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NanoGlobe
 | | February 7th, 2010
Indonesian Researchers Developing Bio-Nanocomposite from Cellulose Fibers
NanoGlobe Pte Ltd Order our latest book "Emerging Nanotechnology Power" @ www.worldscibooks.com/nanosci/7224.html (20% disc.code: SLJN010917) and learn more about Asia nanotech updates @ www.nano-globe.biz/publication Indonesia, blessed with abundant natural resources, is on its way creating new materials that are natural and more environmentally friendly for eco-friendly applications including bio-automobile, organic electronics, and structural building materials. Utilizing cellulose nanofibers, researchers in Indonesia are developing bio-nanocomposite materials that are flexible, transparent, mechanically strong and thermally stable. This research is in collaboration with a Japanese university and automobile industry and targets at automobile body weight and construction materials application. Attempting to preserve nature, laminated veneer lumber (LVL) has been developed from old rubber tree whose strength is equivalent to second class lumber such as teakwood. Prof Dr Bambang Subiyanto, Director of Center for Innovation of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), gave us more insights about his on-going projects and center's activities. Read the Whole Article |
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Maximizing progress and benefits of Nanotechnology Universities
UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
University of Idaho
 | | April 30th, 2009
CAMBR VS MRSA
Ken Kingery Science/Research Writer, University of Idaho Scientists at the University of Idaho's Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research (CAMBR) are using nanobiosensors capable of detecting MRSA - or any disease - in mere hours. In collaboration with the nanofacility at Cornell University, the team is zeroing in on nano-sized biosensors that use a signal detection molecule to detect molecules and proteins possessing any electrical charge, or no charge at all. Read the Whole Article |
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Nanotechnology in the UK Regional Initiatives
US-EU-Africa-Asia-Pacific and Caribbean Nanotechnology Initiative (USEACANI)
ONAMI
Nanotechnology in Russia NANOART Understanding Nanotechnology
Earl Boysen
 | | January 20th, 2010
Targeted Drug Delivery That Hits the Mark
Earl Boysen Understanding Nanotechnology One of the challenges with current cancer treatments is how to deliver drugs to tumors without causing debilitating side effects. By delivering drugs in a more targeted way, some of those side effects can be reduced. There are several companies and universities developing targeted drug delivery using nanoparticles. One method being developed by researchers at MIT and University of California at San Diego and Santa Barbara looks interesting. They have divided the task between two nanoparticles in order to increase the targeting effectiveness. Read the Whole Article |
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Scenarios and Solutions for a Nano-World
Lifeboat Foundation
 | | January 6th, 2010
Filling the Gaps in "Global Trends 2025"
Tihamer Toth-Fejel Research Engineer, General Dynamics Because of the election cycle, the United States Congress and Presidency has a tendency to be short-sighted. Therefore it is a welcome relief when an organization such as the U.S. National Intelligence Council gathers many smart people from around the world to do some serious thinking more than a decade into the future. But while the authors of the NIC report Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World[1] understood the political situations of countries around the world extremely well, their report lacked two things:
1. Sufficient knowledge about technology (especially productive nanosystems) and their second order effects.
2. A clear and specific understanding of Islam and the fundamental cause of its problems. More generally, an understanding of the relationship between its theology, technological progress, and cultural success. These two gaps need to be filled, and this white paper attempts to do so. Read the Whole Article |
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Nano Investing
Alan Shalleck-NanoClarity
 | | January 5th, 2010
"2010 Outlook - 2009 Recap"
Alan Shalleck President, NanoClarity LLC 2009 was not a great year for Nanotechnology. Maybe 2010 will be better. Let's explore the 2009 highlights. (Tim Harper of Cientifica published a December white paper on this subject that I urge you to read. Tim and I have similar views. My recommended strategies are somewhat different. ) One major change occurred in 2009 - "Green" completely replaced "Nanotech" as the hot "next big technology" arena - despite all agreeing that the road to green runs through the nanotech space. Read the Whole Article |
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Disruptive Technologies Nanotechnology and Patents Nanotechnology Tools
NT-MDT
FEI
 | | December 18th, 2007
Overcoming Challenges in Advanced Semiconductor Imaging & Analysis
Dan Fineberg FEI Global Marketing Manager, NanoElectroincs, FEI Company Time is Money in Nano-scale Semiconductor Manufacturing
Today's advanced semiconductors are truly nano-scale devices. For example, the latest generally-available PC processors feature transistor line-widths as small as 45 nm, and process development is underway at leading manufacturers for 32 nm, 22 nm, and even smaller geometries.
