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NANOSCIENCE NEWS
Making an imprint: Nano-imprint lithography
Nano-imprint lithography edges toward sub-50-nm feature sizes for
integrated circuits. As chip-makers strive to reduce the feature sizes
of integrated circuits, the need for next-generation lithography (NGL)
tools increases. The escalating cost of these tools for conventional
optical and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is driven in part by
the need for complex optical sources and optics.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3693
Electronics: A Voyage Of Discovery
By 2005 IBM [profile] could be, possibly with its data storage partner
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies [profile], producing
postage-stamp-sized memory cards, each of which could hold several
feature films or possibly an entire CD collection, said Tom Albrecht,
manager of micro and nanomechanics at IBM's Zurich research lab.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3692
Layered Approach: A simple technique for making thin coatings is
poised to shift from curiosity to commodity
Wrap an apple in Yasa-sheet and it will stay fresh for weeks. So says
Semei Shiratori of Keio University in Yokahama, Japan, who makes this
high-tech plastic for preserving fruits and vegetables. To be sure,
it's a humble product. But it may be a harbinger of an enormous new
class of materials and products created in a startlingly simple
process: Thin liquid layers applied one at a time create solid,
multilayered coatings that mix and match a wide variety of
technologically valuable properties.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3691
Quantum logic gate lights up
Physicists in the US have taken another important step towards making
a quantum computer. Duncan Steel of the University of Michigan and
co-workers have created a logic gate using two electron-hole pairs -
also known as "excitons" - in a quantum dot (X Li et al. 2003 Science
301 809).
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3690
Grey goo, dolphins, tablet PCs and hot air hand driers have one thing
in common: this week's diary
Grey goo: it scares Prince Charles but makes professors chuckle. At
least, it makes Professor Gabriel Aeppli -- head of the London Centre
for Nanotechnology -- giggle quietly, which breaks the ice.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3689
Video: Better Light Bulbs
When you buy a light bulb, you get virtually the same thing that
Thomas Edison invented in 1879. But as this ScienCentral News video
reports, nanotechnology might help build a more efficient light bulb
that produces more light and less heat at lower cost.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3688
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Grey goo
Nanotechnology promises all kinds of advances but some would have us
believe it might just destroy the planet, converting our surroundings
into what has famously been termed 'grey goo'. Peter Cochrane warns
against such worries.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3687
Tiny nanotubes set new record
A team of scientists claims to have produced the smallest
free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube to date. The researchers,
from Shinshu University and CNRI Corporation, Japan, and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, US, made a tube around 0.43 nm in diameter
using an improved floating-reactant method.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3686
Exit 'The Matrix,' please
This news story, Power from blood could lead to 'human batteries', has
been cycled, recycled, spun and dried on news sites and blogs for the
past couple of days, partly because the writer was smart: He inserted
a "Matrix" reference. Between the overused "Fantastic Voyage"
references and the cottage industry that revolves around making "Star
Trek" technology a reality, it appears that many writers are convinced
that the only way to make science breakthroughs understandable to
average readers is to compare the resulting technologies to their
counterparts in popular mythology. I'm admittedly geekier than the
average bear, but the thought of nanobio generators being used to
power implanted devices like pacemakers is cool enough to hold my
interest without the writer prodding me with the image of Keanu
Reeves as a AAA battery attached to a worldwide screen saver encrypted
to enslave humanity. For the entire commentary, go to Howard Lovy's
NanoBot.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3685
Optical control technique could enable microfluidic devices powered by
surface tension
Reprogammable microarrays
Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a
new optical technique for controlling the flow of very small volumes
of fluids over solid surfaces. The technique, which relies on changes
in surface tension prompted by optically-generated thermal gradients,
could provide the foundation for a new generation of dynamically
reprogrammable microfluidic devices. A paper describing the technique
is the cover story for the August 1 issue of the journal Physical
Review Letters. The research has been supported by the National
Science Foundation and the Research Corporation. Existing microfluidic
devices, also known as "labs-on-a-chip," use tiny channels or pipes
etched into silicon or other substrate material to manipulate very
small volumes of fluid. Such "micropipe" devices are just beginning to
appear on the market.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3684
SENSORS -- Super bomb sniffer . . .
