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Nanospeheres Used in Drug Delivery May Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 10, 2009
...ur limbs, whereas animals treated with conventional polyethylene glycol did not.
Because of their nanoscale size, these micelles are not quickly filtered by the kidney or captured by the liver, enab... ...o have the same effect, with even better results.
Findings showed that cores made of particular materials work better than others at restoring function to damaged axons, which are slender extensio...
Happy NANOvember!
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 14, 2009
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The University at Albany 's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) has announced an extensive range of events of activites for a month-long celebration it's calling NANOvember ....
Seen that? - Nanotech market to top $1 trillion by 2010
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 12, 2009
...GB-290 Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Evaluation." Highlights: The total global demand for nanoscale materials, tools, and devices was estimated at $7.6 billion in 2003. Demand is expected to... ...otechnology: A Realistic Market Evaluation." Highlights: The total global demand for nanoscale materials, tools, and devices was estimated at $7.6 billion in 2003. Demand is expected to grow at a...
Rice and Alberta to Collaborate on Green Energy
in Nanotechbuzz, on September 23, 2009
... through nanotechnology.
"Under the agreement, Rice's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology will join forces with nanoAlberta, part of Alberta Advanced Educat...
Nanotech Products Cross Millennial Threshold
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 25, 2009
...0 percent of products listed," according to the organization. "More products are based on nanoscale silver - used for its antimicrobial properties - than any other nanomaterial; 259 products... ...products are based on nanoscale silver - used for its antimicrobial properties - than any other nanomaterial; 259 products (26 percent of the inventory) use silver nanoparticles. The updated inventory...
Novellus Announces $20 Million Partnership with CNSE
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 18, 2009
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Novellus Systems recently announced a $20 million partnership with The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the University at Albany.
"As part of the agreement, Nove...
Dana-Farber Researchers Create DNA Origami
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 22, 2009
Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a technique for folding sheets of DNA, like origami, into multilayered objects. The research was published in the May 21 issue of Nature .
"This is something that nature is very good at - making many complex machines with...
ACTU Issues Warning About Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 18, 2009
... Geoff Fary. "Existing laws and regulations were not designed with the unique properties of nanoscale materials in mind... until we know more about nano materials, we should regulate as if it is ... ...cil of Trade Unions ( ACTU ) this week issued a fact sheet warning of the health risks of nanomaterials.
"The ACTU is pushing for closer oversight of the rapidly growing industry, which cont...
SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 3, 2009
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The University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) this week held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to market the official opening of a $150 million expansion of its Al... ...ed process modeling technology for manufacturing 22-nm logic and memory chips with CNSE and Applied Materials. IBM in August 2008 claimed that it and its partners including CNSE had developed the worl...
Researchers Announce Significant Advance in Nanoscale Storage
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 20, 2009
...ifornia, Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a method to arrange nanoscale elements precisely over large surfaces, which could have a significant impact on data stor... ...ries, and open up vistas for entirely new applications," says Thomas Russell, director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at UMass Amherst.
The research appears in the ...
Canada to Require Companies to Disclose Any Use of Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 1, 2009
...echnologies . "This decision by Canada - to establish the world's first national mandatory nanoscale materials reporting requirement for companies - is an important step toward ensuring that ... ...h to make Canada the first country in the world to require all companies to disclose any use of nanomaterials in their products.
"Officials said the plan is to send a notice out that requires c...
Congress Intros Nanotech Safety Bill
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 18, 2009
...velopment of these new technologies."
"We know that when materials are developed at the nanoscale that they pose potential risks that do not appear at the macroscale," says David Reje... ...e public to benefit from the development of these new technologies."
"We know that when materials are developed at the nanoscale that they pose potential risks that do not appear at the ma...
Silk Optics: Biodegradable and Biocompatible Optics
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 7, 2008
...l silk-based optics that may be used in devices such as sensors which would combine sophisticated nanoscale optics with biological readout functions. In addition, silk optics offer further advantage...
One-Step Nanoscale Assembly
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 7, 2008
...esearchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a one-step, repeatable way to produce nanoscale patterns using a single master plate. They used a flexible polymer material called polydim... ...eatable way to produce nanoscale patterns using a single master plate. They used a flexible polymer material called polydimethylsiloxane or PDMS. According to assistant professor Shu Yang in the Depar...
