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May 2003 Nanotechnology News


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212 articles posted this month

May 31st, 2003

Germany opens state-of-the-art research centre
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 30th, 2003

Eikos's Nanoshield Material Being Tested in Space by NASA
Products

Electroless encapsulation perks up nanotube devices
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

University of Michigan Scientists Receive $7.28 Million
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nano-coated implants cut MRI scan dangers
Products

Sematech CEO to address nanotech forum in Austin
Announcements

Quantum dots boost tissue imaging
Nanomedicine

Electrical switching in single molecules connected to weak bonding
Discoveries

Scientists spy on growing nanoparticles
Tools

Ad hoc modeling shapes nanotech's near future
Tools

May 29th, 2003

New Results Force Scientists to Rethink Single-Molecule Wires
Discoveries

AMER and NanobacLabs Sign Letter of Intent
Announcements

Electron nanodiffraction technique offers atomic resolution imaging
Tools

3-D imaging inside living organism, using quantum dots
Nanomedicine

Researchers tap into quantum dots for optical communications
Discoveries

UCSC engineer receives grant to improve engine efficiency
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Tips for moving single molecules
Tools

Join the quantum dots
Nanoelectronics

Government urged to crack down on false health claims
Ethics

May 28th, 2003

Octoplus and Cytimmune give anticancer drug TNF new chance
Nanomedicine

Lieberman says promoting innovation key to sparking U.S. economy
Miscellaneous

Nanogen - Fabrication Patent
Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Disease-Causing Proteins May Create Nanotech Circuits
Chip Technology

Ohio State Gets First State-Funded Tech Center
Investments/IPO's/Splits

DNT Inc. at the Heart Of Recent US Nanotechnology Developments
Announcements

Bioforce Nanosciences Inc., receives nanoarray patent
Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Science Subcommittee Debate on Nanotechnology
Preparing for Nano

Semiconductor spintronics to revolutionize the electronics industry
Spintronics

VLSI symposium eyes 65-nm logic
Chip Technology

2003 MGCS Announces Agenda
Announcements

U.S. Army has 'big plans' for nanotechnology
Possible Futures

CNI and 3P Inc. to Develop Advanced Polymer Products
Announcements

May 27th, 2003

Super elasto-plastic metal "GUM METAL"
Discoveries

Art meets science at UW-Madison nanotechnology expo
Academic/Education

Infineon Demonstrates Shrinking of Barrier Films
Chip Technology

Nanosurf finds easy-to-use AFMs could be Nanotech's Big Kahuna
Profiles

Sematech CEO to address nanotech forum in Austin
Announcements

Little devices
Miscellaneous

May 26th, 2003

Mighty Biomolecular Motors
Molecular Machines

NRC and Industry to Develop A Plastic 'Supermaterial'
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Berkeley Lab scientists determine electrical properties of carbon-60
Discoveries

Buckyball wires sheathed with boron nitride insulation
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

When Things Start To Think
Possible Futures

Prototype - Straight from the Lab: Technology's First Draft
Memory Technology

Nanoengineered magnetic fields enhance superconductivity
Discoveries

Nanoscience class one of few
Academic/Education

May 25th, 2003

FoRST funds 14 biotech projects
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 24th, 2003

Shhhhh. We're making a building
Miscellaneous

Topic: Nanotechnology
Announcements

May 23rd, 2003

New Educational Scanning Probe Microscopes by Nanosurf now available
Announcements

Evident begins quantum dot production
Announcements

Front Line releases strategic market report on nanobiotechnology
Announcements

FK develops nano-structured material for hydrogen storage
Discoveries

MIT and U.S. Army officially open the ISN
Announcements

When is a metal not a metal?
Discoveries

Emory University researchers uncover novel self-assembly of fibrils
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

May 22nd, 2003

The wire's on the wall for 3D nanostructures
Discoveries

Nanotech, biotech patents dominate local scene
Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Tiny Medicine
Nanomedicine

Polymer nanoparticle technique deposits layers
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

"Getting Past Grey Goo"
Announcements

Physicists measure individual electrons in real time
Optical computing/Photonic computing

Hydrogen stored in nanoscale framework
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

May 21st, 2003

Raytheon, MIT will gear up for battle
Announcements

Sensor expo highlights breadth of technologies
Sensors

Nanotechnology offers hope for brain tumours
Nanomedicine

Maryland researchers demonstrate first quantum Josephson-junction
Quantum Computing

