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New
NIH Funding to Support UAB Total Joint Replacement Research Collaboration
Micro
Nano Breakthrough Conference (MNBC) & Oregon Built Environment &
Sustainable Technologies Center (Oregon BEST) presents Solar Materials
Symposium Monday, September 21, 2009
ONAMI July 20th, 2009 The
6th annual Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference (
California's
Channel Islands hold evidence of Clovis-age comets
Muscular
protein bond -- strongest yet found in nature
Technische Universitaet Muenchen July
20th, 2009 Single-molecule experiments show how mechanical
strength in muscles is anchored in the titin-telethonin complex
Berkeley
Lab Wins Four 2009 R&D R&D 100 Awards
Berkeley Lab July 20th, 2009
Berkeley Lab won four of R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Awards for 2009, which
recognize the 100 most significant proven technological advances of the year.
This year's winners offer the promise of cost-competitive solar cells, more
computer memory at less cost, an unmatched look at atomic scale matter in 3-D,
and a more powerful way to find hidden energy sources.
Carbon:Life's
most important element
bangkokpost.com July 20th, 2009 Anything
living (or dead, for that matter) contains carbon, as does the fuel for cars
and motorbikes, all plastics and even wax candles and lightweight carbon
fibres. Carbon is simply omnipresent. Graphite is also the only non-metal that
conducts electricity. This is because the extra electron that isn't used in
bonding, due to only bonding to three other carbons, can now move within the
graphite and allows electricity to flow. There are many other allotropes of
carbon, including the fullerenes, but their applications are still under
research, although there may be cancer cures and applications in
nanotechnology, so researchers are continuously finding new ways to use carbon.
Nanoscience
Saves Lives
weau.com July 20th, 2009 Every
day, researchers get closer to possibly curing diseases like diabetes and
multiple sclerosis. And instructors in nanoscience at CVTC are conducting
experiments that directly relate to curing these diseases. These instructors
say
Super
tiny technology could power superfast airplanes
Tension
in axons is essential for synaptic signaling, researchers report
QuantaSol
unveils 28.3% efficient single-junction solar cell World Record
QuantaSol July 21st, 2009 QuantaSol
unveils 28.3% efficient single-junction solar cell World record made public at
UK's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
It’s
the small stuff that matters
Oak Ridge National Laboratory July 21st,
2009 To understand transformations of matter, scientists at
DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aided in developing methods to
determine how fast clusters of molecules form and their corresponding
stability.
Chasing
tiny vehicles
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität July
21st, 2009 Microscope shows how nanoferries invade cells
Implantable
Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
July 21st, 2009 Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now
the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are
accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
Nanoparticles
Image Breast Cancer
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in
Cancer July 21st, 2009 Current methods of detecting breast
cancer suffer from low sensitivity, limited spatial resolution, or the need to
use complicated and expensive radioisotope-based technologies.
Targeted
Nanoparticles Boost Arsenic’s Anticancer Punch
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in
Cancer July 21st, 2009 Arsenic trioxide has a long history
as a potent human poison, but it also has proven valuable as one of the primary
treatment options for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Efforts to use arsenic
trioxide to treat other types of cancer are under way, but clinical trials are
revealing that the extreme toxicity of this material is likely to limit its
utility as a broad-spectrum anticancer agent.
Nanoparticle-Based
"Chemical Nose" Sniffs Out Cancer Earlier To Improve Treatment
Options
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in
Cancer July 21st, 2009 Using a "chemical nose"
array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the
Monitoring
Cancer Cell Changes With Quantum Dots
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in
Cancer July 21st, 2009 One of the earliest events that
changes a normal cell into a malignant one is known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
hypermethylation, a biochemical alteration that inactivates critical
tumor-suppressor genes. A team of investigators at
New
Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Therapeutic Drug Discovery
NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in
Cancer July 21st, 2009 Understanding the structure of
proteins is a vital first step in developing new drugs, but to date,
researchers have had difficulty studying the large number of proteins that are
normally embedded in the cell membrane, a family of proteins that includes
those involved in cancer-related signaling processes. However, using
nanoparticles, scientists from the
Energenics
Placement and Product Order
Antaria Limited July 21st, 2009 Antaria
Limited today announced it had reached an agreement with its strategic partner
Energenics Holdings Pte Ltd of Singapore that will see Antaria increase its
working capital reserves by an amount in excess of A$1.5 million and allows
Energenics to have additional resources to continue with its own business
development.
Leti
and MAPPER launch IMAGINE Program with Delivery of MAPPER's Massively Parallel
Electron Beam Platform
CEA-Leti July 21st, 2009 CEA-Leti
and MAPPER Lithography announce today that MAPPER has delivered one of its
massively parallel electron beam platforms to CEA-Leti
Twinkling
nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
Nanotechnology
strategy
theengineer.co.uk July 21st, 2009 Lord
Drayson, the UK science and innovation minister and chair of the Ministerial
Group on Nanotechnologies, has called on industry to get involved in shaping a
UK strategy for nanotechnologies. Industry, academia and consumer groups have
been invited to use a new website at www.interactive.bis.gov.uk/nano to help
develop the strategy, building on existing research that has already taken
place.