Nanofactory Collaboration Effort
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 7, 2007
...s. Freitas and Merkle have been been joined by over a dozen collaborators, all working on different nanoscale systems. The Nanofactory Collaboration group is currently seeking additional researchers a...
New Nanoethics Journal Available
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 22, 2007
...se . The full name of the journal is "NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale". The Editor-in-Chief is John Weckert of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public...
Carbon Nanotube AFM Tip
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 14, 2007
...een developed to reliably attach carbon nanotubes to tungsten tips for STM/AFM use. Improvements to nanoscale visualization and manipulation tools merit special attention in the world of nanotech adva...
The Great Molecular Manufacturing Debate
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 4, 2007
... world of nanotechnology is whether or not molecular manufacturing - the highly parallelized use of nanoscale robotic arms to manufacture human-scale products - is feasible. The molecular manufacturin...
Rubber Nanochannels
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 19, 2007
... Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, has fabricated nanoscale fluid channels simply by carefully stretching surface-treated rubber. This is similar to ...
Nano-techn-ing Solar Cells
in IfEnergy, on April 30, 2007
...notechnology and Molecular Materials has conducted a study that showed the effects of incorporating nanoscale polymer trees to conventional silicon solar cells to improve the cell's ability... ...nano-technology into one minute package. Wake Forest's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials has conducted a study that showed the effects of incorporating nanoscale polymer trees to ...
Optimized adhesives drawn from nature
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 16, 2007
...k, Before and After Darwin , I look at a work in progress where scientists looking at nature at the nanoscale have made some discoveries that could transform whole industries.
I invite you to read a... ...ne, abalone shells and spider silk that could be used in "glues" for nanocomposite materials. Their work could lead to a new class of adhesives that far exceed current ones like urea ...
Nanotechnology Industries Association director addresses Ideas Factory
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 12, 2007
... energy, healthcare and medicine, particularly, in the latter area, the ideas of the combination of nanoscale sensors and point-of-delivery synthesis which are implicit in the increasingly fashionable... ...f UK companies from a variety of industry sectors, including healthcare, CHEMICALS , automotive, materials processing, and consumer products.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, the NIA offers a purely ...
Rocky Rawstern fires up blog~nano
in Nanotechbuzz, on December 29, 2006
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Nanotech expert Rocky Rawstern has started a blog called blog~nano: Nanoscale Materials
and Nanotechnology , which he describes as dedicated to an ongoing analysis of nanoscale technologies and ... ...
Nanotech expert Rocky Rawstern has started a blog called blog~nano: Nanoscale Materials
and Nanotechnology , which he describes as dedicated to an ongoing analysis of nanoscale technologies and ...
German consumers demand labeling of nanotech products
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 28, 2006
...he newly designed advanced materials and manufacturing processes will be built using control at the nanoscale in at least one of the key components."
Do we really want to commit to labeling that... ... Initiative: "By 2015-just 10 years time-I expect at least half of the newly designed advanced materials and manufacturing processes will be built using control at the nanoscale in at least one o...
Team to build solar cells from DNA
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 17, 2006
... will increase the rate of absorption of the light photons."
The team's goal is to create nanoscale devices for higher-efficiency solar energy and photonics applications. (Hat tip to Carbon ...
Lasers cut nanopores, and costs
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 16, 2006
...cterization of DNA, detection of immune complexes, profiling of optical traps, and basic studies of nanoscale ion transport mechanisms. Second, lithography, which requires printing like that used in c... ...
Lithography-free formation of nanopores in low-cost plastic materials may not sound like a big deal, but it could prove to be a big leap forward in nanotechnology for several reasons.
First, sy...
IEEE Fellows unveil nanotech predictions
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 4, 2006
...rks.
Nanoelectromechanical systems will go commercial.
Robust design tools for fabrication at the nanoscale will become available.
Microscale robotics will become viable.
It will be commercially v... ...croscale robotics will become viable.
It will be commercially viable to manufacture nanostructured materials to exact specifications without machining.
Pretty tame compared to much of the hype we he...
NanoFlex: the first commercially packaged, bench-top, nanotechnology instrument
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 27, 2006
...about Mihail Rocco's concerns over our limited ability to measure and manipulate matter at the nanoscale , the Farfield Group has introduced what it calls the first commercially packaged, bench-t...
