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NANOSCIENCE NEWS
New hybrid material has potential use in microelectronics
U of T scientists have developed a new class of hybrid materials
combining organic and inorganic elements that could lead to improved
computer chips, among other applications. The computer industry is
faced with a conundrum: as chip components become smaller and faster,
the increased electrical resistance and capacitance they generate
ultimately slows performance. The silica that insulates individual
components becomes less effective as chip components shrink in size. A
new material developed in the lab of University Professor Geoffrey
Ozin of U of T's chemistry department may help address this problem,
pushing computers to even faster performance. The material is a porous
solid that assembles itself at the molecular level and displays
superior insulating properties to silica; it is categorized as a
nanocomposite because the nanoscale pore size of its honeycomb-like
structure is so tiny, measuring in the billionths of a metre in
diameter and organic and inorganic parts are integrated into a
composite structure.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3929
Nanotubes boost storage
Scientists from IBM Research in Zrich, Osaka Prefecture University in
Japan, and the Japanese Nanotechnology Research Institute have
advanced the possibilities of using multiwalled carbon nanotubes to
make denser, more efficient data storage devices.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3928
Quantum MP3 May Soon Be Reality
"Our approach to quantum audio signals has close similarities with the
MP3 compression used for sound treatment in usual classical
computers," says French researcher Dima Shepelyansky. "Good afternoon,
gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the
H.A.L. lab in Urbana, Illinois, on the 12th of January." When the
intrepid astronauts of Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey"
heard those ominous words from their future nemesis, they could have
been hearing the voice of a quantum computer, though Clarke and
director Stanley Kubrick might not have envisioned such technology at
the time.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3927
Gd atoms hop about' in nanopeapods
Researchers in Japan have directly observed the motion of gadolinium
atoms inside a nanopeapod. The scientists, from the National Institute
of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya
University and Meijo University, used high-resolution transmission
electron microscopy (HRTEM) to identify the rapid movement of the
atoms for the first time.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3926
Solar cells come down to earth
Solar cells are still ten times too expensive for use in housing.
Recently developed nanorod composites could change that
MILLIONS of people around the world would like to heat their homes and
run household appliances with solar power. But the cost of doing so
puts it out of the question. The first problem is that the cells
convert only 10-15% of the radiation from the sun into energy.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3925
Purdue researchers stretch DNA on chip, lay track for future computers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Researchers at Purdue University are making it
easier to read life's genetic blueprint.
They have precisely placed strands of DNA on a silicon chip and then
stretched out the strands so that their encoded information might be
read more clearly, two steps critical to possibly using DNA for future
electronic devices and computers.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3924
Nanochips that may make themselves
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated a
technique that may one day allow electronic devices to assemble
themselves automatically-giving semiconductor manufacturers a way to
mass-produce fairly inexpensive nanochips with elements only a few
molecules wide, roughly a tenth the size of features in current chips.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3923
Nanotechnology Flourishes in Japan
One of the most promising discoveries in the field of nanotechnology
has been that of carbon nanotubes, which, simply put, are extremely
thin (the diameter of a carbon nanotube is approximately 10,000 times
smaller than a human hair) hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms.
