Newswise — Using a water droplet 1 trillion times smaller than a liter of club soda as a sort of nanoscale test tube, a University of Washington scientist is conducting chemical analysis and experimentation at unprecedented tiny scales.

The method captures a single cell, or even a small subcellular structure called an organelle, within a droplet. It then employs a powerful laser microscope to study the contents and examine chemical processes, and a laser beam is used to manipulate the cell or even just a few molecules, combining them with other molecules to form new substances.

This nanoscale "laboratory" is so minuscule that it covers just 1 percent of the width of a human hair, said Daniel Chiu, a UW associate chemistry professor who is developing the unique method.
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One of the great challenges in the field of nanotechnology is optical imaging-specifically, how to design a microscope that produces high-resolution images of the nano-sized objects that researchers are trying to study. For example, a typical DNA molecule is only about three nanometers wide-so tiny that the contours of its surface are obscured by light waves, which are hundreds of nanometers long.

Now, researchers from Stanford University have greatly improved the optical mismatch between nanoscale objects and light by creating the ``bowtie nanoantenna,`` a device 400 times smaller than the width of a human hair that can compress ordinary light waves into an intense optical spot only 20 nanometers wide. These miniature spotlights may one day allow researchers to produce the first detailed images of proteins, DNA molecules and synthetic nano-objects, such carbon nanotube bundles.

``One of our goals is to build a microscope with bowtie antennas that we can scan over a single molecule,`` says W.E. Moerner, the Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry at Stanford...read the wave

Researchers have developed a human nephron filter (HNF) that would eventually make possible a continuously functioning, wearable or implantable artificial kidney. This study is published in the latest issue of Hemodialysis International.

The HNF is the first application in developing a renal replacement therapy (RRT) to potentially eliminate the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation in end-stage renal disease patients. The HNF utilizes a unique membrane system created through applied nanotechnology. In the ideal RRT device, this technology would be used to mimic the function of natural kidneys, continuously operating, and based on individual patient needs.

No dialysis solution would be used in the device. Operating 12 hours a day, seven days a week, the filtration rate of the HNF is double that of conventional hemodialysis administered three times a week.

“The HNF system, by eliminating dialysate and utilizing a novel membrane system, represents a breakthrough in renal replacement therapy based on the functioning of native kidneys,” say researchers. “The enhanced solute removal and wearable design should substantially improve patient outcomes and quality of life.” ..read the wave

PROVIDENCE, R.I., /PRNewswire/ -- Solaris Nanosciences has demonstrated a completely rechargeable dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC or Graetzel Cell) creating the lowest manufacturing cost, long-life photovoltaic system in the world. DSSCs which are based on low cost materials and simple construction, have to date suffered from limited operating lifetimes due to the degradation of the sensitizer dyes.

Solaris' nontoxic chemical process allows the degraded dye in already installed DSSCs to be removed and replaced with new dye, restoring the performance of the original solar cell. "This low cost process, which can be performed by the existing base of heating and air conditioning businesses, requires less than thirty minutes and takes the operating life of these photovoltaics (PV) beyond that of silicon to over 30 years," said Nabil M. Lawandy, CEO of Solaris Nanosciences. Lawandy also stated, "Not only can we replace the original dye, but we have shown that newer, more efficient dyes, resulting from ongoing efforts worldwide, can be used in recharging. This effectively allows for efficiency upgrades over the life of the installed system." ...read the wave

NORTHBROOK, Ill., /PRNewswire/ -- Nanosphere, Inc., a nanotechnology-based molecular diagnostics company, has announced that a study of micro- and nanotechnology patent portfolios has ranked the company second overall in terms of pipeline power. The report, prepared by intellectual property consulting firm 1790 Analytics LLC and published in the July/August 2005 issue of Small Times, evaluates companies' portfolio strength based not only on number of patents issued, but also such factors as pipeline growth and originality.

Only Hewlett-Packard was ranked higher than Nanosphere, indicating the exceptional quality of Nanosphere's intellectual property. Combined with the company's experienced management team and pressing market demand for more sensitive, easy-to-use molecular diagnostics technology, Nanosphere's patent portfolio clearly differentiates it from other venture-backed life sciences companies...read the wave

A new venture, Bio Life Technical, including leading researchers within Nanotechnology and Personalized Healthcare, such as Professor Chris Toumazou and Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub of Imperial College, London, is being launched in London, UK, providing independent due diligence services to investors, globally. Bio Life Technical is structured to aid venture capital groups, investment banks, business angels and institutional investors by providing a single contact point and managing the technical due diligence reporting process on behalf of prospective investor clients. This will save time, resources and, therefore, money for the investment community. Professor Chris Toumazou said, “Medical Device technology is truly interdisciplinary. Bio Life Technical's strategy of providing technical due diligence by expert professors from core disciplines and world class experts working with interdisciplinary institutes, such as Imperial College's Institute of Biomedical Engineering, will enable a more thorough scientific evaluation of the technology.” ...read the wave

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have created highly magnetized nanoparticles based on metallic iron that could one day be used in a non-invasive therapy for cancer in which treatment would begin at the time of detection.

“We envision a potential for these materials to combine both detection and treatment into a single process,” said Everett E. Carpenter, Ph.D., an assistant professor of chemistry at VCU.

Carpenter is discussing his ongoing work of the synthesis and characterization of these functional magnetic nanoparticles for use in biomedical applications at the 2005 American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C., which began Aug. 28 and continues through Sept. 1.

More than 12,000 researchers from across the country are presenting new multidisciplinary research and highlighting important advances in biotechnology, nanoscience, nanotechnology, and defense and homeland security...read the wave

Nanocyl , one of the world's main producers of nanotubes, participates in the Nanomed project. Nanocyl participates with other key industry and university partners in this European research project. The project proposal entitled “NANOMED: Development of a carbon nanotube actuator for use in medical technology" was submitted within the framework of SME measures.

Medical technology, with annual growth rates of more than 10 percent, is one of the strongest growing sectors. On the European market, the annual turnover has already reached 80 billion euro. Considering the increasing life expectancy in Europe, it can be assumed that the need of medical technological devices and aids such as prostheses of all kinds will become even larger.

Already now some gaps in the market are evident as can be shown with the example of leg amputations: In Europe, annually approximately 47 000 leg amputations are carried out. However, only approximately 50% of the patients can be supplied with a prosthetic leg, as most of the patients are too weak to attach the prostheses and use them appropriately...read the wave

Blacksburg, VA --- There is a lot of excitement about incorporating nano particles into polymers because of the ability to improve various properties with only a small percent of the particles. "You can improve the barrier to gases, such as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen. You can increase material strength with little increase in weight," said Don Baird, professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech.

But there are problems. "While 1 percent by weight of nano particles will change a material's properties dramatically, 2 or 3 percent provides hardly any additional enhancement," he said. "The particles just clump together, and thereby reduce the advantages associated with the surface area of single particles."

Another problem is that the incorporation of nano particles changes a polymer's flow properties leading to potential processing problems...read the wave

The findings will be presented Sunday (Aug. 28) during the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C., and also will be detailed in a peer-reviewed paper to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Combustion and Flame. The paper was written by research scientist Evgeny Shafirovich, postdoctoral research associate Victor Diakov and Arvind Varma , the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and head of Purdue's School of Chemical Engineering.

The researchers developed the new method earlier this year and envision a future system in which pellets of hydrogen-releasing material would be contained in disposable credit-card-size cartridges. Once the pellets were used up, a new cartridge would be inserted into devices such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, notebook computers, digital cameras, handheld medical diagnostic devices and defibrillators...read the wave

A team of chemistry researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has put a new twist on an old philosophical riddle: How many Bucky Badger mascots can you fit on the head of a pin?

The answer: 9,000, with a little help from nanotechnology.

NanoBucky, created in the research lab of UW-Madison chemistry professor Robert J. Hamers, is composed of tiny carbon nanofiber "hairs," each just 75 nanometers in diameter. (A nanometer is equivalent to 1 billionth of a meter.) NanoBucky provides an entertaining illustration of the astounding scale under which nanotechnology pioneers ply their trade...read the wave

A new nanotechnology tool that will dramatically cut the cost of leading-edge nano research at the sub-50nm scale has been developed by EU researchers. It could lead to Next Generation Lithography (NGL) technology.

The commercially available first generation tool is low cost compared to sub-50nm alternatives. For example, electron beam lithography costs €2m per machine, whereas the Soft Ultraviolet (UV) Imprint machine developed by SOUVENIR project costs in its basic version well below €200,000. It will be used to produce novel and experimental nanotech devices.

