Global News: Finland boosts nanotechnology research links with China Nano Cluster Devices to exhibit in Japan UK and India team up on nanotechnology China rapidly gaining in nanotechnology competition UK nanotechnology team makes motor-mechanism for nanomachines Nanotechnology Key to China's Future Economic Success New UN report demands tighter controls on nanotechnology UNEP report on nano and the environment US Statewide News: Taking The NanoPulse -- Uncle Sam Wants Nano Nanotechnology Regulation: Where is Congress Headed? EU and US agree to cooperate on environmental research of ... Appointment of LITMUS Defense CEO to Nanotechnology Board Nano a major focus of NIST's 2008 budget NIST physicists make first two-dimensional pictures of a frequency ... Nanotechnology, Climate Research Get Boost in Bush Budget Plan National Science Foundation's 2008 budget to include $390 million ... Journal and Book: Drexler's controversial nanotechnology text as free e-book Nanotechnology classic Engines of Creation new edition Nano-Products: Residual moisture or nano coating - Infrared heaters dry faster Consumer Confidence a 'Paramount Concern' in Growth of Nanotechnology How revolutionary nanotechnology will affect commerce Super Nano Batteries Go Green Research News: The Nano Secret To Concrete Bayer Technology Services to Show Off Latest Nanotechnology ... Sinking gold atoms filmed with real time nano-imaging USA : Anti-Odor nanotechnology perfect for high-performance fabrics Nanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove NIST physicists make first two-dimensional pictures of a frequency ... Hydrogen Production Using Environmentally Friendly Nanotechnology ... It's About Seeking Light: MIT Scientists Nano Cure for Global Warming Volcanoes And Nanotechnology: Direct Synthesis Of Carbon Nanotubes ... Cleaner fuel through nanotechnology An introductory paper on thermal combinatorial analysis of nano ... Using Nano-magnets To Enhance Medical Imaging Scientists create 1867 Maxwell's demon device Business: Car companies like Ford increasingly getting on the nanotechnology ... Ford uses new lab tool in nanotechnology research Nanotechnology: Just-in-time nanomanufacturing at home How revolutionary nanotechnology will affect commerce Intel's breakthrough 'nano' chip technology Two of the Top Ten Patents in Nanotechnology at Nano-Risks: Risk research is part of the US government's 2008 nanotechnology ... More research needed to identify hazards of nanotechnologies Awards: Professor Receives Award For Work With Nanotechnology Jobs: [beasiswa] [INFO]PhD Nanotechnology and Nanomanipulation: Freiburg Master and PhD Scholarships South Dakota State University Conference: Education & Outreach: From: http://nanotechweb.org NewsAlert Week 6 2007 SELECTED HEADLINES 1) * Nanotechnology news in brief * See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/10?alert=1 2) * Nano-snow clusters improve coupling efficiency * Nano-sized snow crystals could be an interesting candidate for boosting the coupling efficiency of high intensity laser energy into matter, say researchers in Israel. The team from the Racah Institute of Physics (RIOP) and the Soreq Research Center has discovered that sapphire targets coated with snow absorb more than 95% of the incident light compared with a figure of around 50% for the bare substrate. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/9?alert=1 3) * Thermal tweezers make their debut * Random Brownian forces could be used to trap and manipulate nanoparticles on surfaces in the presence of laser radiation, according to calculations by optical physicists in Australia. This is a surprising result since Brownian forces are usually detrimental for optically trapping particles smaller than 100 nm. The "thermal tweezers" could be used in nanofabrication techniques with nanoscale resolution, as well as in imaging and rewritable surface memory elements. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/8?alert=1 4) * Nanocapsules target tumours * Researchers in Korea have devised a simple way to make polymer nanocapsules that could be used for drug delivery and other applications. The breakthrough method overcomes some of the problems with existing techniques that are time-consuming and require pre-organized templates to make hollow nanospheres. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/7?alert=1 5) * Mount Etna produces catalyst for nanocarbons * Researchers in Germany have shown that volcanic lava can be used as an efficient catalyst in the first step for producing carbon nanotubes and nanofibres. The result is not as surprising as it might seem: volcano lava rock is extremely porous and naturally contains large quantities of iron oxide particles – just what is needed to synthesize carbon nanomaterials. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/6?alert=1 6) * Quantum dot nanowire emits light * Researchers in the Netherlands have made the first single quantum dot nanowire light emitting diode. The result, which comes from a team at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience in Delft and Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven, opens the way for fabricating optoelectronic nanodevices based on single nanowires. Here, single electron transport could be combined with single photon optics – a long sought-after goal in optoelectronics. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/5?alert=1 7) * "Tighter controls" for nanotechnology * A report from the United Nations (UN) has called for tighter regulation on nanotechnology, which is already being used to develop drugs, cosmetics and other commercial products. In its annual report of the global environment, the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP) said that "swift action" was needed by policy makers to properly evaluate nanotechnology. See http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/6/2/4?alert=1 --------------------------------------------------------- Foresight Nanotech Weekly News Digest: February 8, 2007 In this issue: Health: Toward growing new bones with nanotechnology Health: Battling cancer with nanoparticles that mimic platelets Health: Bright nanoparticles aid basic cancer biology studies Information technology: Silicon nanowires go spintronic Advancing Beneficial Nanotechnology - Join Foresight Research: Microprinting technique for patterning single molecules Research: Nanodots for functional protein arrays News: Study points way to communicating nanotech Events - NSTI Nanotech Conference and Trade Show Toward Productive Nanosystems: Novel protein-like molecules Editor's Pick - Breakthrough in nanodevice integration Nanodot - Citizen panel: Nanotechnology is too technical Contact Foresight