotubes. He
now thinks that commercial applications
of carbon nanohorns will be realized
much earlier than those of carbon
nanotubes.
Unlike
carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns
can be made simply without the use
of a catalyst. Carbon nanohorn aggregates
can be produced with a yield of more
than 90% through laser vaporization
of carbon at room temperature. These
aggregates have a dahlia-like shape
with a large number of horn-shaped
short single-layered nanotubes that
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Nano
Biz: USA
Carbon
Nanotechnologies Inc. Announces
the Allowance of a U.S. Patent for
Contacting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
With Catalytic Metal
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)---Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc.
(CNI) have announced the allowance
of a U.S. Patent for contacting single-wall
carbon nanotubes with catalytic metal
and then activating the catalyst.
The technology provides CNI with important
coverage for the use of single-wall
carbon nanotubes in applications where
they support metal catalysts, such
as in fuel cell electrodes. This technology
is part of the intellectual property
developed by Nobel-Prize winning scientist
Dr. Richard Smalley and licensed exclusively
to CNI by Rice University in 2001
-- Provides patent coverage for applications
where single-wall carbon nanotubes
function as a catalyst support
-- Along with recently-allowed coverage
for doping single-wall carbon nanotubes
with non-carbon atoms, establishes
a strong patent position for new fuel
cell electrodes ...read
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Nano
Medicine :
New
Australian Patent Granted
BioSilicon™ Tablets
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Global
nanotechnology company pSivida Limited
(ASX: PSD), is pleased to announce
that its UK operating subsidiary pSiMedica
Limited has been granted a further
Australian patent for BioSilicon
Australian
Patent Number 771329 relates to the
invention of orally administrable
pharmaceutical products (eg tablets,
capsules, pellets and powders) that
comprise porous and/or polycrystalline
silicon (BioSilicon). Oral administration
of drugs remains the most favoured
route of treatment, being painless
and enabling the
patient to self-administer.
One
of the key issues associated with
oral delivery is the stability of
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MEMS
Biz : Austria
EV
Group Ships LowTemp -- R -- Production
Bonder to Substrates Manufacturer
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SCHARDING,
Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)---EV Group
(EVG), a global supplier of wafer-bonding
and lithography equipment, have announced
that it has shipped an EVG850 production
bonder to a new U.S. customer, Umicore
Semiconductor Processing (USP) in
Boston. The EVG850 features EV Group's
low-temperature, plasma-bonding technology.
USP produces ultra-flat and thin silicon
and bonded thick-film silicon-on-insulator
(SOI) for a variety of applications,
including MEMS, MOEMS, microelectronics
and optoelectronics. USP is part of
Umicore, the Belgian precious-metals
and advanced-materials producer. Umicore
plans to develop engineered substrates
for micro- and opto-electronics applications...read
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Future
Technology: UK
Chaos,
Twist Maps and Big Business
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Newswise
— Obscure mathematical ideas
developed back in the 1980s
could solve current problems
of mixing fluids at the
microscale, and revolutionise
the technology, reports
an article in Science.
The need to mix fluids at
the microscale affects a
whole range of developing
technologies – from inkjet
printers to DNA analysis
– and finding ways to do
it is becoming big business.
Millions of dollars have
already been poured into
‘lab-on-a-chip’ projects,
but making miniature labs
is not just a question of
scaling things down.
When you pour cream into
your coffee via the back
of a spoon, it forms a...read
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Nano
Reports :
New
MRG Report Tracks Nanotechnology
R&D and Marketing
Providing
a Guide to Applications,
Vendors, Technology Strategies,
& Market Developments
for U.S. Companies
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SUNNYVALE,
Calif., July 26 /PRNewswire/
-- Since the early 1960's,
popular interest in nanotechnology
has translated into both
political action and increasing
investment, with notable
acceleration throughout
2003 and into early 2004.
MRG, Inc., along with Fuji-Keizai
USA, compiled a report titled
U.S. Market & Industry
Nanotechnology R&D and
Marketing: A Guide to Application,
Venders, Technology Strategies,
Product Directions &
Market Development &
Focus.
In late 2003, the U.S. enacted
the 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development
Act. It wrote into law the
"National Nanotechnology
Initiative" (NNI),
which was announced by President
Clinton in 2000 and supported
by presidential budgets
ever since. The Act included
budget authorizations totaling
$3.7 billion for nanotechnology
R& D through FY 2008.
Since 2000, interest in
nanotechnology has...read
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Nano
Debate : USA
The
promise and perils of
the nanotech revolution
Possibilities
range from disaster to
advances in medicine,
space
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Nanotechnology
could revolutionize science,
technology, medicine and
space exploration.
Nanotechnology could ravage
the environment, eliminate
jobs and lead to frightening
new weapons of war.
Those are two extreme takes
on the hottest, and potentially
most controversial, new
technology since biotech
and PCs.
For years, science fiction
writers and techno-visionaries
have imagined the construction
of "nano"-size
-- one nanometer equals
a billionth of a meter --
molecules and machines that
could clean cholesterol
from your bloodstream, break
down chemical spills and
lead to superstrong new
materials. The late physicist
Richard Feynman once said,
"There's plenty of
room at the bottom"
-- by which he meant humans
could re-engineer atoms
and molecules to do humanity's
bidding...read
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Nano
Education : USA
CBEN
Wins grant for undergraduate
nanotech course
Class
will present technical
aspects alongside analysis
of societal impacts
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HOUSTON,
July 22, 2004 — The Center
for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology at Rice University
today announced the award
of a $100,000 grant from
the National Science Foundation
to develop the first introductory
nanotechnology class to
be offered at Rice University,
a research-intensive institution
known worldwide for its
excellence in nanotechnology
research.
The course, titled "Nanotechnology:
Content and Context,"
will be offered jointly
by the departments of chemistry
and anthropology this fall.
The grant, awarded under
NSF's Nanotechnology in
Undergraduate Education
program, allows Rice to
join a small but growing
number of schools offering
undergraduate nanotech classes
aimed at preparing students
for a future in which nanotech
is an integral part of the
technology landscape....read
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Nano
Event:
Spark!
2004 Conference
Will Focus on
the Builders of New Tech
Economy
Monterey Confab Aggregates
Best and Brightest, From
VC Steve Jurvetson to
Serial Entrepreneur Chris
Kitze, in Unique Format
Created by Leading Analyst
Steve Harmon
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MONTEREY,
CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/26/2004
-- Marketsnap Research Group,
a Silicon Valley-based technology
research firm that produces
independent reports for
more than 20,000 subscribers
in technology, media and
finance worldwide, today
announces the speaking line-up
for Spark! 2004, a new technology
conference for decision
makers who work or invest
in technology, media, manufacturing
or research. Spark! will
showcase some of the industry's
great builders, people who
can speak to practice rather
than just theory, in new
technologies gaining traction
in the digital economy,
including digital media,
digital payment systems,
social networking, nanotechnology,
wireless communication and
more.
Spark! 2004 will take place
at the Monterey Conference
Center on October 18 and
19. Speakers during the
two days include Steve Jurvetson,
a leading Silicon Valley
venture capitalist and co-chair
of the NanoBusiness Alliance...read
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Nano
Biz: USA
Nanobac
Life Sciences Announces
Past Year's Accomplishments
and Future Goal
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TAMPA,
Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanobac
Life Sciences, Inc. (OTCPK:NNBP)
("Nanobac" or
"the Company")
has completed its first
year as a public Company.
The events and discoveries
of the past year have reinforced
our belief that we are at
the forefront in the search
for the causes and treatments
of infectious diseases associated
with pathological calcification.
This sets forth the accomplishments
of the last year, as well
as our goals and expectations
for the future.
The major accomplishments
during the last 12 months
include...read
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Nano
News: In Dutch
Nanotechnologie
en nanowetenschap in Nederland
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Wat
is nanotechnologie en nanowetenschap?
