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It was a small wedding. Very small. But big changes are coming from the marriage of medicine and nanotechnology, the new branch of science that deals with things a few millionths of an inch in size.

Think "tiny medicine," and you probably think "Fantastic Voyage," the 1966 movie (and Isaac Asimov book) about a minuscule medical crew submarining through a patient's circulatory system. In fact, some nanomedicine experts foresee a day when invisibly small robots will cruise through the body looking for signs of disease -- albeit without the added attraction of a neoprene-clad Raquel Welch...read the wave

 

(PRWEB) Specifically created for modern mobile phones with color display, camera, internet access, Bluetooth, games and enhanced multimedia functionalities, which require high energy, BatMax answers the battery life demands of the actual handsets and future 3G mobile phones market with high-speed data rate and video communication.

Old and new rechargeable batteries can benefit from BatMax and the product is compatible with all mobile phones.

BatMax is based on the IonXR, a new exclusively developed nanoceramic material...read the wave

 

The government has decided to evaluate the safety of materials produced using nanotechnology, a production method expected to become a core industrial technology in this century.

Under the plan, the effect of nanotech materials on human health and the environment will be examined to establish safety standards and new legislation dealing with the new materials, government sources said.

It is the first time for the government to examine the social influence of a new technology before it goes into practical use.

The decision was made in light of lessons learned from past controversies over new technologies, such as...read the wave

 

BERKELEY – University of California, Berkeley, physicists can now tune in to and hear normally inaudible quantum vibrations, called quantum whistles, enabling them to build very sensitive detectors of rotation or very precise gyroscopes.

A quantum whistle is a peculiar characteristic of supercold condensed fluids, in this case superfluid helium-4, which vibrate when you try to push them through a tiny hole. Richard Packard, professor of physics at UC Berkeley, and graduate student Emile Hoskinson knew that many other researchers had failed to produce a quantum whistle by pushing helium-4 through a tiny aperture, which must be no bigger than a few tens of nanometers across - the size of the smallest viruses and about 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair...read the wave

 

Research offers new opportunities in the fields of renewable energy, pollution control and in the chemical industry.

On January 28th 2005 Science features a paper by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Haldor Topsøe A/S. The paper demonstrates that by applying the quantum theory you can calculate the performance of catalysts to be used in everything from cars to the future production of hydrogen.

So far the development of new catalysts have been based on very expensive experiments where you test a myriad of different substances. The research now published in Science forms a whole new scientific basis for the understanding of catalytic processes, and consequently for the development of new technology.
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LOWELL, MASS.—Sukant Tripathy, a brilliant chem-ist at the University of Massachusetts, gave a keynote speech at an academic conference in Hawaii just weeks before he was to launch a company that would produce cheap solar power and that would, he believed, forever change the energy industry. Not long after the speech, he went for a swim in the ocean and tragically drowned. Yet the work he left behind is now the foundation for one of today's hottest solar-energy startups, thanks to an entrepreneur named Howard Berke, who decided to commercialize Tripathy's work in 2001, the year after he died. The new company, named in the chemist's honor, is called Konarka after a Hindu sun temple...read the wave

 

LONDON — Scottish Enterprise is to provide funding of £730,000 to assist in development work on advanced silicon chip technology being carried out at University of Glasgow.

The Ultrafast Group at the University of Glasgow’s Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department includes work by Professor Iain Thayne, an supported by a major semiconductor manufacturer, to develop Gallium Arsenide MOSFETs, as a potential additional technology platform to silicon...read the wave

 

New Patents Strengthen Company's Competitive Advantage in Several Multi-Billion-Dollar Healthcare Markets

Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: BIPH), a developer of next-generation biomedical technology, has announced the issuance of two new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that extend the Company's competitive edge in the marketplace for the rapidly emerging field of MRI safety and image compatibility for medical instruments and implanted devices. Michael Weiner, CEO of Biophan, made the announcement.

These newly-issued patents build on the base Biophan has already...read the wave

 

New investors include Siemens Venture Capital and Nanotech Partners (Mitsubishi's nanotechnology fund), with existing shareholders also putting in further funds.

Stuart Evans, ceo of Plastic Logic, said: "Following on from our recent announcements of progress in producing flexible displays and our joint development agreement with Siemens, we are delighted to close this first part of our next funding round...read the wave

 

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Magma Design Automation is about to leapfrog its competitors with the first IC design system aimed at 65 nanometers and below, according to Rajeev Madhavan, Magma CEO. At Magma's quarterly earnings conference call Thursday (Jan. 27), Madhavan offered a surprise preview of Cobra, an internal development effort that promises a number of technology breakthroughs.

Madhavan said that Cobra will include the first commercial statistical timing engine, the first "interconnect synthesis," a signoff-quality static timing engine, and a lightning-fast design rule checking (DRC) and layout-versus-schematic (LVS) tool. Cobra will give Magma as broad and full a product line as "traditional" EDA companies, Madhavan said...read the wave

 

Intertek ASG laboratory is the industrial partner in a joint research project with several of Europe's top academic nanotechnology research groups. The partnership has received approval for 2.3 million euros in funding from the EU Sixth Framework Programme, with Intertek ASG allocated 100,000 euros as part of the collaboration. Other partners include the University of Edinburgh (UK) and the Institute for Molecular Sciences in Amsterdam (NL).

The partnership represents not only several leading nanotech research groups, but provides a strong analytical network, useful for technology transfer from academia to industry. The nanoscience research project will begin in April, 2005. Interek ASG operates a laboratory offering nanoscale analytical testing...read the wave

 

100 years after Einstein’s landmark work on Brownian motion, physicists have discovered a new concept of temperature that could be the key to explaining how ice and snow particles flow during an avalanche, and could also lead to a better way of handling tablets in the pharmaceutical industry. This research is reported today in a special Einstein Year issue of the New Journal of Physics (www.njp.org) published jointly by the Institute of Physics and the German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft).

