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NANOSCIENCE NEWS
Dual microscopes illuminate electronic switching speeds
Designers of semiconductor devices are like downhill skiers---they
thrive on speed. And achieving speed in the semiconductor business is
all about the stuff you start with. While silicon is still the
mainstay of the industry, circuit designers also would like to put
materials like gallium nitride and silicon carbide into wider use.
Such advanced semiconductor materials can operate at higher voltages
and provide faster switching speeds, an important characteristic in
determining how fast a semiconductor circuit can process information.
Reporting in the Sept. 22 issue of Applied Physics Letters, a National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher and a Korean
guest researcher describe a new method for scanning semiconductors for
defects that may help accelerate the market for these newer materials.
The duo combined an atomic force microscope with a scanning
capacitance microscope and then added custom software and a simple
on/off switch for the AFM's positioning laser.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3888
Tiny 'test tubes' may aid pharmaceutical R&D
Using laser light as tweezers and a scalpel, scientists from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have
demonstrated the use of artificial cells as nanovials for ultrasmall
volume chemistry. The approach may be useful for faster, cheaper
identification of new pharmaceuticals and for studying cellular-level
processes. The researchers will report their results in the Sept. 30
edition of Langmuir. The artificial cells, called liposomes, are tiny
spherical containers that self-assemble from natural fats
(phospholipids and cholesterol). Measuring micrometers in diameter,
the fluid-filled membranes are currently used in cosmetics and for
drug delivery.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3887
Duke scientists 'program' DNA molecules to self assemble into
patterned nanostructures
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have used self-assembling
DNA molecules as molecular building blocks called "tiles" to construct
protein-bearing scaffolds and metal wires at the billionths of a
meter, or "nanoscale." The achievements in nanoscale synthesis, which
the five authors said could lead to programmable molecular scale
sensors or electronic circuitry, were described in a paper in the
Sept. 26, 2003, issue of the journal Science written by HaoYan, Thom
LaBean, Gleb Finkelstein, Sung Ha Park and John Reif. The Duke group's
research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency, and an industrial partners
arrangement with Taiko Denki Co., Ltd. Fashioning protein
nanoscaffolds and silver nanowires may be only the beginning, because
tiles of this form "can be easily programmed by varying the sticky
ends to form more sophisticated arrays," the authors wrote.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3886
Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
Many medications such as therapeutic DNA, insulin and human growth
hormone must enter the body through painful injections, but a Johns
Hopkins researcher is seeking to deliver the same treatment without
the sting. Justin Hanes wants to pack the drugs inside microscopic
plastic spheres that can be inhaled painlessly. Inside the lungs, the
particles should dissolve harmlessly, releasing the medicine at a
predetermined pace. "We've made significant progress," said Hanes, an
assistant professor in the Whiting School of Engineering's Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, "especially when you
consider all of the challenges we've faced in designing and
synthesizing these new biomaterials."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3885
New method could aid in prostate and breast cancer diagnosis
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Scientists at Northwestern University have developed
an ultra-sensitive technology based on gold nanoparticles and DNA that
can detect prostate specific antigen (PSA) when present at extremely
low levels in a blood sample. This promising new protein-detection
method could be used to monitor prostate cancer patients following
surgery and to detect the early signs of breast cancer. Prostate
cancer in men and breast cancer in women are the second leading causes
of cancer deaths in the United States. (Only lung cancer is more
deadly.) The life-saving potential of early detection has been well
established for years, and improved cancer screening methods have
helped to reduce the threat. The researchers have demonstrated that
their method is a million times more sensitive than conventional
methods, a feature that promises to change dramatically the way
proteomics (the study and analysis of protein structure and function)
and medical diagnostics are done. The results will be published in the
Sept. 26 issue of the journal Science.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3884
Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing
possible neuroprotectant drugs
Preventing mitochondria from turning ugly may postpone Alzheimer's,
Huntington's, Parkinson's diseases
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Anyone visiting a nursing home has seen the horror
of humans surviving beyond their brains' ability to make sense of
their surroundings. That loss of discrimination is caused by neurons
killed by malfunctions in mitochondria the submicron-sized power
packs found in every animal cell. These malfunctions are the most