Rocco warns of technical hurdles to nanotech development
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 26, 2006
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Dr. Mihail Roco is Chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology. He's also the individual most responsible for the...
The end of nanotechnology
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 21, 2006
...he newly designed advanced materials and manufacturing processes will be built using control at the nanoscale in at least one of the key components."
When nanotechnology is integrated into that ... ...
Well, at least the end of the term nanotechnology to distinguish novel materials. That's what Matthew Nordan, president of Lux Research sees coming, according to CNET News.com.
"In...
Nano-liquid stops bleeding in seconds
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 12, 2006
...d found that it stopped bleeding in as little as 15 seconds.
The new material is formulated at the nanoscale from individual amino acids to form a self-assembling peptide. On contact with tissue, the... ...
A remarkable new nanomaterial developed at MIT stops bleeding in seconds when applied to wounds.
The discovery was made by accident when researchers experimenting with nerve cells in the brains...
Peptide Solution Halts Bleeding
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 11, 2006
...clotting as most homeostatic drugs do, but stops bleeding as protein fragments self-assemble into a nanoscale protective barrier gel that seals the wound.
In animal trials, the peptide solution seems...
Consumer group calls for moratorium on products containing nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 1, 2006
...that involves a chemical transformation that's effected by molecularly precise positioning in a nanoscale machine. On the other hand, the use of modified viruses as gene therapy vectors is startin... ...n that the FDA's current oversight practices do not sufficiently regulate the use of nanomaterials in consumer food, food packaging, and agricultural products, says an association press rel...
Nanoscale Biological Switch Using Chlorophyll-a Molecule
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 6, 2006
...cules and proteins impacts biological functions. The study also suggests a novel route for creating nanoscale logic circuits or mechanical switches for future medical , computer technology o...
Increased Lifespan of High Capacity Energy Systems with Nanostructured Materials
in IfEnergy, on August 21, 2006
...nd that synthesis of nanostructured vanadium nitride and controlled oxidation of the surface at the nanoscale is key to creating the next generation of supercapacitors commonly used in everything from... ... Carnegie Mellon University: Materials Science and biomedical engineering Professor Prashant Kumta discovered a nanocrystalline material that is cheaper, stable, and produces higher quality...
Nanotechnology research funding up, venture capital down
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 15, 2006
...venture capital slump, the prospects for nanotech remain good. By 2008, the total global demand for nanoscale materials, devices and tools will cross $28 billion, says the Bourne report.
The report a... ...arter of 2006 compared to the second quarter of 2005. Altair is a leading provider of advanced nanomaterials technology for use in energy, pharmaceutical, life sciences and industrial applications.
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Nanoscale views for the technically minded
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 5, 2006
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For those of you interested in the technical aspects of nanotechnology, check out nanoscale views .
It's a blog run by Doug Natelson , an Associate Professor in both Physics and astronomy...
Chitosan As Component In Nanoscale Detectors
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 2, 2006
... , a chitin-derived biopolymer found in crab shells, may be used as a key component in a new nanoscale sensor system that can detect minute quantities of explosives, bioagents, chemicals and ot... ...or system that can detect minute quantities of explosives, bioagents, chemicals and other dangerous materials. Multiple miniature vibrating cantilevers are coated with chitosan, which then interact wi...
"Nano" a no-no in new corporate name game
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 26, 2006
Nanotech companies appear to be dropping the "nano" from their names as quickly as they can. In just the last week, Nanotechnologies, Inc. has changed its name to NovaCentrix , Applied Nanotechnologies, Inc. has changed its name to Xintek , and NanoPolaris has changed its name to Un...
Nanotechbuzz interviews Nano 50 award winner Authentix
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 20, 2006
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Authentix Inc. has been awarded a Nano 50 award for their process utilizing nanoscale engineering to fight counterfeiting and diversion in the pharmaceutical, oil and gas, consumer, and agroch... ...roducts, and report generation summarizing the ongoing progress of the program.
GE: Your nanoscale materials exhibit distinctive optical properties for covert marking applications. What do those mate...
Nanotech market to reach $28.7 billion by 2008
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 16, 2006
...B-290 Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Evaluation." Highlights:
The total global demand for nanoscale materials, tools, and devices was estimated at $7.6 billion in 2003.
Demand is expected t... ...technology: A Realistic Market Evaluation." Highlights:
The total global demand for nanoscale materials, tools, and devices was estimated at $7.6 billion in 2003.
