Toray Industries, Inc. have announced that it has succeeded in developing a “nano-scale processing technology” that allows the formation of molecular arrangement and molecular assembly necessary to bring out further advanced functionalities in textile processing than the existing nano processing.

This “nano-scale processing technology” is the technology named “NanoMATRIX” which forms the functional material coating consisting of nano-scale molecular assembly on each of the monofilament that forms the fabric (woven/knitted fabric.)
The application of this technology is expected to lead to development of new functionalities, creation of complex functionalities, remarkable improvements in the existing functions (quality, durability etc) and expansion of usage in materials/application without losing the fabric’s texture.
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Breakthrough Ferroelectric Spintronics | Michael E. Thomas

Breakthrough Ferroelectric Spintronics

by Michael E. Thomas

CEO/President/Chairman of
Colossal Storage Corporation
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UPTON, NY -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered another possible clue to the causes of high-temperature superconductivity, a phenomenon in which the electrical resistance of a material disappears below a certain temperature. In a superconducting compound, they found evidence of a rarely seen arrangement of "holes" -- locations where electrons are absent...read the wave

going dutch... | with Prof.dr.ir. Ruud Smits

Reactie op “Voorstellen
Sleutelgebieden-aanpak” van het Innovatieplatform

Innovatieplatform laat kennis en ervaringen links liggen
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3DM, Inc., a Cambridge-based developer of synthetic biomaterials, has raised $1.7 million in a first round of venture capital from Technology Directors, Inc., and other investors. The funding will accelerate 3DM's clinical development of its lead product, PuraMatrix(TM) synthetic peptide hydrogels for use in orthopedic applications ranging from bone fill, to spinal fusion, to implant coatings, to drug delivery. The Company has successfully completed pre-clinical safety and efficacy testing of PuraMatrix in animal studies and plans to submit its bone fill indication to the FDA early in 2005. Human clinical trials for other orthopedic applications will occur later in 2005...read the wave

When ultraviolet light hits a certain type of colorless crystal that looks like rock sugar, the crystal immediately turns red like a ruby. Some of these crystals turn blue, yellow or other colors. However, they instantly become colorless again when they are exposed to visible light.

These mysterious crystals are diarylethenes...read the wave

Sterling, VA: Sterling, Virginia: NanoMarkets, a leading advanced technology analyst firm based here, has released a new market analysis report that forecasts the market for nano-enabled electronics will reach $10.8 billion ($US) in 2007 and grow to $82.5 billion in 2011. The report, "Emerging Nanoelectronics Markets, The Next Opportunity for the Semiconductor and Advanced Materials Industries" . identifies present and future opportunities for semiconductor, materials and manufacturing equipment companies targeting the budding nanoelectronics industry...read the wave

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Group runs 12 research laboratories nationwide. Among them, NTT Communications Science Laboratories and NTT Basic Research Laboratories are engaged in conducting basic research. NTT Basic Research Laboratories was headed by Dr. Ishihara until June 2003. NTT Basic Research Laboratories has been conducting basic research to generate breakthroughs under its basic research policy, "From NT (Nanotechnology) to QIT (Quantum Information Technology)," making use of new knowledge and discoveries in device physics, quantum solid-state physics and functional materials science...read the wave

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) expects its 90nm process will more than double its revenue contribution in a slowing fourth quarter.

Sales for 90nm processes will exceed 5% of UMC’s revenues for the fourth quarter, compared to 2% in the third quarter, said company CEO Jackson Hu during an October 27 investor conference.

UMC is currently producing 15 products at its 90nm node, including FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), baseband ICs and high-speed SRAM, as well as other types of chips used in consumer electronic devices, Hu commented...read the wave

What's happened to the godfather of nanotechnology, K. Eric Drexler?

"[T]here have always been scientists who considered Drexler part of the lunatic fringe. Six months before the NanoSummit [held in June 2004 in Washington, DC], his critics landed what may be a decisive one-two punch. On December 1, the technical journal Chemical and Engineering News published a series of letters between Drexler and Smalley in which the Nobelist made his position clear: Molecular assembly is impossible...read the wave

As chipmakers look beyond silicon for the Next Big Thing, single-wall carbon nanotubes seem like a good bet. Never heard of them? Well here's a brief introduction to what may just be the most multitalented natural structures in existence -- and some of the most cantankerous.