A potentially inexpensive miniature sensor able to detect tiny amounts
of airborne plastic explosives in just seconds could make it possible
to safeguard virtually all airports and key public facilities in the
United States. The ORNL micromechanical system (MEMS) has several
advantages over conventional plastic explosives sensors, which are
bulky and expensive. In comparison, ORNL's sensor consists of a
180-by-25-micron piece of silicon attached to a microcantilever and
could be produced for a few dollars. One side of the microcantilever,
which is like a tiny diving board, is coated with gold. The gold side
is then coated with an acid (4-mercaptobenzoic) sensitive to PETN
(pentaerythritol tetranitrate) and RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine). If
these plastic explosives are present, the microcantilever moves and
that motion is instantly detected by a laser-microscope that is part
of the system. Developer Thomas Thundat of the lab's Life Sciences
Division says the device can detect explosives at a level of 14 parts
per trillion after just 20 seconds of operation. The work is to be
published in the Aug. 18 issue of Applied Physics Letters. [Contact:
Ron Walli, 865-576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov]
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3683
Scientists debate value of citizens' advisory panels
WASHINGTON - Scientists perform many wonders, but sometimes they scare
the dickens out of people. Genetic tinkering, radioactive nuclear
waste, cloning, embryonic stem cells, robots that reproduce themselves
and other high-tech developments have stirred widespread distrust and
alarm.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3682
TRI/Princeton To Hold Porous Materials Characterization Course This
Fall
Quote: From TRI's Professional Education Program
TRI/Princeton is proud to announce that the three-day short course
Porous Materials Characterization will be held on October 14-16, 2003,
in Princeton, NJ at TRI's beautiful lake-side headquarters.The
graduate-level course, started in 2001 by TRI Research Director Dr.
Alex V. Neimark, will help participants understand and predict the
engineering properties of a wide range of materials including carbons,
clays, zeolites, paper, pigments, and silica. The program includes
lectures, practical seminars, and instrument and equipment
demonstrations. Dr. Kenneth Sing, co-author of Adsorption, Surface
Area and Porosity and Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids, will be
featured as a special guest speaker; other faculty members include TRI
scientists Dr. Peter Raviokovitch and Dr. Ilya Tyomkin.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3681
A Nanoscopic Thermometer
A nanoscopic thermometer, consisting of a magnesium oxide nanotube
filled with gallium metal, may dramatically increase the temperature
range of tiny thermometers.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3680
Nanolitho effort harnesses self-assembly
PORTLAND, Ore. Nanoscale patterning of silicon substrates with
regular, repeatable, atomically perfect application- specific
templates could enable manufacturable nanoscale chips within the
decade, according to scientists at the University of Wisconsin's
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (Madison).
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3679
Power from blood could lead to 'human batteries'
A device that produces electricity from blood could be used to turn
people into "human batteries". Researchers in Japan are developing a
method of drawing power from blood glucose, mimicking the way the body
generates energy from food.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3678
Nano Tool Market is No Small Change
Gerd Binnig still recalls what it felt like in 1981 when he tested his
technical innovations and saw atomic structures for the first time.