immediate cause of afflictions like Parkinson's, Huntington's, and
Alzheimer's diseases.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3883
Nanoneurosurgery, search for E-T life, bioscan technology and home
holograms at frontiers of optics
New research findings to be presented at 2003 Optical Society of
America Conference
Washington, DC (September 24, 2003) -- The Optical Society of
America's (OSA) Frontiers in Optics 2003, a conference providing
up-to-the-minute advancements in optics and photonics research,
features a breadth of significant topics from medicine to astronomy
and computing. The meeting will take place October 5-9, 2003, at the
Hilton Tucson El Conquistador in Tucson, AZ. Co-located with the
American Physical Society's Laser Science conference, news releases
from Frontiers in Optics will be available online in a virtual
pressroom at www.frontiersinoptics.org.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3882
Sandia researchers design unique microfluidic capillary fittings,
manifolds and interconnects
LIVERMORE, Calif. - Pursuing commercialization of technologies spawned
by its highly successful ChemLab(tm) project, Sandia National
Laboratories is actively soliciting industry partners to license,
manufacture, and sell a unique suite of microfluidic connection
products. Two distinct portfolios are being offered for licensing: The
CapTite(tm) collection of capillary fittings, which is based on an
exclusive one-piece ferrule; and the Chip-Tite(tm) series of manifolds
and interconnects, which is fully compatible with CapTite(tm).
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3881
Tsu-Wei Chou heads interdisciplinary carbon nanotube research project
A team of researchers led by Tsu-Wei Chou, P.S. du Pont Chair of
Engineering at UD, recently was awarded a major grant from the
National Science Foundation (NSF) for research on carbon nanotubes.
The funding from the Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT)
will support the researchers' efforts to synthesize, characterize and
model aligned nanotube arrays for nanoscale devices and composites.
The team also includes researchers from Boston College and
Northwestern University, as well as Hai Wang, associate professor of
mechanical engineering; doctoral student Erik Thostenson; and
postdoctoral researcher Chunyu Li, all from UD.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3880
CORDIS extends coverage of national programmes on nanotechnology
related research
CORDIS, the European Commission's research and development information
service, has extended its coverage of national research programmes
related to nanotechnology, materials and production processes. The
activities of Belgium, Spain and Portugal have been added to the
service, meaning that 13 of the current 15 Member-States are now
covered by the survey.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3879
Artificial DNA stacks metal atoms
In recent years, researchers have replaced some of DNA's natural bases
with those that attach to metal atoms in order to coax DNA to organize
metal ions into tiny structures. Researchers from the University of
Tokyo in Japan have tapped the method to form stacks of single metal
ions.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3878
Self-forming nanoscale devices
Devices that have been beyond the reach of engineers can now be
fabricated in new ways. The crucial factor has been the development of
a technique by which extremely narrow rods, or nanowires, of a
semiconductor can be formed. The bottom-up, self-assembly process
enables accurate control of dimension, location, composition, and
other properties. The materials are the same semiconductors, like Si
and GaAs, that we have, for the last forty or so years, been shaping
into devices and circuits. But this process has relied on top-down
fabrication techniques.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3877
Nano-nose sniffs out smallest scents
Tiny vibrating bars catch scent of passing molecules, promising a
world of computerised noses
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Labs in Tennessee have claimed a
new world record for weighing tiny amounts of stuff. Tiny gold-coated
silicon bars two microns long and fifty nanometres thick were vibrated
by heating them with a solid-state laser at around two million times a
second, and variations in their resonant frequency measured.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3876
Rutgers To Create Ultra-Tiny Biological Nano-Motors
Three engineering departments at Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey mechanical and aerospace, biomedical, and chemical and
biochemical are teaming up to create a prototype of an ultra-tiny
motor small enough to be part of a system that could eventually travel
patients' bloodstreams to help repair damaged cells, organs and DNA.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3875
Focus issue of Nanotechnology on functionalized surfaces and
nanostructures
If you are interested in the latest breakthroughs in lithographic
methods as well as physical studies of nanostructured surfaces, why
not take a look at the October issue of Nanotechnology? Nanoscience
has become an extremely popular field, where many researchers from
different disciplines combine their talents and efforts. In many
projects, the ability to pattern surfaces at very small (sub-100 nm)
lengthscales, and to control the chemical and physical properties of
surfaces at this level, is crucial. However, many lithographic
techniques do not inherently allow control over the surface chemistry.
