• Server Sky: solar powered server and communications arrays in orbit

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:19:32
    Special thanks to longtime Foresight member Monica Anderson for setting up this November 4 Bay Area talk by another longtime Foresight member, Keith Lofstrom: Server-Sky: Solar powered server and communication arrays in Earth orbit. http://www.server-sky.com The EPA predicts US data center power consumption in 2011 will be  120 billion kilowatt hours, or 3% of total US power consumption, doubling every [...]

  • You saw it here first…

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:10:53
    Researcher honored for experimental work in nanotechnology. — AFOSR via Eurekalert This is a re-announcement of Custance, Sugimoto, and Abe’ Feynman Prize from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (I have a personal fondness for AFOSR since they funded some of my optical computing research back in the 80’s.) The Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology recognize researchers [...]

  • Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Self-Propelling Bacteria Harnessed to Turn Gears

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:40:10
    Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Self-Propelling Bacteria Harnessed to Turn Gears. No, it’s not harnessing the flagellar rotory motor to turn nanogears, it’s harnessing the entire beast, statistically, to turn microgears. Still interesting.

  • Don Eigler: Two decades of nanotech – opinion – 14 October 2009 – New Scientist

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:37:16
    Don Eigler: Two decades of nanotech – opinion – 14 October 2009 – New Scientist. An interview with Don Eigler of “IBM in 35 xenon atoms” fame. Has nanotechnology trickled down into everyday life yet? To some extent. It’s showing up in coatings, cosmetics and sunscreens, and it’s starting to show up in electronic devices. The length scales [...]

  • "Cancer Therapeutics Announces …

    Updated: 2009-10-19 18:03:01
    Cancer Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: CTHP), an emerging biotechnology business incubator with a specific emphasis on disruptive cancer treatments and nanotechnology , announced today it has signed a letter of intent to acquire another 26 ...

  • "Nanotechnology and Gold …

    Updated: 2009-10-19 18:03:01
    Based on these unique properties, exciting new nanotechnology applications using gold are being developed. These include: • Low resistance printable gold nanoparticulate inks for flexible electronics ...

  • Yissum Introduces Novel Nanotechnology for Revolutionizing Imaging …

    Updated: 2009-10-19 15:50:09
    JERUSALEM----Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, today announced...

  • UK Organizations in Environmental Nanotechnology Project With …

    Updated: 2009-10-19 11:25:43
    UK Organizations in Environmental Nanotechnology Project With Saudi Arabia.

  • SMIC Adopts Cadence DFM Solutions for 65- and 45-Nanometer IP …

    Updated: 2009-10-19 10:39:41
    Posted: Oct 14th, 2009. NanoBio and the University of Michigan to Receive $9.3M from the NIH for Nanoemulsion-Based Vaccine Development. Posted: Oct 13th, 2009 ...more nanotechnology business news ...

  • Sumitomo Precision Products Complete Acquisition of Aviza Technologies

    Updated: 2009-10-19 01:05:59
    These systems are used in a variety of segments, such as data storage, MEMS and nanotechnology , advanced 3-D packaging and power integrated circuits for communications. The Thermal Products business provides spare parts, upgrades, ...

  • New formula helps increase the efficiency and decrease the cost of …

    Updated: 2009-10-18 20:35:49
    Source: University of Calgary. Bookmark Nanowerk Directory. Subscribe to a free copy of our daily. Nanowerk Nanotechnology News Email Digest. with a compilation of all of the day's news. ...

  • NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Researchers …

    Updated: 2009-10-18 18:31:37
    October 18, 2009. NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Researchers use nanotech to detect early-stage cancer. Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 12:31 pm. Get the Pajamas TV - V2.0 widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! ...

  • Iran Nano 2009 Exhibit to Publicize Nanotechnology | İslâmi Davet …

    Updated: 2009-10-18 12:48:59
    Iranian Nano Student Club is due to hold a nanotechnology public teaching section dubbed as “New World: Nano World” in IRAN Nano 2009 Exhibition with a specific design to show the students the concepts and applications of the new ...

  • Sensitivity in a New Dimenison With Laser Scanning Microscope From …

    Updated: 2009-10-18 10:05:49
    Source: Carl Zeiss (press release). Bookmark Nanowerk Directory. Subscribe to a free copy of our daily. Nanowerk Nanotechnology News Email Digest. with a compilation of all of the day's news. ...

