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326 articles posted this month

May 31st, 2004

For metrology, nano changes everything
Chip Technology, Memory Technology, Nanoelectronics

A Little Less Talk and a Little More Action
Announcements

How Green is my Nano?
Preparing for Nano

Surfing the Green Wave
Miscellaneous

Thirty Essential Studies
Preparing for Nano

Thanks for the Nanomemories, Part II
Memory Technology

ORNL’s nanobiosensor access to living cell’s molecular processes
Nanomedicine

Hollow Nanocrystals and How to Mass Produce Them
Discoveries

Nanosprings: nanoelectromechanical actuators
Molecular Machines

Researchers build what they envision as wearable computers
Possible Futures

Ship In A Bottle
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

May 30th, 2004

Coming Up in Business
Announcements

The Implausibility of Impossibility
Molecular Nanotechnology

While we were away...
Announcements, Preparing for Nano

Environmental Technology Gaining Momentum
Profiles

Anti-bacteria toys to boost firm's health
Products

Safety and health group launches nano page
Preparing for Nano

May 29th, 2004

Nanotech company in Buxton getting noticed
Molecular Machines, Profiles

The spooky place where art meets science
Miscellaneous

AKN may make nano-chips locally
Announcements

eASIC Raises $5 Million in Third Round
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 28th, 2004

NanoWater - Safe, Clean and Affordable Water
Announcements

Louisiana Governor Proclaims June 4, 2004 Nanotechnology Day
Announcements

UMC says 90-nm process is offered in low-k, glass versions
Chip Technology

Samsung develops CVD wiring process for 70-nm DRAM
Memory Technology

Buckyballs Gain Smaller Kin
Discoveries

How to fight misinformation in two easy words: honesty, imagination
Preparing for Nano

Transhumanists put their faith in technology
Possible Futures

Lord of the molecular rings created
Discoveries

Marking a big step in thinking small
Announcements

May 27th, 2004

Staying on the Path – One Atom at a Time
Discoveries

RPI, UAlbany each get $200K for research
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Success is contagious
Profiles, Announcements

Louisiana Is Recipient of $9 million University Research Grant
Investments/IPO's/Splits

DCTC receive grant for nanoscience
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Academic/Education

UCLA Chemists Make Structure of Breathtaking Beauty
Discoveries

IMEC and Praesagus Sign Technology Partnership Agreement
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology

GI Joe Goes Nano
Products, Profiles

Loomis Group Adds NanoVance
Announcements

Obducat secures strategic pilot production NIL order
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Tools

Nanoparticles illuminate brain tumors for days under MRI
Nanomedicine

Micro fuel cells headed to market, and a showdown
Products

Single-electron transistor goes mechanical
Chip Technology

Junctions Expand Nano Railroads
Molecular Machines, Discoveries

Longer Life, Less Disease on Horizon
Nanomedicine, Announcements

Science institute will open today
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

Department of Energy: NanoSummit '04 in Washington, DC
Announcements

Military Key Customer For Nanotech Startups
Announcements

May 26th, 2004

Nanomagnets tapped to generate microwave fields
Spintronics, Discoveries

Thinking big about nano
Announcements

Nanotech group appoints Krahmer to board
Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths

The First Nanochips
Chip Technology

Energy Tech Investor Forum
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

Medical Materials Professionals Convene in St. Paul
Announcements

Nanoscale contact optimizes adhesion
Discoveries

Nanotoxicity: Congress to study first, regulate later
Preparing for Nano

2004 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
Announcements

Virage Logic to Focus on 90nm Yield
Chip Technology, Announcements

Comprehensive Report on Biophan
Profiles

Ultra-Thin Gate-Insulation Process for Advanced CMOS Transistors
Chip Technology

B'Spa weighs cut of tech park taxes
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 25th, 2004

A Nanotechnology Turnaround?
Preparing for Nano

By whom?
Molecular Nanotechnology

How to identify viable opportunities in nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits

