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October 2003 Nanotechnology News

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253 articles posted this month

October 31st, 2003

SiGen Licenses its NanoBond Process to EV Group Tools

Bell Labs Build Novel Semiconductor Laser Using Photonic Crystal Discoveries

Logic and memory shown on molecular scale Memory Technology

Clemson will invest $90 million in advanced materials Investments/IPO's/Splits

Proteins line up quantum dots Discoveries

First large scale release of nanotechnology product provokes concern Preparing for Nano

Novel Gene Therapy Effectively Reduces Asthma Symptoms in Mice Nanomedicine

UA researchers may lead way to faster computers Chip Technology

Foresight at Pop!Tech 2003 Announcements

October 30th, 2003

Nano-advances have firms thinking small Miscellaneous

Nano Tex To Set Up India R&D Centre Investments/IPO's/Splits

Hitachi group acquires Nanovia Investments/IPO's/Splits

Imaging and Imagining Nanoscience & Engineering Announcements

Japan team reports quantum computing breakthrough Quantum Computing

Nanotechnology And The Culture Of Medicine Announcements

NTU sets up company to make nanotechnology-related products Investments/IPO's/Splits

Settle a little bet for me Molecular Nanotechnology

Thin liquids get thicker Discoveries

Hybrid tunnel diodes could leapfrog Moore's Law Chip Technology

New light dawns on nanoparticle growth Discoveries

Nano chip aims to test cells at molecular level in real time Nanomedicine

Nanomotors realise visionary's dream Molecular Machines

Nanoparticle Tattoo Could End Diabetics' Finger Pricking Nanomedicine

Harris & Harris Group Announces Proposed Offering of 2M Shares Investments/IPO's/Splits

From Nanotech to Zettatech Miscellaneous

October 29th, 2003

Nanoparticles may help fight fraud Products

Smart, clean surfaces Products

The road from biology to materials Materials

Recipe for elephant sandwich Molecular Nanotechnology

Univ. teams with NIST for nanotech research Investments/IPO's/Splits

Singapore hi-tech heaven opens Investments/IPO's/Splits

GE opens Shanghai technology centre Investments/IPO's/Splits

Profs say growing nanotech research at 'U' goes unnoticed Miscellaneous

October 28th, 2003

A futurist’s view Miscellaneous

Oregon Considered: Nanotechnology Roundtable Jobs

Inverters Unlimited to announce nanotech partnership Announcements

Playing Nanoguitars Miscellaneous

Nanoxerography sets the pattern Self Assembly

Nanoparticles Make Silicone Rubber Clearly Stronger Discoveries

Researchers Create "Smart," Switchable Surfaces Discoveries

Nano Interviews from Japan Meets the Nano Republic III Miscellaneous

Team from Cornell, including two grad students, wins international prize Announcements

Hybrid Plastics gets $750,000 NIH Grant Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 27th, 2003

Nanofactory Design Study Prompts Concern for Preparedness Molecular Nanotechnology

The circuit board reinvented Chip Technology

Nantero, Inc. Announces Collaboration With ASML Memory Technology

Nanowires Boost Plastic Circuits Discoveries

MS Modeling 3.0 Virtual Solutions to Real Challenges Academic/Education

India, Australia renew scientific ties Investments/IPO's/Splits

Ceremony Dedicates Site for CNSI Building Investments/IPO's/Splits

DFJ plans to invest up to US$100m in Asian start-ups Investments/IPO's/Splits

Fullerenes flourish, and Nano-C can make them by the ton Products

October 26th, 2003

Quantum Dots reveal minute details of brain chemistry for first time Discoveries

October 24th, 2003

Guardian Industries plans expansion, will add 50 jobs Jobs

Two new VC funds target midwest Investments/IPO's/Splits

Engineering School aims to stir interest in nanotech Academic/Education

AFM indenter makes holes for nanocontacts Tools

Naval research lab opens nano center Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 23rd, 2003

