http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/nanotechnology Nanotechnology - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1383013?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 gadgetdudeCanada's Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has announced the launch of a new diploma program in nanotechnology systems. At the nanometer scale, all sorts of novel and useful characteristics emerge that have enormous potenti... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:37:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1383013?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1383014?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 jimg944A new report from industry research firm RNCOS, entitled Nanotechnology Market Forecast to 2013, anticipates that the market for nanotechnology incorporated into manufactured goods will reach $1.6 trillion by 2013, representing a compound a... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:16:13 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1383014?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1381017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Why does it matter whether atoms are moved by quantum effects?A few days ago, I received an email from a student who was interested in molecular manufacturing. He had asked a chemistry professor whether molecular manufacturing could work. The profess... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:50 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1381017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1377853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Hybrid DNA nanotubes fight cancer Nanotechbuzz At the nanoscale, the boundary between the natural and artificial often blurs, leading to hybrid materials that cross the border between living and non-living subst... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:20:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1377853?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1376809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 An electron microscope company, Aspex, is advertising that they'll scan a sample you send in, for free, and post the image on their website for you.Here's the page with the signup form: Send Us Your Sample. While browsing their site, I notice that... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:23:27 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1376809?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1372908?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Time-keeping with quantum mechanics caught The Alchemist s eye this week with a truly long-term view while secret writing that uses a mix of sunscreen and boron could lead to new scratch and read products.Ionic liquids hold much promise in gas chro... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:12:40 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1372908?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1371301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Students often ask me, I want to study nanotechnology. What should I study? And where? Eric Drexler has written an excellent answer to this question. A partial summary of his several pages of good advice:Start with the fundamentals.Remember that sci... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:50:48 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1371301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1370852?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Desmond KavanaghAccording to a report at redOrbit, TWAS executive director Mohamed H.A. Hassan has stated that nanotechnology could be a key driver for development in the Arab region. Hassan made his remarks at a panel session, 'Re-emergence of Sc... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:42:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1370852?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/1369697?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 I've been blogging for over six years. (Yes, blogging about blogging is a sin; I am aware of all Internet traditions.)My first post, at WorldChanging, was on October 2, 2003, linking to a BBC story about an Earth Simulator computer system in Japan.... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:45:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/open-the-future/1369697?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1366504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 February 20. Nanotechnology could aid the future of development of the Arab region, says Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, and... ... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:20:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1366504?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1366462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 By dipping ordinary paper or fabric in a special ink infused with nanoparticles, Stanford engineer Yi Cui has found a way to cheaply and efficiently manufacture lightweight paper batteries and... ... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:06:16 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1366462?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1363410?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 British nanotechnology company Peratech has received 1.1 million in funding from YFM Group. The funds... will be invested into ultra thin, quantum effect touch sensors, designed to replace traditional switched in mobile phones, robotics and a range... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:08:08 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1363410?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1363409?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Imagine a world where sunlight can be captured to produce electricity anywhere, on any surface. The makers of thin-film flexible solar cells imagine that world too. But a big problem has been the amount of silicon needed to harvest a little sunshine.... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:12:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1363409?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1363453?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=23050 Pinpointing prostate problems The chemical cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MR spectroscopy, could be used to pinpoint the exact location of prostate cancers and to determine the ag... 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Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:01:23 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1362236?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1362033?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 PHILADELPHIA ?- Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular... ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:35:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1362033?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1362034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2010 -- By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos... ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:50:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1362034?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1361266?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Lab creates flexible solar cells Nanotechbuzz Researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials are working to create flexible, or conformal, organic solar cells that ... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:18:58 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1361266?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1355148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 My SpectroscopyNOW column is now live. This week self-perception, trapping and using carbon dioxide, cosmic coronene, mopping up radioactive caesium, photosynthesis and magic spectral lines:Red lenses US scientists have used MRI to show that appa... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:24 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1355148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1353978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Ask people why the enter the lottery and they will usually tell you that you ve got to be in it to win it . As far as it goes that s true, but it still doesn t get around the odds of you picking the right numbers being vanishingly (althoug... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1353978?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1348395?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Why was I so excited about the FNANO10 conference on self-assembly, given that self-assembly is not molecular manufacturing?Self-assembly is a way of making large structures out of small pieces, by designing the pieces so that random ( Brownian ) mot... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:47:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1348395?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1347178?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 A few days ago, Tom Craver asked what, other than food, would I put on a list of basic life needs.Here's my initial list of manufactured things I'd like to see everyone on earth have access to:Clean waterWeatherproof and burglar-resistant housingLigh... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1347178?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1346120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 As molecular manufacturing advances, it's conferences like this that pull it all together:Foundations of Nanoscience FNANO10: Self-Assembled Architectures and DevicesTopics that were theoretical or even science fiction a decade ago are now conference... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:47:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1346120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1344866?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Nanosys has announced an agreement with LG Innotek (LGIT) to use Nanosys' quantum dot phosphors in displays. Nanosys' Quantum Rail technology is a solution ready for integration into backlight sub-assemblies without major tooling changes, making it o... Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:44:56 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1344866?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-advisors/1343256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 During the California gold rush, miners weren t the only ones to strike it rich so did purveyors of essential equipment like axes and shovels, notes Stephen Leeb. In The Complete Investor, he says, Today a gold rush of sorts is on to develop ... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/stock-advisors/1343256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1340132?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Nanosys has developed a way to make LED lighting look better by adding nanomaterials to blue LEDs. Their efforts have created an LED light that combines the energy efficiency of a blue LED with a nanotechnology layer that alters its blue appearance i... Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:12:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1340132?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1339133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 The Wall Street Journal is talking about molecular manufacturing. Adam Keiper, who's written on nanotech several times over the years, writes about the lack of attention from the National Nanotechnology Initiative for Drexler's and Feynman's ideas.Th... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:27:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1339133?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1336316?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 A report in the journal IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology shows that maple trees generate a small, but measurable amount of electricity, which can power tiny devices. Karen Hopkin reportsIf scientists have their way, we may someday be tapping maple... 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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:38:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1333531?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1333056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Nanoscience has the potential to play an enormous role in enhancing a range of products, including sensors, photovoltaics and consumer electronics. Scientists in this field have created a multitude... ... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:00:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1333056?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1332450?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 A team of British researchers are set to begin a trial program by planting nanotechnology-based artificial arteries into humans.Scientists at London's Royal Free Hospital received a grant of more than $800,000 to move the artificial artery project fr... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:07:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1332450?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1331021?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Don t count Songbird out yet. The open source media player that s increasingly positioning itself as an alternative to Apple s iTunes has forged a deal with global electronics maker Philips. Under the agreement, which will be announced later ... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:38:09 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1331021?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1329563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Patrick J. LynchProfessor Alexander Seifalian of University College London has developed an articial artery using nanotechnology. [The] new device is made from a polymer flexible enough to pulse like a normal blood vessel, according to ZeeNews. ... Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:40:16 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1329563?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1329432?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 World's hardest material created in nanolab at Nanotechbuzz It seems that every month there's a new world's hardest material coming out the nanotech labs. Now the record has been broken again by researchers at i... Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:20:42 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nanotech-buzz/1329432?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1326261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 A recent article in Technology Review describes a way to make multi-layer carbon nanotube circuits. Nanotubes are better than silicon transistors, but are hard to use. This approach includes several techniques:1) Grow the nanotubes on a separate subs... Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:47:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1326261?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1325415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Over on the Intute site in the physical sciences section you will find the December science news round up from yours truly:What s the buzz at the LHC? After a frustrating false start, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) finally got it up and runnin... Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:00:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-base/1325415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1324257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 December 22, 2009 -- (BRONX, NY) -- Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study app... Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:20 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1324257?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1323334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 It's a battery made out of coated paper.An article over on Standford University's website claims that its post doctoral students, in the lab of Professor Yi Cui, Materials Science and Engineering, have created a battery using paper. They simply dippe... Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nano-tech-stocks/1323334?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1322770?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Over on Metamodern, there's a discussion of whether advanced molecular manufacturing systems could be developed by a small private effort.Drexler thinks it's not possible today, and I agree with him that it doesn't look very likely; enabling technolo... 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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:44:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1321864?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1321420?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Nanotechnology has already made it to the shelves of your local pharmacy and grocery: nanoparticles are found in anti-odor socks, makeup, makeup remover, sunscreen, anti-graffiti paint, home pregnancy tests, plastic beer bottles, anti-bacterial doork... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:20:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1321420?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1320362?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Graphene -- A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes. Chemists at the University of Illinoi... Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:20:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1320362?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1319471?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Give the world safe drinking water, using nanotechnology!A water treatment system that can provide thousands of gallons of sterile water from even the most diseased source... it's portable, suitable for home use, doubles as a 5-gallon jerry can... it... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:52 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1319471?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1319497?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 As Foursquare has shown so far, gaming elements are an intriguing part of location-based services. And more recently, Gowalla has started moving more towards that space as well. And just in time for the holidays, they have a new game that can earn us... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:29:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1319497?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1319472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 I just received an unsolicited email advertising the first nanotechnology rap music artist / album. Since it was spam, I won't help them out by posting their name or URL, but I thought it was worth mentioning that nanotech has now entered rap music. ... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:41:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/responsible-nanotechnology/1319472?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1317763?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 New Haven, Conn. -- A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication of Nature Nanotechnology, c... 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