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  • NVIDIA dresses up CUDA parallel computing platform

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:50 am
    (PhysOrg.com) -- This week’s NVIDIA announcement of a dressed up version of its CUDA parallel computing platform is targeted as a good news message for engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, geophysicists, and other researchers on fast-track computations using GPUs. The new version features an LLVM (low-level virtual machine)-based CUDA compiler, new imaging and signal processing functions added to the NVIDIA Performance Primitives library and a redesigned Visual Profiler with automated performance analysis and expert guidance. NVIDIA says the new enhancements are ways to advance…

  • Common brain receptor in eyes may link epilepsy, cataracts and antidepressants

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am
    Researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Columbia University have discovered that the most common receptor for the major neurotransmitter in the brain is also present in the lens of the eye, a finding that may help explain links between cataracts, epilepsy and use of a number of widely prescribed antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs. The research appears online in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

  • 'We care about every worker': Apple CEO

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:10 am
    Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.

  • NASA sees a weakening Cyclone Funso's 'closed eye'

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had "closed" and become filled with high clouds on January 27.

  • Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact.
 
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  • Crowd-sourced protein design a promising path to advanced nanotechnology

    Jim Lewis
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:17 pm
    Less than four years ago we asked here whether online gamers playing Foldit could help perfect the de novo design of proteins that do not exist in nature. Four months ago we reported that Foldit players had succeeded where scientists had failed in solving the structure of an important viral enzyme. Now Scientific American reports that Foldit players have topped scientists in redesigning a protein—the challenge we suggested less than four years ago. From “Online gamers achieve first crowd-sourced redesign of protein“: Obsessive gamers’ hours at the computer have now…

  • Foresight co-founder among panelists discussing role of technology in human existence

    Jim Lewis
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:35 am
    Foresight Institute Co-Founder and Past President Christine Peterson was among four panelists addressing the role of technology in human existence for a Stanford University Continuing Studies series. From a report in The Stanford Daily by Marshall Watkins “Bay Area thinkers ponder ‘life’“: Christine Peterson, co-founder and president of The Foresight Institute, a public interest group seeking to educate the community on forthcoming technological advances, emphasized the increasingly prominent role that nanotechnology has come to play. Peterson noted that nanotechnology…

  • Magnetic storage systems shrink from a million atoms per bit to twelve

    Jim Lewis
    13 Jan 2012 | 2:01 pm
    Researchers at I.B.M.’s Almaden Research Center have used a scanning tunneling microscope to assemble an array of 96 iron atoms into an antiferromagnetic structure that encodes one byte (eight bits) of information. As reported in the NY Times by John Markoff “New storage device is very small, at 12 atoms“: SAN JOSE, Calif. — Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information to the edge of what is possible. The findings, being reported Thursday in the journal…

  • Advanced nanofactories in twenty years?

    Jim Lewis
    12 Jan 2012 | 9:12 pm
    The potential of advanced nanotechnology is getting some attention from mainstream media. Late last year The Guardian web site posted a brief article on the prospects for nanofactories and atomically precise manufacturing, featuring quotes from Christine Peterson and Robert Freitas. From “Nanofactories – a future vision” by Penny Sarchet: Mimicking nature is a recurring theme in nanotechnology and molecular nanotechnology, inspired by the natural nanostructures found in our own bodies, offers many exciting potential outcomes. “Molecular nanotechnology is the expected…

  • First Master's of Science in Nanomedicine degree program in US announced

    Jim Lewis
    6 Jan 2012 | 4:31 pm
    We received this announcement of the new M.S. in Nanomedicine program from Radiological Technologies University – VT: Radiological Technologies University VT, located in South Bend, Indiana is pleased to announce the approval of the first Master’s of Science in Nanomedicine degree program in the country. The formal approval was granted today through the Indiana Commission for Postsecondary Proprietary Education. Nanomedicine is the medical application of Nanotechnology which focuses its work at the cellular level to do everything from repairing tissue, to cleaning arteries, to…
 
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  • Nature Materials study: Graphene 'invisible' to water

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there. A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows how the extreme thinness of graphene enables near-perfect wetting transparency. The findings could help inform a new generation of graphene-based flexible electronic devices. Additionally, the research suggests a new type of heat pipe that uses graphene-coated copper to cool computer chips.