Demand is expected to grow at ...
Nanoscale barcode can label individual cells
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 15, 2006
That staple of science-fiction, the biological barcode labeling every person, plant and animal, may be one step closer thanks to a new optical tagging technique developed at Southampton University in the UK, says a repot at optics.org .
"Our main vision for the use of these barcodes is as...
Explosion-harnessing nanocapsules could jump-start hydrogen economy
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 27, 2006
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Nanoscale capsules that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy goals fo... ...ources of hydrogen. The U.S. Department of Energy requirement for hydrogen production for 2015 is a material that can generate 8 weight percent hydrogen, "so if you put in 100 grams of a material...
Finally! A self-cleaning toilet (thanks to nanotechnology)
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 21, 2006
...ys from the sun to activate their surfaces. Michael Cortie and his colleagues at the Institute for Nanoscale Technology in Sydney, Australia, however, are working to make the titanium dioxide nanopa...
Nanotubes act as micro metalworking tools
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 19, 2006
...anotubes can act as minuscule metalworking tools, offering the ability to process materials as in a nanoscale jig or extruder, according to an RPI press release .
Engineers use a variety of tools to... ...ctrons causes it to collapse with such incredible force that it can squeeze out even the hardest of materials, much like a tube of toothpaste. Now, research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)...
Nanotechnology to power hydrogen economy
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 15, 2006
...ructure that resembles a scaffold made of linked rods -- a structure that gives them a multitude of nanoscale pores, and a correspondingly huge internal surface area where gas molecules can attach. (A... ...emists at UCLA and the University of Michigan have announced just such a "crystal sponge" material that can store nearly three times more hydrogen than any substance known previously in its ...
On the nanotech bookshelf
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 8, 2006
...anotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars , by Daniel and Mark Ratner (2004).
Nanoscale Science and Technology , eds Rob Kelsall, Ian Hamley and Mark Geoghegan (2005).
Nanofutu...
Small World Photomicrography Competition reveals nanoworld
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 26, 2006
...he competition website .
Most of the work is at the microscale, an order of magnitude bigger than nanoscale, but it's still a magnificent showcase exposing the beauty of an unseen world.
Pictu...
Nanotechnology: Green by Design
in IfEnergy, on April 26, 2006
...nomaterials and products "greenly," and the engineering challenges posed by moving to the nanoscale.
Nanotechnology is the ability to measure, see, manipulate and manufacture things usually... ...o engineer nanotechnology products that are more energy efficient and nonpolluting than present-day materials and production methods? Can nanotechnology products be engineered to reduce their environm...
Implanted nanogenerators powered by human movement
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 19, 2006
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A new class of devices aims to convert energy created from body movement to power future nanoscale components, according to Foxnews.com .
These so-called "nanogenerators" would be less... ...nowires flex , they emit a piezoelectric discharge, which is electricity generated by certain materials under mechanical stress.
Because zinc oxide is non-toxic, the new nanogenerator could be i...
Nanotechnology Breakthrough Produces Artificial Muscles
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 21, 2006
...d for actuation due to a combination of quantum mechanical and electrostatic effects present on the nanoscale, Baughman said.
Read more at UTD news .
Photo Credit: UTD ...
Media reacts to nanoproduct news
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 21, 2006
...e" C. Roco, chairman of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology, certainly forsees such a flood, saying, "By 2015... ...ood, saying, "By 2015-just 10 years time-I expect at least half of the newly designed advanced materials and manufacturing processes will be built using control at the nanoscale in at least one o...
Sensory fusion helps machines sense their environment
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 22, 2006
...term benefits of nanotechnology is its potential to augment human performance by integrating nanoscale computation and communication hardware into the human brain and body. Yesterday's post...
Nanotalk: the proliferation of nanotechnology journals
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 15, 2006
...logy , published since 1990 by the Institute of Physics, aims to publish papers at the forefront of nanoscale science and technology and especially those of an interdisciplinary nature. Here, nanotech... ... can be lethal as the pace of research and development accelerates daily. To avoid publishing stale material, academic journals in nanotechnology, like their more generalist counterparts, have gone on...
Bad (hair) day for AP nanoscale measurements
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 11, 2006
...human hair is approximately 80,000 nanometers". So let's do the math. The upper end of the nanoscale is 100 nanometers, so by the NSF's yardstick, nanotechnology is in dimensions at most ...