Low
Noise Top Gate Graphene Transistor is Demonstrated
University of California - Riverside
July 22nd, 2009 Graphene, which consists of just a single
atomic layer of carbon atoms bound into crystal lattice, is the hottest new
material system considered for applications in future electronics and sensors.
The properties, which make graphene so desirable for future electronics, are
its extremely high electrical and thermal conductivities. For any transistor to
be useful for communications or information processing, the level of the
electronic low-frequency noise (also referred to as 1/f or flicker noise) has
to be reduced to an acceptable level defined by the Hooge parameter. Although
modern electronic devices such as cell phones and radars operate at very higher
frequencies (GHz range), the low-frequency 1/f noise is extremely important.
Due to unavoidable non-linearities in devices and systems, the low frequency
noise up-converts to higher requencies, and contributes to the phase noise of the
system, thus limiting its performance. The same is true for the proposed
applications of graphene as a material for ultra-sensitive detectors.
Purer
water made possible by Sandia advance: A single atom makes a big difference
Sandia National Laboratories July 22nd,
2009 By substituting a single atom in a molecule widely used
to purify water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a far
more effective decontaminant with a shelf life superior to products currently
on the market. Sandia has applied for a patent on the material, which removes
bacterial, viral and other organic and inorganic contaminants from river water
destined for human consumption, and from wastewater treatment plants prior to
returning water to the environment.
More
Than Meets the Eye: New Blue Light Nanocrystals
Berkeley Lab July 22nd, 2009 Berkeley
Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that
efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of
carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.
NIST
Awards $55.5 Million in Grants for New University Research Facilities
NIST July 22nd, 2009 The
U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) announced today that it is awarding grants totaling more than $55.5
million to four universities to provide cost-shared support for the
construction of new scientific research facilities. "These awards mean
four major construction projects in these local areas, with the jobs and
economic benefits they bring," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said,
"but even more important, these four projects provide a major boost to
scientific research at four respected universities, enhancing innovation,
public safety and environmental protection for many, many years to come."
In
Pursuit of Immortality: The science behind life extension
familyhealthguide.co.uk July 22nd, 2009 Since
the beginning of recorded history, humans have searched for the key to
immortality and eternal youth. From the epic of Gilgamesh, recorded on clay
tablets around 2000 B.C., to Ponce de Leon's famed search for the fountain of
youth in the new world, the extension of life has been a recurring theme for
humanity. Today, scientists are coming closer than ever to making real medical
breakthroughs that will "cure" aging and eventually bring an end to
natural death. Pharmaceutical discoveries, and advances in the fields of
nanotechnology, cloning, stem cell research and cryonics offer tantalizing
glimpses at a future free from old age, and the ability to actually reverse the
aging process itself - possibilities that life extension experts feel could
become a reality by 2019. Of course, along with these discoveries come ethical
questions about the meaning of life in the absence of death and the fate of
religion, as well as concerns about overpopulation, boredom and why anyone
would really want to live forever. If the claims of life extension proponents
sound far fetched, consider the fact that the average human lifespan has
doubled since 1900 and continues to increase. Enormous medical advances
occurred during the 20th century, resulting in the development of medications
and technology that were once unthinkable. Less than 100 years ago, insulin was
unknown and type 1 diabetes was a fatal and mysterious disease. Now, insulin is
an inexpensive and easily obtainable drug that saves lives every day. Other
medical devices that are common today, like internal pacemakers and contact
lenses, were unthinkable just 100 years ago, and the rate of medical and scientific
advances continues to increase.
Can
you see ahead 90 years?
ieet.org July 22nd, 2009
Give us your best guess about the state of the world in the year 2099. We've
posted a new IEET poll, asking our readers to look ahead nine decades and try
to make an informed guess about what the world will look like at the end of
this century. Here are the options from which you can choose (multiple answers
are accepted, and you can also "write in" your own statement): *
Utopia! A post-scarcity society basking in freedom and prosperity. * Posthumans
will dominate, with unenhanced humans a tiny minority. * Considerable off-Earth
expansion, enabled by nanotech and biotech. * Ups and downs along the way, but
overall about the same. * Much worse than today due to climate chaos and
environmental collapse. * Near or total destruction of civilization from all-out
warfare. * Humanity enslaved by a totalitarian global government. *
Superintelligent AI will usher in a Singularity and all bets are off. * Other.
So, what do you think we can expect?
New
windows opened on cell-to-cell interactions: Oregon researcher puts new focus
on how particles of colloidal materials and artificial cells interact
Caltech
Physicists Create First Nanoscale Mass Spectrometer: Device can instantly
measure the mass of an individual molecule
Caltech July 22nd, 2009 Using
devices millionths of a meter in size, physicists at the California Institute
of Technology (Caltech) have developed a technique to determine the mass of a
single molecule, in real time. The mass of molecules is traditionally measured
using mass spectrometry, in which samples consisting of tens of thousands of
molecules are ionized, to produce charged versions of the molecules, or ions.