"In principle, this new technique has the potential to be used for mass manufacture by the semiconductor industry. One approach we use can already form patterns down to the 10nm scale," says Dr Markus Bender, researcher at German company, Applied Micro- and Optoelectronics (AMO), and SOUVENIR coordinator...read the wave

COSTA MESA, CA, U.S.A. - QuantumSphere, Inc., the leading manufacturer of metallic nanopowders for applications in aerospace, defense, energy and other markets demanding advanced material applications, announced (“QSI- nano™ Ni/Co alloy”) as a clear replacement solution for the platinum electrode market. QuantumSphere is the only supplier of the world’s highest quality metallic nanomaterials including QSI- nano™ Ni/Co and other proprietary alloys. Independent validation, provided by DoppStein Enterprises, Inc. (DSE) regarding this development, poses a serious issue for platinum suppliers in the platinum group metal catalyst market, as QSI- nano™ Ni/Co alloy will alleviate dependency on platinum as the main catalytic material in a variety of battery and fuel cell applications-- while presenting tremendous business and cost savings advantages for companies.

A shift from finely divided platinum to QSI- nano™ Ni/Co alloy results in a reduction in the cost of fuel cell and battery catalysts by approximately 50%, while achieving up to 90% of pure platinum performance, based on current prices. Conversely, a 90% cost savings will result in a remarkable 73% performance relative to pure platinum. To view independent scientific data from DSE that supports and validates QuantumSphere’s achievement in the catalyst marketplace, visit ...read the wave

A key technological breakthrough led by the University of Edinburgh suggests that a futuristic world where people can move objects about “remotely” with laser pointers could be closer than we think. Chemists working on the nanoscale (80,000 times smaller than a hair's breadth) have managed to move a tiny droplet of liquid across a surface - and even up a slope - by transporting it along a layer of light-sensitive molecules.

Scientists at Edinburgh, Groningen and Bologna are the first to manipulate tiny nanoscale machines (two millionths of a millimetre high) so that they can move an object that is visible to the naked eye. The team has shifted microlitre drops of diiodomethane not just across a flat surface, but also up a one millimetre, 12 degree slope against the force of gravity. It may be the tiniest of movements, but, in the emerging discipline of nanotechnology, it represents a giant technological leap forward...read the wave

Automobile bumpers that deform and recover rather than crack and splinter, computer cases that withstand the occasional rough encounter, and resilient coatings that can withstand the ravages of the sun, may all be possible if tiny functionalized rubbery particles are imbedded in their plastic matrices, according to Penn State materials scientists.

"Plastics such as polypropylene, nylon, polycarbonate, epoxy resins and other compounds are brittle and fracture easily," says Dr. T.C. Chung, professor of materials science and engineering. "Usually, manufacturers take rubbery compounds and just mix them with the plastic, but there are many issues with this approach."

The problems include difficulty in controlling the mixing of the two components and adhesion between the plastic and rubber. Chung, and Dr. Usama F. Kandil, postdoctoral researcher in materials science and engineering, looked at another way to embed rubbery particles into a plastic matrix. They described their work today (Aug. 29) at the 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, D.C...read the wave

Newswise — Foggy windows and lenses are a nuisance, and in the case of automobile windows, can pose a driving hazard. Now, a group of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may have found a permanent solution to the problem. The team has developed a unique polymer coating — made of silica nanoparticles — that they say can create surfaces that never fog.

The transparent coating can be applied to eyeglasses, camera lenses, ski goggles … even bathroom mirrors, they say. The new coating was described today at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Researchers have been developing anti-fog technology for years, but each approach has its drawbacks. Some stores carry special anti-fog sprays that help reduce fogging on the inside of car windows, but the sprays must be constantly reapplied to remain effective. Glass containing titanium dioxide also shows promise for reduced fogging, but the method only works in the presence of ultraviolet (UV) light, researchers say...read the wave

Upton, NY, At the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists have developed a new chemical "writing" technique that can create lines of "ink" only a few tens of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, in width.

"Our new 'writing' method opens up many new possibilities for creating nanoscale patterns and features on surfaces. This may have a significant impact on developing nanotechnologies that involve nanopatterning, such as molecular electronics -- tiny circuits built using single organic molecules," said Brookhaven Lab physicist Yuguang Cai. Cai will discuss the method at the 230th American Chemical Society national meeting in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, August 28, at 12 p.m. in room 8-9 of the Renaissance Hotel.

Cai and his colleagues call the technique "Electro Pen Nanolithography" (EPN). They sweep a very thin metal tip across a film of organic molecules. The tip carries an electric voltage, which causes the region under it to "oxidize," or undergo a reaction that changes the chemical makeup of the film. In a single sweep of the pen, organic "ink" molecules are transferred from the tip to the oxidized regions, creating an extremely thin line...read the wave

(PRWEB) August 27, 2005 -- Arbelos Capital Partners, a New York based research and consulting firm, today announced that it had published a new independent research report on Nanoscience Technologies Inc. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the report by contacting Arbelos at e-mail protected from spam bots, or by accessing the report directly from the interactive online community and informational website, DonPenny.com.

Arbelos Analyst Don Capo writes that, "Nanoscience Technologies is positioned to be a leader in this space [DNA Nanotechnology, and currently has an attractive valuation for an early stage investment.” ...read the wave

Newswise — DNA isn't just for storing genetic codes any more. Since DNA can polymerize -- linking many molecules together into larger structures -- scientists have been using it as a nanoscale building material, constructing geometric shapes and even working mechanical devices.

Now Cornell University researchers have made DNA buckyballs -- tiny geodesic spheres that could be used for drug delivery and as containers for chemical reactions.

The term "buckyballs" has been used up to now for tiny spherical assemblies of carbon atoms known as Buckminsterfullerenes or just fullerenes. Under the right conditions, carbon atoms can link up into hexagons and pentagons, which in turn assemble into spherical shapes (technically truncated icosahedrons) resembling the geodesic domes designed by the architect-engineer Buckminster Fuller. Instead of carbon, the Cornell researchers are making buckyballs out of a specially prepared, branched DNA-polystyrene hybrid. The hybrid molecules spontaneously self-assemble into hollow balls about 400 nanometers (nm) in diameter. The DNA/polystyrene "rods" forming the structure are each about 15 nm long. (While still on the nanoscale, the DNA spheres are much larger than carbon buckyballs, which are typically around 7 nm in diameter.)...read the wave

Des Plaines, IL — Safety, health and environmental professionals should develop safeguards to protect workers from nanoparticles that could enter their bloodstream or lungs, recommended American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) member Robert Adams, CIH, CSP, during a recent Audio Conference. Nanoparticles are particles of materials the size of one-billionth of a meter, and at this level the physical, chemical and biological properties of matter can be engineered to create new products and applications such as water-repellant coatings and more-durable titanium cutting tools.

According to Adams, occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals in the nanotechnology industry should proactively develop safety practices to protect workers from nanoparticle exposure. He recommended that SH&E professionals continue to utilize and improve upon safety and risk management programs in addition to providing necessary personal protective equipment and localized exhaust ventilation systems to reduce the build up of nanoparticles in the workplace...read the wave

A breakthrough in nanotechnology has been hailed by experts at Edinburgh University.It means that an age where laser beams are used to lift objects up and move them around could be closer than previously thought.

Scientists in the capital used machines 80,000 times thinner than a hair's breadth in the experiment.They moved a tiny droplet of water along a surface, and even up a slope, using only light sensitive molecules.

It is the first time nanotechnology has been used to move an object large enough to be seen by the naked eye.Team members stressed that the research was in its early stages, but - by linking the technology to the real world - a significant step forward had been made...read the wave

Newswise — With an advanced imaging technique and a savvy strategy, researchers at Cornell University's Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LAASP) have shown how adding charge-carrying atoms like oxygen to a superconductor can increase the material's ability to conduct electricity overall and -- paradoxically -- to decrease it in localized spots.

The discovery, published in the Aug. 12 issue of Science , could lead to the eventual development of more effective superconductors.

The scientists, led by Cornell professor of physics J.C. Séamus Davis, used a specialized scanning tunneling microscope (STM) in the basement of Cornell's Clark Hall for the research. They identified for the first time the locations of individual oxygen atoms within a particular superconductor's molecular structure and used that information to examine how the atoms affect current flow in their immediate vicinity. It's a small but vital step, they say, toward understanding how superconductors work.
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AMES, Iowa – A genius well ahead of his time, Leonardo Da Vinci continues to inspire even 500 years after his remarkable life. His works are central to the best selling mystery novel The Da Vinci Code and its upcoming film adaptation, and his theories on friction are helping a group of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory unlock the mystery of friction at the molecular level.

In a nutshell, Da Vinci proposed that if two contacting surfaces are geometrically similar, – commensurable – they will have a much higher coefficient of friction than two geometrically dissimilar surfaces, due to the fact that the similar surfaces have a tendency to interlock. To test this theory at the molecular level, the research team looked at a quasicrystalline material that exhibits both periodic and aperiodic configurations in its crystal structure. What they found, in results to be published in the August 26 issue of the journal Science, was that friction along the periodic surface was about eight times greater than the friction along the aperiodic axis...read the wave

Several Rochester area biotechnology companies are banking on the promise of nanotechnology, a hot scientific field that could improve a wide range of consumer products from makeup to microchips.