  • Nano-Globe: First On-line International Conference & Exhibition on Nanotechnology

    Updated: 2009-10-16 00:00:00
    Conference/exhibition: 5 May 2010 - 8 May 2010, Paris, global, on-line, France. Organized by CSLdV.

  • Nanosafety in Uncertain Times

    Updated: 2009-10-16 00:00:00
    Lecture/talk: 21 Oct 2009, 1290 Parkmoor Ave , San José, CA 95125, United States. Organized by The International Association of Nanotechnology.

  • EC Will Review Legislation to Ensure Safety of Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2009-10-15 22:59:35
    Nanotechnology Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotechnology Law Blog Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International EC Will Review Legislation to Ensure Safety of Nanomaterials EC Will Review Legislation to Ensure Safety of Nanomaterials Posted on October 15, 2009 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks In an October 9, 2009, speech at the stakeholder conference concerning nanomaterials on the market Stavros Dimas , European Commissioner for the Environment , stated that the European Commission EC will review all relevant legislation within two years to ensure safety for all applications of nanomaterials in products with potential health , environmental , or safety impacts over their life cycle . rdquo The EC's review is in response to an April 24, 2009, resolution adopted by the European Parliament that questions whether current legislation covers the relevant risks relating to nanomaterials and asks the EC to consider whether revisions are necessary to address nanomaterials . Dimas stated that the EC has not made up its mind on how

  • An Interview with Peter Diamandis, Founder of X PRIZE: On Colonizing Space and Reinventing the Philanthropy Model | OppGreen Insights

    Updated: 2009-10-15 12:12:24
    An Interview with Peter Diamandis, Founder of X PRIZE: On Colonizing Space and Reinventing the Philanthropy Model | OppGreen Insights. The money quote: PD: So today, one of my companies, Space Adventures, sends people into orbit privately. A trip is $40 million. Our next customer goes up in 5 days, Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque du [...]

  • What can scaling laws tell us about nanomachines?

    Updated: 2009-10-14 20:33:53
    L ∼ 1 m L ∼ 10 nm Scale factor ∼ 10–8 Molecular dynamics results fit expectations from scaling laws I recently posted my MIT doctoral dissertation, which (like my book on Nanosystems) discusses scaling laws in an introductory section. The scaling laws inherent in geometry, classical mechanics, and the properties of materials can tell us a [...]

  • Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing

    Updated: 2009-10-14 14:04:40
    There’s an excellent round-up over at Next Big Future on the Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing. This is solid freeform fabrication, 3-D printing, stereolithography, rapid prototyping, and so forth. In the long run, 3-D printing is one of the more straightforward paths to full-fledged nanotech with mechanosynthesis. Mechanosynthesis might be seen simply as the ultimate in precision [...]

  • US General Counts 122 Lives That Bots Could Have Saved | Popular Science

    Updated: 2009-10-13 21:44:39
    US General Demands Robot Army, Counts 122 Lives That Bots Could Have Saved | Popular Science. It isn’t really clear from this story whether the “robots” involved or available were autonomous, teleoperated, or some combination. However, this story wraps up my reaction to a lot of techno-angst in a nutshell: Speaking at the Association for Unmanned [...]

  • Solar nanoparticles improves efficiency of solar cells

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    Researchers at Ohio State University have found that by adding silver nanoparticles to the solar cell polymers, higher amount of electricity can be generated. The research team led by Paul Berger, professor of electrical and computer engineering and the finding of the research was published online in journal “Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.” Researchers carried [...]

  • Silver nanoparticles give polymer solar cells a boost

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    Small bits of metal may play a new role in solar power. Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: lighter, cheaper and more-flexible solar cells. They have now discovered that adding tiny bits of silver to the plastic boosts the materials’ electrical [...]

  • Rusnanotech 09 to be held during 6-8 October 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    The second International nanotechnology exhibition will be held during 6 to 8 October 2009 at Moscow Central Exhibition Complex and participants from more than 300 companies are expected to take part in the exhibition. The exhibition will focus on the latest developments in the area of nanotechnology and at the same time there will be [...]