Hoe is nanotechnologie en
nanowetenschap onstaan?
Wat zijn de toepassingsgebieden
van nanotechnologie en nanowetenschap?
Wat is het publieke debat
rondom nanotechnologie en
nanowetenschap?...read
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Nano
Electronics:
Intel
to Start 90nm NOR Flash
Intel
says it will begin production
of NOR-type flash memory
on a 90nm process using
200mm wafers in the current
quarter.
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Intel
says it will begin production
of NOR-type flash memory
on a 90nm process using
200mm wafers in the current
quarter.
Using 200mm wafers in fabs
converted from Pentium production
will mean a low capital
cost of entry, making it
competitive with rival Samsung's
300mm production, said marketing
manager Brenden Mielke.
Samsung began 90nm NAND-type
flash production in September
2003 and is now running
more than 10,000 300mm wafers
a month of NAND flash memory…read
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Nano
Research :
Switzerland
Laser
sintering strikes gold
A
Swiss-US team writes conductive
microstructures on glass
using a 'fountain pen'
filled with gold nanoparticle
'ink'.
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A
laser technique for fabricating
gold microstructures could
provide a new powerful way
to create miniature resistors
or conductive tracks for
flexible electronics. The
so-called 'fountain pen'
method unveiled by a Swiss-US
team deposits gold nanoink
stripes as thin as 5 microns
and simultaneously cures
them with an Argon ion laser…read
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Nano
Products:
Sub-nanosecond
UV-LEDs go on sale
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LEDs
emitting sub-nanosecond
pulses at 280 nm and 340
nm make their commercial
debut.
The first commercial ultraviolet
LEDs to emit sub-nanosecond
pulses at 280 and 340 nm
are now available from Jobin
Yvon IBH, UK.
Forming part of the firm's
NanoLED range, the LEDs
are said to emit 800 picosecond
pulses making them ideal
for a range of biological
applications based on time-resolved
fluorescence…read
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Nano
Biz: USA
Samsung
Takes NanoTech Investment
to Phase Two
Initiates Construction
for FAB Expansion to
Introduce New Capacity
for Next Generation
Technologies
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AUSTIN,
TX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd., the
world leader in advanced
semiconductor memory technology,
today broke ground on the
second stage of the expansion
of its Austin memory chip
fabrication plant.
The 34,000 square foot expansion
of its manufacturing area
is part of a succession
of investments that will
equip its Austin plant for
next-generation advanced
semiconductor fabrication
technology.
Samsung's three-year investment
plan of $500 million announced
May 2003, will upgrade,
expand, and increase capacity
to produce nano-scale semiconductor
memory technology at the
Austin plant. The nano-tech
upgrade investments will...read
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headline
news 26 - 07 - 2004
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Nano
Biz: USA
Nanobac
Life Sciences Announces
Past Year's Accomplishments
and Future Goal
|
|
TAMPA,
Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanobac
Life Sciences, Inc. (OTCPK:NNBP)
("Nanobac" or
"the Company")
has completed its first
year as a public Company.
The events and discoveries
of the past year have reinforced
our belief that we are at
the forefront in the search
for the causes and treatments
of infectious diseases associated
with pathological calcification.
This sets forth the accomplishments
of the last year, as well
as our goals and expectations
for the future.
The major accomplishments
during the last 12 months
include...read
the wave
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| |
Nano
News: In Dutch
Nanotechnologie
en nanowetenschap in Nederland
|
Wat
is nanotechnologie en nanowetenschap?
Hoe is nanotechnologie en
nanowetenschap onstaan?
Wat zijn de toepassingsgebieden
van nanotechnologie en nanowetenschap?
Wat is het publieke debat
rondom nanotechnologie en
nanowetenschap?...read
the wave
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Nano
Electronics:
Intel
to Start 90nm NOR Flash
Intel
says it will begin production
of NOR-type flash memory
on a 90nm process using
200mm wafers in the current
quarter.
|
|
Intel
says it will begin production
of NOR-type flash memory
on a 90nm process using
200mm wafers in the current
quarter.
Using 200mm wafers in fabs
converted from Pentium production
will mean a low capital
cost of entry, making it
competitive with rival Samsung's
300mm production, said marketing
manager Brenden Mielke.
Samsung began 90nm NAND-type
flash production in September
2003 and is now running
more than 10,000 300mm wafers
a month of NAND flash memory…read
the wave
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| |
|
Nano
Research :
Switzerland
Laser
sintering strikes gold
A
Swiss-US team writes conductive
microstructures on glass
using a 'fountain pen'
filled with gold nanoparticle
'ink'.
|
|
A
laser technique for fabricating
gold microstructures could
provide a new powerful way
to create miniature resistors
or conductive tracks for
flexible electronics. The
so-called 'fountain pen'
method unveiled by a Swiss-US
team deposits gold nanoink
stripes as thin as 5 microns
and simultaneously cures
them with an Argon ion laser…read
the wave
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| |
Nano
Products:
Sub-nanosecond
UV-LEDs go on sale
|
|
LEDs
emitting sub-nanosecond
pulses at 280 nm and 340
nm make their commercial
debut.
The first commercial ultraviolet
LEDs to emit sub-nanosecond
pulses at 280 and 340 nm
are now available from Jobin
Yvon IBH, UK.
Forming part of the firm's
NanoLED range, the LEDs
are said to emit 800 picosecond
pulses making them ideal
for a range of biological
applications based on time-resolved
fluorescence…read
the wave
|
| |
Nano
Biz: USA
Samsung
Takes NanoTech Investment
to Phase Two
Initiates Construction
for FAB Expansion to
Introduce New Capacity
for Next Generation
Technologies
|
AUSTIN,
TX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd., the
world leader in advanced
semiconductor memory technology,
today broke ground on the
second stage of the expansion
of its Austin memory chip
fabrication plant.
The 34,000 square foot expansion
of its manufacturing area
is part of a succession
of investments that will
equip its Austin plant for
next-generation advanced
semiconductor fabrication
technology.
Samsung's three-year investment
plan of $500 million announced
May 2003, will upgrade,
expand, and increase capacity
to produce nano-scale semiconductor
memory technology at the
Austin plant. The nano-tech
upgrade investments will...read
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Tsunami : Guest
Writer
Nanotube
and nanohorn
Future real key player of
nanotechnology
by
Sumio
IIJIMA
Professor,
Meijo University and Director,
Research
Center for Advanced Carbon
Materials, National Institute
of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology
(AIST)
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"I
really don't want people
to exaggerate carbon nanotubes
too much. I want them to
leave the tubes alone a
little more," says
Prof. Iijima, the discoverer
of carbon nanotubes. He
now thinks that commercial
applications of carbon nanohorns
will be realized much earlier
than those of carbon nanotubes.
Unlike
carbon nanotubes, carbon
nanohorns can be made simply
without the use of a catalyst.
Carbon nanohorn aggregates
can be produced with a yield
of more than 90% through
laser vaporization of carbon
at room temperature. These
aggregates have a dahlia-like
shape with a large number
of horn-shaped short single-layered
nanotubes that stick out
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Nano
Medicine : EU
European
Project Focused On The
Differentiation Of Stem
Cells
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AlphaGalileo
/ The director of the
Nanobioengineering Laboratory
of the CREBEC and sub-director
of the Parc Científic
de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona
Science Park), Josep Samitier,
will coordinate the research
lines on the application
of nanobiotechnologies
for the differentiation
of stem cells in the European
project entitled CellPROM,
the most funded project
in the first call of the
VI Framework Programme.
Josep Samitier will preside
the CellPROM Scientific
Committee on Nanotechnologies
and will join its Management
Committee, together with
the coordinator of basic
research, Andreas Manz,
and the coordinator of
CellPROM, Gunter Führ,
from the Fraunhofer Institut
Biomedizinische Technik.