  • Graphene: Impressive capabilities on the horizon

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, along with other funding agencies, helped a Rice University research team make graphene suitable for a variety of organic chemistry applications -- especially the promise of advanced chemical sensors, nanoscale electronic circuits and metamaterials.

  • Water sees right through graphene

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    A new study by scientists at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has determined that gold, copper and silicon get just as wet when clad by a single continuous layer of graphene as they would without.

  • New 'smart' nanotherapeutics can deliver drugs directly to the pancreas

    21 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has developed "smart" nanotherapeutics that can be programmed to selectively deliver drugs to the cells of the pancreas. The approach was found to increase drug efficacy by 200-fold in in vitro studies based on the ability of these nanomaterials to both protect the drug from degradation and concentrate it at key target sites, such as regions of the pancreas that contain the insulin-producing cells.

  • Optical nanoantennas enable efficient multipurpose particle manipulation

    20 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    University of Illinois researchers have shown that by tuning the properties of laser light illuminating arrays of metal nanoantennas, these nano-scale structures allow for dexterous optical tweezing as well as size-sorting of particles.
 
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  • NANOTECH: Group Files First-ever Suit to Stop EPA Approval of Nanoscale Chemical

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:44 am
    The United States-based Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) this week filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from allowing nanoscale silver to be used in consumer products because the health risks of the substance are unknown. NRDC, in the first ever court challenge of an EPA approval of a nanoscale chemical, is aiming to overturn EPA’s decision to conditionally approve nanosilver under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA had last year conditionally approved a request from HeiQ Materials to sell nanosilver in…

  • Sustainable Plastics Research in Norwegian EU Project No. 1 000

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    Researchers in Norway are developing plastics that are based upon nanofibers from trees. The project, NanoBarrier, is a collaboration of Norway and colleagues from 14 other countries. The goal is to develop biodegradable plastic packaging. According to Bjørn Steinar Tanem, a section manager at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), “We plan to use nanofibres from trees to develop new and better packaging solutions.” The project is to begin in March 2012 and run for four years. Åge Larsen, a senior researcher at the SINTEF Group and the project manager, said, “The…

  • Thailand's Nanotech Research Tackles Disaster Prevention

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Thailand’s state-run National Nanotechnology Center has used the recent flooding in the country as an opportunity to show how nanotechnology-based products could help mitigate the impact of future natural disasters. One product is the nano-sack, or N-sack, which is similar to a giant, superabsorbent diaper, and could be used as replacements for the sandbags traditionally used for flood control. Sirirurg Songsivilai, the executive director of the center, said, "It is our hope that the nano-sack development will be refined and can be used before the next rainy season...The 2011 flood in…

  • Live Debate: How Nanotechnology Is Prolonging Life

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    The United Kingdom-based Guardian newspaper, in association with NanoChannels, is hosting a live-streamed debate on January 31, 2012 at 15:00 GMT. The question to be debated is: “What are the challenges and wider implications of using nanotechnology to prolong life and support a healthier, more independent aging population?” Currently, there are about 10 million people in the United Kingdom over the age of 65, and, by 2050 that number is expected to double to about 19 million. While that changing demographic will place an unprecedented strain on health and social services, more and more…

  • Paradigms to Assess the Environmental Impact of Manufactured Nanomaterials

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:48 am
    This article, “Paradigms to Assess the Environmental Impact of Manufactured Nanomaterials,” in the journal Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, seeks to answer several questions: “Where does the science need to provide reliable data that will assist policymakers and regulators develop strategies to manage nanomaterials and instill public confidence regarding the safety of these materials? What are the critical needs that will move us forward safely and intelligently in this promising field? Are the paradigms generally developed to assess the fate and effects of solute contaminants…
 
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  • Rudimentary Irisin mimics exercise Secrets – The Best Advice

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    19 Jan 2012 | 6:06 pm
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    14 Jan 2012 | 5:23 pm
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    11 Jan 2012 | 8:31 am
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    8 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am
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    International Council on Nanotechnology, Rice University - News Digest & Items of Interest

  • Lawsuit Seeks To Block EPA's 'Free Pass' on Nanosilver (NRDC)

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit in federal court to limit public exposure to the antimicrobial nanosilver used in clothing, baby blankets, and many other textiles. The lawsuit, filed in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks to block the Environmental Protection Agency from allowing nanosilver on the market without the legally-required data about its suspected harmful effects on humans and wildlife.