Nanotechnology has a strong record in reporting breakthroughs in
lithographic methods as well as physical studies of nanostructured
surfaces.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3874
Chemists Pioneer New Antibiotics And Nano-Sized Delivery Vehicles
University of South Florida chemists who recently patented a new class
of synthetic antibiotics for killing drug-resistant bacteria have also
developed a better (and smaller) way of getting drugs to a target.
Using nanotechnology - the big science of making small things - their
antibiotics now can ride into bacteria cells on nano-sized, spherical
vehicles one millionth the size of a pinhead.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3873
USF makes breakthrough in 'nano' research
University of South Florida chemists who recently patented a new class
of synthetic antibiotics for killing drug-resistant bacteria have
developed a tiny new technology to deliver the drugs to their targets.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3872
Nanoscale spectrometry probes the nanoplasmonics of gold
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 22, 2003 -- In experiments using a device
dubbed the "nanoscale flashlight," a team of Los Alamos National
Laboratory scientists have applied a new nanoscale spectroscopic
technique to studies of the collective oscillations of electrons in
individual gold nanoparticles and their assemblies. A deeper
understanding of these oscillations and their interactions will not
only provide a foundation for research in the new and emerging field
of nanoplasmonics, but may have practical applications in the
ultrasensitive detection of chemical and biological molecules.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3871
Building a ''nanoscale flashlight'' to explore the nanoscale world
In the nanoscale world, nanoparticles are measured in billionths of a
meter, which often make them only a little bit larger than the size of
atoms. Because these nanoparticles are typically smaller than the
wavelengths of visible lightwhich varies from 700 nanometers for red
light to 400 nanometers for violet light they are literally
invisible to even the most powerful optical microscopes. Now,
scientists at Los Alamos have constructed a novel device for "seeing"
tiny metal nanoscale particles by combining sub-wavelength, near-field
imaging with broadband interference spectroscopy that uses the
high-intensity illumination produced by an ultrafast laser a laser
that emits pulse durations lasting only of a few quadrillionths of a
second. The technique could help scientists around the world gain a
deeper understanding of the largely unseen nanoscale world.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3870
Theory puts new spin on IC spin current
HANCOCK, N.H. A recent theoretical study of the quantum Hall effect
(QHE), a type of superconductivity that occurs in semiconductors,
suggests a new route to room-temperature quantum computers.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3869
Ground to Nano-dust
St. Petersburg engineers have developed a device capable of not only
mining diamonds from rubble but also making nano-materials for
electronics and biotechnologies.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3868
Building Better Bones
Someday, Antoni Tomsia's research could help people live full lives as
their bones weaken. The Berkeley Lab scientist recently received a
$4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to
develop bone-like materials that could greatly improve implants such
as artificial hips and shoulders.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3867
Nothing like nano incitement to rouse the masses
It's not very cricket for members of the media to insist on getting in
the last word, so I asked Douglas Parr, chief scientist at Greenpeace
UK, to write a rebuttal to criticism of his organization's July report
on nanotechnology. Douglas rose to the task with this well-written
commentary I've posted on Small Times.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3866
Nanodevice could beam out microwaves
Scientists in the US have shown that a magnetic-multilayer structure
can act as a nanoscale motor, converting electrical current into
high-frequency magnetic rotations. The researchers, from Cornell
University and Yale University, believe that the devices could act as
nanoscale sources for microwave radiation.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3865
Fear of water coats nanotubes with polymer multilayers
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US, have bonded
polymer multilayers to carbon nanotubes in a non-covalent manner. The
technique could find applications in areas such as biosensors. "Carbon
nanotubes have numerous potential applications as a result of their
outstanding mechanical and electrical properties," Ravi Kane of
Rensselaer told nanotechweb.org. "Strategies for functionalizing
carbon nanotubes are critical for the pursuit of these applications.