Everything from powdery snow to desert sands, from salt to corn flakes are granular materials. Physicists have known for many years that granular materials have many perplexing properties that make them behave at times like solids, liquids, and even gases. This new research reveals for the first time how to measure a concept called “granular temperature” – that could be the key to explaining how they behave.
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A simple, chemical way to attach electrical contacts to molecular-scale electronic components has been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The recently patented* method attaches a layer of copper on the ends of delicate molecular components to avoid damage to the components that commonly occurs with conventional techniques.

Molecular electronics--designing carbon-based molecules to act as...read the wave

 

Carbon nanotubes---a hot nanotechnology with many potential uses---may find one of its quickest applications in the next generation of standards for optical power measurements, which are essential for laser systems used in manufacturing, medicine, communications, lithography, space-based sensors and other technologies.

As described in a...read the wave

 

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVE Corporation (NASDAQ:NVEC) have announced that it has been awarded a contract for approximately $520,000 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop next-generation spin-dependent tunneling (SDT) junctions.

The two-year contract was awarded under DARPA's Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program, which funds cooperative projects between businesses and research institutions. Under the contract, NVE will optimize.
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TRONIC'S Microsystems, an innovative manufacturer of MEMS-based custom components for high value-added applications, today announced it has opened a North American office to address the need for high-performance, reliable MEMS devices using its proven and stable MEMS processes. TRONIC'S has retained MEMS industry veteran Ariel Cao to serve as its North American director of business development.

Establishing a U.S. presence is part of the TRONIC'S strategy to...read the wave

 

Speed professor Robert Cohn and a study team explore many ways to make near-atomic-sized nanotechnology devices. Cohn’s team recently found a novel way to make bridge-like structures of 50-nanometer polymer wires suspended on pillars (below).

Recent news about the possible development by other nations of nuclear and chemically armed ballistic missiles has put American missile defense back in the spotlight. To keep America’s missile defenses up to date, the U.S. Army is looking for help from nanotechnology researchers at the University of Louisville.

Nanotechnology refers to near-atomic-scale wires, tubes and other materials that have a wide range of...read the wave

 

LEUVEN, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research institute, has announced that Samsung Electronics Co. LTD., the world's leading information and communications technologies (ICT) company, has become the first long-term strategic partner within IMEC's M4 (Multi-Mode Multi-Media) research program, which focuses on the mobile terminal for the future ubiquitous network era. Under this agreement, Samsung and IMEC intend to develop key technologies for its future portable communication products.

Future generation mobile terminals will start to...read the wave

 

A Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) project has developed new generation prosthetics and artificial limbs that use controlling computer devices.

The MOL SWITCH project has built a single-molecule DNA sequencing device, together with a molecular magnetic switch, which combines a biological motor and a moving magnetic bead. By linking the biological and silicon microelectronics worlds, the partners in the project have been able to move artificial limbs by changing the mechanisms of interface between computers and humans.

'The MOL SWITCH Project is one of the most successful research projects.
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Tokyo (JCNN) - An industry-academia alliance initiated by Kyoto University, Pioneer (TSE: 6773), Mitsubishi Chemical (TSE: 4010), and Rohm (TSE: 6963)has developed two flexible display components: an organic light emitting transistor (OLET) and a flexible transparent substrate with a low thermal expansion coefficient.

The OLET has an electroluminescence (EL) light emitting function built into an organic transistor. An active-matrix display, comprised of the OLETs, requires a substantially fewer number of components than conventional organic EL displays, since it has both driver transistors and light emitting devices embedded. The latest OLET has a gate voltage control capability to control the amount of EL emission, just as conventional OLETs control drain current by gate voltage.

The substrate, called Bionano Fiber Composite, uses a transparent nano fiber less than 100nm in diameter for a filler to achieve a parallel light transmittance of more than 85%. It also has about 1/30 the thermal expansion coefficient of silicon crystal, equivalent to that of quartz glass, and yet has a coefficient of elasticity higher than glass and about the same as aramid fiber.

The alliance will work on the commercialization of the devices, aiming to applications including mobile device displays, e-books, and e-posters.

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At the III International Symposium on Advanced Therapy for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease, held in Madrid, the biotechnological company, Progenika, presented a DNA-chip the purpose of which is the optimisation of the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerous Colitis).

The project developing the biochip, known as the IBDChip, was carried out with.
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Check out this TV interview with Adriano Cavalcanti we received this week.
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UPTON, NY -- Those seeking to design more efficient catalysts for the production of hydrogen and the control of air pollutants might do well to take a closer look at how chemistry works in nature, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory say. Their theoretical investigations of a bacterial enzyme reveal a catalytic complex with higher predicted chemical reactivity than that of industrial catalysts currently in use...read the wave

 

The problem of the tribological behaviour of materials had focussed on either improving friction or prioritising less wear and tear. The target of FOREMOST project (“FOREMOST: fullerene-based opportunities for robust engineering: making optimised surfaces for tribology”) is to achieve both effects simultaneously and, tot his end, the project will be based on the use of inorganic fullerenes (molybdenum bisulphate and bisulphate of wolframite). These new alotropic states of these well-known solid lubricants have the property of forming spheres of a few nanometers in diameter and forming layers like onion skins which act as “nano ball bearings” between the surfaces in contact...read the wave

 

Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize materials, manufacturing, energy, security and healthcare. At the Research and Development Conference of MIT's Industrial Liaison Program last month, Professor Edwin L. Thomas, director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT, discussed the promises and challenges of nanotechnology.