"It was like a dream to discover all this," said Binnig, a fellow at
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory who shared a Nobel Prize in physics for
designing the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and helped create
the atomic force microscope (ATM). "It was like being for the first
time on the moon." There now are about 300 companies globally
developing instruments for nanoscale imaging, manipulation and
manufacturing, including nanofabrication equipment and scanning probe
microscopes the term for STMs, AFMs and their variants.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3677
Titania nanotubes could benefit babies
Scientists at Penn State University, US, have used arrays of titania
nanotubes to make sensitive hydrogen sensors. Ultimately the
researchers hope the sensors could be used in bandage form to monitor
hydrogen levels in premature babies, as well as having applications in
industrial quality control in food production plants and pollution
monitoring in car engines.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3676
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NANOBUSINESS NEWS
Spire Corporation Receives $750,000 NIH Grant to Develop
Nanotechnology Coatings for Orthopedic Prostheses
Spire's Proprietary Nanotechnology Process Produces Super Hard Wear
Resistant Coatings
Spire Corporation [profile] (Nasdaq: SPIR) announced today that it has
received a two-year, $750,000 SBIR Phase II grant from the National
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to
develop nanotechnolgy coatings. Under the grant, Spire will develop
hard, extremely adherent nanocrystalline coatings for orthopedic
implants. The coatings contain metallic bonding and have a chemical
composition very similar to the substrate. This provides significantly
better chemical compatibility, and therefore superior adhesion of the
coating to the implant. Feasibility of the technology was demonstrated
during a Phase I grant. Phase II will optimize coating properties and
demonstrate performance in a joint simulator, ultimately leading to
commercial application of the coating.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1727
Harris & Harris Group Relocates Its Corporate Headquarters
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2003--Harris & Harris Group, Inc.
[profile] announced today that as of August 11, 2003 it will have a
new address as well as new telephone and fax numbers.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1726
Key Advisor to Bush Administration on Nanotechnology, Phil Bond,
Confirms Keynote Address at World Nano-Economic Congress
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2003--Undersecretary of Technology,
Phil Bond, confirmed his participation as a Keynote Speaker at the
World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC) (www.nano-economics.com),
scheduled for September 8-10, 2003 in Washington, DC. Undersecretary
Bond oversees technology policy for the US Department of Commerce and
is the key advisor to the Bush Administration on matters related to
nanotechnology. Also in his role as the Undersecretary of Technology,
Mr. Bond supervises the National Institute of Standards and Technology
and the National Technical Information Service.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1725
Commerce Department details fall tech agenda
The Commerce Department's Technology Administration (TA) detailed its
fall agenda on Friday, outlining plans to release reports and unveil
initiatives in biotechnology, nanotechnology, telemedicine and
manufacturing, as well as a major effort to increase interagency
cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST).
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1724
Nanotechnology in Kabul? Taking the first steps
Recently I took part in a fascinating video conference call through
the World Bank's Global Distance Learning Network. In a change from my
usual talks to investment bankers, venture capitalists, governments
and large corporations, the participants in this conference were
technologists and policy-makers based in Ghana, Afghanistan, Sri
Lanka, California and, the only technological backwater where the
video link did not work, Madrid!
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1723
Giving business the nano
Even if Motorola memory pioneer Herb Goronkin's appointment as
NanoBusiness Alliance co-chairman is only an honorary title, it's
still a thrill to see the group attach to its leadership list a
representative from the third level of the nanotech triumvirate:
science. With fellow co-chairmen Newt Gingrich and Steve Jurvetson
representing the political and financial, a layer of technical
know-how needed to be spread among the bread and bluster. For the full
commentary, please visit Howard Lovy's NanoBot.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1722
Biotech, nanotech: New thrust areas for entrepreneurs
BANGALORE: Biotechnology and nanotechnology will drive the next level
of education and entrepreneurship, according to senior members of the
Stanford University faculty.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1721
Dow Corning Announces Zank's Appointment to Presidential Council
MIDLAND, Mich., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Corning Corp's director of
New Ventures Research and Development, Gregg Zank, Ph.D., was recently
appointed to the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
PCAST was formed in September of 2001 to establish a channel for the
Executive Office of the President to receive advice from the private
sector and academia on technology, scientific research priorities, and
science and math education. The Nanotechnology TAG joins other cutting
edge technology disciplines being represented on the task force: such
as photonics, energy, and biotechnology, among others, and will play a
key role in advising the President on issues related to the National
Nanotechnology Initiative.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1720
Nanotechnology Pioneer Joins NanoBusiness Alliance as Science and
Technology Chairman
Dr. Herb Goronkin to Join Newt Gingrich and Steve Jurvetson as
Co-Chairs of the NanoBusiness Alliance
The NanoBusiness Alliance (http://www.nanobusiness.org), the first and
largest industry association formed to support the development of the
growing nanotechnology and small technology industries, today
announced that Herbert Goronkin has joined its board of directors. Dr.