In addition, the Nanobioengineering
Laboratory also...read
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Nano
Products: Hong Kong
Esquel
Group Introduces 'anywear'
Brand
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HONG
KONG, July 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/
-- Esquel Group is pleased
to announce the launch
of anywear -- a brand
of functional premium
cotton shirts. The fruit
of Esquel's research and
development programs,
the anywear brand features
products with innovative
value-added functions
that keep Esquel at the
cutting edge of the apparel
industry.
Anywear wrinkle-free shirts
are designed to keep you
looking crisp and fresh
around the clock. These
premium shirts are woven
entirely from yarn that
has been strengthened
through compact spinning,
and are made using special
Esquel technologies that
eliminate seam puckering,
enhance super-soft handfeel
and increase resistance
to wrinkles....read
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Nano
News : In German
Atomare
Struktur von Nanoteilchen
entschlüsselt
Internationalem
Forscherteam gelingt
es mit Ferninfrarot-Spektroskopie
erstmals, die Struktur
von winzigen Metall-Nanoteilchen
aufzuklären
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Eine
neue Methode, mit der
man die atomare Struktur
einzelner Metall-Nanoteilchen
bestimmen kann, haben
Wissenschaftler des Berliner
Fritz-Haber-Institut der
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft,
des FOM-Instituts für
Plasmaphysik in Nieuwegein/Niederlande,
der Universität von
Kalifornien in Los Angeles/USA
sowie der Universität
Nijmegen/Niederlande entwickelt.
Die winzigen Teilchen
aus nur 6 bis 23 Vanadium-Atomen
wurden mit Hilfe der so
genannten Ferninfrarot-Spektroskopie
untersucht: Je nach ihrer
Größe entstehen
unterschiedliche Spektren,
echte "Fingerabdrücke"
ihrer atomaren Struktur.
Aus dem Vergleich mit
Spektren, die mit der
Dichtefunktional-Theorie
errechnet werden, kann
man dann die geometrische
Struktur der Nanoteilchen
bestimmen...read
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Nano
Products:
Sono-Tek
Introduces Its WideTrack
Glass Coating System
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MILTON,
N.Y., PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Sono-Tek Corporation
(BULLETIN BOARD: SOTK)
, the world's leader in
ultrasonic spray nozzle
technology, today announced
the successful installation
of its WideTrack glass
coating system on a production
line of a major float
glass manufacturer, and
firm orders for four (4)
additional systems, totaling
over $500,000 in sales,
scheduled to be installed
over the next few months
in plants located in the
Far East. The WideTrack
system is specifically
designed to apply coatings
uniformly over wide areas,
such as the protective
coating being applied
to a 12 foot wide moving
ribbon of glass in this
application. The major
benefits of this system
compared to ordinary pressure
nozzle systems typically
used in this application,
is that the finely atomized
spray generated by the
WideTrack system minimizes
the amount of liquid that
bounces off the glass
surface, thereby providing
an environmentally sound
solution, while, at the
same time, dramatically
reducing material consumption
and cleanup...read
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Quantum
Computing: In Dutch
Kwantumcomputer
weer een stapje dichterbij
Delftse
onderzoekers bepalen
spinrichting van elektron.
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Onderzoekers
van het Kavli Institute
of Nanoscience Delft hebben
een techniek ontwikkeld
om de spinrichting van
een enkel elektron te
bepalen. De volledig elektrische
methode voor het meten
van de spin wordt vandaag,
donderdag 22 juli, gepubliceerd
in Nature. “Nu we kunnen
bepalen of een elektron
spin-up of spin-down heeft
zijn we weer een stapje
dichter bij een kwantumcomputer”,
zegt eerste auteur ir.
Jeroen Elzerman. Het onderzoek
is mede gefinancierd door
FOM.
Atomen
- de bouwstenen van alle
materie - bestaan uit
een wolk van negatief
geladen elektronen en
een positief geladen kern.
Behalve lading hebben
de elektronen echter ook
‘spin’, het is net alsof
ze om hun as draaien...read
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Nano
Electronics:
Breakthrough
yields simple way to
make microscopic electronics
Scientists
achieve smallest-ever
spacing in nanoscale
structures
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In
a breakthrough that could
lead to dramatically smaller
memory chips and other
electronic components,
Princeton scientists have
found a way to mass produce
devices that are so small
they are at the limit
of what can be viewed
by the most powerful microscopes.
The achievement is an
advance over current techniques,
which require expensive
and time-consuming procedures
to create anything so
small. The technique offers
a relatively simple, low-cost
production method that
may lead to greater memory
capacity and lower costs
for computers, digital
cameras and other devices.
In addition, the scientists
achieved unprecedented
success in packing the
minute structures into
dense clusters...read
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Nano
Debate:
U.S.
Public Sensible about
Nanotech Has Clear Understanding
of Nanotech Benefits,
Downsides
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ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Since 1986 Foresight
Institute, a nanotechnology
education and public policy
think tank, has worked
to educate the public
about molecular nanotechnology.
Founded by Dr. Eric Drexler,
author of Engines of Creation
and Nanosystems, and Christine
Peterson, president, Foresight
Institute's mission has
been to prepare society
for nanotechnology with
a focus on balanced discussion
and broad understanding
of its potential by the
general public.
A recent study of the
American public's views
on nanotechnology has
shown a remarkably accurate
understanding of its potential
benefits and drawbacks...read
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Nano
Products :
Tegal
Awarded Two Key Patents
for Nano Layer Deposition
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PETALUMA,
Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July
22, 2004--Tegal Corporation
(Nasdaq:TGAL) today announced
that it has been granted
United States Patents,
No. 6,689,220 and 6,756,318,
which enable nano layer
deposition (NLD) of conformal
thin films for barrier,
copper seed and high-K
dielectric applications
in advanced microprocessor
and memory device production.
The systems and methods
described in the '220
and the '318 enable nano
layer deposition with
ultra-conformality comparable
to that of atomic layer
deposition (ALD) and the
manufacturing throughput
of more conventional chemical
vapor deposition (CVD)
systems. NLD allows semiconductor
manufacturers to choose
from a wide field of deposition
precursors (a key limitation
of ALD) for the application
of any thin film in use
today on the surface of
a wafer with atomic layer
precision. NLD technology
can also be used to construct...read
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Nano
Research :
McGill
researchers develop
new carbon nanotube
production method
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McGill
University researchers
have developed a new method
for producing carbon nanotubes
that has great commercial
promise. The work of Professor
Jean-Luc Meunier and doctoral
student David Harbec,
both of the Department
of Chemical Engineering,
is the subject of a patent
application, and the findings
of their team have just
been published in the
Journal of Physics D:
Applied Physics.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs),
discovered in 1991, are
seamless cylinders composed
of carbon atoms in a regular
hexagonal arrangement,
closed on both ends by
hemispherical endcaps.
They exhibit remarkable
mechanical and electronic
properties. Applications
include high-strength
composites, advanced sensors,
electronic and optical
devices, catalysts, batteries,
and fuel cells.
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Tsunami : Guest Writer
Science
and Technology: Nucleic
Acid Engineering
by
Chris Phoenix
CRN
Director of Research |
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The
genes in your cells are
made up of deoxyribonucleic
acid, or DNA: a long, stringy
chemical made by fastening
together a bunch of small
chemical bits like railroad
cars in a freight train.
The DNA in your cells is
actually two of these strings,
running side by side. Some
of the small chemical bits
(called nucleotides) like
to stick to certain other
bits on the opposite string.