But federal lawmakers and agencies are now grappling with how to regulate nanotech-based products without discouraging investor interest in research and development.

"The first step is to support research efforts at the federal level to study nanotechnology and see any areas where regulation might be required," said Joe Pouliot, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, a Republican representing a district that includes Geneva, Ontario County. Boehlert also chairs the House Committee on Science. "Being a new industry, you don't want to regulate it too much."

Nanotechnology involves the use of particles that range in size from one to 100 nanometers. One nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, or tens of thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair...read the wave

A new, freely downloadable audiovisual presentation given by Malvern Instruments' Dr. Ana Morfesis, applications manager for dispersion systems, and guest presenter Professor James Schneider of the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University, explores new applications for dynamic light scattering and zeta potential measurements in nano materials characterization...read the wave

Heidelberg, Germany (PRWEB) -- Heidelberg Instruments, GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, announced the purchase of a DWL66 maskless lithography system by Durham University Center for Electronics. The DWL66 is a unique, maskless lithography system for mask making and direct writing. This system is capable of producing patterns down to 0.6 microns, and is equipped with the capability of thick resist and grey scale exposure, in addition to metrology, front to backside and layer to layer alignment.

"DWL66 systems continue to be a leading platform in direct write laser lithography applications among the research institutions. We welcome Durham University to the community of over 80 research institutions who currently use this system and look forward to a long standing cooperation," Alexander Forozan, Vice President of World Wide Sales and Marketing, Heidelberg Instruments, GmbH.
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The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Genome Canada, and Dr. Cal Stiller, Chairman of the Board of Genome Canada, today announced 33 new genomics and proteomics research projects totalling $346 million. Of this, $167.2 million is provided by Genome Canada and $179.3 million by Canadian and international partners.

"These large-scale projects have tremendous potential to improve the health of Canadians and build the competitiveness and prosperity of the agricultural, forestry and fisheries sectors of our economy," said Minister Emerson. "Today's funding announcement reinforces the important scientific advances that can be achieved for all Canadians and indeed the world through Genome Canada's funding model. Stretching government dollars through collaborations with other governments and partners maximizes our research capacity." ...read the wave

OKLAHOMA CITY (PRWEB via PR Web Direct ) -- The State Chamber has announced the launch of the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI) website, www.oknano.com . The website is part of a statewide initiative to create awareness of the emerging nanotechnology industry and its potential impact on Oklahoma. The ONI is a project coordinated by The State Chamber of Oklahoma and funded by the Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).

“The role Oklahoma will eventually play in this promising new industry depends largely on actions taken today,” said Jim Mason, executive director of the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative and vice president for technology initiatives with The State Chamber. “Planting the seeds of nanotechnology in Oklahoma is an important investment in our state's future.”

According to Mason, timing is critical in this endeavor because nanotechnology is still a relatively new industry with many states beginning to make their mark with varying initiatives. Through the ONI, Oklahoma has a unique opportunity to position the state as a leader in the emerging industry.
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Atlanta — Heat has always been a problem for fuel cells. There's usually either too much (ceramic fuel cells) for certain portable uses, such as automobiles or electronics, or too little (polymer fuel cells) to be efficient.

While polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are widely considered the most promising fuel cells for portable use, their low operating temperature and consequent low efficiency have blocked their jump from promising technology to practical technology.

But researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have pinpointed a chemical that could allow PEM fuel cells to operate at a much higher temperature without moisture, potentially meaning that polymer fuel cells could be made much more cheaply than ever before and finally run at temperatures high enough to make them practical for use in cars and small electronics...read the wave

A University of Leicester research project has received funding of £102,944 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to produce new types of magnetic nanoparticles for use in cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment. The project aims to solve some of the technological problems involved with using magnetic nanoparticles (particles containing just a few hundred atoms) in medical applications, including targeted drug delivery, ultra-high sensitivity detection of tumours and cancer treatments. The research project spans several departments and is being run by Dr Andrew Ellis, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Chris Binns, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Prof. Kilian Mellon, Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine.

Prof Binns commented: “At Leicester we are building a unique source of magnetic nanoparticles in which each one has a layered structure of different materials (like a nano-onion). This means that you can design suitable magnetic properties into each nanoparticle to perform a specific task. If the particles are then coated with a final shell of gold they can be attached to biological molecules (such as drugs or antibodies) to perform the diagnosis and therapies described above.” ...read the wave

University of Arizona physicists have discovered what it takes to make metal 'nanowires' that last a long time. This is particularly important to the electronics industry, which hopes to use tiny wires -- that have diameters counted in tens of atoms -- in Lilputian electronic devices in the next 10 to 15 years.

Researchers predict that such nanotechnology will be the next Big Thing to revolutionize the computing, medical, power and other industries in coming decades.

Although researchers in Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and the United States have had some success at making nanowires -- extremely small filaments that transport electrons -- the wires don't last long except at low temperatures.

What researchers need are robust nanowires that will take repeated use without failing at room temperature and higher...read the wave

BERKELEY, CA – The Da Vinci Code , the best selling novel and soon-to-be-blockbuster film, may also be linked some day to the solving of a scientific mystery as old as Leonardo Da Vinci himself — friction. A collaboration of scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University have used Da Vinci's principles of friction and the geometric oddities known as quasicrystals to open a new pathway towards a better understanding of friction at the atomic level.

In a paper published in the August 26 issue of the journal Science , a research collaboration led by Miquel Salmeron, a physicist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division, reports on the first study to measure the frictional effects of ...read the wave

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---Arrowhead Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ARWR - News ) announced today that Howard Lovy, a journalist who specializes in reporting nanotech business developments and promoting public understanding of nanotechnology, has joined its team as Director of Communications. Lovy was among the founding editors of Small Times Media, the first trade magazine and website covering nanotechnology. During the past year, he has contributed analyses to the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report; written white papers and reports for NanoMarkets; and covered nanotech issues for the Wall Street Journal, Wired News, Salon.com, and other publications.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TTCM China, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TTCH - News ) developed a superior pipe for water systems, and swiftly captured 30% of the Chinese market. Now the company has perfected its patented pipes for use in oil and gas applications as well, broadening its market for pipes to at least double, according to Jiqun Wang, Chairman and President.

"The fast-rising demand for energy in China has created an energy industry need for technologically advanced pipes that is virtually unlimited. Add to that need, the requirements of the mushrooming international energy industry, and what TTCM China will serve, is a vast untapped market of huge profitability," Wang said.

The news comes on the heels of Tuesday's newsbreak that TTCM China is seeking a government license and making arrangements to mine and process the rare and valuable metal, vanadium.
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Washington D.C. -- The first clinical trial of a biologic nanoparticle designed to give back to cancer patients the tumor-busting gene they have lost is expected to start in September at Georgetown University Medical Center.

The phase I clinical study will enroll 20 patients with advanced solid cancers (including most common tumor types), and is the culmination of more than a decade of work by a team of researchers led by Professor Esther H. Chang, Ph.D. at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Their research has led to development of a tiny structure -- measuring a millionth of an inch across -- that resembles a virus particle that can penetrate deeply into the tumor and move efficiently into cells. The device is a "liposome" -- a microscopic globule made of lipids -- that is spiked on the outside with antibody molecules that will seek out, bind to, and then enter cancer cells including metastases wherever they hide in the body. These molecules bind to the receptor for transferrin that is present in high numbers on cancer cells.

Once inside, the nanoparticle, which the researchers call a "immunolipoplex," will deliver its payload -- the p53 gene whose protein helps to signal cells to self-destruct when they have the kind of genetic damage characterized by cancer and by cancer therapies...read the wave

Franklin M. Orr Jr., director of the Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), announced that five new research grants totaling more than $11 million have been awarded to Stanford faculty and collaborating researchers at other institutions in the United States and overseas. The new programs will focus on solar energy, advanced combustion, and carbon capture and separation. Investigators will use the funding to conduct fundamental research in energy technologies aimed at significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale....read the wave

Linz, Austria, --- The nanotechnology company NANOIDENT AG has joined the VDMA - Organic Electronics Association (OEA). NANOIDENT is the world's first company specialized in the development and production of organic semiconductor-based photonic sensors. As NANOIDENT CEO Klaus Schroeter comments, “The OEA is Europe's largest association of manufacturers, potential customers and partners in the organic semiconductor industry – a network that offers us plenty of excellent opportunities to rapidly expand our current market position.” OEA Managing Director Dr. Klaus Hecker adds, “NANOIDENT's accession to OEA is a great boost to our efforts to establish the association as a leading platform for the fast-growing European organic semiconductor industry.” ...read the wave

The international trade fair for biotechnology, BioTechnica 2005, will take place in Hanover, Germany, from 18 to 20 October.

BIOTECHNICA mirrors the successful development of one of the most important sectors of the future, offering a meeting-place for international experts from the fields of industry, science and politics, with a high proportion of decision-makers.