Goronkin recently retired from Motorola, Inc., and was previously Vice
President and Director of Research in charge of Motorola's Physical
Research Labs in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Goronkin joins former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich and famed venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson as
a Co-Chairman of the NanoBusiness Alliance Advisory Board.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1719
NanoBio Corporation's Science Advisory Board Expands
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- NanoBio Corporation
[profile], a developer of nanoemulsion pharmaceutical products, has
expanded its Science Advisory Board (SAB) to include three new
members, each a recognized authority in his specialized field:
* Blake Roessler, M.D., is an associate professor in the University of
Michigan (U-M) School of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine
(Division of Rheumatology). He is director of the U-M's Human
Applications Laboratory and interim co-director of the Center for Gene
Therapy. Dr. Roessler is board-certified in infectious diseases and
rheumatology, and is an expert in clinical development of human
therapeutics and regulatory matters.
* Lawrence R. Stanberry, M.D., Ph.D., is the Chief of Pediatrics and
Director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University
of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Stanberry is internationally
recognized for his work in the development of vaginal microbicides and
vaccines for the prevention of genital herpes.
* Norman Weiner, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of the U-M's College
of Pharmacy, where he conducted pharmaceutical research for nearly 30
years. Dr. Weiner was previously a professor of pharmacy at Columbia
University, and is an extensively published authority on
therapeutic-based emulsion technology.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1718
STARPHARMA APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN
Melbourne (Australia), 6 August 2003: Starpharma Pooled Development
Limited [profile] (ASX: SPL) today announced the appointment of Mr
Peter T. Bartels as a Director of the Company. Mr Bartels has also
been elected Chairman of the Board, following upon the retirement of
Richard Oliver who has been Chairman since the establishment of the
company in 1996.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1717
S. Korean institute eyes tie-ups with local firms
THE Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Keti) wants to work with
Malaysian companies to commercialise its latest developments in
nanotechnology, bio-technology and information communication
technology (ICT).
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1716
Second-quarter report card shows how small tech is maturing
If the second quarter is any guide, some small tech companies are
"growing up." Late stage investments accounted for more small tech
venture dollars than in previous quarters and experts say small tech
startups especially in nanotech are defining themselves more by
the markets in which they operate than by the technologies they use.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1715
Singapore's Chartered in venture to make 65-nanometre chips
Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor [profile] is teaming up with US
tech giant IBM [profile] and Germany's Infineon Technologies [profile]
to jointly develop next-generation computer chips using
nanotechnology. They will work jointly on developing manufacturing
techniques to produce tiny microchips measuring just 65 nanometres.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1714
Quote: From science to VC to nanotech CEO
NanoInk [profile] CEO Chris Anzalone never saw himself manipulating
matter measured in billionths of meters. With an undergraduate degree
in political science and a Ph.D. in molecular biology, Anzalone began
his career working with the fertility problems of exotic animals such
as the scimitar-horned oryx. Yet after a few years in the scientific
world, he found his heart was calling on him to throw his scientific
background into the world of business.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1713
NVE Wins Government Contract to Develop Magneto-Thermal MRAM
Technology promises one-gigabyte low-power non-volatile memory
NVE Corporation [profile] (Nasdaq:NVEC) announced today that it has
been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA), administered by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile
Command, to develop magneto-thermal Magnetic Random Access Memory
(MRAM). The contract is for $750,000 over two years and represents a
continuation of NVE's government funding to advance and commercialize
MRAM. MRAM uses spintronics--electrons' spin rather than their
charge--to store data, and is fabricated using nanotechnology. MRAM