DNA has a rather boring
structure, but the stickiness
of the nucleotides can be
used to make far more interesting
shapes. In fact, there's
a whole field of nanotechnology
investigating this, and
it may even lead to an early
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Nano
Defence: USA
Army
rations rehydrated by
urine
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Would
you eat food cooked in
your own urine? Food scientists
working for the US military
have developed a dried
food ration that troops
can hydrate by adding
the filthiest of muddy
swamp water or even peeing
on it.
The
ration comes in a pouch
containing a filter that
removes 99.9 per cent
of bacteria and most toxic
chemicals from the water
used to rehydrate it,
according to the Combat
Feeding Directorate, part
of the US Army Soldier
Systems Center in Natick,
Massachusetts
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Nano
Biz:
NANOPHASE
ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER
2004 RESULTS
Revenues
Increases 18% Year-Over-Year
and 19% Sequentially
Quarter-To-Quarter
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Romeoville,
IL, July 21, 2004 – Nanophase
Technologies (Nasdaq:
NANX), a nanomaterial
technology leader, developer
and commercial manufacturer,
announced second quarter
2004 results. Based on
the financial data accompanying
this release, the Company’s
results are stated approximately
as follows.
For the quarter ended
June 30, 2004, total revenue
rose to $1.54 million
compared with $1.31 million
in the same quarter of
2003, or an increase of
18%. Nanophase reported
a...read
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Nano
Education : Global
Fifty-Five
Students From Around
the World to Attend
Lucent Technologies'
Sixth Annual Global
Science Scholars Summit
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MURRAY
HILL, N.J.PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- The sixth annual Global
Science Scholars Summit
begins Friday, July 23,
at Lucent Technologies'
headquarters in Murray
Hill, N.J.
This
year's 55 students come
from 14 countries outside
the United States -- Brazil,
Canada, China, France,
Germany, India, Korea,
Mexico, the Netherlands,
Poland, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Spain and the
United Kingdom -- and
12 U.S. states.
Students were selected
to receive the Lucent
Global Science Scholars
award and attend the summit
for their achievements
in science and math. Sponsored
by the Lucent Technologies
Foundation, the Global
Science Scholars program
supports exceptional students
who are planning to pursue
careers in information
and communications technologies...read
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Quantum
computing :
Quantum
computing, secure communication
closer
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Quantum
computing, which holds the
promise of nearly unlimited
processing power, secure
communications and the ability
to decode encrypted conversations
by terrorists and others,
is a significant step closer
to becoming a reality today
with new research published
by a team of UCLA scientists
in the journal Nature.
The UCLA team succeeded
in flipping a single electron
spin upside down in an ordinary
commercial transistor chip,
and detected that the current
changes when the electron
flips. Their report of controlling
and detecting a single electron's
spin is published in the
July 22 issue of Nature.
Scientists had manipulated
millions of electron spins
in a transistor before.
"We have gone from
millions to just one,"
said Hong Wen Jiang, a UCLA
professor of physics and
member of the California
NanoSystems Institute, in
whose laboratory the experiments
were conducted.
"Our research demonstrates
that...read
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Nano
Products : USA
Progress
Using Nanofilms to Power
Laptops and Cellphones
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NEW
YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GEMZ
Corp., (OTC: GMZP - News)
have announced that its
wholly-owned subsidiary,
International Nanotechnology
Corporation (INC) has made
forwards progress towards
develop a solar-powered
solution for powering cellphones
and laptop computers. INC
previously announced that
it had signed a letter of
intent with Terra Solar
Development Corp., a leading
developer of photovoltaic
and nanocell technology
to acquire substantially
all of its nanotechnology
assets and certain photovoltaic
assets as well. The solar-powered
laptop and cellphone chargers
will be the first products
resulting from the planned
combination.
Laptop and cellphone users
everywhere need a cost-effective
way to continually power
or recharge their units
without plugging them in.
Previous products on the...read
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MEMS:
Future
Technology
Researchers
overcome barrier to
shrinking wireless devices
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ANN
ARBOR, Mich.---James Bond-style
technologies such as cell
phones the size of earpieces
and invisible sensors sprinkled
about to detect toxins are
closer to reality.
University of Michigan researchers
have figured out how to
build wireless systems even
smaller while still retaining
range and power efficiency.
One obstacle to further
shrink small wireless devices
has been trying to fit all
the components onto one
chip but U-M researchers
have built a tiny silicon-compatible
antenna and frequency resonator
that will do just that.
The antenna and resonator
are two of the most problematic
off-chip components in wireless
systems. The two components
require large amounts of
space off the chip---think
of a cell phone antenna
extending outward---thus
limiting how small a device
can be built.
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Nano
Biz: USA
Zyvex
Exceeds Sales Expectations;
Company Reports Seventh
Consecutive Quarter
of Sales Growth
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RICHARDSON,
Texas, /PRNewswire/ -- Zyvex
have announced financial
results for its fiscal second
quarter 2004. The Texas
company continues to exceed
sales projections with seven
consecutive quarters of
sales growth. Executives
expect Zyvex to realize
over $8 million in sales
this year, coupled with
a sizeable order backlog.
Founded in 1997, Zyvex reported
its first revenues in 2001,
grossing only $150,000.
Company revenues grew to
$1.2 million in 2002 and
$4.5 million in 2003.
"I have been very pleased
to watch Zyvex's rapid transformation
from a small research center
to one of the largest and
most promising commercial
nanotechnology companies
in the world," said
Zyvex CFO, Timothy M. Gilmore.
"Our continued sales
growth demonstrates our
leadership in providing
real- world, practical nanotechnology
solutions."...read
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Nano
Funding: USA
Pacific
Fuel Cell Corp. Announces
United States Department
of Energy STTR Award
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TUSTIN,
Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July
20, 2004--Pacific Fuel Cell
Corp. (OTCBB:PFCE) is pleased
to announce that it has
been selected by the United
States Department of Energy
for a Phase I STTR (Small
Business Technology Transfer)
grant. The intended start
date is September 1, 2004.
George Suzuki, PFCE President,
stated: "We are particularly
pleased that our research
project in the area of fuel
cell technology has been
selected by the United States
Department of Energy as
worthy of funding."
The University of California-Riverside
(UCR) will be the non-profit
participating research institution.
The UCR research team will
be directed by...read
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MEMS:
Tegal
Receives Endeavor AT
PVD Tool Order From
Leading Maker of Consumer
Electronics and MEMS
Devices
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Tegal
Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL)
today announced that a leading
maker of consumer electronics
has placed an order for
an Endeavor AT(TM) PVD cluster
tool. The Endeavor system
will be used for high-volume
fabrication of FBAR (Film
Bulk Acoustic Resonator)
devices destined for mainstream
consumer and industrial
wireless communication applications.
The order was placed after
rigorous qualification tests,
where the Endeavor out-performed
all competitors in this
advanced and highly technical
application.
"This is a significant
win for Tegal," said
Carole Anne Demachkie, vice
president of Tegal Corporation
and general manager of the
Sputtered Films Product
Group. "This order
strengthens our presence
in a high growth market
for FBAR devices, where
we expect to take a commanding
lead in the months ahead.
Key to our success is...read
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MEMS:
Advancements
in Micro Technology
Catapult MEMS-Based
Applications
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PALO
ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--The
burgeoning interest in micro
technologies, partly triggered
by the rapid growth of nanotechnology,
is opening up a floodgate
of opportunities for developing
new, micro-electromechanical
systems (MEMS) based applications
and products.
"The hunt for the `next
big thing' is on,"
says Technical Insights
analyst Jagan Ramaswami.
"MEMS -- particularly
bio MEMS, RF MEMS and optical
MEMS -- are potential candidates
in the search for a `killer
application' by the research
community."
MEMS-based
applications have the potential
to rejuvenate the market
just as the Internet did
over the last two decades
of the previous millennium.
Additionally, the emergence
of nanotechnology could
encourage the innovation
of a gamut of new applications.