EuroNanoForum2003 at Trieste, Italy Announcements

NanoDynamics Joint Venture in Ohio Selected for 3rd Frontier Award Investments/IPO's/Splits

Will individuality survive 21st century technology? Announcements

Terahertz rays see into the nanoworld Tools

Intel, Panasonic Dive Into Emerging Nanobiotechnology Investments/IPO's/Splits

Tegal Receives Order for MEMS Applications Announcements

October 22nd, 2003

Streaking on ahead Preparing for Nano

World Science Forum Budapest Announcements

DNA forms nano waffles Discoveries

Nanowires make flexible circuits Discoveries

Nanowire devices bend and flex Discoveries

Nano-Tex Puts "Wow'' in Wearable Gifts Products

MEMS vs. nanotubes: cell phones could use both Nanotubes

3 local tech innovations in magazine's top 100 Announcements

La. Tech researches 'smart tattoo' to benefit diabetics Nanomedicine

State semiconductor scene changing Miscellaneous

About Those High Tech Jobs Coming To Town... Jobs

Nano-velcro binds faster than strongest glues Discoveries

October 21st, 2003

CRN Issues Call for Global Administration of Molecular Nanotechnology Preparing for Nano

Experts say new biotech age looms Preparing for Nano

Georgia Tech gets $36M for Nanotechnology Research Center Investments/IPO's/Splits

PSU creates materials science degree program Academic/Education

Motorola Labs Developing Ways to Grow Carbon Nanotubes Nanotubes

Questions loom large in nanotech's tiny world Preparing for Nano

Doped liquid crystals allow real time holography Discoveries

Aerogels host protein assemblies Discoveries

Nano tech promises to become a powerful crime fighter Products

October 20th, 2003

Hydrogen power Miscellaneous

The Future of Intelligent Technology and Its Impact on Disabilities Possible Futures

Youthful nanotech company grows up Profiles

Nanomedicine Vol. IIA: Biocompatibility Available Nanomedicine

Protein chips could detect cancer earlier Nanomedicine

Government ups nanotech funding Investments/IPO's/Splits

Building's groundbreaking 'nano-leap' for research Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanosys Launches a Joint DARPA Project With Sciperio Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanosys Signs Deal with In-Q-Tel Investments/IPO's/Splits

From cars to medicine, nanotubes may be miracle material Nanotubes

Bringing scientists into collaboration Academic/Education

Ten billion nanotubes Nanotubes

State aims to aid nanotech research investment Investments/IPO's/Splits

White House report touts nanotechnology Investments/IPO's/Splits

UD develops nanotechnology professorship Academic/Education

October 17th, 2003

Standard to address the nanotechnology challenge Preparing for Nano

Novel Nanowire Process Developed Discoveries

Speakers Discuss Big Hopes for Small Science Miscellaneous

Nanotechnology standards initiatives at the IEEE Preparing for Nano

Nanocomposite could suit microelectronics Self Assembly

Nerve cells chatter Nanomedicine

After a pause, buckyballs make it to the big time Nanomedicine

Region in line to gain 500 jobs Investments/IPO's/Splits

Sustainability is the key for humans' future Miscellaneous

October 16th, 2003

Light and nano: quantum mechanics vs. classical optics Discoveries

Wintel Monoculture, Lamarckian Biology and Bill Joy Preparing for Nano

Engineers consider ethics Ethics

Helical piezoelectric 'nanosprings' could be actuators & transducers Discoveries

Rutgers-Newark researchers receive $1M nanotechnology grant Investments/IPO's/Splits

Random wiring makes nanoscale switches Nanoelectronics

Nanoparticles Application Center to Launch NanoExpress Announcements

Shanghai an important test market for nano-based health supplement Nanomedicine

Region Sees Big Market in The Little Things Investments/IPO's/Splits

Small is the new big Profiles

Out of the labs, into our lives Products

The true believer Profiles

Miracle materials Miscellaneous

Little progress Discoveries

October 15th, 2003

Foresight Institute Awards 2003 Feynman Prizes Announcements

Connecticut Establishes Leadership in Nanotechnology Announcements

US DoE awards $4 million in funding to Stevens' Center Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanorods line up for gene delivery Nanomedicine