has the potential of combining the speed of semiconductor memory with
the nonvolatility of magnetic disk drives, and could eventually
replace conventional memories. MRAM is inherently nonvolatile, meaning
the data remain even when power is removed.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1712
U.S. Army Taps Konarka Technologies to Develop New Source of Renewable
Power
Army Funds Konarka Technology Development Program to Power Wide
Variety of Applications for the Military
Lowell, MA August 4, 2003 -- Konarka Technologies, Inc. [profile],
announced the United States Army has funded Konarka to develop the
company's photovoltaic technology to provide the Army with a source of
lightweight, flexible, scalable and renewable power in a variety of
form factors for military applications. Konarka leverages
nanotechnology and conducting polymers to provide a source of
renewable power. Konarka's technology converts sunlight as well as
indoor, artificial light into direct current electrical power. The
company uses unique, proprietary low-temperature production methods to
put the photovoltaic cells onto flexible, lightweight plastics.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1711
Veeco Upcoming Investor Events
Veeco Seeing at the Nanoscale Analyst Meeting
Veeco [profile] will be hosting an Analyst meeting in Santa Barbara,
CA on Tuesday, August 26th. The conference will feature some of the
leading nanoscience researchers discussing current trends and outlook
for nanotechnology. This is a RSVP only event, so please contact Debra
Wasser, VP of Investor Relations at 516-677-0200 x1472 or
dwasser@veeco.com if you are interested in attending.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1710
QUANTUM DOT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA (PANASONIC), AND SC BIOSCIENCES
PARTNER TO "SET THE STANDARD" FOR BIOLOGICAL DETECTION USING QUANTUM
DOTS
HAYWARD, CA, AND TOKYO, JAPAN August 6, 2003 - Quantum Dot
Corporation (QDC) [profile], SC BioSciences Corporation, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI) and Matsushita Kotobuki
Electronics (MKE) announced they have reached an agreement to develop,
manufacture and market life science detection products. The companies,
who have worked together since late 2002, plan to launch the first
joint product next spring. The companies signed three agreements
including a cooperation agreement that anticipates the development of
future systems, a license agreement giving Matsushita certain
exclusive rights under QDC's instrumentation patents, and a
development agreement for the first product. QDC will retain sales and
marketing rights of developed products and services both domestically
and abroad while Healthcare Business Company, an internal division
company of MEI, and MKE will manufacture the final products. Working
with QDC to sell the products in Japan, and responsible for the
initiation of the agreement is SC BioSciences, a subsidiary of the
Sumitomo Corporation.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1709
New Jersey Institute of Technology awarded army contract
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., was awarded on July
31, 2003, a delivery order amount of $150,000 as part of a $27,000,000
cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for research and engineering support
of nanotechnology and applications. Work will be performed in Newark,
N.J., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2006. Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was
a sole source contract initiated on March 27, 2002. The U.S. Army
Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., is the
contracting activity (DAAE30-03-D-1015). Other Contracts
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1708
Sent to the Precautionary Principle's Office
Jared Blumenfeld , director of San Francisco's Department of the
Environment, gives an effective defense of the Precautionary Principle
in Monday's San Francisco Chronicle. He says that 'environmental
decision-making be based on rigorous science' But the alarm bells go
off for nanotech advocates when he writes: 'Unfortunately, in today's
regulatory system, lack of proof of harm is usually misinterpreted as
proof of safety.' I'm not sure if that's a 'misinterpretation,' or
simply the human urge to progress despite an element of risk. If we
didn't have the instinct for taking risks, I'd be chiseling this
message on a cave wall. The full commentary is on Howard Lovy's
NanoBot.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1707
Caveat Emptor Nano
Most American consumers intuitively know that products do not
necessarily match their labels, and it's another sign that nanotech
has arrived that the Mr. Haneys of the world will try to resell their
snake oil with "nano" packaging. More on the NanoBot.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1706
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