The key themes of the event are nano-biotechnology and microsystems technology, tissue engineering, enabling technologies, biophonics, and smaller-scale pharmaceutical and biotech enterprises.

The fair will also feature the BioTechnica Partnering Forum - an international B2B partnering forum for matchmaking global leaders and decision-makers in life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical sectors.

For further information, please consult the following web address:
http://www.biotechnica.de

NAPLES, Fla., (PRIMEZONE) -- Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Other OTC: INTK.PK - News ), a leader in the development and commercialization of nanotechnology related products, has announced that the Company has signed a development agreement with a leading scientific group to produce a prototype of, and the high volume manufacturing equipment specifications for, a re-engineered version of the current nanocomposite used by Industrial Nanotech, to target the automotive industry.

The re-engineered version of Nansulate(tm) is being designed for use in the interior of automobiles to provide additional thermal insulation, thus reducing fuel consumption by reducing an air conditioning system's workload. The Companies will work together to develop the manufacturing equipment and processes required to produce the material in volumes sufficient to supply the anticipated demand for this new product. The new particle is the subject of patent applications filed by the inventor, Stuart Burchill, CEO of Industrial Nanotech, Inc., in February of 2004...read the wave

Technologists and business leaders from around the country have been requesting detailed information on how the Texas governor’s office launched the Emerging Technology Fund. Now the office of Governor Rick Perry, in cooperation with the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative, has agreed to have two people key to the funds creation and implementation release a detailed study of the fund at nanoTX’06. www.nanotx.biz

The Texas Emerging Technology Fund is $200,000,000 designed to assist the development and commercialization of several technologies important in the future of Texas, with nanotechnology being among the foremost.

To be released are valuable insights in the creation of the fund, its passage through the Texas legislature, and how it is being implemented, told by three key people. "It was difficult and complicated in organizing technologists and businesses to get behind such an effort in a state as large as Texas," says Kelly Kordzik, president of the Texas Nanotechnology Initiative in Austin. Kordzik is joining with the governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Phil Wilson, and Mark Ellison, Director of the Texas Emerging.
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CUIJK, The Netherlands, /PRNewswire/ -- At the heart of the increase in the density of data storage is the ability to produce small lenses that operate at short wavelengths. These Solid-Immersion Lenses (SILs) conform to tight tolerances on diameter, thickness, surface form and roughness at a diameter of 1.0mm or smaller. Element Six announces the development of a process that can obtain the required form accuracy in 1mm Synthetic Single Crystal Diamond spheres. This new process has improved the accuracy of the lenses by a factor 10 compared to earlier techniques.

Since the introduction of the compact disk in 1985, it has become the standard storage medium for music, digital photography, computer data and games. As the demand for disk capacity increases, future generations of optical media will need significantly higher storage capacities. This trend is seen in DVD and its successor the Blu-Ray disk. Diamond lenses are a crucial component of the next generation of storage technology. Diamond lenses will enable a storage capacity of up to 1TB (1000 Giga Bytes) per disc...read the wave

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Imagine this: A tiny, fast switch that uses water droplets to create adhesive bonds almost as strong as aluminum by borrowing a mechanism found in palm beetles.

The new beetle-inspired switch, designed by Cornell University engineers, can work by itself on the scale of a micron -- a millionth of a meter. The switches can be combined in arrays for larger applications like powerful adhesive bonding. Like the transistor, whose varied uses became apparent only following its invention, the uses of the new switch are not yet understood. But the switch's simplicity, smallness and speed have enormous potential, according to the researchers.

"Almost all the greatest technological advances have depended on switches, and this is a switch that is fast and can be scaled down," said Paul Steen, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Cornell and...read the wave

LONDON, (IranMania) - Iranian scientists have made the country?s first-ever commercial product using nanotechnology, reported ISNA.Rahil Hosseini, a nanotechnology researcher, told the news agency that Nanocid, a powerful antibacterial product, has been produced by Iranian experts.

She said that Nanocid can be used in the production of various kinds of detergents, paints, ceramics, air conditioning systems, vacuum cleaners, home appliances, shoes and garments.She said the product could also be used in highly hygienic places like clinics and hospitals given its outstanding anti-bacterial characteristics. She said the product has successfully passed all quality control tests and has been verified by the Pasteur Institute of Tehran.

A special committee has been set up at the Presidential Office to help develop nanotechnology research in Iran.Nanotechnology jumpstarts a new industrial revolution with molecular-sized structures as complex as the human cell and 100 times stronger than steel.

The new technology transforms everyday products and the way they are made by manipulating atoms so that materials can be shrunk, strengthened and lightened all at once.Scientists believe nanotechnology can be used to produce environment-friendly fuels, which could turn into next generation alternatives to fossil energy-carriers.Scientists have used nanotechnology to produce a modified version of hydrogen fuel, which does not cause environmental hazards.
Nanotechnology has attracted scientists? attention across the globe in the past 10 years.
Source : IranMania.com

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The sporting goods market is a fantastic win-win for suppliers of MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) devices and nanomaterials reports EmTech Research, a division of Small Times Media ( http://www.emtechresearch.com ). The ability of MEMS sensors and nanomaterials to provide improved product performance and functionality that meet the needs of a competitive industry, at a price sports equipment manufacturers are willing to pay, is key.

"The impact of MEMS and nanotechnology on sporting goods as a whole is far greater than sports' impact to the bottom line of the companies supplying these sensors and materials," says Marlene Bourne, Vice President of Research and Principal Analyst with EmTech Research. "But it's an ideal way for a startup and its technology to gain visibility in the broader marketplace."

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Mimicking a real living cell by combining artificial membranes and nanomaterials in one construction is the aim of a new research grant at UC Davis. The Nanoscale Integrated Research Team grant, funded by the National Science Foundation with $1.6 million over four years, will study membranes mounted on aerogels, solid materials riddled with so many tiny pores that they are mostly empty.

All living cells are wrapped in a double-layered membrane of oily lipid molecules. Cell membranes are studded with proteins and other molecules, governing how food and wastes get in and out of a cell, how cells signal to and react to their environment, and how they divide and grow.

Currently, researchers studying artificial membranes mount them on solid substrates such as gold, glass or polymers, but that means that only one side of the membrane is accessible, said Subhash Risbud, professor of chemical engineering and materials science at UC Davis and principal investigator on the project...read the wave

A University of Leicester project which will have implications for the quality of magnetic recording has won a prestigious Innovation Fellowship, allowing researchers to develop its commercial potential.

Chris Binns, Professor of Nanoscience at the University's Department of Physics and Astronomy, heads the project, which is a collaboration with Dr Robert Lamberton of Seagate and Dr Roer Bayston of the Queen's Medical Centre at Nottingham. The project aims to develop a new facility that is capable of coating a surface with metal nanoparticles at a very high rate.

This is a new way of making metal films. Instead of coating a surface in vacuum with atoms as with a conventional evaporator, the element is first formed into tiny nanocrystals, typically containing a few hundred atoms. These pre-formed nanoparticles are then deposited onto surfaces...read the wave

Scientists at Columbia University's Nanoscience Center have solved a fundamental, and to date, highly elusive challenge in the fast-developing world of nanotech-molecular electronic devices.

In the July 22nd issue of Science , Colin Nuckolls, an associate professor of chemistry, and his colleagues George Tulevski, Matt Myers, Michael Steigerwald, along with Mark S. Hybertsen, from the department of applied physics and applied mathematics, describe how they created a so-called electricity-bridge to allow current to flow efficiently between molecules and nano-sized metals, a process necessary for molecular electronic device construction.

The discovery -- involving the ability to construct materials or machines on nano-scales (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter) -- brings scientists one step closer to achieving previously unimagined possibilities, including information processing with molecules, medicines from nanoparticles that vastly improve delivery and dosage, and molecule-sized robots that flow through a person's bloodstream to treat clogged arteries in heart attack or (potential heart attack) patients...read the wave

Ingenia Technology Limited has launched an exciting breakthrough proprietary technology, developed by Imperial College London and Durham University - the Laser Surface Authentication system (LSA). The LSA system recognises the inherent 'fingerprint' within all materials such as paper, plastic, metal and ceramics.

The LSA system is a whole new approach to security and could prove valuable in the war against terrorism through its ability to make secure the authenticity of passports, ID cards and other documents such as birth certificates.

This technological breakthrough has been masterminded by Professor Russell Cowburn, Professor of Nanotechnology in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London.

Every paper, plastic, metal and ceramic surface is microscopically different and has its own 'fingerprint'. Professor Cowburn's LSA system uses a laser to read this naturally occurring 'fingerprint'. The accuracy of measurement is often greater than that of DNA with a reliability of at least one million trillion...read the wave

In a field somewhere in County Down, Northern Ireland, is a herd of 40 super-cows that could take all the poisonous guilt out of bingeing on ice cream. Unilever, the manufacturer of Persil and PG Tips, is sponsoring a secret research project by a leading British agricultural science institution into how to reduce the levels of saturated fat in cow's milk.