Measuring between one and five nanometers in diameter -- that's roughly 1/50,000 the width of a hair -- they're nearly 100 times stronger, one-sixth as heavy, and 20% more flexible than steel. They far exceed copper's heat-retaining capacity, accounting for almost no thermal leakage, and they can carry an electrical charge at twice the speed of circuits embedded in silicon...read the wave

Alameda, CA and Brussels, Belgium – October 28, 2004 – The European Nanobusiness Association (ENA), an industrial and trade organisation founded to promote the professional development of the emerging business of nanotechnology at the European level, announced today the launch of a Career Center that focuses on European jobs in nanotechnology. The job center will be hosted by tinytechjobs and can be found at: http://www.nanoeurope.org.

Tim Harper, Executive Director of the ENA explained "until now there has been no single career resource specifically focused on European nanotechnology. The partnership with tinytechjobs allows both job seekers and employers to specifically, and uniquely, target Europe."

Pamela Bailey, President of tinytechjobs says, "the ENA Career Center will provide global visibility for European nanotechnology jobs in industry, government, and academia."

Employers may post jobs for positions located in Europe at no charge until the end of 2004. Job seekers can register to apply for jobs, submit their CVs to be reviewed by potential employers, or set up job agents to be notified of new postings as they occur. All job seeker services are free.

About tinytechjobs

tinytechjobs is a unique career web site focused on jobs in nanotechnology, microtechnology, biotechnology, and information technology. The site also contains many resources, including education and research information and links, a database of company information, a calendar of industry events, and links to journals, associations, and societies. For more information, visit http://www.tinytechjobs.com or contact info@tinytechjobs.com.

About ENA

Founded in 2002, the European NanoBusiness Association is a Brussels based non profit organization dedicated to promoting a strong and competitive European nanotechnology based industry. Established by leading players in European nanotechnology, the European NanoBusiness Association provides a forum to link, inform and enable European nanotechnology companies, from start-ups to multi-nationals.

A new effort by industry leaders and others to engender public trust in nanotechnology, the young science of making invisibly small materials, has run into difficulties on the eve of its first meeting after environmental and citizen groups declined to join for now because of doubts the initiative will serve the public interest.

None of the three invited representatives of environmental groups has agreed to join the newly created International Council on Nanotechnology at its inaugural meeting in Houston today...read the wave

In its report, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) identified approximately 2,000 people in the UK currently working in universities, research centres and new nanotechnology companies who could potentially be exposed to nanoparticles in some form.
But while 500 workers are considered to be potentially exposed to nanoparticles through existing ultrafine manufacturing processes, mostly the manufacture of carbon black, around 100,000 individuals may be exposed to fine powders through various powder handling processes...read the wave

Scientists in Singapore have invented a contact lens capable of releasing precise amounts of medication to treat glaucoma and other eye diseases, the developers said on Thursday.

The government-backed Institute of Bio-engineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is now looking for partners to commercialise the product, which also minimises the harmful seepage of drugs to other body organs...read the wave

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Chernogolovka, Russia have discovered the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, which reveals the existence of a new class of materials and may lead to computers made from a single molecule. The research is to be published in Science on 22 October.

The team led by Professor Andre Geim at The University of Manchester, has succeeded in extracting individual planes of carbon atoms from graphite crystals, which has resulted in the production of the thinnest possible fabric - graphene. The resulting atomic sheet is stable, highly flexible and strong and remarkably conductive. The nanofabric belongs to the family of fullerene molecules, which were discovered during the last two decades, but is the first two-dimensional fullerene...read the wave

The Quest for Immortality | By Gina " nanogirl " Miller

The Quest for Immortality

"The concept of being resurrected from the dead is not a new one "

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Nanotechnology specialist QuantumSphere has developed technology that eventually could help heat homes--or blow them up.

The San Diego, Calif.-based start-up has created a manufacturing process for producing small, stable metallic particles that consist of only a few atoms. By reducing the number of atoms per particle, manufacturers can better exploit the inherent properties of these elements in chemical reactions.

With aluminum, that means more powerful explosions. Munitions makers will likely be able to create aerial bombs that are smaller and lighter, but more powerful than current weapons. A rocket with nanoaluminum-enhanced fuel will...read the wave

The Prince of Wales should answer to a Commons select committee, a senior Labour MP said tonight.

Charles’s controversial views on nanotechnology would be among the subjects raised by MPs, Dr Ian Gibson said.

The Prince’s stand against genetically modified foods could also be explored, suggested Dr Gibson, chair of the science and technology committee...read the wave

going dutch... | with Prof.dr.ir. Ruud Smits

Department of Innovation Studies Utrecht University,
The Netherlands

coming soon...