Nanoparticle sensor 'blushes' in presence of lead
Discoveries

Hydrogen storage eased
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

Small tech companies locked in high-stakes struggle for power
Possible Futures

Nanostructures offer new approach to cell manipulation
Discoveries

May 20th, 2003

SEMICON West 2003 Set for July 14-18
Announcements

Kopin Introduces World's Smallest Color Filter VGA Microdisplay
Products

Nanotech spins futuristic furnishings, functional fibers
Possible Futures

Nano-Clay May Shape Micro-Devices
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

American Pharmaceutical Partners Announces Positive Results
Nanomedicine

Maryland Group Claims Quantum Computing Progress
Quantum Computing

Northwest on the nano trail in search of passage to prosperity
Miscellaneous

Nanotechnology and health
Nanomedicine

Sci-fi war put under the microscope
Possible Futures

May 19th, 2003

New clothes stab bugs with molecular daggers
Possible Futures

Nanotechnology - Planning for the future now
Announcements

Cobalt breaks magnetism record
Discoveries

Entanglement reaches new lengths
Quantum Computing

Bionanotechnology: EuroConference on Biomolecular Devices
Announcements

Nano-Naming No-Nos
Miscellaneous

Nanotech project gets activists out to Lawrence National Lab
Miscellaneous

Zetasizer nanoparticle characterization system
Tools

Chicago Event Exploring Issues in Nanotechnology
Announcements

Atomtechnology in the European Parliament
Announcements

May 18th, 2003

Interview with Dr. Larry Thompson
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters

Nanotube networks to mimic brain
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

May 16th, 2003

WSU technology professor receives $240,000 grant
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Synthetic gecko hairs promise walking up walls
Discoveries

'Nano-targeting' cancer and heart disease
Nanomedicine

Nanotechnology business plan earns respect - and cash - at MIT
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Tiny diamonds found in oil
Discoveries

Chicago Event Exploring Issues in Nanotechnology
Announcements

Nanotech business briefs
Miscellaneous

May 15th, 2003

Researchers get atoms marching one by one
Discoveries

Tera Tech's Final Frontier?
Discoveries

Gold nanoparticles and catalytic DNA produce colormetric lead sensor
Discoveries

Tough stuff must be small enough
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance

Molecular diodes maintain direction
Chip Technology

When Molecules Fly
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

'Matrix' virtually frames the future
Miscellaneous

Center could yield 1,000 jobs
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 14th, 2003

Xerox runs this up the pole: MEMS for magical 'last mile'
MEMS

Carbon nanotubes team up for single-electron inverter
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Nanotech Gets Down to Business
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Institute juxtaposes science and industry
Chip Technology

May 13th, 2003

CTI Announces Expansion of Board of Directors
Announcements

Nanotech funding shifts to policy arena
Preparing for Nano

Reading, PA., community college launches students into nanoscience
Academic/Education

Applied Nanotech Announces Breakthrough With CNT Electron Sources
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Photonic-bandgap technology moving out of the lab
Chip Technology

Novel technique enables magnetic nanopatterns
Discoveries

Nanotechnology key to scientific leaps, execs say
Announcements

Voices from the grass roots call for responsible nano policy
Preparing for Nano

May 12th, 2003

Betting on Lilliput: Nanosys inc. gets plenty of interest
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Which Fortune 500 Midwest Goliath Makes Nanotech Tooth Goo?
Products

Firm gets defense dollars to develop sensors to detect submarines
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Space midgets on NASA's agenda
Possible Futures

Virtual Reality on the Laboratory Table
Tools

New sensor bares faults in smallest possible, most advanced circuits
Tools

Texas company keeps current nanopowder users in its crosshairs
Profiles

High Peaks venture fund ready for business
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Covalent mechanochemistry demonstrated
Discoveries

May 11th, 2003

Understanding Nanodevices
Nanomedicine

May 10th, 2003

Mighty Mini Motor
Molecular Machines

Nantero reports 10-Gbit nanotube memory array
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Colleges vie to form center to develop nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits

May 9th, 2003

On the tube
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

UD team's emitter is a breakthrough
Discoveries

Meet your nano-colleague in the Nordic region
Announcements

CombiMatrix Announces Strategic Alliance with Toppan
Announcements

Tech Firm Developing Micro Sub Detectors
Investments/IPO's/Splits

The Sci-Fi Future Gets Closer
Miscellaneous

May 8th, 2003

Interview with Lynn Foster, Director of Technology Consulting, Larta
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters

Nanotechnology Leaders to Gather in New York
Announcements

Spread the word about nanofluids
Discoveries

Capped on
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

NanoLEDs
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Novel carbon nanostructures bond together
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Nanofibres carry genes into cells
Nanomedicine

PSU looks to future with nanotechnology
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

Nanotech giving birth to a whole new revolution
Profiles

Nanotechnology Consortium to Host Tour of Nanofabrication Lab
Announcements

Companies bring war to nanoscale to combat unseen bio/chem enemies
Profiles

US plans huge spend on nanotechnology
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

Silicon Valley pins hopes on nanotechnology boom
Profiles

Book describes nanotech principles in plain English
Profiles

Conference focuses on technology trends
Announcements

May 7th, 2003

House Passes Nanotechnology Bill
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

HK Scientist Brought Out World Finest Nano Silicon Thread
Discoveries

China Develops Artificial Bone with Nano Technology
Products

Dying cells dragged screaming under the microscope
Nanomedicine

Korea Invests $2 Billion in Nanotechnology
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Molecular manufacturing research offers great promise
Preparing for Nano

Do We Want Science to Re-design Human Aging?
Ethics

Arryx "Tractor Beam" is World's Only 3D Holographic System
Tools

Researchers fill virus with metal
Discoveries

Small tech battle-tested in iraq in prelude to warfare's new wave
MEMS

Will nanotech control us, or can it be controlled?
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

Visions of the Nanofuture
Announcements

Nanotech funding on House fast track
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

Nanotechnology Promises Tailor-Made Medicine, Adaptive Materials
Possible Futures

Will Nanotech Save The World, Or Destroy It?
Preparing for Nano

May 6th, 2003

Scientists to explore world of the 'nano-sized'
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Proteins produce nano-magnetic computer memory
Memory Technology

Companies bet their money on nano's workhorse: the quantum dot
Profiles

Cientifica Opens New Offices, Expands Consulting Business
Announcements

Bio-Tech Israel 2003 - Conference and Exhibition
Announcements

Lab Expansion Draws Criticism From Nearby Residents
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Science of small things
Preparing for Nano

May 5th, 2003

Gillette Infringes on Northwestern Spinoff's Nanotech Patent
Patents/IP/Tech Transfer/Licensing

Nanotechnology centre to emerge finally
Investments/IPO's/Splits

U of L to break ground on $41.4 million research building
Academic/Education

A revisited concept for parallel e-beam Lithography
Chip Technology

The Call Of The Future
Miscellaneous

A 'man on the moon' challenge for nanotech
Miscellaneous

Abtech uses small tech to sense the future of medicine
Profiles

May 4th, 2003

Light Mix Makes Strong Metal
Discoveries

The Dark Side of Science
Preparing for Nano

Experts discuss nanotechnology for energy crisis
Announcements

May 2nd, 2003

Superlong nanotubes can form a grid
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Nanotechnology can boost alternative energy
Announcements

ISN expects to recruit six more private partners
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Workshop on Nanotechnology Grand Challenges in the Environment
Announcements

NASA ramps nanotech to explore space
Possible Futures

CRN Analysis Of The Precautionary Principle
Preparing for Nano

Carbon Nanowire
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Nanotechnology worries reach the palace
Ethics

Facility Expansion Brings 'NanoTech' Day
Announcements

Titanium Disulfide Nanotubes and Hydrogen Storage
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Tiny tubes may kill tough bacteria
Nanomedicine

Carbon nanotube array senses DNA
Nanomedicine

Scientist uses viruses as building blocks for new technology
Profiles

May 1st, 2003

Perry wants to make Texas a nanoscience hub
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Tingpu Science and Technology Park announces winning plans
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotech bill picks up some passengers, moves on to full house
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

House committee approves nanotechnology funding
Govt.-Legislation/Regulation/Funding/Policy

IBM's nanotubes yield smallest solid-state emitter
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Squeezing light from nanotubes
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

EC acts to raise investment in R&D
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Students glimpse the future. And it's tiny.
Miscellaneous

Innovation Magazine Covers Nanotechnology
Miscellaneous

Peptide nanotubes mould silver nanowires
Nanotubes/Buckyballs/Fullerenes/Nanorods/Nanostrings

Water-stable EviTag quantum dots now available
Announcements

Ultratech's Lithography Stepper Reliability Helps Analog Devices
Announcements

PSU physicist to testify on nanotechnology funding
Investments/IPO's/Splits

Nanotechnology: the Wave of the Present and Future
Academic/Education

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