The theory goes that by feeding the Friesians a specially fortified diet and allowing them to roam in lush surroundings they will produce more polyunsaturated fat - that's healthy fat - in their milk. In essence, it is an experiment in influencing what comes out of a cow by controlling what goes in.

Unilever believes that by procuring healthier milk it can produce healthier ice cream...read the wave

When describing the business plan of his biotech startup, Cambrios Technologies, Mike Knapp is accustomed to seeing raised eyebrows.

The firm's current research projects involve using microscopic viruses to create artificial proteins to manufacture electronic devices. Knapp concedes that might sound more like science fiction than modern lab technique

It doesn't help impressions that Cambrios has raised close to $14 million in funding from a group of backers including the venture capital fund run by the CIA, In-Q-Tel. Or that popular fiction has dramatized genetically engineered viruses in frightening ways. In the novel Prey , by Michael Crichton, a company creates self-replicating microscopic machines bent on killing scientists trapped inside a lab...read the wave

Scientists will announce next month a new technique called microdisplacement printing, which makes possible the highly precise placement of molecules during the fabrication of nanoscale components for electronic and sensing devices. The new technique, which also extends the library of molecules that can be used for patterning, will be described in the 14 September issue of the journal Nano Letters by a team led by Paul S. Weiss, professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State.

The new microdisplacement technique is based on a widely used patterning method known as microcontact printing -- a simple way of fabricating chemical patterns that does not require clean rooms and other kinds of special and expensive environments. Both methods involve "inking" a patterned rubber-like stamp with a solution of molecules, then applying the inked stamp to a surface.
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IIT Bombay, which recently developed two plant-based surfactants molecules (that can reduce the surface tension of water when used in very low concentrations), is in the process of identifying potential pharmaceutical companies to conduct its further studies and commercialisation.

The molecules, developed in the nano-particular form of drug delivery, were built under a broad-spectrum technology, applicable to a wide platform of diseases. The molecules can target diseases like asthma, bronchitis, TB, diabetes and muscular degeneration. IIT recently filed the patent application for both the molecules...read the wave

For thousands of years, people have been coaxing other creatures into doing chores. Now, a team of scientists has microsized the strategy. They've devised a way to make single-cell algae bear loads over distances of several centimeters — a tactic that the researchers say could prove useful in tiny machines.

Algae and other single-celled organisms power their movements with molecular motors. Scientists have long coveted these motors for use in micromachinery, notes chemist Douglas B. Weibel of Harvard University...read the wave

Brasília - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said today (19) that Brazil can no longer remain an exporter of fresh products. "The big guys are those that possess technological and scientific power. They are the countries with more capacity to decide their destiny, to exercise their sovereign power in defense of their interests in international negotiations, and to do a better job on behalf of social justice," the President said, at the inauguration of the National Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Program at the National Synchroton Light Particle Laboratory in Campinas, São Paulo (SP).

According to the President, the federal government has invested in projects of technological innovation, unlike what went on during the decade of the '90's, "when government research funds were cut and there was an intense denationalization of the country's industry." As examples of what the current Administration is doing, he cited the university reform and the creation of 32 university extension units in the country's poorest regions.

"We are doing this to give Brazil the necessary instruments for us to compete in the knowledge sphere on a truly equal basis with other countries that are of the same size and importance as Brazil," he emphasized.

The National Nanotechnology Program is intended to manufacture products to strengthen the country's scientific research capacity. US$ 29.81 million (R$ 71 million) will be invested this year. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, these funds will be used to finance the projects of young scientists and the implantation of major laboratories.

Translation: David Silberstein Source : © Agencia Brasil

HOUSTON,­ The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) and Rice University¹s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) has launched the world¹s first online database of scientific findings related to the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. The database can be accessed at http://icon.rice.edu/research.cfm.

This environmental health and safety (EHS) database marks the first effort to integrate the vast and diverse scientific literature on the impacts of nanoparticles, which are tiny pieces of matter with dimensions measuring between 1 and 100 nanometers and containing between tens and thousands of atoms. (One nanometer is one-billionth of a meter or approximately 60,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.) The database is the result of the collected efforts of Rice researchers, the chemical industry and the U.S. Department of Energy. This database will be updated and enhanced over the next year.

Many nanoparticles exhibit unique chemical, electrical, optical and physical properties by virtue of their size, shape or surface characteristics. The great diversity of nanoparticle types that have already been created has made it difficult for scientists to make general statements about the potential safety hazards that nanoparticles might pose to living organisms...read the wave

Research from The University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry has contributed to a breakthrough in the complex world of understanding how the quantum mechanics of chemical reactions work.

By understanding chemical processes better chemists will be able to conduct experiments more quickly and accurately, and make new chemicals more cheaply and efficiently.

A study led by Dr Stuart Althorpe, Reader in Physical Chemistry, is published in the August 19 issue of the prestigious international journal Science.

The research was carried out as part of a long-standing collaboration with a colleague at the University of Durham, Dr Eckart Wrede, and provides a leap forward for scientists all over the world.

Dr Althorpe said: “This work provides another vital piece of the jigsaw for understanding how chemical reactions work...read the wave

NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced the development of an ideal carbon nanotube diode that operates at the "theoretical limit," or best possible performance. This is a significant improvement upon the original nanotube diode device that GE developed and announced last year. This latest breakthrough will enable even smaller and faster electronic devices with increased functionality.

In the course of its research, the GE team led by Dr. Ji Ung Lee made a related discovery when it observed a photovoltaic effect in the nanotube diode device. This is a very significant development that could lead to new approaches and breakthroughs in photovoltaic research. Photovoltaics research is a key component of GE's Ecomagination initiative, which was launched in May. Ecomagination represents the company's commitment to aggressively drive and bring to market new technologies that help its customers address their most pressing energy and environmental challenges...read the wave

The ceremony to mark the opening of UC Riverside's 2,000-square-foot Nanofabrication Cleanroom was held on Aug. 18. Congressmen Ken Calvert and Jerry Lewis will spoke during the ceremony.

The $3 million nanofabrication facility will give a big boost to UCR's nanotechnology research by providing the tools and dust-free workspace in which to build a myriad of small-scale circuits and machines.

“It is nearly impossible to conduct nanoscale research without a cleanroom environment,” said Robert Haddon, director of UCR's Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering. “In some respects having a cleanroom to process samples in is the price of admission into nanoscale research.”

With $7 million worth of equipment, the facility will allow researchers to conduct their work with a full compliment of technology...read the wave

Buffalo, NY, --- NanoDynamics™, a leading nanotechnology organization and manufacturer of superior nanomaterials, has announced that a long-term strategic agreement has been reached with Ames Goldsmith (Glens Falls, NY) relating to the manufacturer and sales of NDSilver™ nanosilver powders. In particular, the companies will collaborate on products targeted for key market opportunities in the electronics area. This strategic partnership builds upon NanoDynamics' proprietary expertise in nanomaterials technology and the proven customer support abilities of Ames Goldsmith, and is expected to accelerate the commercialization of new products with real benefits to customers
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The EU research project “AMBIO” is investigating how to prevent the buildup of organisms on surfaces under marine conditions, for example on ships' hulls. Scientists from BASF are collaborating on this project with 30 partners from business and science from 14 countries. The five-year project was launched in March 2005, and involves a total budget of €17.9 million, of which €11.9 million will be provided by the European Union. The goal of the AMBIO project (Advanced Nanostructured Surfaces for the Control of Biofouling) is to use nanostructuring to significantly reduce the adhesion of organisms to surfaces in aquatic environments, and thus control the fouling process without the use of biocides.

Biofouling is an issue with both environmental and economic relevance. For example, ships with fouled hulls require 40 percent more fossil fuel to travel at the same speed as unfouled vessels. This significantly increases emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. The current state of the art is to use controversial biocides such as copper and organotin compounds that prevent fouling by killing the organisms. Further examples of situations where biofouling may be a problem are...read the wave

RICHARDSON, Texas – University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) nanotechnologists and an Australian colleague have produced transparent carbon nanotube sheets that are stronger than the same-weight steel sheets and have demonstrated applicability for organic light-emitting displays, low-noise electronic sensors, artificial muscles, conducting appliqués and broad-band polarized light sources that can be switched in one ten-thousandths of a second.

Carbon nanotubes are like minute bits of string, and untold trillions of these invisible strings must be assembled to make useful macroscopic articles that can exploit the phenomenal mechanical and electronic properties of the individual nanotubes. In the Aug. 19 issue of the prestigious journal Science , scientists from the NanoTech Institute at UTD and a collaborator, Dr. Ken Atkinson from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), a national laboratory in Australia, report such assembly of nanotubes into sheets at commercially useable rates...read the wave

Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have synthesized a new class of carbenes – molecules that have unusual carbon atoms – that is expected to have wide applications in the pharmaceutical industry, ultimately resulting in a reduction in the price of drugs.