"Nano is huge, with pervasive benefits for society, the economy and national security," said Thomas. In terms of its potential impact, "nano is on par with electricity, transistors, the Internet and antibiotics," he said...read the wave

 

AMHERST, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2005--Advances in nanotechnology that enable drugs to be delivered in ways that preserve their efficacy and to precise therapeutic targets are creating a host of opportunities for drug developers. A variety of nanostructures are being investigated as functional drug carriers for a wide range of therapies, most notably cardiovascular medicine, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.

"While the concept of nanoparticles in drug delivery is not new, the number of.
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India has missed out on major innovations in science but it's trying hard to ensure that it does not lag behind in the latest revolution.

A nano-science initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) that began in 2003 has now identified and equipped research units in the country. Eminent scientist and pioneer of the nanotechnology initiative in India, Prof CNR Rao, is determined to...read the wave

 

Every technology has its limits and Nano is no elixir — it can't turn lead into gold. That would require changing the structure of atoms. Nanotech can only build objects using atoms. The real utility of nano might lie in the new things we could create. How about a machine that eats hazardous waste?

Limits to Nanotechnology

Raw materials: Despite the fact theta we still have a wealth of mineral resources on Earth, the scale of building with nanotechnology could outstrip that supply. Scarcity of materials could be a limit on nano designs...read the wave

 

PUNE: India along with China and South Korea has emerged as a "front runner" among developing nations researching into nanotechnology which is being viewed as the "next transformative technology like the Internet or electricity."

Meridian Institute, a major US think tank that has worked closely with the White House on policy research, has cited the Satara-based Nimkar Agricultural Research Institute (Nari), Banaras Hindu University and the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation of India as agencies that have begun noteworthy initiatives in nanotechnology...read the wave

 

WYNNEWOOD, Pa./PRNewswire/ -- The Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) announced that in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) they have performed preclinical proof-of- principle studies showing how nanotechnology can be used to enhance gene therapy for cancer. The results of the study, led by Janet Sawicki, Ph.D. at LIMR and Robert Langer, Ph.D. and Daniel Anderson, Ph.D. at MIT, were reported as a cover article in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

This advance offers an alternative method of gene therapy that has advantages over...read the wave

 

The application of nanotechnology in the life sciences, while still in the very early research stage, is starting to yield real results.

Nanobiotech researchers have focused on four main areas where nanotechnology shows promise. The main application areas being explored are drug delivery, R&D analysis, clinical diagnosis, and pathogen detection.

Much of the work has been done in academic labs. But increasingly, clinical labs as well as biotech and pharmaceutical companies are also getting involved. For instance, just within the last few weeks there have been several notable announcements, including...read the wave

 

LONDON — IBM Corp. and Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing have signed an extension to an existing technology agreement, expanding their joint development efforts to 45-nanometer bulk CMOS process technology, the companies said Monday (Jan. 24).

The 45-nm alliance builds on a multi-year agreement that the two companies signed in November 2002 to develop 90-nm and 65-nm logic processes for 300-millimeter silicon wafers.

The latest agreement extends the development relationship through June 2008. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed...read the wave

 

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---University of Michigan researchers have developed a faster, more efficient way to produce a wide variety of nanoparticle drug delivery systems, using DNA molecules to bind the particles together.

Nanometer-scaled dendrimers can be assembled in many configurations by using attached lengths of single-stranded DNA molecules, which naturally bind to other DNA strands in a highly specific fashion.

"With this approach, you can target a...read the wave

 

Atlanta — Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Technical University Munch have discovered evidence of a phenomenon that may lead to drastically lowering the cost of manufacturing of materials from plastics to fertilizers. Studying nano-sized clusters of gold on a magnesium oxide surface, scientists found direct evidence for electrical charging of a nano-sized catalyst. This is an important factor in increasing the rate of chemical reactions. The research will appear in the 21 January, 2005, issue of the journal Science, published by the AAAS, the science society, the world’s largest general scientific organization...read the wave

 

 

 

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OctoPlus (Leiden, The Netherlands), a drug delivery and development company announced today that it has raised Euro 18.25 million (US$ 23.85 million) in a second financing round from an international group of investors. The investment was led by Life Sciences Partners II B.V. (LSP; Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and S.R. One, Ltd. (West Conshohocken, PA, USA). Other investors participating in this round of financing are Innoven Partenaires (Paris, France), Fortis Private Equity (Brussels, Belgium) and SurModics, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN, USA). Fortis Bank acted as OctoPlus' exclusive financial advisor and placement agent in the financing.

The funds will be used primarily to further expand OctoPlus’ portfolio of products based on...read the wave

 

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon nanotubes, macromolecules in the form of long thin cylinders, are noted for their dimensions, shape and physical properties. They display uncommon characteristics of strength, conductivity and quantum behavior when prepared in diameters in the 10-50 nanometer range. Many companies produce bulk carbon nanotubes, and many groups are developing commercial products which incorporate them. A common need, for purposes of a particular desired functionality, is to organize the nanotubes as they are deposited in a linear or other designed pattern, by physical or chemical means...read the wave

 

A new industry group called MUST (Micro & Nano UK SMEs Together) has been launched.

MUST was formed earlier this month at the Institute for Electrical Engineering’s ‘MNT for SME’ (Micro and Nanotechnology Technology for Small and Medium Enterprises) event at Oxford University’s Begbroke Science Park. The group was formed to represent the views, interests and issues facing firms involved in exploiting MNT.

UK SME’s do not have a strong enough representation or voice in comparison to academia or large companies regarding conveying the issues facing them.
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Military issues have a disproportionate influence on how science and technology funding is allocated in the UK, says a report published on 19 January.

