Nanotechnology

"Nanotechnology comprises technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. (One nanometer equals one thousandth of a micrometre or one millionth of a millimeter.)" (Source: Wikipedia)

Visit the links below for some exciting developments in the field of Nanotechnology.

1. The Foresight Institute :: "Foresight is the leading think tank and public interest institute on nanotechnology. Founded in 1986, Foresight was the first organization to educate society about the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. At that time, nanotechnology was a little-known concept."
2. Nanotechnology Now :: "NN was created to serve the information needs of business, government, academic, and public communities. And with the intention of becoming the most informative and current free collection of "nano" reference material. We will cover: related future sciences, issues, news, events, and general information, and make this a place to come for information, stimulating debate, and research info."
3. Nano Science & Technology Institute :: The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) was created in 1997 and chartered with the promotion and integration of small technologies through education, technology and business development.
4. Nanoforum :: The European Nanotechnology Gateway. "Nanoforum is a pan-European nanotechnology network funded by the European Union under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) to provide information on European nanotechnology efforts and support to the European nanotechnology community."
5. Yahoo Groups Nanotechnology :: "This mailing list revolves around the emerging science of nanotechnology. Discussions include application, futurism, idea exchange, design, social implications, economic issues, policy and legislation and other relevent group sub-topics. Questions of impact and strategic implications are encouraged as well as exchanges of information."

Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion
the original nanotechnology blog

Sorting electron spins by nanotechnology
A discovery of unexpected properties of an insulating layer only a few atoms thick may lead to a new nanotech approach to faster computers.
Formulating an anticancer drug using nanotechnology eliminates toxic neurolog...
A nanotech formulation may have saved one of the most promising broad-spectrum antiangiogenesis cancer therapies from being side-tracked due to neurotoxic side effects.
Bottom-up nanotechnology with metals and polymers
A novel nanotech procedure produces metal nanostructures containing uniform hexagonal pores about 10 nm across that could supply new catalysts, faster metal wires for microchips, and better optical materials.
?Cooking? cancer cells with nanotechnology
Antibody-coated carbon nanotubes only bind to cancer cells targeted by the antibody, and irradiation with near-infrared light causes the bound carbon nanotubes to heat up and kill the cancer cells.
Nanotechnology approach to drug delivery uses multifunctional nanoparticles t...
A major nanotech advance in engineering multifunctional nanoparticles for imaging and therapeutic applications combines a short RNA (siRNA) to "silence" a specific gene with quantum dots and a "proton sponge" polymer coating to get the siRNA into the cell and released into the right compartment of the cell.
Hybrid nanowires show promise as nanotechnology building blocks
Millimeter-scale nanotech structures self-assembled from hybrid nanowires can sense and respond to external stimuli.
Must-see anti-aging event in LA this Friday
To live long enough to experience some of the more dramatic applications of nanotechnology, you may need anti-aging treatments. For all of us with an interest in longevity, the place to be starting at 4 PM this Friday, June 27, is UCLA for Aging 2008: At Aging 2008 you will engage with top scientists and [...]
Tethered molecular switches as step toward actuators for nanotechnology
Exposure to two different wavelengths of light can cause the azobenzene molecule to switch back and forth between two different shapes. This molecular shape-changing works well in solution but until now has not worked with molecules attached to surfaces. Now scientists from Penn State University and Rice University have found a way to make the [...]
Optical tweezers for nanotechnology
A nanotech version of the optical tweezers traditionally used to manipulate micrometer-scale objects manipulates objects at the 200-nm scale.
Nanotechnology for inexpensive plastic memory
A new concept for a very cheap plastic nanotech memory has been developed by combining the favorable properties of ferroelectrics and semiconductors.

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