Those ions are then directed into an electric field, where their motion, which
is choreographed by both their mass and their charge, allows the determination
of their so-called mass-to-charge ratio. From this, their mass can ultimately
be ascertained.
Coffee
Drinkers, Say Hello to Scald-Proof Nanofabric
popsci.com July 23rd, 2009 With
scalding liquids, however, problems set in: not only do they cause the waxy
coating to melt, but hot water also drives away the air. What's more, hot water
drops are able to make their way into smaller nooks in the surface. Classically
water-resistant surfaces, like the leaves above, succumb to hot water, letting
it ooze through without resistance. Well aware of the above research, as well
as of recent studies pointing to the water-resilient properties of carbon
nanotubes, the team of chemists at the
Vaccine
Patch Nano-Pinpoints Flu Inoculation
popsci.com July 23rd, 2009 After
yesterday's announcements by the World Health Organization, calling swine flu
"unstoppable" and noting that there might not be enough vaccine
produced by the time flu season rolls around, the debate began over what to do
with the small amount of H1N1 vaccine that will be produced this year. Well, if
you're Australian scientist Mark Kendall, you answer that question by designing
a vaccine system that provides the same protection as a regular shot, but only
uses a fraction of the vaccine.
New
silver nanoparticle skin gel for healing burns
American Chemical Society July 23rd,
2009 Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory
tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied
to the skin of burn patients to treat infections.
Bharatbook.com
: Real economic potential & latent demand for Products Incorporating Nanotechnology
Bharat Book Bureau July 23rd, 2009 Bharatbook.com
added a new "Report on Products Incorporating Nanotechnology World Market
Segmentation by City" into its market report catalogue for reselling.
Oral
drugs that can pack more of a punch
israel21c.org July 23rd, 2009 It
may be the latest scientific trend, but Professor Simon Benita of the
EDF
Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and First Solar, Inc. announce venture to build
largest solar manufacturing plant in France
First Solar July 23rd, 2009 EDF
Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today
announced a venture to build
Spain,
Portugal open nanotechnology research center
reuters.com July 23rd, 2009 Spanish
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Friday hailed the opening of a
joint scientific research center with Portugal as the dawning of a new age of
discovery for the two countries. Zapatero and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose
Socrates were among dignitaries who attended the opening of the Iberian
nanotechnology research center in northern
Nano
Med Tech Advancing in FDA Approvals
live-pr.com July 23rd, 2009 Originally,
Nano Med Tech contingent comprised a team of eleven Chinese Nationals, all of
whom obtained doctorates in the nanotechnology field at top-tier
Nanoco
Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Nanosys, Inc. for Quantum Dot
Technology
Nanoco July 23rd, 2009 Nanoco
Technologies Ltd. today announced it has agreed to settlement terms of a patent
infringement lawsuit brought by Nanosys, Inc.
Haste
Makes Nano Wste
columbiacitypaper.com July 23rd, 2009 Overall,
the rapidly growing nanotechnology sector promises steady job growth and
seemingly endless commercial applications. The National Science Foundation has
estimated the need for workers in the nanotech sector will rise from the
current 20,000 to around two million in the next decade. It is expected to
swell from a $200 billion industry to a $3 trillion industry in just the next
five years. Yet, with this burgeoning technology also comes a growing concern
-particularly from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug
Administration—about the little-known effects that waste being produced
on the nano level might have on the chemical makeup of our environment. The
Inorganic
Nanoscience Award To Charles Lieber
Harvard University NanoCenter July
23rd, 2009 Charles M. Lieber, Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of
Chemistry at Harvard University (cmliris.harvard.edu/people/CML.php), is the
winner of the 2009 Inorganic Nanoscience Award presented by the ACS Division of
Inorganic Chemistry to honor excellent research. The award is sponsored by the
NanoCenter of the
Rolling
out the nanotubes: Synthesis of graphitic nanotubes containing platinum metals
achieved through self-assembly techniques
Riken July 24th, 2009 Nanoscale
materials with well-defined shapes, such as one-dimensional hollow tubes, have
attracted the interest of scientists seeking to utilize their unique
properties. Nanotubes have large inner and outer surface areas that are
accessible to many smaller molecules, meaning they have the potential to be
developed into new types of sensors and catalysts.
Luther
Forest Technology campus welcomes Globalfoundries as they break ground on
world’s most advanced chip fabrication plant, marking the beginning of a
new era in US economic d
Quantum
dot research could lead to medical advances
Missouri University of Science and
Technology July 24th, 2009 Working with atomic-scale
particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and
Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and
monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and other molecules at the cellular level.
Molecules
mean more Moore 'Silicon with afterburners' developed at Rice could be boon to
electronics manufacturers
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Understanding nanoscale light
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Optical properties of nanoparticles
unravelled by NREL team
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/39864
3D nanopillars make good
photovoltaics
Devices built on low-cost, flexible
substrates show promising light-conversion efficiencies
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/39848
Laser pulse transforms metal grating
into nanodot array Guided laser melting cuts the cost of producing
high-throughput periodic nanoarrays
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/39824
DNA sorts carbon nanotubes
Liquid chromatography used to
separate metal tubes from semiconductors
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/39822
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