The report 'Soldiers in the laboratory - military involvement in science and technology', published by Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR), points out that 30 per cent of total UK public research and development (R&D) spending is funded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Furthermore, 40 per cent of government R&D personnel are employed by the MoD...read the wave

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Robert Blick and colleagues in Germany have demonstrated a new nanoscale mechanism for field emission that could lead to a new type of energy efficient flat-panel display. The team's article in Physical Review Letters describes how a nanoscale gold-tipped island is able to mechanically oscillate between two facing electrodes, which provide recharging and detection of the emission current. Additionally, unlike many nanoscale experiments in field emission, the device does not need to be cryogenically cooled.

Field emission, also called Fowler-Nordheim tunneling, is the process in which.
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North Carolina State University chemical engineers have discovered a way to construct new microscopic devices that can act like tiny factories for materials with potential for a wide variety of chemical and biological uses.

The NC State researchers, advised by Dr. Orlin Velev, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, include undergraduate student Jeffrey R. Millman and graduate students Ketan H. Bhatt and Brian G. Prevo. They created different types of tiny particles that could eventually be used in everything from drug delivery to determinations of the presence or concentration of biological molecules...read the wave

 

Newswise — Engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego are using the shell of a seaweed-eating snail as a guide in the development of a new generation of bullet-stopping armor. The colorful oval shell of the red abalone is highly prized as a source of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, jewelry, but the UCSD researchers are most impressed by the shell’s ability to absorb heavy blows without breaking..
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NSF grant allows Evident to develop advanced quantum-dot based anti-counterfeiting materials. Evident Technologies announced that it has received a Phase 1 SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant to develop advanced anti-counterfeiting materials based on its proprietary quantum dot technology. The award is under National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR 0441676.

Work under the project, which is scheduled for completion in July 2005, will combine Evident's recent advances in quantum dots and micro-resonant structures to create unique spectral barcode tags for high security applications. Quantum dots are novel semiconductors with unique optical emission characteristics. Micro-resonant structures are...read the wave

 

MIAMI, PRNewswire/ -- Radiation Shield Technologies (RST)(R) have announced the acquisition of two additional United States Patents, #6,841,791 and #6,828,578. In September 2002, RST(R) introduced Demron(R).

Since that time, Demron(R) has been incorporated into a number of garments such as full-body nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) suits, tactical anti-nuclear vests, high-energy nuclear suppression blankets, and most recently, medical x-ray vests and aprons.

Demron(R) is revolutionary material because it is lead-free, toxin-free, and PVC-free nuclear...read the wave

 

Kanchanaburi _ Consumers may soon have to learn a new word _ ``olectronics'' _ when buying electronic products now a scientific breakthrough has added new features to lamps and cell phones.

The first letter ``o'' in the word is borrowed from ``organic'' _ materials such as plastic, previously believed to act only as an insulator.

But three 2000 Noble laureates in chemistry changed that, discovering a way to make organic materials act like metal.

It then led to some astonishing research in nanotechnology, which promises to provide environmentally-friendly olectronic products...read the wave

 

Des scientifiques abordent les qualités optiques des nanotubes grâce à une nouvelle génération construite avec des atomes alternés de bore et d'azote.

Une équipe de chercheurs français vient de montrer que les nanotubes ont un comportement optique. Cette première qui paraîtra prochainement dans la revue « Physical Review Letter » montre donc une nouvelle propriété des nanotubes, ces filaments de matière révolutionnaires d'un nanomètre de diamètre qui ne cessent d'émerveiller les scientifiques. Les chercheurs du CNRS et de l'Onera (Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales) ont confirmé ce qu'ils pressentaient depuis deux-trois ans : certains nanotubes offrent une bande optique...read the wave

 

Some of the best minds in science believe that in the not-too-distant future, a friendly fog will settle over the planet. Unlike its traffic-snarling, airport-closing twin, this "utility fog" will be downright helpful. It will put roofs over homeless heads, clothes on bare backs and food in empty stomachs. It will have the power to transform the most desolate village into a Garden of Eden, with widescreen TVs and cappuccino
The brainchild of J. Storrs Hall, a Rutgers University computer scientist, utility fog embodies one of the more dramatic promises of molecular nanotechnology, the next step in downsizing the machine age. Like its natural counterpart, utility fog would be...read the wave

 

Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The devices were formed by "growing" rat cells on microscopic silicon chips, the researchers report in the journal Nature Materials.

Less than a millimetre long, the miniscule robots can move themselves without any external source of power.

The work is a dramatic example of the marriage of biotechnology with the tiny world of nanotechnology...read the wave

 

India is advancing very rapidly in applications of Nano-technologies and anti-gravity techniques with some solid breakthroughs in Healthcare fields.

Most of the research is still classified but indications coming out from sources close to the researchers are surprising.

Anti-gravity devices are nothing new. Most of the developed world has implemented the same in some form to reduce or eliminate the effect of gravity and hence create a weightless environment. Using the same technology for genetic assembly, curing heart disease especially noninvasive methods of cleaning the artery, alternative to bypass surgery is new.

Nano-technology is also advanced in...read the wave

 

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s OGI School of Science & Engineering, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL) and the University of Minnesota, have discovered that at least one type of nano-sized iron may be useful in cleaning up carbon tetrachloride contamination in groundwater. The new discovery was published online (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es049190u) Dec. 16, 2004, in Environmental Science & Technology, the leading environmental journal of the American Chemical Society. The study will be published in the print version of Environmental Science & Technology, March 1, 2004, in a special section on nanotechnology.