DOCTORS have used an injectable radioactive chip to destroy malignant cells and prolong the lives of inoperable liver cancer patients, a Singapore hospital spokeswoman said yesterday.

Trials at Singapore General Hospital showed the chip - called BrachySil - was capable of killing malignant cells within a 1.5cm radius, she said...read the wave

Menlo Park-based SRI International, an independent research and development organization, says it's received a four-year, $925,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to help high school students visualize the principles of nanoscience and nanotechnology -- the physical, chemical, and biological behavior of particles on a nanoscopic scale. A human hair is between 60,000 and 120,000 nanometers wide, and red blood cells are between 2,000 and 5,000 nanometers across...read the wave

Virginia Commonwealth University physicists, working with one of the most precious materials on Earth – gold -- and with one of the most common – sand -- have created a so-called “nano-bullet” that targets tumors and may help scientists develop non-invasive cancer treatments.

The scientists found that when gold particles are reduced to a few nano-meters -- just billionths of a meter -- they become highly reactive and readily bind to silica clusters, allowing the cluster to absorb infrared light and create enough heat to potentially kill cancer tumors. Silica is the main element in sand...read the wave

Painful and damaging chemotherapy may one day be a thing of the past. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have developed nano-sized particles that can target and trick cancer cells into absorbing them. Once inside, the particles may soon be able to deliver a pharmaceutical payload, killing the tumor from within, avoiding the destruction of healthy cells responsible for much of the damage caused by traditional chemotherapy...read the wave

For 50 years, the United States has maintained its economic edge by being better and faster than any other country at inventing and exploiting new technologies. Today, however, its dominance is starting to slip, as Asian countries pour resources into R&D and challenge America's traditional role in the global economy...read the wave

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Insert Therapeutics, Inc., (Insert) a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ARWR) & (Nasdaq:ARWRW), have announced that Insert is planning with City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center a broad-based Phase I clinical trial for Insert's lead drug candidate, a combination of its patented polymer technology, Cyclosert(TM), and the anti-cancer compound camptothecin. Insert's ultimate goal is to obtain regulatory approval to market a chemotherapeutic agent with dramatically enhanced therapeutic effectiveness...read the wave

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ener1, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ENEI - News) and Delphi Corp. (NYSE: DPH - News) have completed a transaction to combine their lithium battery operations into a new company. Ener1 and Delphi expect the new company to benefit from their complementary technical resources, intellectual property and manufacturing assets. The new company will pursue opportunities for high-energy, long-life lithium batteries in diverse markets including power tools, automotive, uninterrupted power supply, medical devices, personal mobility and military applications...read the wave

UPTON, NY - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have discovered that a short, organic chain molecule with dimensions on the order of a nanometer (a billionth of a meter) conducts electrons in a surprising way: It regulates the electrons’ speed erratically, without a predictable dependence on the length of the wire. This information may help scientists learn how to use nanowires to create components for a new class of tiny electronic circuits

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The Quest for Immortality | By Gina " nanogirl " Miller

The Quest for Immortality

"The concept of being resurrected from the dead is not a new one "

...read the wave

(Boston) — By introducing just the right biocompatible molecules to one another, a research team led by Mark Grinstaff, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and of chemistry at Boston University, has produced an elastic, transparent gel that sets so fast and adheres so surely to the eye’s surface that it could soon become the first and best choice for sealing corneal incisions.

The substance, known as a hydrogel, promises to be a useful tool in the kit used for the most common of ophthalmic surgeries: cataract removal. Currently, 11 million such surgeries are performed worldwide annually, a figure expected to increase as the world’s population grows older...read the wave

The European Patent Institute (epi), the Future Technologies Division of the German Association of Engineers (VDI-TZ), the Licensing Executives Society (L.E.S.) and the European Patent Office (EPO) will jointly organise an International Symposium with the aim to inform about the possibilities of the European Patent System in protecting related IP and to share views on technical and ethical implications pertaining to Nanotechnology. On the occasion of this public event, European patent professionals will meet with leading European Nanotechnology experts.

The speakers involve a nobel prize winner, outstanding experts from industry and science, representatives from the poltical administration, from patent offices and from attorney bureaus.

The content of this symposium will cover

The European Patent Office facing the challenge of an emerging technology

Scientific roots to Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology for information processing, materials & surface science

Nanobiotechnology/ Medicine / Pharmacy

Nanotechnology for interacting, sensing and actuating, tools

Worldwide patent documentation and classification in Nanotechnology

Governmental and institutional support for innovations in Nanotechnology

Strategic development of Nanotechnology inventions

A registration fee of 200 Euros will be levied. It covers conference material and catering during the symposium....read the wave

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have reported the first demonstration of integrated optical waveguides with liquid cores, a technology that enables light propagation through small volumes of liquids on a chip. The new technology has a wide range of potential applications, including chemical and biological sensors with single-molecule sensitivity.