  • Researchers using nanotechnology in biofuel process to save money, environment

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental and financial benefits of “biofuels” by using nanotechnology to further improve the cellulosic ethanol processes.

  • Nanotech Research Strategy announced by EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    The use of nanotechnology is growing at much faster pace, however the health and safety issues are still major concerns. To study the health and environmental effect of the nanomaterials, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency of USA) has recently announced a Nanotech Research Strategy program. There are a number of consumer products including cosmetics and sports equipment [...]

  • JSC Sitronics launched 90 nanometer chip manufacturing project

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    JSC Sitronics, one of the leader in the area of microelectronics, information technology and telecommunication has recently launched a full fledged production unit for 90 nanometer chip with the help of RUSNANO (Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies). JSC Sintronics has already “NIIME and Mikron” technologies under the microelectronics business dividion and the new facility will boost [...]

  • IBM develops nanpdevice that could help in reading DNA

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    Scientists at IBM have demonstrated “DNA Transistor”, a new device based on silicon that could help in reading human DNA fast. The research will help us in understanding the human DNA so that suitable steps are taken for diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Scientists have drilled nanoholes in the chips and after passing DNA [...]

  • Graphite mimics iron’s magnetism

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands show for the first time why ordinary graphite is a permanent magnet at room temperature. The results are promising for new applications in nanotechnology, such as sensors and detectors. In particular graphite could be a promising candidate for a biosensor material. [...]

  • EPA announces research strategy to study nanomaterials

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    The US Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. The strategy outlines what research EPA will support over the next several years to generate information about the safe use of nanotechnology and products that contain nano-scale materials.

  • Engineers produce ‘how-to’ guide for controlling the structure of nanoparticles

    Updated: 2009-10-13 09:56:33
    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. Their work can now serve as a “how-to” guide for other researchers to controllably create hollow, solid [...]

  • Overcoming Bias : Prefer Law To Values

    Updated: 2009-10-11 12:48:59
    Overcoming Bias : Prefer Law To Values. Robin Hanson blogs on what kind of robots we’d want to live with in the future: The later era when robots are vastly more capable than people should be much like the case of choosing a nation in which to retire.  In this case we don’t expect to have much [...]

  • NanoBio 2010

    Updated: 2009-10-09 00:00:00
    Conference: 21 Jun 2010 - 24 Jun 2010, San Francisco, CA, United States. Organized by The International Association of Nanotechnology.

  • Nobel Prize for Productive Nanosystem Research

    Updated: 2009-10-07 22:41:24
    The 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath for their studies of the structure and function of programmable nanoscale manufacturing systems. See news story here, and videos of the machines in action here.

  • EPA Announces Research Strategy to Study Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2009-10-07 21:07:48
    On September 30, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Nanomaterial Research Strategy (Strategy), which EPA describes as its new research strategy to understand better how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment.  he Strategy outlines what research EPA intends to support over the next several years to generate information about the safe use of nanotechnology and products that contain nanoscale materials.  he Strategy also includes research into ways nanotechnology can be used to clean up toxic chemicals in the environment.  n its announcement, EPA states that its role among federal agencies “is to determine the potential hazards of nanotechnology and develop approaches to reduce or minimize any risks identified.  s part of the strategy, researchers are investigating widely used nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, which are used in vehicles, sports equipment and electronics; and titanium dioxide, which is used in paints, cosmetics and sunscreens.”

  • Singularity Summit 2009 - the Best Summit Yet!

    Updated: 2009-10-05 01:28:01
    Thanks to all 813 people who attended the Singularity Summit! The event was a huge success. If you want to buy a T-shirt to commemorate the event, you can do so here.

  • 11-th Russian Youth Conference on Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Opto- and Nanoelectronics

    Updated: 2009-10-05 00:00:00

  • Where are the medical diagnostics?

    Updated: 2009-10-04 10:33:37
    I was more than a little surprised to read that there's an X Prize in the works for a fast inexpensive tuberculosis test. Years ago, we heard of tests that could detect ridiculously attenuated molecular concentrations. DNA detection arrays have...

  • Where are the medical diagnostics?

