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Alan Shalleck-NanoClarity
 | | May 1st, 2008
A NANOTECHNOLOGY UNDERWRITERS LABORATORY REVISITED
Alan Shalleck President, NanoClarity LLC Previously I have proposed that the Nanotechnology industry, led by the NanoBusiness Alliance (that industry supported responsible representative of what is good and beneficial about nanotech in society), and the all companies in nanotech (at all links in the value chain) create a NUL - a Nanotechnology Underwriters Laboratory - similar to the UL - Underwriters Laboratory- used by the electrical supply industry, and establish a formally recognized environmental qualification and safety stamp of approval called the NULL - Nanotechnology Underwriters Laboratory Listing. In NUL, all pending nanotechnology containing products are rigorously and responsibly tested for performance and for immediate and long-term health effects and safety, using scientific and objective protocols of acceptance and release to the market. Read the Whole Article |
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Nanotechnology in India Nanoelectronics Universities
UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
NANOART Real Nano/MEMS Products Today Transhumanism
Natasha Vita-More
 | | April 10th, 2008
Putting Criticism Forward
Natasha Vita-More Transhumanism Everyone promoting investment in and development of emerging technologies must be prepared to accept criticism for doing so. Criticism give us an opportunity to check the barometer on what others think of us. It is a cost-effect way to turn the spot light on issues that might go unnoticed and offers occasion to self-reflect. Even the most brash criticism affords an opportunity to make changes for the better while reinforcing positive qualities. Read the Whole Article |
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Nanotechnology for Every-Day-Life in India Nano Emerging
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
 | | March 31st, 2008
Is Nano Business Going to Clean Up its Own Act?
David Rejeski Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies On March 5, 2008, the Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a landmark decision to fine the company IOGEAR $208,000 for "selling unregistered pesticides and making unproved claims about their effectiveness." The action by EPA Region IX officials could result in companies and consumers reconsidering antimicrobial claims and the use of nanoscale silver in products. A lesser known, but equally intriguing aspect to this story, is that the enforcement action came as the result of a tip from an IOGEAR competitor. Nobody in the nano industry benefits from companies making hyped-up and unsubstantiated claims about nanotechnology's benefits and in the absence of more formal government regulation, self-regulation by industry could be a step in the right direction. Read the Whole Article |
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Understanding Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Tomorrow
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Disruptive Technologies Maximizing progress and benefits of Nanotechnology Regional Initiatives Nanotechnology Tools
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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Alberta & the Future of Nanotechnology Nanobiotechnology
NanoBioNexus
 | | October 18th, 2007
Nanotechnology Book Review by Judy Senior, Ph.D., NanoBioNexus Member, Independent Pharmaceutical Development and Drug Delivery Consultant
Adriana Vela Founder & Chair, NanoBioNexus In our efforts to promote education, our very own drug development and drug delivery expert and consultant, Judy Senior, Ph.D., provides an eye opening review of the recently published nanotechnology book entitled 'Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems', D. Thassu, M. Deleers, and Y. Pathak, Editors, Informa Healthcare, 2007, Hardback, 352, IBSN: Read the Whole Article |
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Ethics 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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Nanoparticles
Christian Schoen
 | | February 28th, 2007
NanopartsTM Neutral GoldTM Nanoparticles
Christian Schoen President, Concurrent Analytical Inc. There are many important benefits to reducing the charge on gold nanoparticles. Among others, the two primary benefits include the reduction of ionic induced non-specific binding for any moiety, and an improvement in the labeling of the heavily negative charged DNA.
The interaction of particles in polar liquids is not governed by the electrical potential at the surface of the particle, but by the effective potential of the particle and its associated ions . To utilize electrostatic control, it is the zeta potential of a particle that must be measured rather than its surface charge. Read the Whole Article |
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