It is particularly desirable to develop methods for functionalizing
nanotubes non-covalently, in order to retain their attractive
electronic and mechanical properties."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3864
An Interview on Nanoweapons
I am thankful to Lev Navrozov, an expert in post-nuclear superweapons,
as he calls them, for granting this interview.
Ryan Mauro: Mr. Navrozov, your "nano weapons columns" on Newsmax.com
and WorldTribune.com are intriguing. What is nanotechnology and how
can it neutralize the U.S. means of nuclear retaliation? Lev Navrozov:
The word "nano" means "one billionth." Nanotechnology is a field of
many fields, some of them civilian, dealing with such small systems.
What is of interest to us is tiny systems (they are called
"assemblers") of molecular nanotechnology. Such assemblers can
penetrate molecules and transform or destroy them.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3863
Diamond chips sparkle after N-doping breakthrough
Two recent developments have bought diamond semiconductor devices
closer to reality.
Diamond has an extremely high thermal conductivity, can withstand high
electric fields, and can be made into a semiconductor -- ideal for
power devices, one would think. Unfortunately, although it can be
p-doped with boron, n-doping is proving to be a problem. Japanese
scientists have managed to n-dope using phosphorus, but the most
recent development is n-doping using the p-dopant boron.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3862
Center for Materials Innovation brings many collaborators together
New and improved consumer goods, better planes, vehicles, and
electronics, and new biomedical products that could lead to better
pharmaceuticals and innovative medical devices are among the
objectives of a new, interdisciplinary center housed in Arts &
Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. The Center for
Materials Innovation, (CMI) located in the refurbished basement of
Crow Hall, will enable collaborators from across campus to make basic
and applied advances in materials research, eventually touching many
aspects of daily life.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3861
Ceramics Reinforced With Nanotubes
A ceramic material reinforced with carbon nanotubes has been made by
materials scientists at UC Davis. The new material is far tougher than
conventional ceramics, conducts electricity and can both conduct heat
and act as a thermal barrier, depending on the orientation of the
nanotubes. Ceramic materials are very hard and resistant to heat and
chemical attack, making them useful for applications such as coating
turbine blades, said Amiya Mukherjee, professor of chemical
engineering and materials science at UC Davis, who leads the research
group. But they are also very brittle.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3860
Buckyball-polymer mix handles light a treat
Researchers from the University of Toronto and Carleton University in
Canada have incorporated C60 molecules, or buckyballs, into a
cross-linked polymer to make a film with excellent nonlinear optical
properties. The material could be suitable for use with infrared light
signals in telecoms devices.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3859
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NANOBUSINESS NEWS
DISCERA Selects DALSA for Manufacture of Quartz Replacement Technology
Relationship Leverages Low-Cost, Low-Power Benefits of RF MEMS
WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 24 /CNW/ - DALSA Semiconductor, a premier supplier
of specialized and custom wafer foundry services and Discera, Inc.