  • ICTA Calls on EPA to Heed Expert Panel Advice - Public Interest Group Questions Why EPA Fails to Connect the Dots (ICTA)

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    The International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) welcomes the findings of a new report by an expert panel yesterday, which concluded that despite the surge of nanomaterials in the marketplace, not enough is known about their potential health and environmental risks. The panel was convened by the National Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, at the request of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

  • NRC Report Calls for New Nano Safety Research Strategy (ScienceInsider)

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Despite billions of dollars spent on nanotechnology research and development over the past decade, the human and environmental safety of nanomaterials remains unclear. As a result, a new nanomaterials safety research strategy is needed, and new governmental oversight is required to ensure the essential research is carried out, according to a report released today by the National Research Council (NRC).

  • Nanotechnology - Risk Governance in India

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    This article analyses the potential consequences of the application of nanotechnology in the Indian context and studies the institutional arrangements for "risk governance" of nanotechnology in other countries.

  • National Academy publishes new nanomaterials risk research strategy (2020 Science)

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    The US National Academy of Science today published its long-awaited Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. I won't comment extensively on the report as I was a member of the committee that wrote it. But I did want to highlight a number of aspects of it that I think are particularly noteworthy.
 
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  • Functionalized Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Application

    TINC
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:51 am
    What are your peers reading in physical chemistry? The articles below represent the most read articles from the Journal of Physical Chemistry C in the full year of 2011. JPC C publishes articles on nanoparticles, and nanostructures, surfaces, interfaces, and catalysis, electron transport, optical and electronic devices, and hard matter; and energy conversion and storage. Functionalized Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Application Ashish Kumar Mishra, and Sundara Ramaprabhu DOI: 10.1021/jp201673e Fe3O4–Graphene Nanocomposites with Improved Lithium Storage and Magnetism…

  • SENN2012 International Congress on Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies

    TINC
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:20 am
    Date:  Sun, 2012-10-28 Wed, 2012-10-31 Location:  Helsinki Country:  Finland Website:  http://www.ttl.fi/senn2012 The goal of the SENN2012 Congress is to summarize and share the latest knowledge on the safety of engineered nanomaterials and nano-related technologies. The emphasis is on producing solutions to the safety challenges related to engineered nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. Another aim is to enable commercial opportunities for the safe use of these materials and technologies.

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate in theory or experiment in biological physics

    TINC
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:53 am
    Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in theory or experiment in biological physics Department: Division of Science/ Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Employer: Brandeis University Location: Waltham, MA, United States Posted: Jan 26 Postdoctoral Research Associate: Soft Condensed Matter/Biological Physics at Brandeis University The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, anticipates hiring one or more Postdoctoral Research... Full details:  http://jobs.phds.org/job/25560/brandeis-university/postdoctoral-research

  • POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION IN TISSUE ENGINEERING AND MORPHOGENESIS

    TINC
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:53 am
    Title: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION IN TISSUE ENGINEERING AND MORPHOGENESIS Department: Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Morphogenesis Employer: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Location: Troy, NY, United States Posted: Jan 26 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION The Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Morphogenesis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate... Full details:  http://jobs.phds.org/job/32903/rensselaer-polytechnic/postdoctoral-research

  • USA nanojob monitor

    TINC
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:04 am
    Professor & Charles E. Young Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology University of Florida - Florida of Intel/Charles E. Young Leadership Chair in Nanotechnology as the Director of the Nanoscale Institute... scientific leader in nanotechnology with a proven... Chronicle of Higher Education - 11:35 PM MST-7/Postdoctoral Research Associate Los Alamos National Laboratory - Los Alamos, NM exploration, geophysics, renewable energy, supercomputing, medicine, and nanotechnology. Engineering Services (ES) Division of LANL develops, maintains, and... $128,000 a year Los Alamos National Laboratory - 11:40…
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  • Nano-biocides regulated

    26 Jan 2012 | 2:56 am
    European Parliament: On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted new biocides regulation including risk assessment and labelling for products containing nanomaterials.