If nanotech is so ‘hot,’ where are all the jobs?
Jobs

Focusing on the little things
Profiles

Ultratech Announces Upcoming Webcasts
Announcements

Ground Broken for Nanotechnology Center at Sandia and Los Alamos Labs
Investments/IPO's/Splits

California Leads the Nation in Nanotech
Profiles

Honda: Nanotech needs more government support
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Military nanotechnology continues its march
Products

NTERA LTD. Launches its NanoChromics Displays
Products, Announcements

Obducat establishes local presence in North America
Announcements

The Way We Live
Nanomedicine

Nanoparticles clean up arsenic

Phillip J. Bond to Deliver Address at Nanotechnology Conference
Announcements

Small-tech trio faces stiff competition in MIT's $50k challenge
Investments/IPO's/Splits

IBM, Chartered Expand 90-nm Program
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology

The New "Molecular Economy"
Miscellaneous

Hands-on 'nano'
Academic/Education

School set for science symposium
Announcements

Summit gives nanotech a nod
Announcements

May 24th, 2004

Tech firms focused on 'small' headed to big conference
Announcements

Harris & Harris Group to Increase Size of Proposed Shelf Registration
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Scaling friction down to the nano/micro realm
Tools

Investors Seek Nanotech Payday
Investments/IPO's/Splits

UNI gets Carver grant
Investments/IPO's/Splits

National Nanotech Expert To Address UW-Madison Nonference
Announcements

Nanotechnology improving energy options
Miscellaneous

Nanowire coating self-assembles
Self Assembly

Thin-film firm rolls out new technology
Profiles

GEMZ Corp. Enters Nanotechnology Business
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

The First Nanochips
Chip Technology

May 23rd, 2004

Going Public Without Profits or a Product? Yes, in 2004
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotubes switch back and forth
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Diamondoids are a girl's...
Molecular Machines

Quantum Dot Targets Midrange Gene-Expression Studies
Nanomedicine

Nanostructures of zinc oxide
Profiles

Nanotechnology applied in fiber finishing
Announcements

Where's the nano in this IPO?
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 22nd, 2004

Nanotechnology conference set
Announcements

May 21st, 2004

A Gathering of Minds
Announcements

Blakely positions Nanodynamics for success
Profiles

Roadmap to drive chemical nanotechnology
Preparing for Nano

Nanotechnology: Jobs, Money, Products and the Environment
Announcements

China sets up nano accreditation board
Preparing for Nano

NanoWater
Announcements

New alliance chief: open talk of risk 'makes business sense'
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters, Preparing for Nano

Solar Crystals get 2-for-1
Discoveries

Nanotube Sparks Could Cool Chips
Chip Technology, Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Science of the small could drive big revolution
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 20th, 2004

Feynman Prize 2004 Nominations
Announcements

Nanotech needs major capital injection
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Magnetic forces may turn some nanotubes into metals
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Strong magnetic field converts nanotube from metal to semiconductor
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Stephen Simes Talks to the Wall Street Transcript
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters

A&T wins $2.7M grant for nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Move over GMOs, Here Comes Nanofood
Miscellaneous

Nanotubes roll up for novel structures
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Ion beams put nanotubes on the straight and narrow
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Physics: A quantum transistor
Chip Technology, Nanoelectronics

As nanotech grows, leaders grapple with public fear and misperception
Preparing for Nano

DTLL Announces Letter of Intent with Apollo Diamond
Announcements

National nanotech center names principal investigator
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths

Biophan CEO Highlights Breakthrough Attributes of New Biothermal Battery
Announcements

DNA authentication techniques
Discoveries

Narrowing the Interdisciplinary Divide
Announcements

Samsung serves up nanotechnology
Products

May 19th, 2004

Bush-League Lysenkoism
Preparing for Nano

Lumera files IPO
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

Intel Invests $2B in 65-Nano
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology

Nanotubes, buckyballs surprise investors
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

The Language of Nanobots
Miscellaneous

Green Plus in "Formula'' Fuels Boosts Lukoil Sales in Cyprus
Products

Air Products and Nanogate Technologies Announce Agreement
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

Researchers discuss safety guidelines for handling nanomaterials
Preparing for Nano