"It is an enabling technology that opens up a wide range of fields to the use of optics on integrated semiconductors to do experiments or build devices," said Holger Schmidt, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at UC Santa Cruz...read the wave

going dutch... | with Prof.dr.ir. Ruud Smits

Department of Innovation Studies Utrecht University,
The Netherlands

coming very very soon...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In the recent science-fiction thriller "Minority Report," Tom Cruise plays a detective who solves future crimes by being immersed in a "data cave," where he rapidly accesses all the relevant information about the identity, location and associates of the potential victim.

A team at Purdue University currently is developing a similar "data-rich" environment for scientific discovery that uses high-performance computing and artificial intelligence software to display information and interact with researchers in the language of their specific disciplines...read the wave

What Peter Benchley did for the "buy a shark, they make good pets" industry, Michael Crichton has done for the science of nanotechnology.

In his book Prey, he describes the catastrophic potential of nano-gone-haywire where self-assembled nanobots...read the wave

With the new fabric, the team can create devices that marry the ease of fabrication, length and flexibility associated with optical fibers with the many integrated functions associated with semiconductor devices.

"These novel fiber structures offer a unique possibility for constructing an optoelectronic functional fabric because the fibers are both...read the wave

Close to 150 global giants such as IBM, Texas Instruments, Google, General Electric, DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai have opened R&D centers in India. Oracle's R&D center there is its largest outside the United States.

Imagine this: Soon DaimlerChrysler's next car is designed out of a non-descript design center tucked away in a small Indian town called Pune. And, for all you know, so could be Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next cutting-edge home entertainment system, or, even Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) smallest microchip...read the wave

Nanotechnology promises medical care tailored explicitly and exactly to the individual, says the physicist and entrepreneur Michael Roukes

Michael Roukes isn't a biologist, but he sure sounds like one. Roukes is a physicist at the California Institute of Technology whose initial claim to fame -- at least in the esoteric world of nanotechnology -- was his work building molecule-sized machines. He began to recognize the tantalizing promise that these ultratiny devices have as biological sensors...read the wave

As part of the USPTO’s continuing efforts to improve the ability to search and examine nanotechnology-related patents, the agency has established a new cross-reference digest for nanotechnology designated Class 977/Dig.1, entitled Nanotechnology.

Establishing this nanotechnology cross-reference digest is the first step in a multi-phase nanotechnology classification project...read the wave

(CHICAGO, Illinois - October 19, 2004) NanoInk announces availability of a Nano-R Upgrade to an NSCRIPTOR System. This product upgrade transforms Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc’s Nano-R system from an atomic force microscope (AFM) to a complete NSCRIPTOR system, a high-performance patterning tool for use with the Dip Pen Nanolithography™ (DPN™) process. DPN is the process of writing nanoscale patterns of molecular “ink” onto a sample substrate via a coated SPM tip...read the wave

SAN JOSE, Calif. — NanoDynamics Inc. on Monday (Oct. 18) said that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Nano Cluster Devices Ltd. (NCD) of New Zealand to propel the development of what the companies call nanowire deposition technology.

Nanotechnology materials supplier NanoDynamics (Buffalo, N.Y.) will work to commercialize NCD's technology process for self-assembly of nanowires in production of semiconductors and electronic components. NanoDynamics will be responsible for sales and application development. NCD (Christchurch, New Zealand) will be responsible for the further advancement of the technology platform...read the wave

If you are baffled by nanotechnology, or want to disentangle science from science fiction, tomorrow’s Thailand Science-Tech 2004 promises to fill in all of the blanks.

At Thailand’s largest ever technology fair held by the Science and Technology Ministry, everything you ever wanted to know about scientific sub-branches like biotechnology, electronics, solar cell and robotic technology is just waiting to be discovered.
..read the wave

Imagine machines that self-assemble into whatever appliance you need by changing shape, and building material and complex mechanisms capable of performing whatever task you have programmed for them. This world of nanotechnology sounds right out of a science-fiction movie, doesn't it?