Ubiquitous computing driving software industry Ubiquitious Computing

NSF awards $30m for two nanoscale centers Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotech's green side: cutting waste and risk, taming environmental fears Profiles

CombiMatrix's Partner Receives Notice of Allowance from Patent Office Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Little tubes bring big promise Nanotubes

New era on East Hill Profiles

Big hopes for minuscule innovations Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 14th, 2003

New hybrid material has potential use in microelectronics Discoveries

nanoElectronics & Photonics Conference Announcements

Japanese firms' focus to move to nanotechnology from chips Miscellaneous

NanoKids made in lab Academic/Education

Nanoindenter cuts up nanowires Discoveries

Nanothermometers feel the heat Discoveries

Researchers provide simple solution Nanomedicine

Process Prints Nanoparticles Discoveries

In topsy-turvy nano, the 'crackpots' seem downright respectable Profiles

Five "core" partners join IMEC 45-nm project Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 13th, 2003

Los Alamos envisions space elevator to own the skies Possible Futures

UCLA Chosen to Lead Nano-Manufacturing Research Center Investments/IPO's/Splits

‘Most important’ semiconductor since silicon Possible Futures

FEI emphasizes nanotech at headquarters grand opening Announcements

Molecular Manufacturing: Start Planning Preparing for Nano

Ray Kurzweil - Promise and Peril of the 21st Century Miscellaneous

Buckyball Antibiotics Nanomedicine

Transport in quantum dots Miscellaneous

Self-forming nanoscale devices Self Assembly

Oregon will face tough competition in new sector Investments/IPO's/Splits

Doctor Tests Gold in Fighting Cancer Nanomedicine

UCSB To Join Biotech Partnership Investments/IPO's/Splits

Government ups nanotech funding Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nano-Proprietary targets big screen manufacturers Profiles

October 12th, 2003

Lecture addresses enormous potential of nanotechnology Announcements

Investment in technology makes Austrian region a success story Profiles

October 11th, 2003

Some Foresight Insights Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotech gets state boost Profiles

Illinois signs off on $82 million in spending Investments/IPO's/Splits

Vanderbilt and Fisk Win $2.9M to Study Nanotechnology Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 10th, 2003

FEI Company Opens New World Campus in Oregon's Silicon Forest Investments/IPO's/Splits

Microscopic cracks spoil the transparency of glass, nano-researchers find Discoveries

New hybrid material has potential use in microelectronics Discoveries

NSF grants to establish learning centers at Missouri, Rutgers, Berkeley Academic/Education

Gd atoms ‘hop about’ in nanopeapods Discoveries

USF scientists invent mighty medical mite Nanomedicine

Match technological push with ethical pull Ethics

Numbers may not gauge it, but MEMS industry is moving at midyear MEMS

Science plans 'non-stick' submarine Discoveries

Nanomedicine vital to cancer cure Nanomedicine

October 9th, 2003

New Engineering Center Focuses On Implantable Prosthetics Investments/IPO's/Splits

Local control given to £40millon capital investment fund Investments/IPO's/Splits

Canada's very quiet space to house research into the very, very, small Profiles

Quantum MP3 May Soon Be Reality Quantum Computing

Lealea Group Obtains Orders For Nanotechnology Fabrics Products

Risky Business Ethics

Join the dots Chip Technology

For new energy ideas, quantum dots may be brightest bulb of the bunch Products

Mad Cow Matters Nanomedicine

Nanotubes Boost Storage Nanotubes

Zyvex Announces F100 Nanomanipulator Tools

October 8th, 2003

Nanotechnology Committee Kick Off Event Announcements

Feeling the danger Materials

Solar cells come down to earth Discoveries

Purdue researchers stretch DNA on chip Possible Futures

Magnetic memory makes logic Memory Technology

Nanotechnology – small scale large impact Announcements

Nanochips that may make themselves Possible Futures

H2EXPO 2003 Hands-On Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Products Announcements