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Nano
Products:
Mobile
devices to step beyond
batteries
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The
low-battery bleep that ends
your cellphone conversation
in midsentence or sends
you scrambling with your
laptop for an outlet could
soon be history, thanks
to breakthroughs in fuel
cells and solar energy.
Mobile devices are growing
ever more power-hungry,
even as conventional battery
capacity hits its limits,
said Sara Bradford, a San
Antonio-based industry analyst
with the research company
Frost & Sullivan.
One
solution to this problem
is a new breed of solar
cells with "the potential
to keep a battery charged
up so that the consumer
may not ever have to plug
it in," Bradford said.
Konarka
Technologies of Lowell,
Mass., has developed a dye-based
solar cell that can be printed
on rolls of plastic for
a fraction of the cost of
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Nano
Debate: USA
Green
Goo: The New Nano-Threat
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First
it was "gray goo,"
the threat of self-replicating
machines populating the
planet. Now an environmental
think tank is raising the
specter of "green goo,"
where biology is used to
create new materials and
new artificial life forms.
In
its report, published on
July 8, the Action Group
on Erosion, Technology and
Concentration, or ETC, said
that the risks from green
goo demand the most urgent
foresight and caution. "With
nanobiotech, researchers
have the power to create
completely new organisms
that have never existed
on Earth," said the
ETC release accompanying
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Nano
Debate: USA
Much
Less is Much More in
the New Era of Nanoscience
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TWise,
Va. -- Flexible, bright
minds will be needed to
cope with the greatest scientific
challenges of our time ---
nanoscience --- as it moves
from science-fiction to
the university laboratories
to modern industry, it is
estimated that 2 million
workers trained in nanotechnology
and nanoscience will be
needed in the next 10 to
15 years!
The
making of objects and structures
about a millionth of a millimeter
in size is going to be much,
much more in demand in the
next decade says Mihail
"Mike" Roco, senior
adviser for nanotechnology
at the National Science
Foundation (NSF). The potential
shortage of human resources
skilled in the new science
may slow some of the greatest
innovations of our time.
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Nano
Research:
Silicon-based photodetector
is sensitive to ultraviolet
light
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CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — By depositing thin
films of silicon nanoparticles
on silicon substrates, researchers
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign have
fabricated a photodetector
sensitive to ultraviolet
light. Silicon-based ultraviolet
sensors could prove very
handy in military, security
and commercial applications.
"Silicon
is the most common semiconductor,
but it has not been useful
for detecting ultraviolet
light until now," said
Munir Nayfeh, a professor
of physics at Illinois and
a researcher at the Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science
and Technology. "Ultraviolet
light is usually absorbed
by silicon and converted
into heat, but we found
a way to make silicon devices
that absorb ultraviolet
light and produce electrical
current instead."...read
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Nano
Biz: USA
Contracts
for Nanomaterials and
Clean Technologies Awarded
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USANEWSWIRE:
To help create new commercial
processes that benefit the
environment, EPA has awarded
$900,000 to four companies
for development and commercialization
of nanomaterials and environmentally
clean technologies through
the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) program.
Nanotechnology, referring
to material and device fabrication
on an atomic or molecular
scale, has great potential
for both environmental contaminant
removal and creating clean
manufacturing processes
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Nano
Research: USA
Nanoparticles,
super-absorbent gel
clean
radioactivity from porous
structures
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ARGONNE,
Ill. – Porous structures,
such as brick and concrete,
are notoriously hard to
clean when contaminated
with certain types of radioactive
materials. Now, thanks to
researchers in Argonne 's
Chemical Engineering Division,
a new technique is being
developed that can effectively
decontaminate these structures
in the event of exposure
to radioactive elements.
Researchers are using engineered
nanoparticles and a super-absorbent
gel to design a clean-up
system for buildings and
monuments exposed to radioactive
materials. Having this system
available will allow the
nation to be more prepared
in case of a terrorist attack
with a “dirty bomb” or other
radioactive dispersal device....read
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Products : Global
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With
basic research under way
for 20-plus years, nanotechnologies
are gaining in commercial
introductions. In the short
term, nanoparticles will
be introduced into many
existing materials, making
them stronger or changing
their conductive properties.
Significantly stronger polymers
will make plastics more
widely used to reinforce
materials and replace metals,
even in the semi-conductor
area.
One
of the most innovative new
products is one that enhances
biological imaging for medical
diagnostics and drug discovery.
Quantum dots are semi-conducting
nanocrystals that, when
illuminated with ultraviolet
light, emit a vast spectrum
of bright colors that can
be used to identify and
locate cells and other biological
activities. These crystals
offer optical detection
up to a thousand times brighter
than conventional dyes used
in many biological tests,
such as MRIs, and render
significantly more information.
The
latest display technology
for laptops, cell phones,
digital cameras and other
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Nano
Medicine: USA
Molecular
motor shuttles key protein
in response to light
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In
experiments with fruit flies,
Johns Hopkins researchers
have discovered how a key
light-detecting molecule
in the eye moves in response
to changes in light intensity.
Their finding adds to growing
evidence that some creatures
-- and probably people --
adapt to light not only
by mechanically shrinking
the pupil to physically
limit how much light enters
the eye, but also by a chemical
response.
Building on their previous
work showing that specific
proteins in eye cells are
redistributed in response
to bright light, the Johns
Hopkins team now reports
how a key protein called
arrestin is shuttled from
a "holding area"
where it binds and calms
a light-detecting protein.
Writing in the July 7 issue
of Neuron, the team says
arrestin is moved around
by a tiny molecular motor,
called myosin, which travels
along the "train tracks"
of the cell's internal skeleton.
...read
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Nano
Research: USA
A
safer way to make metal
nanospheres
|
|
Tiny
surface defects that form
during processing can reduce
the quality and yield of
semiconductor devices, magnetic
storage media and other
products. Inspection tools
that locate, identify and
characterize surface defects
based upon how they reflect
or scatter light need to
be calibrated with accurate
particle size standards
in order to work properly.
Making metallic standards
for such calibrations is
typically a hazardous process,
but researchers at the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) and the
University of Maryland have
invented a safer method
and apparatus for producing
these standards. ...read
the wave
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| |
Tools
of the Trade:
USA
Molecular
Imaging Receives Prestigious
R&D 100 Award for
Technical Innovation
|
|
Tempe,
AZ, – Molecular Imaging
is an R&D 100 Awards
winner for its new PicoTREC.
The awards are sponsored
by R&D Magazine and
recognize the top 100 products
introduced into the marketplace
during the year. PicoTREC
is the only commercially
available instrument to
add real-time, simultaneous
Topography and RECognition
imaging capability to the
atomic force microscope
(AFM). A breakthrough tool
for AFM, PicoTREC allows
researchers to pursue new
avenues of discovery in
all areas of nanotechnology
and nanoscience.
"We
are honored to be the recipient
of the R&D 100 Awards
and to be ranked among the
world's top technology innovators,"
said Vance Nau, President
and CEO. “This award is
an acknowledgement of Molecular
Imaging’s commitment to
creating innovative new
products and techniques
for our customers that will
enable new application areas
for AFM in academic and
industrial research....read
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MEMS:
USA
New
standards to improve
measurements of microdevices.
|
|
Researchers
at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology
(NIST), along with their
colleagues at several companies,
are completing experiments
that validate new standards
aimed at improving emerging
new microelectromechanical
systems, or MEMS, devices.
Microaccelerometers, the
devices used to activate
automotive airbags, are
MEMS devices. In the future,
microscopic MEMs devices
made with gears and motors
may, for example, be developed
to clear blockages in arteries.
NIST scientists presented
their findings at the semiconductor
industry's annual SEMICON
West trade show, held July
12-16, 2004, in San Francisco.