  • NANOSEA 2012: 4rd International Conference On NANO-structures SElf-Assembly

    16 Jan 2012 | 10:29 am
    IM2NP – CNRS – University Paul Cézanne – Marseilles – France: NANOSEA2012 International Conference is the fourth edition of NANOSEA, six years after the successful start in July 2006 at Aix-en-Provence (France) , four years after NANOSEA 2008 held in the magnificent Villa Mondragone Conference Centre, and two years after NanoSEA 2010 held at the unforgettable Cassis, French Riviera.<br /> NANOSEA 2012 will be held, from 25 to 29 June, in S.Margherita di Pula (Cagliari, Italy), situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, at the four star Hotel Flamingo…

  • Discovering the Materials World of Africa

    16 Jan 2012 | 5:58 am
    ICPC-NanoNet: As the guest of the African Materials Research Society and NanoSciences Africa Network (NanoAfNet), the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) has had an invaluable opportunity to gain substantial insight into the latest developments in materials research and applications in Africa. During a dynamic ten-day visit, the Institute was able to gather vital data for the forthcoming region report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Africa, one of eight region reports to be published online in March as part of the EC-funded international networking ICPC Nanonet Project…

  • Emerging Science and Technology scrutinised by States Parties to BTWC

    9 Jan 2012 | 6:05 am
    ObservatoryNano: As of 2012, trends in science and technology with potential implications for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will be monitored and discussed annually by experts and representatives of the State Parties to this convention. This includes trends in nano(bio)technology.

  • Roadmap Nano for Dutch Top Sectors

    3 Jan 2012 | 4:31 am
    NanoNextNL: Just before Christmas, NanoNextNL published a roadmap for contributions it could make to several Dutch top sectors including healthcare, energy, water and agrifood.
 
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    Chemicals & Nanomaterials

  • No orphan left behind: Health and environmental NGOs support EPA’s proposed paired rules to address high production volume "orphan" chemicals

    Richard Denison
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
    By Richard DenisonRichard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.  Allison Tracy is a Chemicals Policy Fellow. Environmental Defense Fund today submitted comments along with 15 other health, environmental justice and state and national environmental organizations, in support of EPA’s proposed rule to address the final batch of 45 “orphan” chemicals that were never sponsored under the agency’s earlier High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program.  An earlier post to this blog highlighted and applauded the novel, innovative and efficient approach EPA has proposed, which actually…

  • REACH starts to earn its "A": 20 chemicals headed to the Candidate List and 13 to Authorization

    Allison Tracy
    21 Dec 2011 | 3:32 pm
    By Allison TracyAllison Tracy is a Chemicals Policy Fellow. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has been busy this week implementing the EU's chemical regulation, REACH (short for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). On Monday, ECHA announced it has added 20 more Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) to REACH's Candidate List.  These SVHCs are now eligible for later addition to Annex XIV, the list of SVHCs subject to Authorization. Separately, the agency today forwarded its final recommendation that…

  • A new power couple: The combined impact of the microbiome and chemical exposures on disease susceptibility (Part 2 of 2)

    Allison Tracy
    19 Dec 2011 | 11:51 am
    By Allison TracyAllison Tracy is a Chemicals Policy Fellow. EDF Health Scientist Dr. Jennifer McPartland and Senior Scientist Dr. Richard Denison contributed to this post. In Part 1 of this two-part post, I reviewed scientific evidence that the gut microbiome interacts with ingested chemicals to influence susceptibility to obesity and diabetes.  This hypothesis is the focus of a recent review article by Suzanne Snedeker and Anthony Hay.  Having reviewed evidence of the link between the microbiome and obesity and diabetes as well as the link between chemical exposures and obesity and…

  • A new power couple: The combined impact of the microbiome and chemical exposures on disease susceptibility (Part 1 of 2)

    Allison Tracy
    15 Dec 2011 | 12:31 pm
    By Allison TracyAllison Tracy is a Chemicals Policy Fellow.  EDF Health Scientist Dr. Jennifer McPartland and Senior Scientist Dr. Richard Denison contributed to this post. When you’re standing at the kitchen counter this holiday season wrestling with the nebulous world of weight gain, think about synthetic chemicals.  A good number of them are in you.  And studies show that some of them are pretty busy in there, interacting with various biological systems – including your metabolism.  But they’re not the only show in town.  Microbes are busy in your gut doing important things like…

  • Making do under TSCA: EPA to require reporting of health data by makers of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing

    Richard Denison
    9 Dec 2011 | 5:27 am
    By Richard DenisonRichard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. Last August, Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and over one hundred other groups recently filed a petition under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require manufacturers and processors of chemicals used in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P chemicals) – including those used in hydraulic fracturing fluids – both to conduct testing and submit to EPA health and environmental data they already have on hand..  The aim of the petition was to…
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  • Researchers at IBM make the smallest magnetic bit (next seminar at the INL)

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:20 am
    Researchers at IBM San Jose have just reported the  experimental demonstration of a magnetic bit made with only 12 atoms (press release).  Sebastian Loth, the first author of the paper, just published in Science  (link to the paper), will visit INL next week and give a seminar on Tuesday 31 January. Non-volatile storage of digital 

  • Take a break and have a good laugh to welcome the weekend!

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    27 Jan 2012 | 3:18 am

  • Nanotechnology Research around the world. This week: India

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:50 am
    The Centre for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad The Centre for Nano Science and Technology (CNST) aims at initiating and pursuing research activities in areas related to nanotechnology and nanoscale phenomena, for various applications at Masters level and collaborative research with other universities, institutes and industries. The major

  • The “Rule-of-Three”. Redex (India)

    admin
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:45 am
    Within this section, Nanobugle will test the 3 main key success factors for the development of new nanotechnology/nanoscience companies.       This week: India     1) How was the company born? Redex Nano Lab (RNL) was established in early 2011 with the vision to become a pioneer in the field of Nanotechnology. RNL

  • Take a break and have a good laugh to welcome the weekend!

    admin
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:34 pm
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    Nanotechnology Law Report

  • Knights of the Nano Table

    Robert Oszakiewski
    12 Jan 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Among the United Kingdom's many traditions is the Queen's New Year' Honors List, a list of politicians, actors, writers and others awarded with knighthoods for distinguished services in fields ranging from charitable work to business to acting. Among this years honorees are Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of the University of Manchester. As noted here in October 2010, Professors Geim and Novoselov were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene. The two new knights join Sir Mark Edward Welland, head of theUniversity of…

  • International Center for Technology Assessment et al v. Hamburg

    Robert Oszakiewski
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am
    On December 21, 2011, the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA), along with fellow plaintiffs Friends of the Earth (FOE), the Center for Environmental Health, Food and Water Watch, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration filed a complaint in the US District Court for the District of Norther California against Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), requesting that "this Court enter an Order:   (1) Declaring that the Defendants have…

  • Nanotech brings new investment to upstate New York

    Robert Oszakiewski
    13 Oct 2011 | 12:41 pm
    In the midst of "The Great Recession" the last month's announcement  by Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York that a consortium composed of IBM, Intel, Samsung Electronics US, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and Globalfoundries, will be investing $4.4 billion over five years to create R&D facilities in Albany, Utica, and other cities in upstate New York, for the purpose of applying nanotechnology to manufacture smaller and more efficent computer chips (nanochips). This investment also means that over 2500 existing jobs will remain in New…

  • If at first you don't succeed . . . .

    Robert Oszakiewski
    6 Sep 2011 | 3:34 pm
    Congress returns to Washington  from the August recess this week and among the bills that may come up for consideration between now and the end of the 1st session of the 112th Congress is H.R. 2359, the "Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011", introduced by Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-9th) on June 24, 2011 and subsequently referred to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Education and the Workforce. As that noted philosopher, wordsmith, catcher and manager of the New York Yankees and the New York Mets,  Lawrence "Yogi" Berra once expressed, "It's…

  • Danish EPA Releases Report on Environmental & Health Risks for Selected Nanoparticles

    Robert Oszakiewski
    31 Aug 2011 | 4:20 pm
    Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA)  recently released "Survey on basic knowledge about exposure and potential environmental and health risks for selected nanoparticles". The survey was written by Sonja Hagen Mikkelsen, Erik Hansen and Trine Boe Christensen of COWI A/S, Anders Baun and Steffen Foss Hansen of DTU Environment and Mona-Lise Binderup of DTU Food, all working under contract with DEPA. Noting that "There is no single source of information that provides an overview of nanomaterials and products in Denmark or in the EU for that…
 
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  • Slouching towards an industrial policy