Called cyclic alkyl amino carbenes or CAACs, the molecules attach themselves to metals, such as palladium, to form highly efficient catalysts that allow chemical transformations otherwise considered impossible. The carbenes modulate the properties of the metals to which they are bound and can facilitate and speed up reactions involving their use.

Study results appear in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and were published online Aug. 1.

A carbene is a molecule that has a carbon atom with six electrons instead of the usual eight. Because of the electron deficiency, carbenes are highly reactive and usually unstable in nature...read the wave

OSBURN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlas Mining Company (OTCBB:ALMI) announced that on August 11 and 12, Dr. Aaron Wagner and Sarah Cooper from NaturalNano Inc. visited the Dragon Mine to review the progress made at the site. Also present was Dr. Ron Price, inventor of halloysite micro and nanotubular technologies and an Atlas board member. The group was informed of the underground development and geology of the property. They also collected numerous samples of surface and underground materials to analyze. As stated by Dr. Wagner, "The more we know about the total deposit and the different variations that occur in the deposit, the better we will be able to develop a plant facility to separate and classify the nanotubes using our proprietary processes."

Sarah Cooper acknowledged, "I enjoy working with the Atlas group. The Atlas personnel are very helpful and are instrumental in helping us achieve our goals for providing large volumes of this unique, naturally occurring nanotube material for use in the wide range of applications we have identified at NaturalNano." ...read the wave

AUSTIN, Texas, (PRIMEZONE) -- Nano-Proprietary, Inc. ( NNPP - news ) , through its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), today announced that it has successfully developed carbon nanotube (CNT) electron emission for the next generation of mercury-free flat lamps to be utilized as backlights for large area LCD TVs.

The lamp construction is suitable for mass production utilizing Applied Nanotech's proprietary CNT inks and printing techniques and differs radically from the usual triode structure used for CNT TVs. The backlight is comprised of two components: a front glass covered with the phosphor coating and a back glass functioning as a cathode that includes ANI's proprietary metallic and CNT inks. All processes involve printing only and can be produced at low cost to accommodate the needs of the large LCD TV consumer market.

ANI has developed a proof of concept that is 65mm x 65mm (3.6 inch diagonal) utilizing its proprietary functionalized CNTs that requires an electric field of less than 1 volt/micrometer and achieved 40,000 candela/square meter. Considering the high value of luminous efficiency of cathodo-luminescent materials and potential future improvements in the design structure of the lamp, a 32-inch LCD TV backlight consuming power as low as 50-60 watts is possible...read the wave

By applying electric current through a thin film of oil molecules, engineers have developed a new method to precisely carve arrays of tiny holes only 10 nanometers wide into sheets of gold. The new system, called Electric Pen Lithography (EPL), uses a scanning-tunneling microscope, fitted with a tip sharpened to the size of a single atom, to deliver the charge through the dielectric oil to the target surface.

With EPL, the researchers can both see and manipulate their target at the same time, all without the constraints of the vacuum chamber required by similar processes. With such tight control, the researchers hope the relatively inexpensive procedure will have applications for crafting single DNA detection devices such as nanopores, nanoscale interconnects in biological and semiconducting devices, molecular sieves for protein sorting and nanojets for fuel or drug delivery...read the wave

A recent EU project designed and developed a new demonstrator microchip that will dramatically cut the cost of producing new wireless products and could mean that a whole range of existing products will be enabled for wireless communication.

The IST-funded IMPACT project included industry heavyweights Ericsson and Philips who worked together to develop a new CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) chip that can transmit and receive microwave signals in the 5–24 GHz frequency range. The team developed a range of demonstrators, including amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and frequency multipliers.

The IMPACT team sought to discover whether analogue and radio frequency (RF) circuits could be developed for the emerging 90nm CMOS chips. These chips use a much smaller (90nm) circuit etching process than current models...read the wave

Santa Barbara, CA, --- Asylum Research, a leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopes (AFMs), announces the availability of the new MFP-3D Extended Head for use in its MFP-3D Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Systems. The new head design allows a 28µm scan range in Z for samples with higher features, and in particular, for bioscience applications including living cells, plant imaging, and for pulling on long chained molecules...read the wave

It has been hailed by some as a revolutionary science — and by others as a threat to mankind.

The technology which spawned fears of unstoppable 'grey goo' taking over the planet and inspired the bestselling Michael Crichton novel Prey continues to be one of the most controversial fields in modern science.

But what is the truth behind nanotechnology and what is its real potential to affect the way we live in the coming decades? This question, and others, will be the subject of a ground-breaking public debate at The University of Nottingham later this month.

Eric Drexler, formerly of the Foresight Institute and now Chief Technical Adviser with Nanorex, was responsible for the concept that nanotechnology could lead to self-replicating 'nanobots' and 'grey goo' with the potential to threaten life as we know it...read the wave

Hkc22.com, Beijing just released a new study about nanotechnology developments in china from 2005 to 2010 and 2015. The markets in china for nanotechnology products and systems is 5.4 billion us dollar in 2005 and will increase to 31.4 bn us $ by 2010 and 144.9 bn us $ by 2015. The main segments are nanomaterials, nanoelectronics, nanobio  and nano-life-sciences which count already for 70 percent of the turnover. The market share  ( worldmarket )will be more then 6 percent by 2010 and 16 percent by 2015. Like no other country china understood that  to win the race depends on finished products through Nano-Bio-Cogno-Info convergence and not on nano science mainly. Second but maybe even more important, there are no ethical restrictions or social controversy  on developing and using nanotechnologies for new products and systems...read the wave

Engineers at Purdue University have created a nanotech simulation tool that shows how current flows between silicon atoms and individual molecules to help researchers design "molecular electronic" devices for future computers and advanced sensors.

Molecular electronics could make it possible to manufacture hardware by "growing" circuits and devices in layers that may "self-assemble," similar to the growth of structures in living organisms. Devices for a variety of applications might be fabricated using techniques based on chemical attractions rather than the complex, expensive processes now used to etch electronic circuits
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MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biofriendly Corporation has announced that its Green Plus(R) diesel fuel enhancer has been approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as an emission reduction solution for both on-road and off-road use. This means that on-road trucks, off-road construction equipment, school buses, locomotives and marine vessels that use diesel fuel in the 110 counties in Texas designated by the U.S. EPA as non-attainment areas (areas which have consistently surpassed the ozone and other air pollution levels) may use fuel treated with Green Plus to meet the new Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED) law that goes into effect October 1...read the wave

Austin, TX - Engineers at the Advanced Materials Research Center (AMRC) here are investigating a nanoscale approach to metrology that will allow them to examine new semiconductor structures at the atomic level, and so prepare the way for next-generation electronics.

The new methodology uses computer modeling designed for use with aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM), an imaging method that can resolve as small as 0.7 Angstrom (Å). Many inter-atomic spacings in crystals, including silicon, have dimensions less than 0.1 nm (1 Å).

This capability of viewing atom-sized structures will push forward the feasibility of advanced semiconductor structures such as fin-shaped field-effect transistors (FinFETs,) which are hoped-for replacements for conventional CMOS transistors that are running up against fundamental physical limitations...read the wave

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanorex, a molecular engineering software company, named Dr. K. Eric Drexler as the company's Chief Technical Advisor. Dr. Drexler will play a leading role in shaping Nanorex's product strategy and advancing the company's academic outreach programs.

"We are very excited to have Dr. Drexler join our team," said Mark Sims, President and founder of Nanorex. "With his unparalleled knowledge of molecular design, Drexler will help nanoENGINEER-1 become the premiere design software in this field." Sims aims to create top-of-the line molecular engineering tools for researchers and students pushing the frontier in molecular design and nanoscale engineering.

"Computational modeling tools will play a crucial role in guiding nanomechanical engineering research and help identify novel pathways for fabricating productive nanosystems," said Dr. Drexler. "Nanorex has assembled a world-class team of engineers and scientists developing nanoENGINEER-1, which I anticipate will become a compelling educational and research tool for future nanoengineers.".
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AMES, Iowa -- Scientists have long used ultra-fine glass tubes known as capillaries to analyze the chemical makeup of substances. Called capillary electrophoresis, or CE, the method applies high voltage to the capillaries, and by measuring the rate that the various materials move through the capillaries, researchers are able to identify individual compounds.

A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a method called dynamic multiple equilibrium gradients, DMEG for short, that dramatically fine-tunes the process, allowing for a significant increase in resolution over previous methods. Potential applications include chemical, biological and biomedical sciences, as well as in environmental monitoring, biological warfare detection, drug discovery, and more.