NanoBusiness Alliance and workingin-nanotechnology.com Join
Announcements, Jobs

Bringing the latest technology to society
Announcements, Academic/Education

Integrated project to develop programmable artificial cells
Investments/IPO's/Splits

454 Life Sciences Receives $2.4 million NIH Grant
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanomechanics of DNA-protein interaction
Jobs

Framework and Outlook for the Future of Nanomobility
Announcements

May 18th, 2004

2nd Annual International Nanoscience Conference
Announcements

Bulls, bears, bonds and a dose of 'Reality'
Investments/IPO's/Splits

What is Nanotechnology?
Preparing for Nano

Molecular Modeling for Nanotechnology Technologies
Announcements

Donaldson Company Leads Industry in Applying Patented Nanotechnology
Announcements, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

NanoHorizons Receives 2004 Frost & Sullivan Award
Nanomedicine, Announcements

More Tiny Trouble
Miscellaneous

Chemistry and Physics of Multifunctional Materials
Announcements

Nanobusiness alliance leader steps down
Announcements

Emergency Filtration Products Reports First Quarter Results
Financial Reports

New Nanotechnology-Based Power Cell
Miscellaneous

Biophan Announces Investor Conference Call
Announcements

Samsung Institute's New Fuel Cell Can Output 20W
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Solution for Affordable Healthcare? Nanotechnology
Announcements

May 17th, 2004

Nanotechnology researcher recruited by UB
Investments/IPO's/Splits

DU dean thinks big: Small tech is the key
Announcements

Method eases nanowire manipulation
Discoveries

EuroNanoTex 2004
Announcements

Welcome to our Nano Nightmare
Chip Technology

The Shame in Spain…
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotechnology Industry Leaders Join Forces to Form Lux Research
Announcements

Gyricon is Xerox's poster child
Profiles

Australian Government to Speak at NanoBusiness 2004
Announcements

Carbon Nanotechnologies and Entegris Sign Joint Development Agreement
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings, Announcements

Sono-Tek Announces Its Annual Earnings
Financial Reports

Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. Announces $1 Million in Financing
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Researchers demonstrate wearable electronics
Possible Futures, Announcements

iCurie Receives Certification
Chip Technology, Announcements

Nanostellar Advanced Nano Technology Enables Nano Catalysts
Products

Nanotechnology in Fire Protection can save Life and secure Health
Announcements

Coming Up in Business
Announcements

Language of Science Lags Behind Nanotech
Preparing for Nano

Forum to focus on state's work force, economy
Announcements

May 15th, 2004

NUWC, UT Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Class
Announcements

May 14th, 2004

BioSante Pharmaceuticals Completes $17.7 Million Private Placement
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Biophan Announces Breakthrough Long-Life Biothermal Battery
Investments/IPO's/Splits

7th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials
Announcements

Millipede or Bust…
Chip Technology

Stripey copper template aligns organic nanowires
Discoveries

Emilia-Romagna region to hold workshop on nanotechnology
Announcements

Q1 Funding Report: VCs Proceed Cautiously Despite IPO Anticipation
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanostellar Enabling Clean Energy Air with Nano Catalysts
Announcements

Integrated Nano-Technologies CEO To Appear On Panel
Announcements

May 13th, 2004

Medical institutions form nanohealth alliance
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Nanomedicine

FEI: A Chip Inspector's Gadget
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Profiles

New product promising for Blacksburg firm
Discoveries, Profiles, Self Assembly

Ron Wyden to Speak at NanoBusiness 2004
Announcements

Nano*High
Academic/Education

Hydrogen Cars
Possible Futures

Startup Ensemble Discovery finds $15M in first funding
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Recasting natural nanostructures
Discoveries

Nano goes to college this fall with its own academic program
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Academic/Education

Nanomechanics and Nanoelectronics: Molecule-Size Machines
Products

Ireland must work to attract hi-tech nanotechnology investment
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Eikos set for TIF
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 12th, 2004