Working with ASTM International,
NIST has developed three
new standards aimed at helping
researchers measure more
accurately several...read
the wave
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Tools
of the Trade:
USA
Method
tests strength of advanced
thin films
|
The
challenge of determining
whether thin films---some
no thicker than a single
molecule---are strong enough
for a growing number of
important technology jobs
just got easier and quicker
thanks to an inexpensive
testing method reported
in the upcoming issue of
Nature Materials by a team
led by researchers at the
Commerce Department's National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
Useful for evaluating all
types and combinations of
materials, the new method
measures and analyzes the
strength and stiffness of
a thin-film sample in about
2 seconds, as compared with
several minutes for indentation
and other conventional approaches.
In addition, the NIST-developed
technique accommodates high-throughput
testing, so that hundreds
or even a few thousand systematically
varying samples can be tested
in rapid succession.
...read
the wave
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| |
Nano
Research : USA
Mystery
of nanoparticles concealed
in the blink of an eye
|
|
Scientists
at the University of Chicago
have discovered a better
way to measure a confounding
property of microscopic
high-tech particles called
quantum dots.
Quantum dots, also called
nanocrystals, emit light
in a rainbow of colors and
are used in lasers, biological
studies and other applications,
but their tendency to blink
hinders their technological
value. Imagine the annoyance
caused by a randomly flickering
light bulb.
"A quantum dot might
blink for just a millionth
of a second or it might
blink for 15 minutes,"
said Matthew Pelton, a Research
Associate at the University
of Chicago's James Franck
Institute. "This is
one of the problems we have
to solve if we want to engineer
the properties of materials,
particularly semiconductor
materials, on the nanoscale."
Pelton has found a way to
measure the blinking that
is simpler and faster than...read
the wave
|
| |
Nano
Debate: EU
Renewed
calls for assessment
of nanotechnology risks
|
|
CORDIS
News Service: Nanotechnology
and its possible risks have
become the focus of attention
once more, following the
publication of a newspaper
article by the Prince of
Wales calling for the technology
to be used 'wisely and appropriately'.
Previous
comments on nanotechnology
by the heir to the UK throne
led newspapers to report
that he feared that the
world could be overrun by
so called 'grey goo'. In
his latest intervention
however, published on 11
July in the UK's Independent
on Sunday, Prince Charles
denied that he ever held
such fears.
'For
the record, I have never
used that expression and
I do not believe that self-replicating
robots, smaller than viruses,
will one day multiply uncontrollably
and devour our planet. Such
beliefs should be left where
they belong, in the realms
of science fiction,' states
the Prince....read
the wave
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| |
Nano
Debate: USA
Study
Shows Americans Encouraged
by Prospects of Nanotechnology
|
|
Despite
lacking concrete knowledge
about nanotechnology, most
Americans hold a generally
positive view of the emerging
science and believe the
technology’s potential benefits
outweigh its perceived risks.
At the same time, most Americans
do not trust business leaders
in the nanotechnology industry
to minimize potential risks
to humans.
Those are some of the key
findings of a study conducted
by North Carolina State
University researchers in
the first nationally representative
survey designed to gauge
the public’s perceptions
about nanotechnology. The
telephone survey polled
a random sample of 1,536
adults in the continental
United States in the spring
of 2004 and is part of a
larger research project
studying public perceptions
of nanotechnology that is
funded by a $135,000 grant
from the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
More than 80 percent of
those polled indicated they...read
the wave
|
| |
Future
Technology
Production
of high-fidelity entangled
photons exceeds 1 million
per second
|
|
CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — Like virtuosos tuning
their violins, researchers
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign have
tuned their instruments
and harmonized the production
of entangled photons, pushing
rates to more than 1 million
pairs per second.
The
brighter and purer entangled
states could assist researchers
in applications involving
quantum information processing
– such as quantum computation,
teleportation and cryptography
– and help scientists better
understand the mysterious
transition from quantum
mechanics to classical physics.
“Entangled
states are the quintessential
feature of quantum mechanics,”
said Paul Kwiat, a John
Bardeen Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
and Physics at Illinois.
“All the manifestations
of quantum mechanics in
the world around us arise
from the basic but bizarre
coupling that exists between
entangled particles.”...read
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Nano
Defence: USA
Emergency
Filtration Products
to Commence Nano-Enhanced
Filter Media Tests for
U.S. Air Force Under
the Direction of the
U.S. Army RDE Command
Testing
to Be Performed at Edgewood
Chemical Biological
Center in August 2004
|
|
HENDERSON,
Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-
Emergency
Filtration Products Inc.
(EFP) (OTCBB: EMFP) announces
that it will commence testing
its licensed nanotechnology-enhanced
2H filter media in conjunction
with the U.S. Air Force
in mid-August 2004. This
proprietary enhancement
encompasses the integration
of filter media with various
types of nanotechnology
solutions for the detection
of, and protection from,
biological, chemical, radiological
and explosive agents.
The U.S. Air Force tests,
which are expected to validate
some
...read
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Nano
Products: USA
BioTrove,
Inc. Licenses Genomics
Application from Stanford
University for Nanotiter
Plates
Additional
patent issued for cell-based
assays strengthens
BioTrove's intellectual
property portfolio
|
|
WOBURN,
Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire/
-- BioTrove, Inc. announced
today that the Company has
acquired an exclusive license
from Stanford University
for patent applications
that cover the use of a
through-hole structured
microarray to perform PCR.
Separately, BioTrove has
been issued a patent on
a novel method using the
Company's proprietary OpenArray(TM)
platform for high-density
cell assay and culture.
BioTrove is commercializing
its OpenArray(TM) platform,
a nanofluidic system for
massively parallel analysis
using Thru- Hole(TM) technology,
for use by life science
researchers.
"The Stanford patent
applications and the cell
maintenance patent are important
parts of our large and growing
patent portfolio around
BioTrove's Thru-Hole(TM)
technology," remarked
Robert Hess, Director of
Licensing and Intellectual
Property at BioTrove. "We
identified these...read
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Nano
Electronics : UK
Using
Carbon Nanotubes For
Quantum Computing
|
|
The
computing community for
many years has longed to
be able to to carry out
high speed calculations
using a genuine Quantum
Computer because it would
facilitate the practical
factorisation of very large
numbers and the searching
of unordered lists and databases.
The rapid breaking of secure
codes based on prime numbers
would have a lot of practical
applications particularly
in the banking and military
field and would necessitate
the development of new cryptographic
and security methods to
protect valuable data.
Academics working in the
Department of Material Science
at the University of Oxford
have successfully developed
a design protocol for inserting
filled molecules of Buckminsterfullerene
(“Buckyballs”) into carbon,
and other types of nanotube.
...read
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Nano
Electronics : USA
USC
scientist invents technique
to grow superconducting
and magnetic 'nanocables'
'we
can supply a group of
previously unavailable
materials
to the nanotechnology
community,'
|
|
A
University of Southern California
engineer has discovered
a way to manufacture composite
"nanocables" from
a potent new class of substances
with extraordinary properties
called Transition Metal
Oxides (TMOs).
Chongwu Zhou, an assistant
professor in the USC Viterbi
School of Engineering's
Department of Electrical
Engineering, is creating
dense arrays of ultrafine
wires made of magnesium
oxide (MgO), each coated
with uniform, precisely
controlled layers of TMO.
In the last decade, TMOs
have come under intense
investigation because they
demonstrate a wide range
of potentially highly useful
properties including high-temperature
superconductivity. Because
of the great potential for
applications and research,
investigators have tried
for years to create TMO
nanowires, but have so far
had limited success....read
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Nano
Electronics : USA
BAE
Systems and Nantero,
Inc. Announce Joint
Evaluation of Carbon
Nanotube-based Electronics
|
|
WOBURN,
Mass.PRNewswire/ -- Nantero,
Inc. and BAE Systems have
announced a joint effort
to evaluate the potential
to develop carbon nanotube-based
electronic devices for use
in advanced defense and
aerospace systems. The project
will involve research and
development of a variety
of next-generation electronic
devices that can be built
leveraging the unique properties
of carbon nanotubes and
using Nantero's proprietary
methods and processes for
the design and manufacture
of nanotube-based electronics.
