Nanotube-based/ Nonvolatile RAM (NRAM) by Nantero is bringing the idea of " universal memory " , which experts estimate could make it possible within 20 years to fit the content of all the...
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Chances are, if you have mutual funds, you have money invested in nanotechnology. Big firms like general motors, Hewlett-Packard and IBM all have significant investments in nanotech R&D. But...
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Easychairs overstuffed with plush foam cushioning may not be as harmful as they' re made out to be in Monty Python' s " Spanish Inquisition " skits, but their foam rubber stuffing is...
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Filed in archive Biotech
by george elvin on December 28, 2005
Now that celebrated cloning pioneer Hwang Suk Woo has stepped down as leader of South Korea' s Stem Cell Hub after allegedly faking the results of his stem cell research, will there be fallout for...
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With the new possibilities that nanotechnology brings come new challenges like regulation and oversight. Currently, no single agency is responsible for regulating nanotech development or approving...
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Filed in archive Business
by george elvin on December 23, 2005
The British nanotech firm, Oxonica, announced this week it is buying Mountain View, California-based Nanoplex. The cost of the deal is estimated at between $18 million and $21 million, depending on...
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Ray Kurzweil will be interviewed live on NPR's Science Friday on Friday, December 23rd, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm Eastern time. Kurzweil is a leading proponent of what may be called the transhumanist...
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Filed in archive Products
by george elvin on December 22, 2005
The introduction of nanoproducts with remarkable attributes into your local department store is becoming almost commonplace these days. Consider the latest case, ToastyFeet, the superinsulating...
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Filed in archive Medical
by george elvin on December 21, 2005
Growing concern over avian flu has helped send sales of Emergency Filtration Products Inc.' s NanoMasks and filters soaring. Over the next two years, the company expects to ship over one half...
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by george elvin on December 19, 2005
Two conferences were announced today, to be held during International Nanotechnology Week in September 2006. The Multifunctional Nanocomposites 2006 Conference is intended to provide a platform for...
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The debate over safety in nanotechnology is heating up with increasing calls for more spending on studies of environmental, health and safety (EHS) impacts. Several recent studies have also suggested...
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Filed in archive Medical
by george elvin on December 17, 2005
Nanosphere Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a patent for its biobarcode technology. Biobarcode is a protein detection technology that is both more sensitive and less expensive than the...
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Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. You' ll...
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by george elvin on December 15, 2005
Sometimes a new technology breeds a new way of working. That' s what seems to be happening at the University of Tokyo and Sharp Corporation as they join forces for nanotech research and...
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Caught up in the scramble to discover what' s new in nanotechnology, it' s easy to lose sight of why it matters. Perhaps we don' t often enough take a step back and recall what it' s...
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A team at the University of Liverpool has devised a new manufacturing process for fabricating metals by weaving them into ultra-fine lattice structures weighing just half as much as conventional steel...
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A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology recently sent a message unlike any other in history. The sender and receiver were single atoms, and the " message " was a single...
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A photographic film made up of living bacteria has been created by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco. The researchers created the 100 megapixel resolution print at left by...
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Nanotechnology is a flashpoint in the debate about our use of technology. It' s a technology that, according to M.C. Roco, chair of the National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee...
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Filed in archive Medical
by george elvin on December 10, 2005
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 substances. And while these hybrid...
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Filed in archive Business
by george elvin on December 09, 2005
Getting nanotech breakthroughs out of the university labs and into the marketplace has often been a stumbling block in the development of new nanomaterials. But now at least one nanobiz has made it...
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Everybody talks about the need to increase public input on nanotechnology. Well here's your Opportunity to tell the Environmental Protection Agency what issues you think they should address to...
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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 israel's Bar-Ilan...
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