NanoInk upgrades dip pen lithography system
Announcements, Tools

Brussels battles 'grey goo' fears
Preparing for Nano

Pre-conference will explore 'converging technologies'
Announcements, Academic/Education

"Green Goo for Everybody"
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters, Preparing for Nano

Integrated Nano-Technologies Appoints Former U.S. Army Chief of Staff
Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths

Dots Pinpoint Cancer

Nanosensor could help Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Nanomedicine

NCMS to Host 'Manufacturing in the Future' Event
Announcements

Better Living through Chemistry
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Profiles

'Traveling Time Machine' gives kids a peak at possible 'nanofutures'
Academic/Education

A new EU strategy in the field of nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits

1st International Congress on Ionic Liquids
Announcements

May 11th, 2004

EU Invites India For Joint Research
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Big Blue says breakthrough means millipede may crawl out of lab
Memory Technology

mPhase Technologies is a Silver Sponsor for NanoBusiness 2004
Announcements

UC Provost M.R.C. Greenwood says stronger science education critical
Announcements

Nanotechnology sector looks set for decade of growth
Investments/IPO's/Splits

NEMI Schedules June Workshop to Review 2004 Roadmap
Announcements

Small matter, many unknowns, few conclusions
Preparing for Nano

Samsung has carbon nanotube based display, says report
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Red Herring Names NanoOpto One of the Top 100 Companies to Watch
Announcements

NanoDynamics Partners with the University of Southern California
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Announcements

UB awarded $750K for high-tech hiring
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotubes Knotted Up
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

May 10th, 2004

US Nanocomposites Demand to Approach 11 Billion Pounds by 2020
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

Micro MRI Tracks Breast Cancer, in Mice
Nanomedicine

Just get over Google; Have I got a few other IPOs for you
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Profiles

APP Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug
Nanomedicine

EuroNanoTex 2004
Announcements

Major Industry Support For 3rd Annual NanoBusiness 2004
Announcements

IMEC Opens Nanotech Lab
Investments/IPO's/Splits

William Blair & Company Initiates Coverage of Harris & Harris
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Hari Manoharan´s Nanotechnology Breakthrough
Profiles

InfoComm Merges with 3i4 Media
Announcements

Swiss Re Warns on Nanotechnology
Preparing for Nano

Sen. Clinton on nano-inequities and nano-economics
Ethics, Nanomedicine

The Long View
Preparing for Nano

Zyvex's Von Ehr on pixels, bits and stitches
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters, Molecular Nanotechnology

Software corrects chip errors early
Chip Technology, Tools

Industrylink project to hold FP6 nanotechnology information event
Announcements

Tiny 'tubes' and big dreams
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Coming Up in Business
Announcements

RTP Startup Xintek Receives Innovation Honor
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings, Announcements

Coming Up in Business
Announcements

May 9th, 2004

Korea to Develop Next-Generation Display
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

May 8th, 2004

Nano's Great Leap
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Millions for Arkansas in defense bill
Investments/IPO's/Splits

N.D.'s 1st microchip may mean more jobs
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 7th, 2004

With solar crystals, you get such a deal
Discoveries

Intel Begins $2 Billion Conversion Of Arizona Factory
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology

Just Two Words: Plastic Chips
Chip Technology

Conversations from Tech's Cutting Edge

European Commission reports on nanotechnology risks
Preparing for Nano

Nanotech plan afoot
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Germany to create more apprenticeships in nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Academic/Education

Trilogy Capital Partners' Inaugural Online Nanotechnology Forum
Announcements

Korean venture sifts options for global HQ
Announcements

Texas Instruments Extends IMEC Relationship
Chip Technology, Announcements

Officials weigh options of funds received
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Grant to establish tech lab at A&T
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Homeland Security

Grant will be used for nanotechnology items
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 6th, 2004

Consortium to push biotech, nanotech collaboration
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nobel Laureate and a 'Founding Father' of Nanotechnology to Speak
Announcements

Nanotechnology becomes increasingly important in engineering
Profiles, Academic/Education

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur's Donation to Create Center for Nanostructures
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Memory stores three bits in one
Memory Technology

