Nanotechnology

One of the great promises of nanotechnologies lies in its ability to create drug-containing nanoparticles decorated with targeting molecules that recognize and bind to cancer cells, providing drug del...

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) announced that it has successfully inkjet printed its nanoparticle copper inks onto commercially available paper substrates forming highly conductive patt...

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental...

Vibrations in nanostructures offer applications in molecular-scale biological sensing and ultrasensitive mass detection. To approach single-atom sensing, it is necessary to reduce the dimensions of the structures to the nanometer scale while preserving long-lived vibrations.

In Popular Mechanics, longtime Foresight friend Prof. Glenn Reynolds looks at the future of nanotech and artificial intelligence, among other things looking at safety issues, including one call that potentially dangerous technologies be relinquished.  He takes a counterintuitive...

By Sandrine Martin The Lurie Nanofabrication Facility (LNF) is the University of Michigan site of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) and is hiring a new domain expert in computation and modeling. Applications to this position are done through www.umich.edu/~jobs/, posting # 307...

By noreply@blogger.com (bw) Commercial electron-beam resists are modified into semimetallic resists by doping with 1-3 nm metal nanoparticles, which improve the resolution, contrast, strength, dry-etching resistance, and other properties of the resist. With the modified resists, fine resist nanopatterns...

Researchers are studying blood using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. One new study shows how components in blood line up to prepare for healing; another demonstrates the best shape to use for man-made nanoparticles that target cancers -...

PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident.

By noreply@blogger.com (bw) This summer the nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy successfully suppressed ovarian tumor growth in mice. “We’ve had success with gene delivery using these nanoparticles, so we thought they might be a safer, temporary way to modify stem cells,” says Anderson.

By noreply@blogger.com (bw) The grant will be used to demonstrate the viability of a new class of anticancer molecules that are engineered to automatically self-assemble from interlocking strands of synthetic DNA. It was a combination of innovations -- DNA nanotechnology fabrication and grid computing sequenc...

By Jianyu Huang Job Description: The CINT Science Department is searching for a postdoctoral appointee to pursue research in the area of leading-edge in-situ electron microscopy of nanomaterials and their properties. The successful candidate will work closely with the staff scientist heading ele...

By adding select small molecules to mixtures of nanoparticles and polymers, Berkeley researchers can direct the self-assembly of the nanoparticles into arrays of one, two and even three dimensions with no chemical modifications.

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The invention disclosed herein provides an organic-inorganic hybrid structure having nanoparticles attached to the surface thereof, wherein the structure comprises a self-assembled structure of a coordination polymer, which includes a metal-organic ligand complex, as well as...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have learned how to consistently create hollow, solid and amorphous nanoparticles of nickel phosphide, which has potential uses in the development of solar cells and as catalysts for removing sulfur from fuel.

Tired of carbon nanotubes? Me, too. Well, a little bit. Every day, when the editors search out the best R&D news on the web for the R&D Daily e-newsletter, it seems that carbon nanotubes and their end...

By Chris Phoenix Eric Drexler recently posted slides for a talk titled "Advanced Nanotechnology: Advanced Computing on the Critical Path" that he gave as the keynote at WORLDCOMP’09. The title got me wondering: Is advanced computing actually on the critical path for developing... Eric Drexler recently p...

By Chris Phoenix gt;2)What is the science behind nanotechnology (in general)? gt;3)What are the inhibiting factors slowing down the research and development gt;of products using nanotechnology? gt;B) Medicine- gt;6)Is nanotechnology ethical? gt;7)How will nanotechnology be enforced?

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Norman Scott of Cornell University discusses how nanotechnology – the control of matter at the atomic scale – can make our animal food systems safer.

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Listen to Jochen Weiss of the University of Hohenheim speak about using nanotechnology to add omega-3 fatty acids to a variety of foods.

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Hear Jennifer Kuzma talk about the impact of nanotechnology – the engineering of materials at the atomic scale — on the food we eat.

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 HI Based on the author's own successful courses, Nanomaterials: An Introduction to Synthesis, Properties and Applications shows how to produce nanomaterials and use them in engineering applications for novel products. Following an introduction, the text ...

 MA Carbon nanotubes that respond to visible light might mean better solar cells and artificial retinas. By Katherine Bourzac Light tube: This colorized atomic force microscope image shows a carbon nanotube that is two micrometers long and one nanometer ...

By Michael The paper was first-authored by Jesper Matthiesen who is now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The team, which included members of iNANO's Scanning Probe Microscopy Group, led by Flemming Besenbacher, and Theoretical Surface Science Group, led by Bjørk Hammer, specificall...

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Rosalyn Berne studies the ethics of nanotechnology, the manipulation of atoms to create new materials. Hear her talk about nanotechnology applied to agriculture.

Many researchers believe that future generations of electronic devices could be made from carbon nanotubes — tubes with walls just one atom thick — which could enable much smaller feature sizes and hence much better computing performance. ...