“The use of nano-sized particles of iron for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater, soil and sediments is one of the hottest new technologies to emerge in recent years,” said Paul Tratnyek, Ph.D., an environmental chemist and professor of environmental and biomolecular systems at...read the wave

 

It is no secret to those in drug discovery and development that bottlenecks in liquid handling can cost pharma and biotech companies time and money. The industry has looked to automated liquid handling as a solution to this problem and benchtop automated systems and sample dispensing systems have become much more common. Over the last two to three years, however, automated instrumentation capable of handling plates with 96, 384, or 1,536 wells and potentially even higher densities have entered labs. And, as the rate of throughput has increased, other tools like nanoliter dispensing have emerged that make it possible to greatly decrease the amount of reagents needed for assays.
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NEW YORK,/PRNewswire/ -- Global corporations are investing heavily in nanotechnology development -- increasing their commitment in money, people and partnerships. But most fail to tie these activities to an explicit strategy or coordinate their efforts across the company -- leaving their investments at risk of being wasted, according to a new report from Lux Research entitled "The CEO's Nanotechnology Playbook."

"Companies that pursue uncoordinated nanotech efforts may be caught blindsided by better-organized competitors and fleet-footed startups," said Lux Research Vice President of Research Matthew Nordan. "Toshiba could see its...read the wave

 

 

 

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT - News) and IMEC*, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research center, are working together to develop 45nm-generation transistor-level semiconductor processing technologies. Since this collaboration is targeted for critical ultra-shallow junction, gate stack and strain engineering programs, Applied Materials will provide IMEC with the industry's most advanced transistor fabrication technologies, the Applied Quantum® X Implant, the Applied Vantage Radiance(TM) Plus RTP, the Applied Centura® Gate Stack and the Applied Producer® CVD systems...read the wave

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. — If humans ever gain the ability to crawl up walls like geckos, you can bet that it might have something to do with nanotechnology research.

Creating an artificial version of the tiny fibers on geckos’ toes is just one research project among many at Nanosys in Palo Alto, Calif. Even if the product, dubbed "nano fur," doesn’t pan out in consumer products such as sneakers for walking up walls, Nanosys believes the technology will be an important tool for molecular researchers.

Founded in 2001, Nanosys is...read the wave

 

 

TROY, N.Y.PRNewswire/ -- Evident Technologies announced that it has received a Phase 1 SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant to develop advanced anti-counterfeiting materials based on its proprietary quantum dot technology. The award is under National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR 0441676

Work under the project, which is scheduled for completion in July 2005, will combine Evident's recent advances in quantum dots and micro-resonant structures to create unique spectral barcode tags for high security applications. Quantum dots are novel semiconductors with unique...read the wave

 

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University researchers have created a video simulation of the deadly Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami that shows in graphic detail how the massive wave system spread outward from the epicenter of an undersea earthquake northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.

The simulation makes it clear how the tsunami struck the coastlines of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India with such devastating force, then continued as far as East Africa. click here

 

MANNHEIM, Germany, January 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MIDAS Research has published a research report on the nanotechnology company Arrowhead Research Corp. (Nasdaq: ARWR / Berlin Exchange: HDP) with a 12 month target of USD 6.00 and a speculative buy recommendation. A copy of the report is available in both German and English at www.midasresearch.de .

Arrowhead Research is developing products and intellectual property in a number of nanotech fields including novel drug delivery systems, semiconductor materials and tools for atomic force microscopy.

As judged by the breadth and diversity of...read the wave

 

Converging technologies create a challenging landscape for attorneys, whether in active practice, transnational judicial and legal training, or foreign and international courts.

The growing global approach to legal and judicial reform -- as well as the rule of law in areas such as intellectual property, torts, litigation, alternative dispute resolution, informed consent, compliance and governance, jurisdiction, employment, environment and health, privacy, regulatory policies, ethics, practice and procedure -- are impacting the evolutionary status of the convergence of technologies...read the wave

 

(PRWEB) -- The Energy Enhancer Patch communicates with your body’s own electro-magnetic field. The patches contain no medicines, herbs, magnets, or batteries. They signal the body to produce energy from fat cells. This is approximately 2.5 times the energy than is produced by carbohydrates. The patches, used in the Olympic Trials and the Olympics, generated much curiosity. Several of Stanford University’s Olympic Swim Team were tested for substances in the body, and in the patches, during the Olympic Trials. The United States Anti-Doping Agency found no “positive” results, further proving that nothing goes into the body. In addition, nothing in the patches was on the prohibited list. Tests at four major universities prove that new nanotechnology science can give you...read the wave

 

Kommerzialisierung erfolgt vor allem über «Trade-Sales»

Bis sich die Nanotechnologie zu einem Investment für breite Anlegerkreise mausert, dürfte nach Ansicht des Autors noch viel Zeit vergehen. Derzeit eigne sich die erhoffte Schlüsseltechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts vor allem für Risiko-Investoren. Der Ausstieg dürfte für die Venture-Capital-Anleger weniger über klassische Börsengänge als vielmehr durch sogenannte Trade-Sales erfolgen...read the wave

 

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2005--Elan Corporation, plc today announced that its proprietary NanoCrystal® technology is being used by Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&J PRD) in a Phase III clinical trial of a long acting injectable formulation of its paliperidone palmitate in patients with Schizophrenia. NanoCrystal technology can improve the bioavailability of drugs by transforming them into nanometer-sized particles that can be used to create more effective and convenient dosage forms such as tablets, capsules, liquids, and powders.