    Updated: 2009-10-04 10:33:37
    I was more than a little surprised to read that there's an X Prize in the works for a fast inexpensive tuberculosis test. Years ago, we heard of tests that could detect ridiculously attenuated molecular concentrations. DNA detection arrays have...

  • Molecular Nanomachines: Physical Principles and Implementation Strategies

    Updated: 2009-10-02 04:52:07
    The paper in html A glimpse in its native habitat here. I’ve migrated another paper to E-drexler.com: Drexler, KE. “Molecular Nanomachines: Physical Principles and Implementation Strategies”, Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, 23:377-405 (1994). (With thanks to Robert Bradbury for the original HTML conversion.) Click to read. See also: The Physical Basis of Atomically Precise Manufacturing A Telescope Aimed at the [...]

  • ChAMP “superseded”: EPA shifts into action mode

    Updated: 2009-10-01 22:30:03
    By Richard DenisonRichard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. A new entry showed up sometime in the last day on EPA’s webpage for its ChAMP initiative.  It reads:  “The Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) has been superseded by the comprehensive approach to enhancing the Agency’s current chemicals management program announced by Administrator Lisa Jackson on September 29, [...]

  • CIMTEC 2010

    Updated: 2009-10-01 00:00:00
    Conference/exhibition: 6 Jun 2010 - 18 Jun 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy. Organized by World Academy of Ceramics & Techna Group.

  • Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: EPA Antes Up on TSCA Reform

    Updated: 2009-09-30 02:10:27
    By Richard DenisonRichard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. Today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson unveiled the Obama Administration’s “Essential Principles for Reform of Chemicals Management Legislation.”  The principles’ significance lies not so much in the words they contain, but rather in what they symbolize:  A clear confirmation that this Administration understands that the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) [...]

  • Study Claims Occupational Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials May Be Possible

    Updated: 2009-09-29 16:17:21
    On September 23, 2009, EHP-in-Press posted an article entitled “Potential for Occupational Exposure to Engineered Carbon-Based Nanomaterials in Environmental Laboratory Studies,” which states that laboratory workers may be at increased risk of exposure to engineered nanomaterials. he goal of the study was to assess the release of carbonaceous nanomaterials into the laboratory atmosphere during handling and sonication into environmentally-relevant matrices. he authors concluded that engineered nanomaterials can become airborne when mixed in solution by sonication, especially when nanomaterials are functionalized or in water containing natural organic matter. HP-in-Press articles have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Environmental Health Perspectives.

  • My MIT dissertation — a draft of Nanosystems — is now online

    Updated: 2009-09-27 01:28:04
    Download dissertation here. [30 MB] And for a bigger MIT freebie, see Open Courseware. My MIT doctoral dissertation, “Molecular Machinery and Manufacturing with Applications to Computation”, is a draft of Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation, and MIT has now made it available as a 30 MB pdf. You can download it here. The Nanosystems project began [...]

  • Open Source Nano

    Updated: 2009-09-26 15:19:23
    Looking around at the state of commercial nano, I’d say it is just getting started. Some of us don’t really ascribe to the idea that using small particle materials is true nanotechnology, but that is the practical definition at the moment. True nanotech is building things from atoms and molecules – not from [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

  • PEN Holds Meeting on Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation

    Updated: 2009-09-26 01:06:29
    Nanotechnology Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotechnology Law Blog Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Legal Regulatory Issues PEN Holds Meeting on Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation PEN Holds Meeting on Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation Posted on September 25, 2009 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks On September 23, 2009, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Technologies PEN hosted a meeting on Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation : nbsp Securing the Promise of Nanotechnologies The program is part of a collaborative research project involving experts from the London School of Economics LSE Chatham House , the Environmental Law Institute ELI and PEN . nbsp The project is funded by a grant from the European Commission to support pilot projects on Transatlantic methods for handling global challenges . rdquo The purpose of yesterday's meeting was to discuss recommendations from the research effort that are part of a report released on September 10, 2009. The meeting was also intended to generate

  • WITec Confocal Raman Imaging Workshop - The full Spectrum of cutting-edge applications and techniques

    Updated: 2009-09-25 00:00:00
    Workshop: 29 Sep 2009 - 30 Sep 2009, Ulm, Germany. Organized by http://www.witec.de.

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