By Michael The next step for engineers will be to work with orthopedic surgeons and other colleagues at the UC San Diego School of Medicine to study ways to translate this breakthrough research to clinical application, said Shu Chien, a UC San Diego bioengineering professor and director of the uni...

Report from the NanoDesk," which is produced and hosted by WMHT's Susan Arbetter and debuts on Friday, January 30, will examine the public policy implications of the technology advances being enabled by nanotechnology - described by the National Nanotechnology Initiative as "leadi...

Honda's bill, the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board Act of 2002, would establish a nongovernmental advisory board to monitor and influence the National Nanotechnology Initiative and government agencies doing nanotechnology research. Honda is currently looking to na...

US scientists have found a way to levitate the very smallest objects using the forces of quantum mechanics, and say they might use it to help make tiny nanotechnology machines.

Lab-based investigations of the health effects of nanoparticles also produced worrying results. One study found that mice that inhaled nanotubes suffered effects similar to those caused by asbestos. Another showed that earthworms that eat nanotubes suffer a reduced reproductive ra...

The various approaches that have been taken to develop applications using carbon nano tubes are a blend of the traditional top-down approach and the bottom-up approach, but there are several bottle necks in that approach.” Source information

The panel analyzed the risk research strategy of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the program to coordinate federal efforts in nanotechnology research and development. Its report concluded that the initiative’s strategy “does not present a vision, contain a clear set of goa...

Driven by a local economy that increasingly is high-tech, more public schools are launching studies in nanotechnology ? the creation, use or manipulation of objects at the nanoscale (nano means one-billionth of something). Albany's "NanoHigh" program is a partnership between the sc...

Green Earth Nano Science, Inc., (GENS) a nanotechnology solutions provider and a global supplier and licensor of proprietary photocatalyst* technology, recently signed an Exclusive Master Distributor license agreement with Permaweld Pvt Ltd; Article body

But “nanotechnology could also have destructive impact on developing countries’ economies,” Hassan Moawad Abdel Al, former president of Alexandria’s Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, told Intellectual Property Watch.

One reason is to do with surface area. Nanoparticles have a much bigger surface area-to-volume ratio than microparticles a thousand times bigger. It is like trying to compare the surface area of a basketball with the combined surface area of pea-sized balls with the same total weight of th...

The speaker I have in mind, who was an synthetic chemist in academia for over 20 years before entering industry, ran through a number of rebuffs to the anti-nanotech constituency which are probably quite familiar to anyone who’s looked at the sector in any depth - risks from nano-silver?...

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Nanotechnology has the potential to help us produce more energy, says Shell scientist Sergio Kapusta. Hear Kapusta talk about the applications of nanotechnology to renewable energy.

By nick2 Water is a polar molecule consisting of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Although its net charge is zero, the molecule has a positive side (hydrogen) and a negative side (oxygen). This polarity causes the molecule to orient in a particular direction when in the presence of an electri...

By Wendy J. Crookes-Goodson The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry This tutorial review highlights how organisms synthesize nanomaterials in vivo as well as how the natural world has inspired researchers to pursue the in vitro synthesis of materials using biological molecules.

A vial of anti-cancer nano ships glows red under a black light. The particles glow red because they contain fluorescent "quantum dot" nanoparticles. Side: The nanometer-sized cargo ships look individually like a chocolate-covered nut cluster, in which a biocompatible lipid forms the...

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) In the future, an elite class might be able to enhance their physical bodies and their senses. Rosalyn Berne of the University of Virginia talks about how nanotechnology might redefine what it means to be human.

By nick2 A while back I asked a member of the LLNL team what the best investment of dollars would be for research in this field. He said that the best investment currently would be “in coming up with scalable (economical) processes for producing membranes that use nanotubes or other useful nanomate...

By Michael While previous research has looked at how molecular devices rotate in flowing gases, Král and his group are the first to look at molecular propeller pumping of liquids, notably water and oils. Petr Král's Design and Modeling of Nanoscale Systems Group

Most kids go to summer camp for swimming, hiking and crafts. One group of Wisconsin students is in camp for nanotechnology, stem cells and bioethics. WiCell's Director of Operations Sue Carlson says the campers are incoming seniors who have an interest in biology related careers.

By Michael Throughout this work, the biggest challenge was to synthesize size-controllable nanoparticles coated with organic molecules designed to react with specific protein sites. Hu explains the steps: "First, we design the specific interactions between gold nanoparticles and the prote...

By Ehud Gazit The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry The process and applications of peptide self-assembly into nanotubes, nanospheres, nanofibrils, nanotapes, and other ordered structures at the nano-scale are discussed.

By Earth & Sky Radio Series “Think of it like oranges in a box.” That’s how nanoscientist Andreas Stein describes his mold for spherical nanoparticles. But these “oranges” are smaller than 100 nanometers in size.