In a development that could have repercussions for nanotech development, a new study shows that the benefits of growing genetically modified crops are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to...
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by george elvin on July 29, 2006
Both nanotechnology and biotechnology are growth industries with vast potential to improve the human living condition. The lines between the two technologies are blurring, yet society is reluctant to...
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By combining the properties of inorganic and organic molecules in one material, researchers at the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have developed a new class of nanomaterials that...
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by george elvin on July 27, 2006
Poor communities must be involved in debates about whether nanotechnologies can contribute to social and economic development, said delegates at a series of meetings in Zimbabwe this month, says a...
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Nanotech companies appear to be dropping the "nano" from their names as quickly as they can. In just the last week, Nanotechnologies, Inc. has changed its name to NovaCentrix, Applied...
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California, Texas and Massachusetts (spelled M-I-T) may have the highest total venture capital spending on nanotech, but on a per capita basis, tiny Rhode Island spends the most. And isn't that...
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GMO has became a dirty word, and if the nanotech industry isn't careful its products could suffer the same fate, says a story at wired.com: "The scary part of it is that if we were to demand...
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by george elvin on July 23, 2006
David Carroll, director of the Center for Nanotechnology at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, talks to Earth & Sky about living off the grid with flexible solar cells. "You can go to...
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by george elvin on July 21, 2006
Lockheed Martin, US, has won a $1.7 m contract from US defense research agency DARPA to develop a nano air vehicle, according to a story at nanotechweb. The remote-controlled device will be "the...
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Insert Therapeutics has treated its first patient in a Phase I study of IT-101, its lead anti-cancer compound, says a company press release: The study involves patients with inoperable or metastatic...
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Authentix Inc. has been awarded a Nano 50 award for their process utilizing nanoscale engineering to fight counterfeiting and diversion in the pharmaceutical, oil and gas, consumer, and agrochemical...
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The US House of Representatives has approved full funding of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) as part of the FY 2007 budget. "NSF has been the lead agency for the National...
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In another reminder that nanotechnology is all around us, Samsung has begun mass producing an 8-Gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory device, providing a much larger and more affordable storage density for...
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In a sneak peek of what could be fashion's future, leggy models draped in dresses by designers like Oscar de la Renta and Versace strut their stuff on the runway. But this is no Paris or New York...
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Reactive Nanotechnologies is developing a "nanofoil" of silicon carbide and titanium to improve armor on vehicles that have been a prime target for improvised explosives and roadside bombs...
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today's conventional chips -- and they made it simply by painting a liquid onto a piece of glass. The...
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Nanotechbuzz got the scoop on the soon-to-be released report from Business Communications Company, Inc., "RGB-290 Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Evaluation." Highlights: The total...
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That staple of science-fiction, the biological barcode labeling every person, plant and animal, may be one step closer thanks to a new optical tagging technique developed at Southampton University in...
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The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have released a final report titled "2005 NCMS Survey of Nanotechnology in the U.S. Manufacturing...
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by george elvin on July 12, 2006
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created small bacteria-powered batteries by causing tiny microbes to sprout electrically conductive nanowires...
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Food processor Blue Pacific is out to create the "next generation of food solutions" through nanotechnology. Their new Taste Nanology process allows food and beverage manufacturers to...
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