[profile], an innovative provider of low-cost, low-power
microcomponents, announced today that Discera has selected DALSA as
its high-volume manufacturer for a suite of RF MEMS integrated
micro-components for frequency and timing applications, including
silicon technology seen as a replacement for quartz crystals and SAW
filters.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1913
New Workshop Series on High Resolution Microscopy
WITec GmbH [profile], Ulm, Germany introduces a new Workshop Series on
"High Resolution Microscopy". All workshops will be organized with
close cooperation between WITec, its local representatives, and
University Institutes. The workshops will cover several aspects of
high-resolution microscopy and its applications with a special focus
on scanning probe microscopy, including Scanning near-field, confocal
Raman, and atomic force microscopy. All scientists interested in new
methods and techniques for analyzing structures and material
properties in the sub-micron range are invited to attend. The series
will start in October with a workshop in Orlando, (24. Oct.) and two
workshops in Birmingham (27. Oct.) and Glasgow (29. Oct.). It will be
followed by a workshop at the University of Heidelberg, in November.
Finally, the 2003 series ends with workshops at Harvard University
(05.Dec.) and Cornell University (08. Dec.) in December. The workshop
series will continue in 2004. Detailed information on each workshop
can be found in the events section at www.WITec.de.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1912
Gabriel-Chemie introduces new nanofibre masterbatches
25 September 2003 Austrian masterbatch producer Gabriel-Chemie
[profile] can now offer masterbatches filled with new nano-scale
carbon fibres. The announcement was made yesterday at the Electrical
Compounds and Additives conference in Neuss, Germany, organised by EPN
and PRW.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1911
Drug Eluting Stent Coating Progress
MIV Therapeutics Drug-Eluting Stent Coating Achieves NSERC Milestone
Sept. 24, 2003 Vancouver, BC
MIV Therapeutics Inc. [profile] (MIVT:OTCBB & MIV:BE) has received a
mid-point milestone interim progress report from the University of
British Columbia (UBC) on the development of its proprietary HAp
(hydroxyapatite) multi-layer coating with drug-eluting capabilities.
The program, entitled "Functionally Gradient Calcium Phosphate
Coatings for Stents" is conducted jointly by the University of British
Columbia and MIVI Technologies Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MIV
Therapeutics, Inc under the Collaborative Research and Development
(CRD) grant received from the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1910
Nano-filters for groundwater
Quebec, Thursday September 25, 2003 H2O Innovation (2000) Inc.
signed a $360 000 contract with the Manitoba Department of Aboriginal
and Northern Affairs to install and commission a nanofiltration
membrane filtration system to treat the groundwater used to supply the
northern community of Cormorant (Manitoba) with potable water. This is
a second project for H2O Innovation in Manitoba and the result of the
market development and sales efforts established by the Company.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1909
Defense spending bill to boost projects in region
A defense appropriations bill on its way to the President's desk
earmarks almost $20 million for the Capital Region to continue turning
the Watervliet Arsenal over to civilian use, to develop fuel cells to
one day power military equipment, and to conduct research into
medicine at the molecular level. The $368 billion 2004 Department of
Defense appropriations bill cleared the Senate on Thursday, a day
after the House approved the same measure.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1908
Positive ABRAXANE(TM) Phase III Trial in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Patients on ABRAXANE Achieve Higher Tumor Response Rate and Longer
Time to Tumor Progression Compared to TAXOL
- First Positive Randomized Controlled Phase III Results of a
Protein-Based Nanoparticle Taxane for Metastatic Breast Cancer -
SCHAUMBURG, IL and SANTA MONICA, CA - September 24, 2003
(PRNewswire-FirstCall) -- American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.