    Richard Jones
    12 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pm
    The UK’s Science Minister, David Willetts, gave a speech last week on “Our High Tech Future”. The headlines about it were dominated by one somewhat odd policy announcement, which I’ll come to later, but what’s more interesting is the fact that he chose (apparently at quite short notice) to give the speech at all, only weeks after the publication of a strategy for “Innovation and Research for Growth”, that was widely regarded as, at best, a retrospective attempt to give coherence to a series of rather random acts of policy. I’m tempted to…

  • A little history of bionanotechnology and nanomedicine

    Richard Jones
    19 Dec 2011 | 2:46 am
    I wrote this piece as a briefing note in connection with a study being carried out by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics about Emerging Biotechnologies. I’m not sure whether bionanotechnology or nanomedicine should be considered as emerging biotechnologies, but this is an attempt to sketch out the connections. Nanotechnology is not a single technology; instead it refers to a wide range of techniques and methods for manipulating matter on length scales from a nanometer or so – i.e. the typical size of molecules – to hundreds of nanometers, with the aim of creating new materials…

  • Science in hard times

    Richard Jones
    12 Dec 2011 | 9:13 am
    How should the hard economic times we’re going through affect the amount of money governments spend on scientific and technological research? The answer depends on your starting point – if you think that science is an optional extra that we do if we’re prosperous, then decreasing prosperity must inevitably mean we can afford to do less science. But if you think that our prosperity depends on the science we do, then if growth is starting to stall, that’s a signal telling you to devote more resources to research. This is a huge oversimplification, of course; the link…

  • Can plastic solar cells deliver?

    Richard Jones
    13 Nov 2011 | 4:42 am
    The promise of polymer solar cells is that they will be cheap enough and produced on a large enough scale to transform our energy economy, unlocking the sun’s potential to meet all our energy needs in a sustainable way. But there’s a long way to go from a device in a laboratory, or even a company’s demonstrator product, to an economically viable product that can be made at scale. How big is that gap, are there insuperable obstacles standing in the way, and if not, how long might it take us to get there? Some answers to these questions are now beginning to emerge, and…

  • Are you a responsible nanoscientist?

    Richard Jones
    17 Oct 2011 | 4:16 am
    This is the pre-edited version of a piece which appeared in Nature Nanotechnology 4, 336-336 (June 2009). The published version can be viewed here (subscription required). What does it mean to be a responsible nanoscientist? In 2008, we saw the European Commission recommend a code of conduct for responsible nanosciences and nanotechnologies research (PDF). This is one of a growing number of codes of conduct being proposed for nanotechnology. Unlike other codes, such as the UK-based Responsible Nanocode, which are focused more on business and commerce, the EU code is aimed squarely at the…
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  • Quantum Cryptography communication may not be secure for more than one use

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm
    Arxiv- Prisoners of their own device: Trojan attacks on device-independent quantum cryptography (7 pages) Device-independent cryptographic schemes aim to guarantee security to users based only on the output statistics of any components used, and without the need to verify their internal functionality. Since this would protect users against untrustworthy or incompetent manufacturers, sabotage or device degradation, this idea has excited much interest, and many device-independent schemes have been proposed. We point out here a critical weakness of device-independent quantum cryptography for…

  • UK sets sights on gene therapy in embryos

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Nature - Public consultation and safety assessment would pave the way for embryo manipulation to treat genetic diseases. Britain has set out a road map towards the first clinical tests of reproductive techniques that combine parents’ genes with DNA from a third party. The approach raises ethical questions, but could spare children from inheriting some rare diseases, including forms of muscular dystrophy and neurodegenerative disorders that affect around 1 in 5,000 people. These conditions are caused by defects in the mitochondria, the ‘power packs’ of the cell, which are inherited from…

  • Cool Nano Loudspeakers Could Make for Better MRIs, Quantum Computers

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:23 pm
    NIST - A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory describing how to both detect weak electrical signals and cool electrical circuits using light and something very like a nanosized loudspeaker.* If demonstrated through experiment, the work could have a tremendous impact on detection of low-power radio signals, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the developing field of quantum information science. "We envision coupling a nanomechanical membrane to an electrical circuit so that an…

  • 1000 times less energy to produce the microbubbles which can be used in Algae Biofuel Production

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
    A solution to the difficult issue of harvesting algae for use as a biofuel has been developed using microbubble technology pioneered at the University of Sheffield. The technique builds on previous research in which microbubbles were used to improve the way algae is cultivated. Algae produce an oil which can be processed to create a useful biofuel. Biofuels, made from plant material, are considered an important alternative to fossil fuels and algae, in particular, has the potential to be a very efficient biofuel producer. Until now, however, there has been no cost-effective method of…