"For more than 30 years, Elan has been working to meet the challenges of...read the wave

 

RICHARDSON, Texas, /PRNewswire/ -- Zyvex have announced that Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd., and Pyrograf Products, Inc. have successfully met the requirements of the Zyvex Supply Chain Certification program for single-wall carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube fibers (respectively). Zyvex's comprehensive program verifies quality and consistency using market-accepted analytical tests.

Thomas Swan is one of the UK's leading performance chemical manufacturers. Their single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), marketed under the Elicarb® trademark, can now be incorporated into Zyvex's NanoSolve(TM) additives and concentrates for polymer composite applications.

Pyrograf Products, Inc. (PPI), is one of the world's leading...read the wave

 

A portable device similar to today's home pregnancy tests that can quickly detect the presence of infectious diseases, including HIV-AIDS and measles, as well as biological agents such as ricin and anthrax, is the object of a new joint university/industry research project.

Vanderbilt University's Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE) and Pria Diagnostics LLC, a privately held California company that specializes in miniaturized medical diagnostics, agreed to collaborate on the development before the holidays.

VIIBRE has spent the last three years developing the ability to...read the wave

 

Pen strokes of the rich and famous and remote-controlled drug delivery systems of the future have been given the golden treatment in a new technology being developed at the University of Melbourne.

The same technology, which involves miniscule gold particles only nanometres in size, has been used to create gold ink and to develop intelligent delivery systems that may have potential as drug carriers.

The research is being conducted by Federation Fellow Professor Frank Caruso, from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his research team in collaboration with Dr Trevor Smith from the School of Chemistry...read the wave

 

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Researchers at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) and the German laboratory Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung (BESSY) have crafted a technique to take X-ray images that reveal tiny variations and lightning-quick changes in materials a thousand times smaller than the thickness of a strand of hair.

Their work merited the cover of the Dec. 16 issue of Nature. The technique--lensless X-ray holography--will be valuable for researchers working with the world's first X-ray free electron laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), slated to begin experiments in 2009 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)...read the wave

 

 

 

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New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science finds that tailored nanoparticles known as nanoshells can enhance chemical sensing by as much as 10 billion times. That makes them about 10,000 times more effective at Raman scattering than traditional methods.

When molecules and materials scatter light, a small fraction of the light interacts in such a way that it allows scientists to determine their detailed chemical makeup. This property, known as Raman scattering, is used by medical researchers, drug designers, chemists and other scientists to determine what materials are made of. An enormous limitation in the use of Raman scattering has been its extremely...read the wave

 

Biophan is showcasing innovative solutions based on its patent-pending direct linear drive motor constructed of advanced ceramic materials. The motor's unique, high-precision design involves only four parts--compared with hundreds for previously available products--that affords exceptionally high levels of dependability and performance. The SQUIGGLE motor offers a new positioning solution and can be easily scaled to fit a variety of sizes and advanced biomedical devices, including implantable drug delivery devices such as insulin pumps and implantable drug pumps, as well as precision dosage metering and microfluidic devices.

"The piezoelectric ceramic technology we have perfected allows the SQUIGGLE motor to be manufactured in a wide range of sizes and configurations, especially at very small sizes and low power...read the wave

 

An international project in nanobiotechnology is being launched at the University of Kent 30-31 January 2005. The project’s primary objectives are the establishment and maintenance of a European centre of excellence in the area and it is funded for five-years in the first instance.

Novel and Improved Nanomaterials, Chemistries and Apparatus for Nano-Biotechnology (NACBO) is co-ordinated by the University of Kent and is funded with a total of 15.6m Euro, of which 8m Euro is granted from the European Union, 0.5m from China and 7.1m from European industry.

Nanotechnology is still being explored by researchers as a science and has been described as...read the wave

 

[World News]: Washington : A research under an Indian-American that developed a new set of nanoscale blocks which can reduce vibrations may enhance the energy dissipation capacity of mechanical and electronic devices.

"The nanoscale building blocks we have developed will reduce and control vibrations within structures and benefit the performance, safety, and reliability of future manufacturing equipments, sensitive laboratory equipments, and everyday electronic devices," Nikhil Koratkar, Asst Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said.

"The new system we have developed have both...read the wave

 

Madison, WI – Imago® Scientific Instruments, a world leader in atomic-scale imaging and analytical solutions, have announced that Terry Walker has joined the company as Vice President of Manufacturing. Walker‘s appointment comes during a period of strong growth and represents another positive step in the evolution of the company.

Terry is an exciting addition to our organization, “said Timothy Stultz, President and CEO of Imago. Dr. Stultz added, “Terry impressed the Imago team with his outstanding achievements in supporting rapid growth, meeting production goals, and building quality products. . Mr. Walker’s reputation for...read the wave

 

Eind december 2004 heeft de minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Maria van der Hoeven, het KNAW-rapport over nanotechnologie Hoe groot kan klein zijn? aan de Tweede Kamer aangeboden. Volgens de minister onderstreept het rapport de betekenis van nanowetenschap en nanotechnologie voor economie en samenleving. Anderzijds wijst het op de risico's van nanodeeltjes voor gezondheid en milieu. Beide aspecten zullen volgens de minister de komende tijd het beleid bepalen.

De werkgroep gevolgen nanotechnologie van de KNAW, onder voorzitterschap van prof. dr. J.H. Koeman, heeft op verzoek van de minister in het rapport antwoord gegeven op vragen als: wat is nanowetenschap en nanotechnologie, wat zijn mogelijke (nadelige) gevolgen en welke maatschappelijke en ethische consequenties vloeien daaruit voort?...read the wave

 

CNSE spintronics lab research shows silicon can maintain a permanent magnetic field above room temperature, which could help to develop more effective magnetic semiconductors and future spintronic devices.