[profile] (NASDAQ: APPX), and American BioScience, Inc. (ABI)
announced today that the primary efficacy objective has been exceeded
in the randomized, controlled Phase III clinical trial in 460 patients
with metastatic breast cancer of ABRAXANETM (ABI-007) versus the
Cremophor solvent-based TAXOL. Initial analysis of the data indicates
that this solvent-free nanoparticle paclitaxel, ABRAXANE, resulted in
higher anti-tumor activity and was not more toxic than TAXOL.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1907
Nanotubes offer potential in Europe
Recently introduced legislation could boost the use of conductive
compounds in Europe. Legislation introduced in July 2003 requires
conductive coatings to be used in volatile fuel lines in chemical
plants. According to Steve Schulte, European sales manager at carbon
nanotube manufacturer Hyperion Catalysis [profile], this is leading to
the replacement of PVDF linings with nanotube PFA compound.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1906
Japan's Mitsui to invest in nanotech projects
TOKYO - Mitsui & Co [profile] plans to invest 4 billion yen (US$35.7
million) over the next five years to develop new businesses in the
environmental and medical fields based on the exploitation of
nanomaterials.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1905
Tests Verify Carbon Nanotube Enable Ultra High Performance Transistor
- 10 times greater transconductance than silicon demonstrated -
TOKYO, September 19, 2003 - NEC Corporation [profile] today announced
development of stable fabrication technology for carbon nanotube (note
1) transistors. Through this development NEC verified that CNT
transistors produced by using this fabrication technology attain more
than 10 times greater transconductance (note 2) than silicon MOS
transistors.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1904
Senate approves $10 million for nanotechnology research
The Senate approved $10 million for the Strategic Partnership for
Research in Nanotechnology, a consortium comprised of The University
of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at Arlington, Rice
University and the University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1903
BSU thinks small with opening of center
MUNCIE - Honoring a commitment he made weeks ago, Gov. Joe Kernan
joined physicists, chemists and electrical engineers from around the
state Wednesday in helping Ball State University celebrate the opening
of its new Center for Computational Nanoscience.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1902
U-Right on $50m China splurge
Casual wear retailer U-Right International Holdings is to spend HK$50
million this year on a new plant to expand its nano-technology
business. The plant, in Shunde, Guangdong, will house more than 10
Texcote processing units. Texcote, a material processing technology
based on nano-technology, makes fabrics and textiles water-resistant,
dirt-repellant and improves durability.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1901
Conference focuses on teamwork
Companies will have to join forces to produce the increasingly
dazzling electronics that consumers demand. And research done at the
University at Albany could be the glue to keep those collaborations
together, some participants said Monday at the Albany Symposium, an
annual event focusing on the semiconductor and nanotechnology
business.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1900
NASA, UC plan research center
Space agency awards $330 million contract
MOFFETT FIELD -- A record $330 million contract that creates a
research partnership between the University of California and NASA's
Ames Research Center is forging a new type of collaboration between
universities and the space agency, officials said Monday.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1899
Irish prime minister pushes trade with state
ALBANY -- The third meeting of Irish and New York leaders in 18 months
pushed for greater cooperation in high-technology research as Upstate
New York tries to duplicate Ireland's transformed economy, said Bertie
Ahern, the prime minister of Ireland said Monday.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1898
NANOPAGE DIGITAL SCREEN CAN 'ROLL UP LIKE A BLUEPRINT'
Jean Chretien Favreau refers to himself as an "architect/inventor." He
seemed to have been wearing both hats when he first got the idea for
Nanopage, a flexible digital screen. "I would do a lot of
computer-assisted design and I was always frustrated by the
small-sized screen," he said. "So I imagined a screen you could roll
up like a blueprint." That little idea has come a long way. Article
mentions Inanov [profile]
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NANO'S PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE PAVED WITH EXPERTS AND ACRONYMS
Lawmakers failed to squeeze in nanotechnology legislation before their
annual recess last month, but that doesn't mean all small things were
swatted aside in Washington. While the 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development Act was placed on the back burner, the White
House released a list of nanotechnology leaders who will stage dive
into the mosh pit of nanotechnology advisers that already surround the
Oval Office.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1896
CLINICAL TRIALS PUT DENDRIMERS ON COURSE FOR TREATING HIV
They might be nano's artificial molecule, but dendrimers are taking
real steps toward fighting HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in
women. Starpharma Pooled Development Ltd. [profile] of Melbourne,
Australia, gained approval in July from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to start human trials of VivaGel, a dendrimer-based
topical gel designed to prevent or reduce disease transmission during
sexual intercourse.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1895
NRC-IMI selects EV Group to supply a Nanoimprint/Hot embossing system
EV Group (EVG) [profile], leading manufacturer of MEMS, Nano and
semiconductor wafer processing equipment has signed a purchase
agreement with the National Research Council of Canada's Industrial
Materials Institute (NRC-IMI) on an EVG520HE semi-automated hot
embossing system. "Imprint lithography has become a credible solution
for low cost high-throughput micro- and nanopatterning using polymers.