Carbon nanotubes possess unique properties; they are strong and
resilient yet lightweight, with good thermal conductivity. These
unique properties have enabled the possible use of carbon nanotubes in
nano-electronic and nano-mechanical devices, among several other
applications.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3922
Lecture addresses enormous potential of nanotechnology
Oct. 12, 2003
KALAMAZOO -- A prominent physicist will be on the Western Michigan
University campus Oct. 20 and 21 to talk about the why the world of
the infinitesimal is such a big deal. Dr. J. Thomas Dickinson, the
Paul A. Anderson professor of physics and professor of material
science at Washington State University, will speak on "The Enormous
Little World of Nanotechnology" at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the
Lee Honors College Lounge.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3921
Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities Win $2.9 Million to Study
Nanotechnology
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 10 -- Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities
professors will conduct joint research and train doctoral students
from both institutions in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field
of nanoscience and nanoengineering as a result of winning a highly
competitive, $2.9 million national grant.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3920
Nanotech gets state boost
Making big bucks from little products could revive economy
Oregon's nanotechnology initiative is just one of many visible
manifestations of those hopes and dreams. The state's National Center
for Multiscale Materials and Devices, known as the MMD and located in
Corvallis, is so new it is still in the process of being set up. But
already, many of those involved in its creation can imagine a whole
range of new business ventures spinning out of it, and with them, new
jobs for Oregonians.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3919
Illinois signs off on $82 million in spending on 2 university labs
URBANA, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich released $82 million in state
money Friday to help build a new laboratory at the University of
Illinois at Chicago and to expand another on the university's campus
in Urbana-Champaign. [Editor's Note - Gov. Blagojevich also has
allocated $18 million to expand the Micro- and Nanotechnology
Laboratory at UIUC]
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3918
Microscopic cracks spoil the transparency of glass, nano-researchers
find
The cloudy look on cleaned glass is scattered light, not streaks of
dirt
A fundamental discovery about the behavior of cooling glass could have
a significant impact on the glass- and plastic-making industries, say
researchers at Lehigh University. Himanshu Jain, Diamond chair and
professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh, says the
breakthrough was made possible by a combination of nanoscopic science
and an old-fashioned kitchen recipe.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3917
Stairway to the heavens
Science fiction giant Arthur C. Clarke has a reputation as a
visionary. This stems partly from a pre-space-age paper he wrote in
1945 correctly predicting how the so-called "Clarke" orbit could allow
communications satellites to work. In his 1979 novel Fountains of
Paradise, Clarke took the idea further: an elevator extending from
such a satellite to Earth. His novel was set in 2142. But in the
advanced concept divisions of the American space industry, some
optimistic entrepreneurs are aiming for a bare bones version of this
"stairway to heaven" by 2018. [Note from Ed. - Article mentions
nanotubes as a possible material for the elevator.]
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3916
USF scientists invent mighty medical mite
USF's Department of Chemistry has created a new drug-release system
that is one-millionth the size of a pinhead. USF chemists have
developed new synthetic antibiotics and a nano-sized delivery system
that successfully attacks drug resistant bacteria in the body.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3915
Science plans 'non-stick' submarine
US nanotechnologists are developing what they think could be the
ultimate non-stick surface. It is covered with nano-scale needles that
enable a liquid, for example, to slip straight off it. One application
could be non-stick submarines, which would glide through the water
with much less resistance and require less force and fuel to propel
them.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3914
Experts: Nanomedicine vital to cancer cure
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The new science of nanomedicine is
advancing faster than even experts had expected and many predict the
technology will play a vital role in achieving the federal
government's stated goal of eliminating suffering and death from
cancer by 2015. "Basically, without nanotechnology, it would be
impossible to address this issue," Mihail C. Roco, senior advisor for
nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation, told United Press
International. Roco also serves as chair of the National Science and
Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering
and Technology.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3913
Nanoparticles go against the flow in electrorheology breakthrough
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made suspensions of coated
nanoparticles that can become as hard as plastic at the flick of an
electrical switch. The suspensions could have applications in "smart"
dampers, valves and clutches for vehicle control systems.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3912
FOR NEW ENERGY IDEAS, QUANTUM DOTS MAY BE BRIGHTEST BULB OF THE BUNCH
Quantum dots have been shining light on cell biology for years. Now
scientists at Sandia National Laboratories want them to shine on us as
an energy-efficient alternative to incandescent and fluorescent
lights. The government estimates lighting accounts for more than 20
percent of electricity used in the nation, so increased efficiencies
could cut demand, lower costs and take some burden off the grid.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3911
DNA tiling assembles nanostructures
Scientists at Duke University, US, have used DNA nanostructures as
templates to build silver nanowires and arrays of proteins. The
nanostructures could have applications in preparing logical molecular
devices.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3910
The Napster of Nano
I've written before about Tim Harper's efforts to fight not only the
perception that nanotechnology will widen the gap between the
developing and developed worlds, but also to prevent this "nano
divide" from becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. Thus, his latest
idea: Nanotech file sharing.Harper, chief executive of the nanotech
business research firm Cientifica, and others who understand the real
potential of nanotech as a great equalizer are telling nations and
communities, rich and poor, that the ability to create and manipulate
nanoscale materials can be achieved by any local economy and tailored
to solve local problems. The big bullies have no secret formula that
they can use to play keep-away from the weaker kids.But there is a
problem when it comes to equal access to information. The rich can pay
for it, and the poor cannot. This digital divide and economic
disparity was not created by nanotechnology, and Harper's company is
doing its small part to try to correct it by making nanotechnology
white papers, usually fairly costly, available for free. He's started
with a group of 15 of them, available for free download here, from
fullerenes to quantum dots. Granted, the availability of free PDF
files (a kind of nano Kazaa?) is not exactly forgiveness of
Third-World debt, but Tim tells me there will be more information
available later, plus I believe the free flow of information and ideas
is an encouraging beginning -- and a move that others should
emulate.For the complete commentary, please see Howard Lovy's Nanobot.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3909
The nano-brain barrier
Let's make some decisions based on what we do know, rather than what
we don't. Here's one thing we know: Texas Tech professor David D.