Nantero's proprietary processes
for the use of carbon nanotubes
are
CMOS-compatible, allowing
the development to be carried
out in BAE Systems Manassas'
newly modernized production
semiconductor fabrication
facilities....read
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headline
news 20 - 07 - 2004
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MEMS:
Advancements
in Micro Technology
Catapult MEMS-Based
Applications
|
|

PALO
ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--The
burgeoning interest in micro
technologies, partly triggered
by the rapid growth of nanotechnology,
is opening up a floodgate
of opportunities for developing
new, micro-electromechanical
systems (MEMS) based applications
and products.
"The hunt for the `next
big thing' is on,"
says Technical Insights
analyst Jagan Ramaswami.
"MEMS -- particularly
bio MEMS, RF MEMS and optical
MEMS -- are potential candidates
in the search for a `killer
application' by the research
community."
MEMS-based
applications have the potential
to rejuvenate the market
just as the Internet did
over the last two decades
of the previous millennium.
Additionally, the emergence
of nanotechnology could
encourage the innovation
of a gamut of new applications.
...read
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Nano
Products:
Mobile
devices to step beyond
batteries
|
|
The
low-battery bleep that ends
your cellphone conversation
in midsentence or sends
you scrambling with your
laptop for an outlet could
soon be history, thanks
to breakthroughs in fuel
cells and solar energy.
Mobile devices are growing
ever more power-hungry,
even as conventional battery
capacity hits its limits,
said Sara Bradford, a San
Antonio-based industry analyst
with the research company
Frost & Sullivan.
One
solution to this problem
is a new breed of solar
cells with "the potential
to keep a battery charged
up so that the consumer
may not ever have to plug
it in," Bradford said.
Konarka
Technologies of Lowell,
Mass., has developed a dye-based
solar cell that can be printed
on rolls of plastic for
a fraction of the cost of
traditional solar cells...read
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Nano
Debate: USA
Green
Goo: The New Nano-Threat
|
|
First
it was "gray goo,"
the threat of self-replicating
machines populating the
planet. Now an environmental
think tank is raising the
specter of "green goo,"
where biology is used to
create new materials and
new artificial life forms.
In
its report, published on
July 8, the Action Group
on Erosion, Technology and
Concentration, or ETC, said
that the risks from green
goo demand the most urgent
foresight and caution. "With
nanobiotech, researchers
have the power to create
completely new organisms
that have never existed
on Earth," said the
ETC release accompanying
its report. ...read
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Nano
Debate: USA
Much
Less is Much More in
the New Era of Nanoscience
|
|
TWise,
Va. -- Flexible, bright
minds will be needed to
cope with the greatest scientific
challenges of our time ---
nanoscience --- as it moves
from science-fiction to
the university laboratories
to modern industry, it is
estimated that 2 million
workers trained in nanotechnology
and nanoscience will be
needed in the next 10 to
15 years!
The
making of objects and structures
about a millionth of a millimeter
in size is going to be much,
much more in demand in the
next decade says Mihail
"Mike" Roco, senior
adviser for nanotechnology
at the National Science
Foundation (NSF). The potential
shortage of human resources
skilled in the new science
may slow some of the greatest
innovations of our time.
...read
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Nano
Research:
Silicon-based photodetector
is sensitive to ultraviolet
light
|
|
CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — By depositing thin
films of silicon nanoparticles
on silicon substrates, researchers
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign have
fabricated a photodetector
sensitive to ultraviolet
light. Silicon-based ultraviolet
sensors could prove very
handy in military, security
and commercial applications.
"Silicon
is the most common semiconductor,
but it has not been useful
for detecting ultraviolet
light until now," said
Munir Nayfeh, a professor
of physics at Illinois and
a researcher at the Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science
and Technology. "Ultraviolet
light is usually absorbed
by silicon and converted
into heat, but we found
a way to make silicon devices
that absorb ultraviolet
light and produce electrical
current instead."...read
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Nano
Biz: USA
Contracts
for Nanomaterials and
Clean Technologies Awarded
|
|
USANEWSWIRE:
To help create new commercial
processes that benefit the
environment, EPA has awarded
$900,000 to four companies
for development and commercialization
of nanomaterials and environmentally
clean technologies through
the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) program.
Nanotechnology, referring
to material and device fabrication
on an atomic or molecular
scale, has great potential
for both environmental contaminant
removal and creating clean
manufacturing processes
that use less hazardous
chemicals. ...read
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headline
news 19 - 07 - 2004
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Nano
Research: USA
Nanoparticles,
super-absorbent gel
clean
radioactivity from porous
structures
|

ARGONNE,
Ill. – Porous structures,
such as brick and concrete,
are notoriously hard to
clean when contaminated
with certain types of radioactive
materials. Now, thanks to
researchers in Argonne 's
Chemical Engineering Division,
a new technique is being
developed that can effectively
decontaminate these structures
in the event of exposure
to radioactive elements.
Researchers are using engineered
nanoparticles and a super-absorbent
gel to design a clean-up
system for buildings and
monuments exposed to radioactive
materials. Having this system
available will allow the
nation to be more prepared
in case of a terrorist attack
with a “dirty bomb” or other
radioactive dispersal device....read
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| Nano
Products : Global
|
With
basic research under way
for 20-plus years, nanotechnologies
are gaining in commercial
introductions. In the short
term, nanoparticles will
be introduced into many
existing materials, making
them stronger or changing
their conductive properties.
Significantly stronger polymers
will make plastics more
widely used to reinforce
materials and replace metals,
even in the semi-conductor
area.
One
of the most innovative new
products is one that enhances
biological imaging for medical
diagnostics and drug discovery.
Quantum dots are semi-conducting
nanocrystals that, when
illuminated with ultraviolet
light, emit a vast spectrum
of bright colors that can
be used to identify and
locate cells and other biological
activities. These crystals
offer optical detection
up to a thousand times brighter
than conventional dyes used
in many biological tests,
such as MRIs, and render
significantly more information.
The
latest display technology
for laptops, cell phones,
digital cameras and other
uses are made of ...read
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Nano
Medicine: USA
Molecular
motor shuttles key protein
in response to light
|
|
In
experiments with fruit flies,
Johns Hopkins researchers
have discovered how a key
light-detecting molecule
in the eye moves in response
to changes in light intensity.
Their finding adds to growing
evidence that some creatures
-- and probably people --
adapt to light not only
by mechanically shrinking
the pupil to physically
limit how much light enters
the eye, but also by a chemical
response.
Building on their previous
work showing that specific
proteins in eye cells are
redistributed in response
to bright light, the Johns
Hopkins team now reports
how a key protein called
arrestin is shuttled from
a "holding area"
where it binds and calms
a light-detecting protein.
Writing in the July 7 issue
of Neuron, the team says
arrestin is moved around
by a tiny molecular motor,
called myosin, which travels
along the "train tracks"
of the cell's internal skeleton.
...read
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Nano
Research: USA
A
safer way to make metal
nanospheres
|
|
Tiny
surface defects that form
during processing can reduce
the quality and yield of
semiconductor devices, magnetic
storage media and other
products. Inspection tools
that locate, identify and
characterize surface defects
based upon how they reflect
or scatter light need to
be calibrated with accurate
particle size standards
in order to work properly.