  • Cardiac muscle cells have been loaded onto a 3D silk scaffold

    27 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm
    Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim are seeking to restore complete cardiac function with the help of artificial cardiac tissue. They have succeeded in loading cardiac muscle cells onto a three-dimensional scaffold, created using the silk produced by a tropical silkworm. It is a step down a long road towards creating a tissue for repairing damaged hearts. At the university there, coin-sized disks are being produced from the cocoon of the…
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  • Market Opportunities In Nanotechnology Drug Delivery

    Tim
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:54 am
    TNTlog from Cientifica: Some forecasts have predicted the nanotechnology market to reach close to a trillion dollars by 2015, presenting investors with unique opportunities. However, the market for applications of nanotechnology is complex, multidisciplinary and highly segmented – to put it mildly! The healthcare market is poised to see some of the earliest benefits of nanotechnology. While early ideas about the impact on nanotechnology on healthcare focussed on fanciful ideas involving small submarines and cancer zapping robots, much of the current advances have been enabled by…

  • Why Sanctions Could Be Good For Iranian Nanotech

    Tim
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:45 am
    TNTlog from Cientifica: The news that Iran and Venezuela have signed a nanotechnology cooperation agreement seems to have raised a few eyebrows, which is probably what was intended. Or to put it in the evil dictator language beloved by the press “This news is a thorn in the eye of our enemies. Ha!” Far from being the creation of a new ‘axis of evil,’ formed with the intention of flooding the United States with malevolent nanobots, it is more a reflection of the lack of options that Iran has when it comes to choosing cooperation partners. One of the topics debated…

  • The Nanotech Threat from the Developing World

    Tim
    30 Dec 2011 | 4:46 am
    TNTlog from Cientifica: Much of the past decade has been spent worrying about the potential toxicity of nanomaterials. We have had numerous government-funded projects, scores of publications by environmental groups, intense lobbying demanding the labelling of nanomaterials, and even a law suit. But while the developed world agonises over the use of nanomaterials, much of the rest of the world is simply getting on with using them. As I’ve travelled the world over the last year I’ve seen numerous applications of nanomaterials that would allow them to come into direct contact with…

  • UK Technology Strategy Board Generates 700% ROI for UK plc

    Tim
    8 Dec 2011 | 10:37 am
    TNTlog from Cientifica: A fascinating statistic is contained in a Guardian piece about investment in science, “The UK’s own Technology Strategy Board helps the commercialisation of everything from low-carbon energy to more efficient ways of producing drugs, and already generates a return nearly £7 for every £1 invested from the public purse – but it receives just £300m of funding per year.” It makes it even more strange that in these straightened economic times, the best that politicians can come up with is spending on infrastructure projects that create no long term…

  • Nanotechnology & Cancer Therapeutics – The Next 10 Years

    Tim
    23 Nov 2011 | 5:00 am
    TNTlog from Cientifica: ‘Survival time for all cancer types 40 years ago was just one year, now it is predicted to be nearly six years. This improvement is testament to the improvements in surgery, diagnosis, radiotherapy, and new drugs.’ -       Ciarán Devane, – Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support The healthcare market is poised to see some of the earliest benefits of nanotechnology. Over the next decade, it will be one of nanotech’s highest growth sectors. Targeted drug delivery therapies for the treatment of cancer is one the most commonly cited healthcare…
 
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  • The Beauty Of Vancouver British Columbia Canada

    owegre
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:42 pm
    Sometimes I am in awe of this country, the skyline, the mountains, we are a very blessed people to live here.

  • The Future Of Business – We’re Close, Shopping Forever Changed

    owegre
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:43 pm
    I have posted on this topic before, I also talk about in my keynotes and workshops, we are close, shopping forever changed. The truth is, we are fighting this technology for the experience rather than the convenience. Most of us want to touch it, feel it, and smell it before we buy it. I challenge you think about how this way of shopping might actually be of value to you, think of the far reaching ramifications, saving you time, effort and that drive downtown. Check it out. Would you shop this way, I’m certain my wife will.

