This Week in Nanotech (1/21/03 - 1/27/03)
Arya Kumar
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NanoTalk: New discussion forum for issues related to nano-science
NanoTalk: A discussion forum for issues related to nano-science has been
launched at University of South Carolina. NanoTalk focuses on the
exploration of philosophical, ethical, social and legal issues associated
with nanoscience and technology.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3011
American Physical Society March Meeting 2003
The biggest physics meeting of the year, the American Physical Society (APS)
March Meeting, will be held March 3-7, 2003 in Austin, Texas. An estimated
record 5600 talks will be delivered. A number of topics touch on nano-scale
developments.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3010
Conference highlights, converging technologies
Experts from industry, academia and government showcase methods for
integrating knowledge to improve human performance
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3009
The spaser: a laser analog for nanotechnology
Just as a laser can fire tightly focused light at a point, a new proposed
device, the "spaser" will shoot surface plasmons (localized energy
fluctuations on the surface of materials) on a nanoscale.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3008
Ink-jet printing creates tubes of living tissue
Three-dimensional tubes of living tissue have been printed using modified
desktop printers filled with suspensions of cells instead of ink. The work
is a first step towards printing complex tissues or even entire organs.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3007
Six Students Named Intel Semifinalists
Nina Bai entitled her project "Synthesis and Characterization of
Well-ordered Thin Films of Decanethiolated Gold Nanoparticles." "I made
these nano-particles, which are very small particles," said Bai. "I then
made thin film from them and used various techniques and instruments to
measure the thin film and see how the particles are arranged."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3006
Electrical Control of Electron Spin Steers Spin-Based Technologies Toward
Real World
Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and at
the University of Pittsburgh have provided "proof of concept that quantum
spin information can be locally manipulated using high-speed electrical
circuits," according to the abstract of their paper being published
expeditiously at 2:00 p.m. Jan. 23 on the "Science Express" website, Science
Magazine's rapid portal for publication of significant research findings to
appear subsequently in print in Science.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3004
Fastest transistor made at UI
The UI transistor has a speed of 370 gigahertz, compared with the 350 GHz
speed of the previous record holder, which was announced by IBM in November.
Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is next at 341 GHz.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3003
News & Ideas: Nanotechnology
A summary of nanotechnology research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI).
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3002
The Future Needs Us!
A review of Michael Crichton's book Prey including some interesting analysis
based on Bill Joy's article "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us"
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3001
Nanotechnology Gains Attention of UK Regulation Task Force
Nanotechnology has been added to a list of "controversial areas of research"
that includes biotechnology and stem cell technology in the UK. The Better
Regulation Task Force updated list will affect decisions that the Office of
Science and Technology (in the UK) will make.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3000
NSC nanotechnology scientists create high-entropy metal alloy
Employing state-of-the-art nanotechnology, scientists in Taiwan have just
developed polymetallic alloys with new compositions and structural states
which are the first of their kind in the world.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2999
Pacific Nanotechnology Hosts Seminars on Atomic Force Microscopy
Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc. (PNI), the global leader in high-performance,
easy-to-use, and affordable atomic force microscopes (AFMs), is offering
seminars on "AFM applications for your research and development programs."
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2998
Legislation could aid Cornell Nanotechnology
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton recently announced new legislation that could
substantially increase funding for nanotechnology programs at Cornell
University and other leading research institutions.
