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
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Foresight Nanotech Weekly News Digest: February 8, 2007
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