President's 2007 nanotechnology budget: big bucks for small tech
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 8, 2006
... (up $29 million from '06).
The nanotechnology initiative investment includes $65 million for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams. These awards encourage team approaches to address nanosc... ...nd of expertise.
The budget also adds another $4 million to study the impacts of manufactured nanomaterials on human health and the environment and nanotechnology's potential beneficial uses, fo...
Self-assembly V: nanofibers appear at the scene of the crime
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 31, 2006
...lini-like."
"Our findings open up a whole new world of opportunity for control of nanoscale structures through chemistry via catalysis," he concludes. It's an opportunity th... ...ibers growing where the prints had been left. Recognizing that Super Glue contains cyanoacrylate, a material also used in liquid sutures and experimental cancer treatment, they began to experiment.
S...
Self-assembly IV: building with light
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 30, 2006
... to study even smaller scales of matter. "As well as being a new way to assemble matter on the nanoscale," says Bain, "such arrays may also provide a way of visually studying, in real t... ...
"For most physicists, the idea of materials held together by light is still foreign," says Colin Bain of Durham University . But materials held together by light are exactly what Bain...
Self-assembly II: 3D nanostructures from 2D blueprints
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 28, 2006
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Never-before-seen, three-dimensional nanoscale structures are coming out of a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thanks to an international research team's discovery that materials ... ... the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thanks to an international research team's discovery that materials known as block copolymers will spontaneously assemble into intricate 3D shapes when deposi...
Another step toward self-assembly: electrospinning fibrous mats
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 27, 2006
... creating nonwoven fibrous mats from a small organic molecule in a single step. The result is a new nanoscale material with potential applications where biocompatible materials are required, such as s... ...
Scientists at Virginia Tech have taken a big stride toward self-assembly in nanomaterials by creating nonwoven fibrous mats from a small organic molecule in a single step. The result is a new ...
Superheated nanotubes gain strength as they stretch
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 23, 2006
...Jan. 19 edition of the journal Nature. Wang also is an important member of the recently established Nanoscale Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory in the Lab' s Chemistry and Materials Scienc... ...notubes for their applications in microelectronics, " said Yinmin (Morris) Wang of LLNL' s Materials Science and Technology Division and a co-author of the paper that appears in the Jan. 19 e...
Purdue nanotechnology conference free and open to public
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 9, 2006
...e" C. Roco, chairman of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology, as well as many other leading nanotech experts.
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Small tech' s big impact
in Nanotechbuzz, on December 11, 2005
...according to M.C. Roco, chair of the National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology , " is likely to change the way almost everything...
Hybrid DNA nanotubes fight cancer
in Nanotechbuzz, on December 10, 2005
... At the nanoscale, the boundary between the natural and artificial often blurs, leading to hybrid materials that cross the border between living and non-living substances. And while these hybrid bi... ... At the nanoscale, the boundary between the natural and artificial often blurs, leading to hybrid materials that cross the border between living and non-living substances. And while these hybrid bi...
For Job-Hunters: How to Find a Contact Name Inside a Target Company
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 27, 2005
Job-hunters have a number of hurdles to surmount, but one of the greatest is this: how do you get a name inside a target company? When you want to send a letter of inquiry to a company (about a job), you really want to find the right person's name, in order to contact him or her. If you ca...
DNA Buckyballs: Potential Use of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 29, 2005
...wn the DNA, releasing the drug. They might also be used as cages to study chemical reactions on the nanoscale, he says. Luo added that DNA buckyballs may turn out to have unusual electronic, photonic ...
RFID Rocks for the U.S. Military
in The RFID Weblog, on June 1, 2005
... to soldiers' lives. Greg McCarthy, associate vice president at the university's Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, said: "The military wants better sensing capability. People ...
nanotech and VC
in TJ's Weblog, on December 26, 2003
...-old start-up based in denver , is expected to announce in January. ZettaCore is developing a nanoscale computer memory, which is based on switching the electrical charge on a molecule the compa...
EPA invites participation in Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 19, 2006
...ustry, environmental groups, other federal agencies and other stakeholders in establishing its new Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program , reports the Student Operated Press .
"By bringing p... ...ironmental groups, other federal agencies and other stakeholders in establishing its new Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program , reports the Student Operated Press .
"By bringing people toge...