That perception has left reality behind is partly because of some highly imaginative thinking fueled by Dr. K. Eric Drexler, who in 1986 described a manufacturing system that would use tiny robots to join individual molecules into products. But in all fairness, a number of research institutes and companies have already taken the first steps toward that "sci-fi" world...read the wave

Irvine, Calif. -– UC Irvine have announced that scientists at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have synthesized the world's longest electrically conducting nanotubes. These 0.4 cm nanotubes are 10 times longer than previously created electrically conducting nanotubes. The breakthrough discovery may lead to the development of extremely strong, lightweight materials and ultradense nano-memory arrays for extremely powerful computers, ultralow-loss power transmission lines, and nano-biosensors for use in health care applications...read the wave

The Quest for Immortality | By Gina " nanogirl " Miller

The Quest for Immortality

"The concept of being resurrected from the dead is not a new one "

...read the wave

SAN JOSE, Calif. — NanoDynamics Inc. on Monday (Oct. 18) said that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Nano Cluster Devices Ltd. (NCD) of New Zealand to propel the development of what the companies call nanowire deposition technology.

Nanotechnology materials supplier NanoDynamics (Buffalo, N.Y.) will work to commercialize NCD's technology process for self-assembly of nanowires in production of semiconductors and electronic components. NanoDynamics will be responsible for sales and application development. NCD (Christchurch, New Zealand) will be responsible for the further advancement of the technology platform...read the wave

going dutch... | with Prof.dr.ir. Ruud Smits

Department of Innovation Studies Utrecht University,
The Netherlands

coming very very soon...

If you are baffled by nanotechnology, or want to disentangle science from science fiction, tomorrow’s Thailand Science-Tech 2004 promises to fill in all of the blanks.

At Thailand’s largest ever technology fair held by the Science and Technology Ministry, everything you ever wanted to know about scientific sub-branches like biotechnology, electronics, solar cell and robotic technology is just waiting to be discovered.
..read the wave

Imagine machines that self-assemble into whatever appliance you need by changing shape, and building material and complex mechanisms capable of performing whatever task you have programmed for them. This world of nanotechnology sounds right out of a science-fiction movie, doesn't it?

That perception has left reality behind is partly because of some highly imaginative thinking fueled by Dr. K. Eric Drexler, who in 1986 described a manufacturing system that would use tiny robots to join individual molecules into products. But in all fairness, a number of research institutes and companies have already taken the first steps toward that "sci-fi" world...read the wave

Ahmedabad, Oct 16 (UNI) India seems to be tottering, compared to the hyper speed at which the rest of the world is moving in development of Nano technology, which promises to offer cost-effective energy, remarked President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

''In the next five years, nanotechnology is expected to offer a business of about US D 200 billion. India is nowhere compared to the hyper speed at which the rest of the world is moving in Nano chemistry and engineering'', Dr Kalam said.

Dr Kalam said this while replying to a question from...read the wave

The speed and precision with which a CT scanner generates images, the increase in the efficiency of gas turbines, or lowering the fuel consumption of vehicles – these are examples of innovations in complex systems where new materials play a key role. “You can’t be an innovation driver for products and solutions unless you continuously develop your own expertise at this level and keep pace with international competitors,” stressed Prof. Dr. Claus Weyrich, a member of Siemens AG Corporate Executive Committee and Head of Corporate Technology in Munich. Materials research at Siemens targets highly concrete applications. “We’re focusing particularly on new polymers, ceramics and nanotechnology,” says Weyrich. The reason for this is the virtually unlimited potential for shaping the properties of these materials and for adapting them to different product requirements...read the wave

Building nanoscale devices is tricky because they straddle two worlds, the molecular and the bulk material.

Designing objects on the molecular scale requires mathematical models of the interactions of individual atoms, but even nanoscale devices typically contain thousands of atoms, and modeling that many atoms in detail is mathematically difficult and requires a lot of computing power...read the wave

Singapore -- The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has inked an agreement with Bussan Nanotech Research Institute (XNRI), wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Japan, to collaborate on a research & development project aimed at stabilizing optical signals in high speed optical networks.

IME and XNRI will jointly develop a device to compensate for chromatic dispersion in optical signals, which causes data distortion over long distances in high-speed telecommunication networks. In optical fibers, waveforms or light signals broaden over long distances, making the signals difficult to interpret by the receiver. Chromatic dispersion in particular poses a major challenge as the effects...read the wave

New York, NY, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- In the emerging, revolutionary field of nanotechnology -- science and engineering at the level of molecules -- venture capitalists play a key role. When Congress approved a bill allotting $3.7 billion over four years to nanotechnology research, it designated most of the money for universities and government agencies, not companies

"A lot of nanotech companies are stuck in this situation where they may well have promising technology, but in order to develop it further, it's vital to have private equity, since it's expensive to do this research and does take a long time," ...read the wave