Silicon is best known as the material used to make semiconductor computer chips with integrated circuits. Today, scientists at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany published research that could lay the foundation for using silicon to develop chips with magnetic properties, potentially impacting the development of electron-spin-based or "spintronic" devices.

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SALEM, NH -- (Market Wire ) -- The NanoBreeze® Room Air Purifier from NanoTwin Technologies, Inc. uses photocatalytic nanotechnology to clean and purify the air inside your home. EPA reports that a growing body of scientific evidence indicates that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air. People spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. The risks to personal health are greater due to air pollution indoors than outdoors. According to EPA, "Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about."

The NanoBreeze Room Air Purifier is a lightweight home appliance 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 the wave

 

Imagine a home with "smart" walls responsive to the environment in the room, a digital camera sensitive enough to work in the dark, or clothing with the capacity to turn the sun's power into electrical energy. Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that could shortly turn these possibilities into realities.

In a paper to be published on the Nature Materials website Jan. 9, senior author Professor Ted Sargent, Nortel Networks – Canada Research Chair in Emerging Technologies at U of T's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team report on their achievement in tailoring matter to harvest the sun's invisible rays...read the wave

 

SAN JOSE, Calif., PRNewswire/ -- SEMI and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) have announce their agreement to jointly conduct a comprehensive study on nanotechnology applications in the electronics industry. The study will provide definition of the rapidly-emerging global nanoelectronic markets and offer a global perspective of requirements and opportunities for equipment and materials suppliers.

Global Nanoelectronics Markets and Opportunities will be available in the third quarter of 2005. The report will be based on interviews with industry executives in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, North America, Taiwan and Rest-of- World regions.

"Nanosciences are a new frontier of technologic pursuit. They have numerous potential market applications in the...read the wave

 

SAN DIEGO, Booth 90, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silicon Graphics (NYSE:SGI) today at the 85th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting announced that SGI(R) Altix(R) systems and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage solutions are assisting two cutting-edge assistant professors in two very diverse fields of research in the Physics and Atmospheric Science Department at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both researchers are immersed in solving intense computational problems requiring the speed and expandability of SGI(R) high performance compute (HPC) power and storage, and both agree SGI Altix computers turned out to be the best choice for the large data sets they run.

Dr. Randall Martin is currently conducting global pollution studies -- including how pollutants react in the atmosphere and how pollution spreads across the globe -- as well as developing tools to...read the wave

 

San Diego, CA, J -- The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has awarded more than $300,000 to eight projects led by faculty members of the Jacobs School of Engineering. The technologies under development range from a non-invasive, handheld device to measure deep-lung gases that could save lives, and photodetectors for better digital cameras based on nanowire technology, to a new type of 'amorphous steel' that could be used in everything from tennis rackets and armored vehicles to biomedical implants
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The US nanomaterial market, which totalled only $125 million in 2000, is expected to reach $1.4 billion in 2008 and exceed $30 billion by 2020, according to Nanomaterials, a new study from the Freedonia Group.

The development of nanomaterials - substances with particle size between 1 and 100 nanometers in at least one dimension - is a key step in the eventual production of more sophisticated machines and products. One nanometer is the same as one millionth of a millimetre.

The report predicts that early growth will come from a wide variety of niche applications. These include obvious sectors such as semiconductor wafer polishing abrasives and data storage media for the electronics industry; but also beer and soft drink bottles with superior barrier properties for beverage manufacturers...read the wave

 

Want to prevent wrinkles while retaining facial softness and elasticity? A new product that uses bio-active extraction incorporated with nanotechnology claims it will do just that.

Aiming to develop alternative cosmetics with bio-active ingredients extracted from plants and delivered by nanotechnology, International Laboratories Corp (ILC), with support from the National Innovation Agency (NIA), has joined with Perch to develop a new substance using sacred lotus which it says nourishes skin to make it younger-looking, remove wrinkles and give it a healthy look.

ILC is a fully integrated seller of cosmetic manufacturing and allied marketing services. It operates as a full OEM supplier, operating with detailed customer specifications for formulations, packaging and manufacturing.

Operating as a Thai-Japanese joint venture with...read the wave

 

IT’S a small world after all. Definitely for scientist Murali Sastry (45) and his team of 16 20-something PhD students, hopelessly in love with all things small — like bacteria. They use bacteria and biology to make things in enigmatically smaller sizes.

Think of particles thinner than a strand of human hair. A space where three to four atoms fit end-to-end. Think nano.

Nanotechnology — the ability to make products of unimaginably small sizes with atomic precision — is ending up worldwide on labs-on-chips, car bumpers, longer-lasting tennis racquets, golf balls, sunscreens to burn dressings. It’s causing a scramble to pre-fix and book Nano names for companies...read the wave

 

Raz Jelinek has seen the light.

After more than three years of research, the professor is unveiling what he has dubbed 'nano-lighbulbs.' These polymer patches placed on the walls of living cells actually change color and light up as a result of events occurring on the cell surface.

The unique work is being detailed in a paper that will be published in an upcoming issue of Angewandte Chemie, one of the most prestigious chemistry journals in the world.

Jelinek believes that his breakthrough will...read the wave

 

Ben je student of promovendus? Wil je 2020 euro winnen? Laat je dan inspireren door de (on)mogelijkheden van nanotechnologie en geef je kijk op de samenleving in het jaar 2020 in woord, beeld, geluid of multimediaal.(voor meer informatie: De wedstrijd).

Laat je fantasie gaan, maar wees ook realistisch en bedenk dat 2020 al over 15 jaar is.

De inzendingen worden beoordeeld door een professionele jury op grond van drie criteria: verbeelding van maatschappelijke gevolgen, technologische haalbaarheid en esthetische kwaliteit.