Making metallic standards
for such calibrations is
typically a hazardous process,
but researchers at the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) and the
University of Maryland have
invented a safer method
and apparatus for producing
these standards. ...read
the wave
|
| |
|
|
| |
Tools
of the Trade:
USA
Molecular
Imaging Receives Prestigious
R&D 100 Award for
Technical Innovation
|
|
Tempe,
AZ, – Molecular Imaging
is an R&D 100 Awards
winner for its new PicoTREC.
The awards are sponsored
by R&D Magazine and
recognize the top 100 products
introduced into the marketplace
during the year. PicoTREC
is the only commercially
available instrument to
add real-time, simultaneous
Topography and RECognition
imaging capability to the
atomic force microscope
(AFM). A breakthrough tool
for AFM, PicoTREC allows
researchers to pursue new
avenues of discovery in
all areas of nanotechnology
and nanoscience.
"We
are honored to be the recipient
of the R&D 100 Awards
and to be ranked among the
world's top technology innovators,"
said Vance Nau, President
and CEO. “This award is
an acknowledgement of Molecular
Imaging’s commitment to
creating innovative new
products and techniques
for our customers that will
enable new application areas
for AFM in academic and
industrial research....read
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|
|
| |
MEMS:
USA
New
standards to improve
measurements of microdevices.
|
|
Researchers
at the National Institute
of Standards and Technology
(NIST), along with their
colleagues at several companies,
are completing experiments
that validate new standards
aimed at improving emerging
new microelectromechanical
systems, or MEMS, devices.
Microaccelerometers, the
devices used to activate
automotive airbags, are
MEMS devices. In the future,
microscopic MEMs devices
made with gears and motors
may, for example, be developed
to clear blockages in arteries.
NIST scientists presented
their findings at the semiconductor
industry's annual SEMICON
West trade show, held July
12-16, 2004, in San Francisco.
Working with ASTM International,
NIST has developed three
new standards aimed at helping
researchers measure more
accurately several...read
the wave
|
| |
Tools
of the Trade:
USA
Method
tests strength of advanced
thin films
|
The
challenge of determining
whether thin films---some
no thicker than a single
molecule---are strong enough
for a growing number of
important technology jobs
just got easier and quicker
thanks to an inexpensive
testing method reported
in the upcoming issue of
Nature Materials by a team
led by researchers at the
Commerce Department's National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
Useful for evaluating all
types and combinations of
materials, the new method
measures and analyzes the
strength and stiffness of
a thin-film sample in about
2 seconds, as compared with
several minutes for indentation
and other conventional approaches.
In addition, the NIST-developed
technique accommodates high-throughput
testing, so that hundreds
or even a few thousand systematically
varying samples can be tested
in rapid succession.
...read
the wave
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|
|
|
weekend
news 17-18 - 07 - 2004
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links may require registration
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Nano
Research : USA
Mystery
of nanoparticles concealed
in the blink of an eye
|
|

Scientists
at the University of Chicago
have discovered a better
way to measure a confounding
property of microscopic
high-tech particles called
quantum dots.
Quantum dots, also called
nanocrystals, emit light
in a rainbow of colors and
are used in lasers, biological
studies and other applications,
but their tendency to blink
hinders their technological
value. Imagine the annoyance
caused by a randomly flickering
light bulb.
"A quantum dot might
blink for just a millionth
of a second or it might
blink for 15 minutes,"
said Matthew Pelton, a Research
Associate at the University
of Chicago's James Franck
Institute. "This is
one of the problems we have
to solve if we want to engineer
the properties of materials,
particularly semiconductor
materials, on the nanoscale."
Pelton has found a way to
measure the blinking that
is simpler and faster than...read
the wave
|
| |
Nano
Debate: EU
Renewed
calls for assessment
of nanotechnology risks
|
|
CORDIS
News Service: Nanotechnology
and its possible risks have
become the focus of attention
once more, following the
publication of a newspaper
article by the Prince of
Wales calling for the technology
to be used 'wisely and appropriately'.
Previous
comments on nanotechnology
by the heir to the UK throne
led newspapers to report
that he feared that the
world could be overrun by
so called 'grey goo'. In
his latest intervention
however, published on 11
July in the UK's Independent
on Sunday, Prince Charles
denied that he ever held
such fears.
'For
the record, I have never
used that expression and
I do not believe that self-replicating
robots, smaller than viruses,
will one day multiply uncontrollably
and devour our planet. Such
beliefs should be left where
they belong, in the realms
of science fiction,' states
the Prince....read
the wave
|
| |
Nano
Debate: USA
Study
Shows Americans Encouraged
by Prospects of Nanotechnology
|
|
Despite
lacking concrete knowledge
about nanotechnology, most
Americans hold a generally
positive view of the emerging
science and believe the
technology’s potential benefits
outweigh its perceived risks.
At the same time, most Americans
do not trust business leaders
in the nanotechnology industry
to minimize potential risks
to humans.
Those are some of the key
findings of a study conducted
by North Carolina State
University researchers in
the first nationally representative
survey designed to gauge
the public’s perceptions
about nanotechnology. The
telephone survey polled
a random sample of 1,536
adults in the continental
United States in the spring
of 2004 and is part of a
larger research project
studying public perceptions
of nanotechnology that is
funded by a $135,000 grant
from the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
More than 80 percent of
those polled indicated they...read
the wave
|
Future
Technology
Production
of high-fidelity entangled
photons exceeds 1 million
per second
|
|
CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — Like virtuosos tuning
their violins, researchers
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign have
tuned their instruments
and harmonized the production
of entangled photons, pushing
rates to more than 1 million
pairs per second.
The
brighter and purer entangled
states could assist researchers
in applications involving
quantum information processing
– such as quantum computation,
teleportation and cryptography
– and help scientists better
understand the mysterious
transition from quantum
mechanics to classical physics.
“Entangled
states are the quintessential
feature of quantum mechanics,”
said Paul Kwiat, a John
Bardeen Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
and Physics at Illinois.
“All the manifestations
of quantum mechanics in
the world around us arise
from the basic but bizarre
coupling that exists between
entangled particles.”...read
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Nano
Defence: USA
Emergency
Filtration Products
to Commence Nano-Enhanced
Filter Media Tests for
U.S. Air Force Under
the Direction of the
U.S. Army RDE Command
Testing
to Be Performed at Edgewood
Chemical Biological
Center in August 2004
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HENDERSON,
Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-
Emergency
Filtration Products Inc.
(EFP) (OTCBB: EMFP) announces
that it will commence testing
its licensed nanotechnology-enhanced
2H filter media in conjunction
with the U.S. Air Force
in mid-August 2004. This
proprietary enhancement
encompasses the integration
of filter media with various
types of nanotechnology
solutions for the detection
of, and protection from,
biological, chemical, radiological
and explosive agents.
The U.S. Air Force tests,
which are expected to validate
some
...read
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Nano
Education: USA
New
USA textbook introduces
students to the foundations,
applications of nanotechnology
Written
for students across
many disciplines
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Blacksburg,
Va. -- Scientists and engineers
worldwide are taking control
of matter at its smallest
scale, individual atoms,
to create new materials
and devices that are making
electronics smaller and
promise a future with highly
efficient flexible solar
cells and molecular machinery
to augment human systems.
This new field of science,
called nanotechnology, has
unfolded so quickly that
the recent university courses
in nanotechnology have had
to depend upon compendiums
of journal articles as their
textbooks or books geared
to majors in a specific
field.
Now, however, three scientists
have pulled together some
60 active researchers across
many disciplines to write
a broad-based textbook specifically
for students....read
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Nano
Products: USA
BioTrove,
Inc. Licenses Genomics
Application from Stanford
University for Nanotiter
Plates
Additional
patent issued for cell-based
assays strengthens
BioTrove's intellectual
property portfolio
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WOBURN,
Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire/
-- BioTrove, Inc. announced
today that the Company has
acquired an exclusive license
from Stanford University
for patent applications
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