  • Is Your Business Normal?

    owegre
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:09 pm
    Is your business normal? I attended a seminar this week, and I got to thinking, mostly about businesses and two questions I like to ask them. Nothing earth shattering, but it might be to you. If you are an entrepreneur or business owner, we tend to make one big mistake, and it’s a simple thought to keep in mind: We only accomplish what we aim for. If that’s true, there needs to be more don’t you think? We accomplish one goal but didn’t set a goal beyond the first one, a sure fired way to failure. Another area I was contemplating on is sales, or leads, or seeds. I have…

  • The Future Of Business – The Death Of Social Media GURUS & EXPERTS!

    owegre
    10 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pm
    People are a funny lot aren’t they, we say one thing and do another, we want one thing but we want everything, we don’t want to be rich but we want to be millionaires. There are literally millions of websites telling us all how to get rich beyond our wildest dreams (whatever that is), how to get FREE target traffic to your website for $17, how to write amazing content, and the list goes on. The GURUS are everywhere, they litter your inbox without notice, you are being directed, pulled and pushed into a million advertisements every day, how do we know who the real GURUS are, who…

  • What’s New & Exciting For 2012?

    owegre
    9 Jan 2012 | 4:47 pm
    This year, 2012, is a year where we all have great anticipation of special things to happen, hoping life treats us better than it did the year before. I’m no different than you, I’m struggling with much the same issues you are, just differently. This morning I was asking myself a simple but yet complicated question, I’m going to be 55 this year, and I’m looking ahead at the next 20 years. Should I have them. What do I want to do with what may be the last 20 years I get to live? I mean what meaningful work do I want to pursue and deliver, or execute, better yet ship.
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    Carpe Nano

  • Another Reprieve for Moore's Law

    7 Jan 2012 | 10:26 pm
    Current semiconductor line widths are pushing 20nm, or less than a dozen copper atoms wide.  But just as pinching a hose reduces its flow, the narrowing of current traces on microchips has suggested the impending end of the exponential increase in integrated-circuit densities known as Moore's Law.Not so fast.  As reported in "Ohm’s Law Survives to the Atomic Scale" in Science v. 335 n. 6064, interconnects with the current-carrying capacity of today's copper traces can be formed by dotting four-atom-wide silicon pathways with phosphorus atoms:We report on the fabrication of wires…

  • Atheists will have to do better than this

    25 Dec 2011 | 9:16 pm
    Christmas Day musings...A nice little e-flurry has built around several bloggers' trading of a provocative comment from a book by Penn Jillette:"There is no god and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."Sigh.  Where to begin.Well, for starters, an exactly parallel construct would…

  • No, thank you MAM... did open-source kill Sun?

    3 Dec 2011 | 7:16 pm
    A few years ago I was given a Sun Ultra 2 3D Creator Sparcstation, vintage 1999, with a then-whopping 1.5GB of RAM, two hard disks and two Sparc processors. Whoo!  Serious iron.  Weighs a metric ton.  Real hairy-chested UNIX.  Hisses and spits when it runs. But, it lacked a monitor, and playing with it over RS-232 wasn't too much fun, and I lacked a user account so there wasn't much to do with it.  It sat on a shelf as part of my collection.Recently I was offered a huge Sun CRT monitor, and it turned out to be compatible.  (And easily 125 pounds.) So I set it…

  • What he left behind

    10 Oct 2011 | 10:28 pm
    This blog is supposed to be about nanotechnology, capitalism and innovation.  Almost all of my posts have related to the first or the last topics-- precious few have related to the one in the middle: capitalism.  And that's a shame, as capitalism bridges the two and has given us so much.The past few days saw the passing of the most successful capitalist in generations.  His was a classic story: Steve Jobs started with nothing: a castoff child, a dropout.  His career took some wrong turns, but evidently he learned from them, and he built (and re-built) what is currently the…

  • Fabricating transistors without those pesky junctions and dopants

    22 Feb 2010 | 3:31 pm
    Now this looks interesting. EETimes relates some fascinating research at the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland: The current flow in nanowires can be pinched off by a simple, conductive nanoscale surrounding structure. According to the EETimes article:The breakthrough is based on the deployment of a control gate around a silicon wire that measures just a few dozen atoms in diameter. The gate can be used the squeeze the electron channel to nothing without the use of junctions or doping. The development, which could simplify manufacturing of transistors at around the 10-nanometer…
 
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