Allen recently demonstrated "no adverse effects" of nanomaterials "on
blood-brain barrier baseline parameters." Yes, it's one study of a few
varieties of nanoparticles and not by a long shot the final word on
the toxicity of nanoparticles. But it is something that the "nanotech
is bad for you" crowd lacks: actual scientific data. What's seems
especially surreal to me is the way nanotech's detractors take the
issue of size, the very property that sets nano apart as such a
promising technology, and create the impression that this scale is a
force to be feared rather than looked upon with hope. Nanoparticles'
nanosize is what gives each of them the ability to target individual
cells, or clumps of them to cover larger surface areas (and in the
case of SoilSET, apparently prevent erosion). And it's in this breach
of the blood-brain barrier that, for me anyway, inspires the most
hope. This barrier is one of the human body's final frontiers, beyond
which might lie a key to longer life, a way to make drugs more
effective or even a cure for Alzheimer's.For the complete commentary,
please see Howard Lovy's NanBot.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3908
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NANOBUSINESS NEWS
Zyvex Announces F100 Nanomanipulator for Focused Ion Beam Instruments
Richardson, Texas (October 9, 2003)
Zyvex Corporation [profile], a leading nanotechnology company
commercializing innovative tools, products and services, today
announced the sales release of the F100 Nanomanipulator System, a
positioning and testing tool for research, development, and production
applications using Focused Ion Beam (FIB) instruments. The product
enables users to manipulate and test semiconductor devices and other
materials in situ, improving the quality and reducing failure of
integrated circuits. The device, which uses microgrippers to improve
sample handling, is useful in nano- and microscale sample preparation
for Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEMs).
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1961
Local control given to 40millon capital investment fund
London, UK A 40million fund for UK microtechnology and
nanotechnology (MNT) capital projects has been announced by the MNT
Network, which is managed by representatives from each of the 12 UK
Regional Development Agencies and Devolved Administrations.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1960
Nanotechnology Committee Kick Off Event
Date: October 15, 2003
Presented by Northern Virginia Technology Council's Nanotechnology and
BioMedTech Committees and VABio Association. Our guest speaker will be
Senator George Allen, who has emerged as one of the strongest
nanotechnology supporters in the Congress. As a member of the Senate
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Sen. Allen
cosponsored the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development
Act, a bill to authorize $4.6 billion in appropriations for
nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology research. This bill
would direct the President to establish a National Nanotechnology
Program and a National Coordination Office.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1959
WFU lures nanotechnology from S.C. for development
WINSTON-SALEM -- Thanks to a $1 million investment and a professor
eager to come home, Wake Forest University has, almost overnight,
become a major player in the emerging field of nanotechnology, which
could have significant implications for future economic development.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1958
Investment in technology makes Austrian region a success story
European Union funds and investment in technology have transformed the
Austrian region of Styria from a high unemployment area into a booming
part of the country. One recently established research institute in
Styria that has made a name for itself and for its region is the
Joanneum Research Institute of Nanostructured Materials and Photonics
in Weiz, not far from the city of Graz. The institute focuses on new
ways of making industrial production more efficient and specialises in
consultancy services and teaming up with the most prestigious
scientific institutions in the world.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1957
FEI Company Opens New World Campus in Oregon's Silicon Forest
Strategic Investment Expands Roots in Oregon's Nanotechnology
Community
3D Nanotechnology Enabler Has Remained Profitable Through the
Downturn, Investing Strategically in Growing Product Lines and
Business
New Headquarters Site is Prepared for Growth as Focus of R&D and
Manufacturing Moves to Hillsboro
HILLSBORO, Ore., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FEI Company
[profile] today opened its new World Campus and Headquarters,
consolidating its local Oregon operations at one site and providing
room for expansion. The 27-acre campus features two buildings; one
with 68,000 square feet for offices and one with 112,000 square feet
for R&D and manufacturing with Class 1000 clean room facilities. The
new campus is located at 5350 NE Dawson Creek Drive in Hillsboro, near