http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2997
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Light at the end of the tunnel: Photonics are tipped to make global
communications network a reality
Technical Insights' photonic technologies analysis
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1170
Life Technology boosts energy products
Life Technology Co., a health solutions provider, recently announced a
series of energy products that can effectively purify contaminated materials
and improve health, said company executives.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1169
Altair Nanotechnologies' RenaZorb, A Nanotechnology-Based Drug for Phosphate
Control in Kidney Dialysis Patients, Advances in Animal Testing
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. announced that testing of RenaZorb, its new
drug for phosphate control in kidney dialysis patients, is progressing in an
animal model. The testing is in its second month of a three-month program.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1168
Russia: Gov't may allocate about $31m for innovative projects in 2003
The Russian government is ready to allocate more than 1bn rubles (about
$31m) for the implementation of innovative projects in 2003, the press
service of the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology reported.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1167
Sarnoff`s Ultraviolet Camera Produces HI-RES Images to Evaluate Coatings,
Develop IC Inspection Subsystems at Deep Sub-Micron Levels
Sarnoff Corporation, the originator of the color LCD, the CMOS process, and
other electronic innovations, today announced the availability of a
high-speed, high-resolution 14-bit back illuminated CCD ultraviolet camera
module with a 100% fill factor for use in applications such as evaluating
optical coatings and developing subsystems for deep submicron IC inspection
equipment.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1166
NanoOpto Receives ISO 9001:2000 Registration
NanoOpto Corp., which is applying proprietary nano-patterning and
nano-manufacturing technologies to design and manufacture optical components
for systems and networks, announces it has received ISO 9001:2000
registration for its Quality Management System from American Systems
Registrar, LLC.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1165
121 Systems delivered - Plug Power announces Year-End Results
Plug Power delivered 121 systems during 2002, developing a fleet that
generated approximately 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in the
field. These systems were installed and have operated in more than 30
customer locations, including 19 U.S. states, Japan, Germany and Brazil.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1164
MEMS/Nano LIGA Division Launched by Digital Matrix
Digital Matrix Corporation, one of the largest North American manufacturers
of electroforming equipment, has launched a new division focusing on MEMS
(Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), Nanotechnology (macromolecular)
Technologies and the LIGA (Lithography, Electroplating and Molding) process
to support firms involved with research and development, advanced product
development and University research.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1162
Vic Kley, CEO of General Nanotechnology (GN) announces he will address the
first World Nanotechnology Summit
General Nanotechnology announced today that Vic Kley, CEO and founder, will
address the first World Nanotechnology Summit in New York, April 7 10. Mr.
Kley will speak in the morning session as an expert on the topic of the
creation and exploitation of nanotechniques, and in the afternoon sessions
as a presenting company
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1161
Ardesta Welcomes AngstroVision, a Nano-Imaging Company, To Its Family of
Small Tech Companies
AngstroVision, Inc. is the newest member of the Ardesta family of companies.
Ardesta, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is the leader in bringing Small Tech
products to the global marketplace. San Francisco-based AngstroVision is
developing a new nano-imaging device to target characterization and
metrology applications in the materials and information technology markets.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1160
UK-Texas collaboration benefits biotech sector
Texas institutions involved in biotechnology and nanotechnology stand to
benefit from some $7.5 million to $8 million in funds (5 million) allocated
recently for United States and United Kingdom collaborations by the U.K.
Department of Trade and Industry, according to Alice Pomponio, U.S. life
sciences and health care industry adviser for the British government.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1159
NanoVia Collaborates with Automation Leader
NanoVia, LP has announced that it has entered into strategic talks with a
leading provider of precision automated and semi-automated manufacturing
equipment for the photonics, semiconductor, medical device, and electronics
industries. These dialogs are the next step in NanoVias strategy of
licensing its core technologies to market leaders.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1158
First International Deal in Nano-Electronics
The Technion Research and Development Institute has sold use licenses for
three patents of Technion researchers to the American company Integrated
Nano-Technologies. The deal is based upon a cash payment of $4 million and
future sales royalties.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1157
BioForce Nanosciences explores virtues of ultrasmall
BioForce Nanosciences is taking an unusual approach to developing next
generation products, at least in Ames. The company isn't into genetic
engineering. "It's kind of an interesting paradox because molecular biology
is nanotechnology from the bio side," said company founder Eric Henderson.
BioForce works on carbon-based objects that are non-biological but on a
"nano" scale.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1156
Nanomedicine No Longer Just Hype, Report Says
While nanotechnology has long promised radical advances for medicine, people
often dismiss these as science fiction. This will change in the next 10
years, says a new report.
http://www.nanoinvestornews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1155
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If you were a scientist/engineer in 2003, which area would you choose to
explore?
Basic Science Nanotech 37.40 % (46)
MEMS foundry technology 23.58 % (29)
Nanomaterials 20.33 % (25)
MEMS applications 6.50 % (8)
A non-MEMS/non-nanotech field 6.50 % (8)
Some other MEMS/nanotech field 5.69 % (7)
Total Votes: 123
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Which nanohub region in the USA will lead the pack in 2003?
California 39.39 % (13)
Texas 27.27 % (9)
New York 12.12 % (4)
Some other region 12.12 % (4)
I don't know 6.06 % (2)
Too close to call 3.03 % (1)
Total Votes: 33
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