De sluitingsdatum voor deelname aan de wedstrijd is 21 maart 2005.
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TOKYO (AFX) - The government plans to set itself national goals in 10 critical technology fields to strengthen the country's global competitiveness, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing government sources.
The government aims to become a leader in the areas, which include supercomputers and measurement and seabed research technologies, the report said.

Also included are biotechnology, nanotechnology and other advanced science and technology fields in which Japan, the United States and Europe are in fierce competition, the report added....read the wave

 

Paper industry is a mature industry. Its survival is based upon innovating value-added products for the 21st century. Nanotechnology may be the light we have been waiting for. It can reduce production costs by increasing process efficiencies and product quality. In addition, it can also minimize excessive use of specialty chemicals and other raw materials including energy. For example, nanotechnology can be used in making nanofillers, coatings, glues and adhesives, and improve paper surface properties such as surface topography and surface functionality.

In particular, nanotechnology can help in...read the wave

 

HOUSTON, PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thirty-eight US Oncology, Inc. affiliated medical centers nationwide continue to play a significant role in the clinical research of ABRAXANE that was approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ABRAXANE™ (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension), a next generation taxane, and the first in a new class of albumin-bound nanotechnology, was approved for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. US Oncology conducted a phase 2 clinical trial of ABRAXANE in patients with metastatic breast cancer who were resistant to taxane drugs and continue to participate in the ongoing clinical development of the drug. Clinical trials of ABRAXANE have shown that the new drug is superior to solvent-based paclitaxel (commonly marketed as Taxol(R)) in response rate and time to tumor progression...read the wave

 

AUSTIN, Texas—An ultra-short pulse laser that can perform extremely precise surgery on tiny roundworms may be the key to understanding nerve regeneration and is an important step toward treatment of human neurological disease, according to research published in the Dec. 16 2004 issue of Nature.

Dr. Adela Ben-Yakar, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, led the development of the technique. It acts like a pair of tiny “nano-scissors,” able to cut, for example, nano-sized units like nerve axons, the parts of nerve cells that carry nerve impulses away from the cells to muscles or to other cells.

“This tool opens up a new frontier for biologists studying nerve regeneration,” says Ben-Yakar. “We can also apply it to many other studies that require nanosurgery, so it’s a very versatile tool.”...read the wave

 

Procter & Gamble is about to sell ball bearings - but not the metal kind. Its minuscule mineral spheres are designed to help usher its Olay brand body lotions deep into the skin.
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Freeze 24/7, meanwhile, is pushing the muscle relaxant GABA, or gamma-amino butyric acid, a common ingredient in over-the-counter anti-anxiety supplements. It is not using GABA to relax minds, however. Instead, the goal is to relax the muscles that cause face wrinkles.
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"We knew that if we could find a way to use GABA topically, it would be a killer app," said Scott Gurfein, the year-old company's founder.
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The science of smoothing women's skin is going high tech. And cosmetics companies, whether they serve the hoi polloi or the elite, are adopting not just the language of Silicon Valley but many of its most sophisticated techniques.
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Not surprisingly, skin care companies are proceeding warily in the nanoscience world...read the wave

 

The Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance is pleased to participate in the Report on Business Television special on nanotechnology.

Every day from January 10th to 14th, at 3:15 PM EST, host Pat Bolland will be conducting a 5-minute live interview with a feature guest on Nanotechnology. CNBA`s Neil Gordon will be interviewed on Thursday, January 13th.

Other scheduled guests include Josh Wolfe, Charles Harris, Wilbur Ross, Kristen Kulinowski, Scott Mize, and Meyya Meyyappan.

A list of stations for the live broadcast can be found at:
http://www.robtv.com/static/channel_lookup.tv

Archived interviews can be viewed for up to 2 weeks at:
http://www.robtv.com/shows/past_archive.tv

 

Dr. Alexander 'Sasha' Kabanov Works with molecules an 80,000th of the diameter of a human hair to treat cancer.After the Iron Curtain fell, Alexander "Sasha" Kabanov transplanted himself to a place where he could continue breaking down barriers.

Kabanov's target, however, is disease, not dogma.His tools -- forged by intellect, laboratory research and human clinical trials -- are devices 100,000 times smaller than the head of a pin that promise to detect disease without surgical invasion, then eradicate it by releasing lifesaving medicines precisely where needed.

"The research done here has amplified our understanding of nanomedicine," he said. "We are further down the road with having healthy people."Kabanov, a fourth-generation Russian scientist, is a...read the wave

 

The results of the Commission’s poll of European attitudes towards all aspects of nanosciences and nanotechnology are out! Some surprises, but the ‘consultation’ – for the most part – confirmed what many close to the subject already believed. Europe needs to fire the engines to compete with the USA in this cutting-edge field, but human resources and infrastructure will need bolstering to achieve this, the survey reveals.

It’s a mouthful but NMP stands for ‘Nanotechnology and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices’. This is the third thematic priority in the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) for research. Nanotechnology, for instance, is a new approach to research and development controlling the fundamental structure and behaviour of matter at the atomic and molecular level, according to the NMP website...read the wave

 

Exploding capsules could one day be used to deliver cancer drugs with pinpoint accuracy Reported by RACHEL NOWAK, MELBOURNE NANOSCALE polymer capsules could one day be used to deliver chemotherapy direct to tumours, leaving adjacent tissue unscathed.

The capsules would be designed to rupture when heated by a low-energy laser pulse, delivering their payload right where it is needed. Anti-cancer drugs would be more effective, and the side effects less severe, if they could home in on a tumour and be delivered in a single burst. This would allow the drug to reach the concentrations needed to kill cancer cells, while minimising damage to surrounding tissue...read the wave