The adage, "Time is money" has an overwhelming relevance in the world of volume semiconductor production. Getting to market, enhancing yields and ramping to volume-- faster-- is business-critical, and overcoming the associated nano-scale manufacturing challenges requires sophisticated "forensics." In other words, advanced manufacturing process development and control applications require advanced imaging and analysis tools to characterize defects, analyze failures, and measure critical dimensions. Read the Whole Article |
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Transhumanism Ethics
Nanoethics
 | | September 13th, 2009
Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers
Patrick Lin Director, Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group In our recent NSF-funded report, excerpted here, we examine many ethical and social issues surrounding human en-hancement technologies. No matter where one is aligned on this issue, it is clear that the human enhancement debate is a deeply passionate and personal one, striking at the heart of what it means to be human. Some see it as a way to fulfill or even transcend our potential; others see it as a darker path towards becoming Frankenstein's monster. To help untangle this debate, we have organized this report as the following list of questions and answers, starting with background issues and moving to specific concerns, including: freedom & autonomy, health & safety, fairness & equity, societal disruption, and human dignity. Read the Whole Article |
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Nano Solar
Bo Varga
 | | June 22nd, 2009
New Nano Solar Developments in 2009
Bo Varga Managing Director, Silicon Valley Nano Ventures Nanotechnology can reduce costs, increase performance, and lower the environmental impacts of solar PV and CSP. Every month I read about nanotechnology impacts on solar photovoltaics and talk with start up / early stage companies and I am amazed and impressed by the many different and interesting research projects that report results. And by many new commercialization efforts, although I am often under NDA and cannot discuss those.
This column reports on a few developments over the last year with a particular focus on the increasing interest in nanocrystalline-based solar cells and on the use of Schottky barrier/junction approaches to increase solar cell efficiency. As well as on the use of Schottky junctions to replace p:n type solar cells with "perfect diode" based solar cells. Read the Whole Article |
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Atomic Layer Deposition
Picosun
 | | June 4th, 2009
Harnessing the energy of the sun: Developing 3-D nano-scale solutions
Dr Ville Miikkulainen Project Manager, Picosun Oy Theoretical potential of solar power covers current global energy needs 2,850 times over. The real promise of renewable energy lies with the sun. According to industry estimates, thin film solar cells will dominate the photovoltaic market in the future and replace bulk silicon from its current leading position. Photovoltaics is entering the wholesale electricity market and the following decade will see it explode. Only the best thin-film technologies will be able to spearhead such an explosion. Finnish-based leading global manufacturer of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) reactors Picosun Oy (www.picosun.com) is one of only four industry partners of a European Union funded solar energy project called ROD-SOL. The aim of the project is to revolutionize solar energy markets with a new concept of nano-scale thin-film light traps. Read the Whole Article |
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Nano Emerging
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Nanobiotechnology Nanotechnology for a better world
Biohazards are the greatest threat to humankind
Real Nano/MEMS Products Today Nanoparticles Clean Energy
Nanocatalyst
 | | March 17th, 2009
Lithium-Ion Battery Research
Suber Iyer Principal Technologist, QuantumSphere Inc Commercially introduced in the early 1990s, lithium-ion batteries exhibited an annual market penetration rate of 25%, replacing less energy dense nickel metal hydride batteries. A typical commercial Li-ion battery has a specific energy of about 200Wh/kg, while some more advanced systems reached a specific energy exceeding 275 Wh/kg. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power source of choice in present-day electronic devices, such as laptop computers, cell phones, smart phones, cameras, and many more. Additionally, they are becoming a viable option for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in electric hybrid vehicles (PHEVs). Read the Whole Article |
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Nanotechnology in India Nanotechnology for Every-Day-Life in India Nanoelectronics Nanotechnology Tomorrow
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
Manufacturing & Commercialization
National Nanotechnology Manufacturing Center
Alberta & the Future of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Industries Association
Steffi Friedrichs
 | | August 7th, 2007
Deciphering Nanotechnology Codes
Steffi Friedrichs Director, Nanotechnology Industries Association The Nanotechnology Industries Association( http://www.nanotechia.co.uk ) has started the development of a Code of Conduct for organisations working with nanotechnologies ( http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=6841 ), as part of a large multi-stakeholder Code working group, which includes the chemical company BASF, Unilever, Smith & Nephew, the consumer group Which?, development NGO Practical Action and Amicus. The Founding Partners of this so-called ‘Responsible NanoCode' represent major players in the area of nanotechnologies and -technologies, including The Royal Society ( http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk ), a authority in science and technology, Insight Investment ( http://www.insightinvestment.com/ ), one of the UK's largest asset managers, and the Nanotechnology Industries Association ( http://www.nanotechia.co.uk ), globally the largest nanotechnology trade association, and the only one with an exclusive focus on the nanotechnology industries. Read the Whole Article |
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