Latest Nanotechnology Research News and Analysis by Nanotechnologists featuring Nano Jobs, Nano Products and Nano Directory http://www.nanodaddy.com Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:21:14 -0500 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:57:29 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com In a recent article published in the Journal of American Chemical Society, researchers led by Prof. Chang Liu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report a methodology to detect multiplexed DNA. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=722 3FC2A42C-8D77-4B97-8856-7EED42C9C3EE Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:12:32 -0500 Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=721 160236C8-55DD-478E-86FF-7347C2C2A7FB Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:13 -0500 Luna Innovations Incorporated has been awarded a $3.9 million subcontract, from General Dynamics Information Technology in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue work improving nanomaterials performance for military applications. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=718 20FE74C7-58A5-41C4-8DF8-78E3C0B1548B Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:54:55 -0500 Higher Education Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari yesterday commended Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s moral and material support to research centers on nanotechnology and its applications in the Kingdom. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=719 478B83B2-4777-4FF6-B7AC-0AF68FE0AEAE Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:54:39 -0500 In an exclusive article published in the journal Chemical Reviews, Prof. Royce Murray reviews the recent developments in the field of nanoelectrochemistry. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=717 14A321EF-DA4D-4090-B634-066EB87C1296 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:53:41 -0500 Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=720 02A5E4A6-BF07-4024-86DB-0DCBE104C964 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:53:28 -0500 A multifunctional drug delivery system consisting of a lipid-based nanoparticle, a standard anticancer drug, and a short nucleic acid designed to augment the activity of that drug has demonstrated the ability to treat drug-resistant tumor cells. This work, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, suggests a novel approach to treating drug-resistant tumors, the leading cause of cancer deaths. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=716 A08764F4-0CD9-4755-90AE-ED5008DEF46D Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:00:48 -0500 In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throughout the porous material used to pattern the bone. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=715 CAF53E84-1A57-42EA-8D0C-C833B1896AAF Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:00:22 -0500 Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, has announced collaboration with SVTC Technologies to accelerate the commercialization of nanotube-based electronics products. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=713 3193B66E-30F5-44BD-B03E-661C5E860270 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:17:04 -0500 In the fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are constantly on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=712 A33406A5-6009-4B70-A99A-41BE1BDF776A Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:12:41 -0500 A fund designed to tap into the potential for development of molecular and atomic-sized particle technology was launched at the 4th Annual World Islamic Funds and Capital Markets Conference yesterday. Arbah Global, a Bahrain-based investment arm of Arbah Capital, announced the launch of the Arbah Nanotechnology Fund, which aims to raise around $100 million and run for five years. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=564 EE39C754-AD53-4974-8D62-0494655FFFFA Thu, 29 May 2008 19:15:41 -0500 In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets in water by spontaneously assembling into bag-like sacs. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=563 4E7EB58D-45E1-4FB4-B74B-75EB69B49F7B Thu, 29 May 2008 19:09:53 -0500 The scientific team at NanoDaddy.com hand picks new technologies that have the potential to address some of the key questions in biology. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=290 A3045A07-8CB1-4637-9562-3BCDF36EA128 Wed, 7 May 2008 20:59:45 -0500 Particulate systems are well known to be able to deliver drugs with high efficiency and fewer adverse side effects, possibly by endocytosis of the drug carriers. On the other hand, cationic compounds and assemblies exhibit a general antimicrobial action. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=289 F9BFBE5B-B408-4262-92EB-B5D8DD87E93E Wed, 7 May 2008 21:00:45 -0500 The Nanotechnology Institute, or NTI, a consortium of Philadelphia-area research and technology organizations that includes the University of Pennsylvania, has received $3.5 million in funding from the Commonwealth’s Pennsylvania Initiative for Nanotechnology. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=288 3957A5E8-3C0B-4D37-ABD1-4AD293D97CD1 Wed, 7 May 2008 21:00:47 -0500 Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles developed a novel class of inorganic nanoparticles for imaging, targeting, and drug delivery. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=283 78334E13-73E9-45A8-B48E-5A71A6DFD264 Thu, 1 May 2008 23:15:03 -0500 In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit manufacturing technology called nanoimprint lithography—yes, it can accurately stamp delicate insulating structures on advanced microchips, and, no, it doesn’t damage them, in fact it makes them better. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=281 2DD3A5BA-DCC1-44E5-A178-F879BFC0BCE1 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:01:28 -0500 In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=279 5F6C7DD5-ED00-4F2D-BE91-98F571EA0573 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:17:49 -0500 A breakthrough barrier technology from Singapore A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) protects sensitive devices like organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells from moisture 1000 times more effectively than any other technology available in the market, opening up new opportunities for the up-and-coming plastic electronics sector. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=280 4EB17FCC-8884-4C72-88BA-652CCCCC13CD Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:58:06 -0500 Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and University of Bayreuth, Germany demonstrate a method to controll interparticle spacing for surface-modified gold nanoparticle aggregates. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=278 3BCA2388-E17E-4A20-8F01-D11AA670A73A Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:07:03 -0500 MONASH University has signed an agreement with the Australian National Fabrication Facility to develop a $45 million purpose-built nanotech operation by late 2009. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=269 9153A69C-7D85-4F31-B75E-ABDFDFB56AA2 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:21:51 -0500 Defense giant Lockheed Martin and Rice University have formed a nanotechnology research center to develop defense and aerospace applications for carbon nanotubes, the company and the university announced April 21. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=268 2E8FBA91-71A8-4533-A630-AE2EB480C84B Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:21:49 -0500 Nanophase Technologies , a technology leader in nanomaterials and advanced nanoengineered products, announced that the Company plans to release earnings for the first quarter of 2008 on April 24 at approximately 3:00 PM CDT, 4:00 PM EDT. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=259 B6CCD50D-AA37-40BC-921D-FAF7F2718FD5 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:36:48 -0500 The 1Q08 rebalancing of the Global Crown Capital Nanotechnology Index added five new stocks while removing four, increasing the total number of components in the index to 29. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=258 AC66919F-A3BD-4661-9099-04D2E78FCFB0 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:51:06 -0500 Two Dartmouth researchers have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=257 6F886628-02EA-4F3B-92E0-3CF9F9EDA6F5 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:51:09 -0500 Researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel prepared a unique DNA scaffold for the one-step self-assembly of hierarchical nanostructures onto which multiple proteins or nanoparticles are positioned on a single template with precise relative spatial orientation. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=234 513A6A44-18D3-4F4E-9402-CF111AD8B936 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:06:24 -0500 In an interesting work, researchers from Clemson University describe a new route for producing bulk materials from extremely high loading levels of inorganic nanoparticles, approaching 80%, while maintaining optical transparency. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=232 E14521C7-B033-41F2-9033-99E3ED1109CA Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:02:05 -0500 Researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Israel report an innovative approach they developed to electrospin Au polymer wires, dissolving HAuCl4 salt in ethanol followed by addition of poly(acrylic acid) with several modifications in the conventional electrospinning system. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=233 E2360BA5-4AE4-41EB-9B97-C5859AE9755B Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:02:07 -0500 The state is channeling nearly $50 million to projects at SUNYIT, local officials announced Thursday. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=243 271273C9-F88B-4266-8667-3A6AB00BC8A4 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:02:11 -0500 Researchers from RMIT University Australia report the electrowetting properties of ZnO nanorods. These nanorods were grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates using different liquid-phase deposition techniques and hydrophobized with sputtered Teflon. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=224 2F4A3708-165F-4123-9ACE-537EFE6F7BC1 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:02:13 -0500 Silver nanoparticles could improve the safety of the world's food supply, according to a research project at Iowa State University. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=242 4B5E3856-FEC7-4419-A713-804F46F7E523 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:26 -0500 ManTech SRS Technologies has developed Corin XLS Polyimide using Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS) nanotechnology made by Hybrid Plastics. http://nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=241 E0E36463-B1BA-4586-B6D3-76CBA1C3A3F1 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:24 -0500 Two N.C. universities and a community college are teaming up in hopes of making the state a leader in medical applications for nanotechnology. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=237 2FD603F6-C179-4435-927D-AEEDB8D76B00 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:22 -0500 In 2007, more then $60 billion in products incorporating nanotechnology - devices of microscopic size - were sold. According to estimates, the amount may grow to $2.6 trillion by 2014. The rapid growth of nanotechnology underscores important ethical and safety concerns associated with the new industry. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=236 C4DB7BEC-2CAA-4B53-9F8B-AD7A4EE4921F Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:18 -0500 Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=235 51B54D46-A267-4752-811C-F1AD739FDFD5 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:14 -0500 The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world’s leading nanotechnology trade association, today announced the keynote schedule for its NanoBusiness 2008 conference and exhibition, to be held May 4-6 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=231 DF850676-612B-4238-B65F-1D4C48076530 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:07:58 -0500 Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA) announces the National Cancer Institute has selected Luna’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent candidate for preclinical characterization by the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL), a national resource and knowledge base for cancer researchers. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=230 38CD83F7-A571-4402-8288-01A50EC79073 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:06:48 -0500 All facets of research relating to the emerging discipline of nanobiotechnology — a science that operates at the scale of one-billionth of a meter — will be explored at the second annual Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium. This year's event will be held May 1 and 2 at the School of Medicine and is hosted by the Institute for NanoBioTechnology. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=229 5B6DC2DE-23E5-421B-A878-D4B7C2534E11 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:38:06 -0500 The University of California, Davis is hoping to start a research institute to study the unintended environmental consequences of nanotechnology. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=228 46E89142-5C25-4BD5-963B-F66215F04398 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:38:09 -0500 Oil and gas exploration is increasingly fruitless: Since 1999, the world's five largest international oil companies have replaced only 82% of the reserves that they've consumed, and even Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer has said that "easily accessible supplies of oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand." Nanotechnology can help the oil and gas http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=227 D651ADCB-F4C0-46E7-86D8-1C4A43F09131 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:38:12 -0500 The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) released a 30-page report today that addresses the potential dangers of the rapidly expanding nanotechnology industry. http://www.nanodaddy.com/news-description.php?news_id=226 0236D885-2C6D-4C4C-9CD7-71A3DD0F1182 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:01:54 -0500