This opens the way for new fabrication technologies of strategic
importance for research and technology for Canadian industry. These
advances have become possible by using proven fabrication technologies
such the ones developed by EV Group. This is the reason for which we
have chosen EV Group as supplier for a hot embossing system. They have
a proven system that is essential to turn our ideas into actual
results", says Michel Dumoulin, Director of Advanced Materials Design
at IMI. "We are developing an ambitious research program in which the
hot embossing process will be key. It will allow us to pattern
surfaces for various applications from biorecognition to magnetic data
storage." The EVG520HE provides a high level of functionality and
flexibility to produce ultra-fine micrometer and nanometer scale
features. A high-quality pattern transfer from a stamp to a polymer
substrate creates structures in the nanometer range.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1894
QUANTUM DOT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA (PANASONIC), AND SC BIOSCIENCES
UNVEIL FIRST JOINT PRODUCT MOSAIC SYSTEM TO SET A NEW STANDARD FOR
QUALITY AND THROUGHPUT IN BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS
HAYWARD, CA, AND TOKYO, JAPAN, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 - Quantum Dot
Corporation (QDC) [profile], SC BioSciences Corporation (SCB),
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI) and Matsushita Kotobuki
Electronics (MKE) announced that their first jointly developed product
will be unveiled to drug discovery researchers at the Society for
Biomolecular Screening (SBS) annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. This
first product is a high throughput optical scanner, with initial
application in gene expression analysis. The product, called the
Mosaic Scanner is the first to be released under a strategic
collaboration between the companies announced on August 6, 2003. The
initial target application for the system is in the rapidly expanding
billion dollar gene expression analysis marketplace. Future
applications in genotyping, protein analysis, and cell analysis are
planned. The Mosaic System is a bio-analysis system comprising the
Mosaic Scanner, developed and manufactured by MKE and MEI, and Qdot
and Qbead kits and reagents, developed by QDC. Under the terms of the
collaboration, QDC is responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of
the Mosaic System. SCB holds exclusive sales and marketing rights in
Japan. The annual SBS meeting is the premier gathering of high
throughput drug development scientists from the world's leading
pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1893
Microscopic technology holds huge possibilities
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Ken Klabunde is an explorer in a world only a tad
bigger than the atom. He wanders the frontier of nanoscience, where
forces like gravity begin to fade before the atomic scale's quantum
physics take over. "It's a new realm of matter," said Klabunde, the
founder of NanoScale Materials Inc. [profile]. He hopes to
revolutionize industry and maybe make a few bucks along the way.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1892
'U' sees largest increase in research funding since '87
Tuition does not pay for everything, though some students would like
to believe otherwise. As a research institution, most of the
University's funding comes from outside sponsors. Over the past year,
research funding and expenditures increased 14.3 percent to $749
million, the largest increase since 1987. In the future, the
University hopes to focus on obtaining funds supporting Great Lakes
research, nanotechnology and nano-science.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1891
Tiny technology hopes to make big impact
Welcome to a world where everything is smaller, faster, stronger and
always reliable. In Nanoworld, the nation's military can detect
dangerous activities or substances within seconds and doctors can
detect cancer long before it even appears. This is the world the
Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration envisions. Defense and
aerospace technology supplier Raytheon [profile] shares this vision,
particularly in areas of defense and aerospace, and has formed a
partnership with CMISE that is hoped to revolutionize defense
technology.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1890
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