“This method is hyperselective and we can design it to target specific analytes for separation,” said Ryszard Jankowiak, an Ames Lab senior scientist. “Running multiple electric field gradients can focus and move the analytes to the detection window at precisely defined times, creating signature ‘fingerprints', which minimizes the probability of false positives.”...read the wave

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Countries across the world continue to search for new ways to create energy. As our current means for energy continue to deplete, thus making them more expensive to generate, governments are searching for new energy resources. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed a more efficient source of energy involving nano-scale particles that take only microseconds to create and can be developed on a surface as small as a microchip.

"This technology is considerably less expensive than existing chemical and physical processes," said Shubhra Gangopadhyay, professor of electrical engineering at MU. "It creates high amounts of mechanical and thermal energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy. So, the possibilities are endless in terms of what this energy can do."

The energy is developed using solid state energetic material consisting of fuel and oxidizer. The nano-engineered energetic material generates a tremendous amount of thermal and mechanical energy when ignited. Electric power is generated using the thermoelectric effect. The microfabricated devices coated with the energetic material are capable of producing tens of joules, which are units of energy, in the fraction of a second, which can be used for pulsed power applications or can be stored in charge storage devices for later use in portable electronics...read the wave

Benoeming drie nieuwe hoogleraren

De Universiteit Twente heeft drie jonge hoogleraren benoemd op deelgebieden van de nanotechnologie. Met de benoeming van prof.dr.ir. Harold Zandvliet, prof.dr.ir. Hans Hilgenkamp en prof.dr.ir. Jurriaan Huskens stimuleert het MESA+ Instituut voor Nanotechnologie excellente jonge wetenschappers en maakt het een keuze voor onderzoeksrichtingen – nanofabricage, -devices en -elektronica - die van strategisch belang zijn voor de positie in het nationale nanotechnologie-programma en voor internationale profilering van het onderzoek.

Jurriaan Huskens (37) is benoemd tot hoogleraar Nanofabrication . Hij studeerde Scheikundige Technologie aan de TU Eindhoven en promoveerde aan de TU Delft. In 2002 verwierf hij een VIDI-subsidie van NWO voor onderzoek naar het positioneren en ordenen van moleculen, nodig om ze als bouwblokken voor nano-elektronica te kunnen gebruiken...read the wave

The new scientific programme "Nanotechnology for Society" to be discussed by the Cabinet today will secure financing for the research on microscopic structures and technologies, Czech Academy of Sciences President Vaclav Paces told CTK today.

The Academy will earmark almost two billion crowns for the programme in the next seven years."The infrastructure for such an important programme is still lacking in our country," Paces said.

Nanotechnology focuses on the use of microscopic material, combining a number of disciplines, including physics, biology and electronics. For instance, nanotechnology has been used for the development of fireproof fabrics.

The Nanotechnology for Society programme is intended to enhance links between private research centres and government-funded laboratories. The grants will be allocated mainly for the commercial use of scientific findings...read the wave

Berkeley, CA, --- A research team led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new technique to handle metal defects in low-grade silicon, an advance that could dramatically reduce the cost of solar cells.

Nearly 90 percent of solar, or photovoltaic, cells in the world are made from a refined, highly purified form of silicon, the same material used to make integrated circuits. The growth of the semiconductor and solar cell industries has put increasing pressure on relatively limited supplies of this high-quality silicon, consequently driving up the price of the material.

Attempts to use the far more abundant and cheaper form of silicon - one that is laden with metal impurities and defects - have failed because solar cells made from this material do not perform as well. In addition, manufacturing techniques used to remove impurities are expensive, negating the cost benefits of using the cheaper material....read the wave

Researchers at UCSD and Clemson University have discovered that specially synthesized carbon nanotube structures exhibit electronic properties that are improved over conventional transistors used in computers. In a paper published* in the September issue of Nature Materials and released online on August 14, UCSD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professors Prabhakar Bandaru and Sungho Jin, graduate student Chiara Daraio, and Clemson physicist Apparao M. Rao reported that Y-shaped nanotubes behave as electronic switches similar to conventional MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) transistors, the workhorses of modern microprocessors, digital memory, and application-specific integrated circuits.

“This is the first time that a transistor-like structure has been fabricated using a branched carbon nanotube,” said Bandaru. “This discovery represents a new way of thinking about nano-electronic devices, and I think people interested in creating functionality at the nanoscale will be inspired to explore the ramifications of these Y-junction elements in greater detail.” ...read the wave

Renowned for their ability to walk up walls like miniature Spider-Men--or even to hang from the ceiling by one toe--the colorful lizards of the gecko family owe their wall-crawling prowess to their remarkable footpads. Each five-toed foot is covered with microscopic elastic hairs called setae, which are themselves split at the ends to form a forest of nanoscale fibers known as spatulas. So when a gecko steps on almost anything, these nano-hairs make such extremely close contact with the surface that they form intermolecular bonds, thus holding the foot in place...read the wave

Electron spins controlled by beams of light could pave the way for the next generation of electronic circuitry powered by magnetic properties of charges, says University of Toronto research.

A paper published in the July issue of Physical Review Letters shows how U of T researchers propose a new technique using lasers to harness the quantum mechanical attribute – spin – of particles in solids. The research solves a key obstacle to the new field of spin-based electronics or “spintronics:” how to control the spin of electrons in an energy-efficient way. “Spins of particles interact with magnetic fields like tiny bar magnets,” says Ali Najmaie, the study’s lead author and a graduate student in physics. “The challenge is to produce spin currents by aligning and sorting the motion of electrons according to their spins.”...read the wave

Physicists in Singapore have succeeded in creating the first paper battery that generates electricity from urine. This new battery will be the perfect power source for cheap, disposable healthcare test-kits for diseases such as diabetes. This research is published today in the Institute of Physics' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.

Scientists in research groups around the world are trying to design ever smaller “biochips” that can test for a variety of diseases at once, give instant results, and, crucially, can be mass produced cheaply. But until now, no one has been able to solve the problem of finding a power source as small and as cheap to fabricate as the detection technology itself.

Led by Dr Ki Bang Lee, a research team at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a paper battery that is small, cheap to fabricate, and which ingeniously uses the fluid being tested (urine) as the power source for the device doing the testing...read the wave

Nanoforum, the thematic network financed by the EU as part of the FP5 funding of the cutting edge of science, has just drawn up a report on the infrastructures and networks of nanotechnology in Europe.

The authors of the report have found no less than 240 infrastructures in 28 countries, of which 16 have been classified as important for the development of EU research infrastructures. The study also found 143 networks offering support, collaboration and information exchange among members.

But no nanotechnology infrastructures or networks have been found in Malta, Croatia, Cyprus, Iceland, Slovakia and Liechtenstein, the report said.

France has been found to be particularly active in the fields of electronics and nano-biotechnology, while Germany has a wide spectrum of networks covering almost all areas. Greece is present in many areas while the Netherlands, Poland and the UK also have important research centres
Source : Malta Independent Online

(I-Newswire) - "There are a broad variety of applications for this system, although the main market is in biomedicine," explains OPTONANOGEN coordinator Laura Lechuga at the National Microelectronics Centre ( CNM ) in Spain. "Though commercial biosensing systems exist they are larger and designed to be used in laboratories. We are the first to develop a fully integrated system on a small scale in this field."

The final device will be roughly the size of a human hand, allowing it to be used in doctors' surgeries to determine the genetic predisposition of a patient to certain diseases in a matter of minutes. That compares to the hours or even days it can take to carry out the same analysis in a laboratory, which is generally only used to test high risk groups such as women with a family history of breast cancer...read the wave

BOSTON, Mass, - Greenyarn, an American firm developing advanced fabrics for consumers seeking eco-friendly alternatives to conventional materials, has developed a deodorizing fabric made from bamboo. The company has scaled up production of this material which it has named “Eco-fabric,” and is now supplies it to the Asian and American fabric and garment markets.

The active ingredient of Eco-fabric are nano-particles of bamboo charcoal, made from the Moso Bamboo ( Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens ), the world's most porous bamboo grown in the Jhushan “Bamboo Mountain” region of Taiwan. The bamboo contains many pores in its structure, making it excellent for absorbing odor-causing chemicals, controlling temperature, and voiding moisture -- and a good fabric for footwear or undergarments. The bamboo is also naturally biocidal, and inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungii...read the wave

New technology developed at Northwestern University has the potential for broad application in the detection of terrorist activities such as missile attacks on U.S. troops. Scientists at the Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated, for the first time, uncooled infrared imaging using type-II superlattice technology. This significant development could lead to smaller, faster and less expensive hand-held infrared imaging devices.

High-speed infrared (IR) imagers are capable of sensing thermal profiles of missiles and other objects that emit heat above that of the background. These devices also have potential in medical applications where excessive heating or cooling in the body can indicate trouble, such as inflammation, circulation issues or even cancerous tissue.