Samsung to make its new nano-tech products here
Products, Investments/IPO's/Splits

Science blinded by culture
Preparing for Nano

Mapping out Nano Risks
Announcements, Preparing for Nano

nanoRisk
Miscellaneous

Skin Science
Products

Wanted: Skilled Nanotechnology Workers; Anyone? Anyone?
Jobs

Playing snooker with atoms
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Profiles

Joint Venture backs new tech consortium
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 5th, 2004

Spintronics Can Do It!
Spintronics

Nanotech: Beyond the Hype -- and Fear
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters

Emerging Mainstream
Preparing for Nano

UO Makes Nanotech Breakthrough
Discoveries

Tegal Corporation Management to Present at AeA
Announcements

nano Market Methodologies
Miscellaneous

May 2004 Nanotechnology Conference
Announcements

DNA robot takes its first steps
Molecular Machines

Nano-scale trees created at Lund Institute of Technology
Discoveries

Columbia Hosts 'Nano-Day in New York'
Announcements, Academic/Education

Eikos Awarded Contract To Develop Transparent CNT Polymers
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

U.S. launches nanomedicine initiative, asks for bright ideas
Nanomedicine

Nanogen Issued Patent for Electronic Devices
Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Small-Tech Attraction
Miscellaneous

Molecular Imprints Leads Joint Venture To $36M
Investments/IPO's/Splits, Chip Technology

May 4th, 2004

MFIC Corporation Files Registration Statement
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Tech Conference Forecasts Business Trends
Announcements

Sequoia Pacific Research Company's SoilSET Named as Finalist
Miscellaneous

Chemist's technique enables creation of novel carbon nanoparticles
Discoveries

Now that nano is relating to the public, PR firms have some advice
Miscellaneous

Colorado Nano/Micro Technology Summit at NIST
Announcements

Zyvex Introduces Carbon Nanotube-Based Additives for Polyurethanes
Products, Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Kopin CEO Featured Speaker at Blue 2004 Conference in Taiwan
Announcements

Nano Test Tubes Fabricated
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Altair Nanotechnologies Announces First Quarter Financial Results
Announcements

Scott Mize to be Keynote Speaker for Nanotechnology Forum
Announcements

Dublin display firm raises $9.5m
Investments/IPO's/Splits

UO patent opens way for green nano
Discoveries, Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

May 3rd, 2004

Indian Americans in Frontline Nanotechnology Research
Profiles

Is Nanotech Ready For Its Close-Up?
Miscellaneous

Self-assembled nanoparticles are insulated
Self Assembly

Doyle Hill Joins Integrated Nano-Technologies
Appointments/Promotions/New hires/Resignations/Deaths

Aventis Biotech Challenge
Announcements, Jobs

Research Quantities of Diamond Molecules From Petroleum
Discoveries

Too much, too soon
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Feds invest in MetroPhotonics
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanogen Reports 2004 First Quarter Results
Financial Reports

Quantum computers are a quantum leap closer
Chip Technology

Kurzweil proposes research programs to replace DNA
Possible Futures, Nanomedicine

Nanocapsules Show Potential Against Overdoses In Lab Tests
Nanomedicine

NanoDynamics Acquires Remaining Interest in MetaMateria Partners
Investments/IPO's/Splits

nanoSpy
Preparing for Nano

New report urges French government to focus on nanotechnologies
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Corn growers could help harvest nanotube fibers from ethanol
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Swiss biotech seeks British cell mates
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 2nd, 2004

Freedom Versus Terror
Preparing for Nano

High or low for NVE
Profiles

May 1st, 2004

Nanomedicine, Vol. IIA now online
Nanomedicine

Science vs. engineering vs. theoretical applied nanotechnology
Ethics

NANOVEAU - the nanotechnology column
Preparing for Nano

Triton's nanotechnology designed to take on tumors
Nanomedicine

Tipping Points
Preparing for Nano

Transnational Regulation
Ethics, Preparing for Nano

Holey nanocrystals could aid core research
Discoveries

Nano or Bust
Investments/IPO's/Splits

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