Intel Corporation, TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. and Radisys
Corporation.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1956
NUMBERS MAY NOT GAUGE IT, BUT MEMS INDUSTRY IS MOVING AT MIDYEAR
Oct. 10, 2003 - The past year has certainly been fairly challenging
for those in the MEMS industry. Year-over-year revenues increased from
$3.8 billion in 2001 to $3.9 billion in 2002 even though unit
shipments increased 47.6 percent. However, that disparity in growth
rates shouldn't be cause for concern. Economies of scale have come
into play as more companies are moving from ramp-up to volume
production.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1955
China's nanotech patent applications rank world's third
Patent application cases concerning nanotechnology have grown rapidly
in China over recent years, with the number following the United
States and Japan to take the world's third place. According to the
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MST), during the decade
before 2001, China's total applications for nanotechnology patents
numbered less than 1,000. The figure soared in the past two years and
amounted to 12 percent of the world's total. China now has more than
2,400 such patents.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1954
SUNY names nanotech HQ
What was once known as CESTM, and more recently has been referred to
as Albany NanoTech, will soon be called NanoTech Resources Inc.
[profile] It is not just a name change. NanoTech Resources, a newly
formed nonprofit organization, will be the strategic headquarters of
the State University of New York's nanotech research and education
programs.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1953
FIVE STAR TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES $4.5-MILLION IN NEW VENTURE FUNDING
New capital and new business model to expand economically-scalable,
nanotechnology manufacturing technique to a broad range of industries
Cleveland, Ohio. October 8, 2003. Five Star Technologies [profile]
said today that it has closed a Series C investment round of
$4.5-million dollars led by Morgenthaler Ventures [profile]. Other
investors include Chevron Technology Ventures, Early Stage Partners,
and Industrial Technology Ventures.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1952
Researchers Expect Increased Spending for Semiconductor Capital
Equipment and Nanotech Tools; TheInfoPro and Lux Capital Release Key
Findings from Metrology Study
NEW YORK--Oct. 8, 2003--TheInfoPro, a leading market research firm,
and Lux Capital [profile], the leading venture capital firm focused on
nanotechnology, today announced the release of key findings from their
seminal Semiconductor Capital Equipment Metrology and Nanotech Tools
Study.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1951
Nanosphere Announces Protein Biomarker Detection Capabilities
Northbrook, Ill. October 8, 2003 Through a licensing agreement
with Northwestern University, Nanosphere Inc. [profile], a
nanotechnology-based life sciences company, has acquired breakthrough
nanoparticle detection technology for protein biomarkers. This
technology, when combined with Nanosphere's proprietary
nanoparticle-based detection systems for DNA, positions the company to
broadly impact the fields of molecular diagnostics, genomics and
proteomics.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1950
KOPIN'S EARLY SUCCESS WITH LEDS BOLSTERS BOTTOM LINE
John C.C. Fan always likes to have a few dishes cooking at the same
time. That's why he divided up the workings of his company, Kopin
Corp. [profile], into several different product lines. First came
low-power transistors for wireless devices; next came miniature
display screens for camcorders, cell phones and other handheld
devices. Last summer Fan introduced Kopin's latest entre: a
light-emitting diode that exploits nanotechnology to generate more
light with less power.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1949
WHICH BRINGS MORE NANO GREEN: REPUBLICAN RED OR DEMOCRATIC GRAY?
Most political maps use blue to denote Democratic states, and red for
Republican. If voters replace Democrat Gray Davis with Republican
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Golden State will mix more red into its
blue profile. And, if you believe some of the nanobuzz, that may mean
more federal nanotech funds. If voters replace Davis with the leading
Republican candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California will suddenly
mix some red into its blue profile. And, if you believe some of the
nanobuzz around here, that may mean more federal money for
nanotechnology research.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1948
Schrodinger's Cat
If you're familiar with quantum wierdness, you've probably heard of
Schrodinger's Cat and the thought experiment that goes with it. If
not, here's what you need to know: Early 1900s, the known laws of
physics weren't accounting for new observations that scientists were
making. So new theory to account for the behavior of atoms was
developed and dubbed quantum theory.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1947
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