“For most practical applications, high-speed operation with handheld portability is especially important,” said CQD director Manijeh Razeghi, who led the research team. “Uncooled imagers are capable of handheld operation, which is critical in situations with soldiers on the battlefield or with firefighters in a smoke-filled environment. Cooled sensors, on the other hand, typically utilize liquid nitrogen for cooling to minus 200 degrees Celsius, making the sensors expensive and bulky.” ...read the wave

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To help achieve the Bush Administration's goal of increased use of solar and other renewable forms of energy, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science has released a report describing the basic research needed to produce "revolutionary progress in bringing solar energy to its full potential in the energy marketplace." The report resulted from a workshop of 200 scientists held earlier this year.

"The tax credits contained in the historic energy bill signed by President Bush will greatly help expand the use of renewable energy," said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of DOE's Office of Science. "This research will help improve a critical component of renewable energy, solar technology, in the future. Increasing the use of renewable energy is a clear way to help meet our growing energy needs using environmentally-friendly power sources."

"This report demonstrates the important contribution the entire scientific community can make to the development of new sustainable energy resources," Orbach said. "Science and basic research can and must play a key role in addressing the energy security needs of our nation." ...read the wave

(I-Newswire) - Franklin M. Orr Jr., director of the Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), announced that five new research grants totaling more than $11 million have been awarded to Stanford faculty and collaborating researchers at other institutions in the United States and overseas. The new programs will focus on solar energy, advanced combustion, and carbon capture and separation. Investigators will use the funding to conduct fundamental research in energy technologies aimed at significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale.

"The granting of these awards broadens the scope of GCEP research and provides us with additional research in renewable energy technologies," said Orr, the Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Stanford. "It also expands the global nature of GCEP to include institutions in Australia and Japan in addition to the institutions working with us from the U.S. and Europe."

Funded over a three-year period beginning in fall 2005, the grants will bring the total number of research efforts supported by GCEP to 28, with total funding of approximately $37.5 million..
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Clothing that can report the location of an injured miner or automatically contract around a soldier's wound to prevent blood loss may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it is not far from reality following the development of a new yarn made from sub-microscopic fibres.

In a breakthrough in the development of ‘smart' clothing, scientists at CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology in Geelong and at the University of Texas NanoTech Institute have used Australian wool and cotton spinning know-how to produce a new yarn made solely from carbon nanotubes. These tiny high-tech fibres can be woven into strong, lightweight yarn with some extraordinary properties.

The hollow fibres measure about a millionth of a centimetre in diameter, and are ‘grown' at high temperatures in laboratories....read the wave

Dealing with things smaller than 100 nanometres (for comparison, a human hair is 80 000 nm wide), nanotechnologies are fast becoming the 'next big thing' (only not so big at all). Yet while nano-enthusiasts say they are the future, nano-sceptics are concerned about potential dangers.

From nano-hype to nano-nonsense, this issue in the Big Picture series sifts sense from speculation.

• What are nanotechnologies and what might they do for us?
• What (if anything) do we need to worry about?
• How are potential benefits weighed against possible downsides?
• What role should the public play in the process of nano development? ...read the wave

New work by two researchers at HP Laboratories Bristol sets out to solve one of the major difficulties in quantum computer architectures that use directly interacting qubits.

The problem is that the million-or-so qubits necessary to do useful calculations in a quantum computer would all feel the presence of each other, meaning that the information would leak in an uncontrollable way. The more qubits that are put together this way, the harder it is to control them.

The solution put forward by Dr Sean Barrett and Dr Pieter Kok, working at HP Laboratories Bristol, is to put every qubits in its own box, so that they cannot directly talk to each other. However, for quantum computing to work, there does need to be some interaction between qubits so that they can become entangled. In the HP Labs system this is achieved by using the fact that every qubit can emit light particles (photons).

Quantum computing is expected to be much more powerful than conventional information processing. It should be able to search faster and simulate better, factor large numbers efficiently and virtually guarantee secure communications. The technology might still be several decades away from practical implementation...read the wave

HOUSTON, -- Researchers at Rice University, the Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Houston and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have created a new class of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents that are at least 40 times more effective than the best in clinical use.

The new agents -- dubbed gadonanotubes -- use the same highly toxic metal, gadolinium, that is given to more than a quarter of MRI patients today, but the metal atoms are encased inside a hollow tube of pure carbon called a nanotube. Shrouding the toxic metals inside the benign carbon is expected to significantly reduce or eliminate the metal's toxicity.

The research was published this month in the journal Chemical Communications.

"In prior work, we have boosted the effectiveness of gadolinium MRI contrast agents by encasing them in spheres of carbon called buckyballs," said lead author Lon Wilson, professor of chemistry at Rice. "Each nanotube will hold more gadolinium atoms than a buckyball, so we expected them to be more effective agents. But they are actually much, much better than we anticipated, so much so that no existing theory can explain how they work." ...read the wave

Meeting on “Infection, Inflammation ,Immunity and Bionanotechnology ” ...read the wave

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Countries across the world continue to search for new ways to create energy. As our current means for energy continue to deplete, thus making them more expensive to generate, governments are searching for new energy resources. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed a more efficient source of energy involving nano-scale particles that take only microseconds to create and can be developed on a surface as small as a microchip.

"This technology is considerably less expensive than existing chemical and physical processes," said Shubhra Gangopadhyay, professor of electrical engineering at MU. "It creates high amounts of mechanical and thermal energy and can convert that energy into electrical energy. So, the possibilities are endless in terms of what this energy can do."

The energy is developed using solid state energetic material consisting of fuel and oxidizer. The nano-engineered energetic material generates a tremendous amount of thermal and mechanical energy when ignited. Electric power is generated using the thermoelectric effect....read the wave

MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---Biofriendly Corporation has announced that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued a notification approving Biofriendly's Green Plus(R) diesel fuel enhancer as an Alternative Formulation solution when added to standard #2 low sulfur (500 parts per million) diesel to meet the State's new stringent Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED) regulation.

The TxLED law, which goes into effect October 1, 2005, requires Texas diesel producers and importers to supply a diesel fuel formulation that meets the Texas Low Emission Diesel requirements in the 110 counties in Texas designated as U.S. EPA non-attainment areas (areas which have consistently surpassed the ozone and other air pollution levels). Biofriendly's Green Plus won approval after meeting the Texas Low Emission Diesel requirements as an Alternative Formulation by passing a series of complex Federal tests. Producers and importers may now use Green Plus as their solution to meet the requirements of Texas Low Emission Diesel in the 110 affected counties.

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TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---Nanobac Life Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB:NNBP) ("Nanobac" or "the Company") has announced that Mission Pharmacal Company, a global pharmaceutical company and leading kidney stone disease reference laboratory, executed an observation rights agreement with Nanobac Life Sciences to observe a multi-center collaboration involving researchers from Nanobac, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and NASA's Johnson Space Center, to study kidney stone formation. As announced previously, the multi-disciplinary team will apply the same type of instrumentation used to analyze moon rocks and particles collected from space to analyze mineralized particles and stones collected from kidney stone patients. The team will attempt to find early events in stone formation and to verify whether Calcifying Nano-Particles, also known as Nanobacteria, are the initiators of kidney stone formation. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased that the global leader in kidney stone diagnostics and treatment has taken note of our science and wishes to observe this exciting study," stated Grant Carlson, Nanobac's President and Chief Operating Officer. "Mission Pharmacal with its world-class reference laboratory and wide-ranging product portfolio is uniquely positioned to bring new diagnostics, dietary supplements, and new therapeutics to the urology community. We are hopeful that our studies will change the way kidney stones are detected and ultimately treated." ...read the wave

WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a world leader in atomic force microscopy (AFM) technology, has announced that The Fraunhofer Center for Nanoelectronic Technology (CNT) in Dresden, Germany has purchased a Dimension X3D automated atomic force microscope (AFM). CNT plans to use the tool for critical dimension metrology for 70nm and below R&D applications.

The CNT is a private-public partnership between Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the industrial partners Infineon Technologies AG and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and has clean-room facilities adjacent to Infineon. The CNT's objective is to become a key semiconductor and nanoelectronics research center, thereby accelerating the introduction of new semiconductor technologies from R&D to production. Information on the CNT is available at www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/EN/press/pi/2004/11/Mediendienst112004Thema7.jsp Funding for the CNT is provided by the German Ministry of Education and Research and the free state of Saxony.
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Nanophase Technologies delivers and manufactures nanomaterials solutions to the marketplace. Headquarted in Illinois, Nanophase is one of a handful of publicly traded nanotechnology companies in the U.S. According to Joe Cross, President & CEO, “The real power in Nanophase is being able to deliver an optimal solution to an application. We make and deliver nanomaterials in whatever format the customer needs.” In essence, Nanophase is “selling a solution” by making an intermediate product that can be easily integrated into an existing product or process. Nanophase uses plasma nanoparticles, which have a unique set of bulk and surface properties, allowing the company to create single, discrete crystals that are distinct, pure, and of commercial quality and quantity. The company also manufactures its nanomaterials in two plants, with an annual nanoparticle capacity of over 2 million pounds.
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