Nanosphere Announces Protein BioMarker Detection Capabilities Discoveries

Spending on nanotech tools to increase Tools

Five Star attracts top investors to its orbit Investments/IPO's/Splits

Missing Out? Preparing for Nano

October 7th, 2003

DNA tiling assembles nanostructures Discoveries

New technologies mean only nimble workers need apply Possible Futures

Wake Forest University becomes nanotechnology force Investments/IPO's/Splits

The nano-brain barrier Miscellaneous

Steve Currall Awarded NSF Grant Preparing for Nano

Which brings more nano green: Republican red or Democratic gray? Investments/IPO's/Splits

Altair Nanotechnologies Scientist Invited to Present Announcements

Director chosen for new Focus Center Announcements

Philips Joins IMEC Program to Research 45-nm Silicon Investments/IPO's/Splits

NT awaits $3.1 million for new research facility Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 6th, 2003

WFU lures nanotechnology from S.C. for development Investments/IPO's/Splits

Trade deal with Japan boosts investment ties Investments/IPO's/Splits

Biofriendly and Hellenic Petroleum Sign Agreement Products

Nanotechnology Flourishes in Japan Investments/IPO's/Splits

nanoSoftware and Tools Forum Announcements

The Napster of Nano Miscellaneous

Lasers operate inside single cells Nanomedicine

Hidden graphite atoms revealed Tools

GE Finds Its Inner Edison Miscellaneous

Freeing up nanotechnology information Preparing for Nano

Kopin's early success with LEDs bolsters bottom line Products

SUSS nano PREP Technology to Revolutionize Direct Wafer Bonding Tools

Silicon Genesis Focuses Strategy on NanoTechnology Licensing Tools

SUNY names nanotech HQ Announcements

Zap of Electricity Creates Fluid Situation for Liquid Discoveries

October 5th, 2003

UC wins $330M NASA bid Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 4th, 2003

HP Researchers Make Tiny Memory from Molecules Memory Technology

October 3rd, 2003

'Old school' medicine meets the modern Miscellaneous

Get Ready For The Age Of Nanotechnology Miscellaneous

Stain-resistant pants are so ‘last week’ Products

China's nanotech patent applications rank world's third Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

October 2nd, 2003

Chartered qualifies 90-nm transistors Chip Technology

New light tech brightens handhelds Discoveries

Israel's Peres sees nanotech as an 'opportunity to change everything' Profiles

Trapped proteins find strength in numbers Discoveries

Forging nanochannels without nanolithography Discoveries

Nanoimprint lithography stamps organic lasers Discoveries

Designing nanostructured polymers for vascular applications Nanomedicine

Quick-Change Stuff Possible Futures

Corporate Update for US Global Nanospace Announcements

Zyvex Releases Four New Products Tools

Nanotubes Harvest Electrons Nanotubes

Full-color prototype may finally deliver on nanotube TV promises Products

Millions given for security Investments/IPO's/Splits

October 1st, 2003

PPG's $300 million R&D program Products

Benjamin Franklin, Civic Scientist Ethics

New Surface Can Find Different Twists on a Molecular Theme Discoveries

NSTEP & NanoBusiness Alliance to Advance Nanotechnology Education Academic/Education

U.K. recognizes importance of perception Preparing for Nano

A futurist’s view Ethics

Nanotube helium sensors could bring atom beam microscope Discoveries

Plasma Screens and the Future of Display Technology Possible Futures

Omron Develops World's First Frontlight Technology Discoveries

Venture firms still don't see the nanotech in biosciences Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanoparticle safety concerns will be focus of UK nanotechnology study Preparing for Nano

MIT's HexFlex manipulates the nanoscopic Tools