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.

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."
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."
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.
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."
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."

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DNA motor navigates network of DNA tracks
Scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford have combined DNA origami and DNA motors to take another step toward programmed artificial molecular assembly lines.
Will 3D printers lead toward nanofactories?
Two competing companies have introduced 3D printers for the personal manufacture of complex digitally-designed plastic consumer items. Will this start a trend toward personal digital manufacture of increasingly complex items?
Panel recommends research to manage health and environmental risks of nanomat...
A National Academy of Sciences panel has recommended a four-part research effort focused on preventing and managing any potential health and environmental risks of nanomaterials.
Crowd-sourced protein design a promising path to advanced nanotechnology
Foldit game players have again out-performed scientists in protein design, this time improving the design of a protein designed from scratch to catalyze Diels-Alder cycloadditions.
Foresight co-founder among panelists discussing role of technology in human e...
Human life after advanced nanotechnology has been developed will be fundamentally different from life up until that point.
Magnetic storage systems shrink from a million atoms per bit to twelve
An array of 96 iron atoms on a copper nitride surface, assembled using an STM and used to write a byte, demonstrates how small magnetic storage could shrink and may lead to novel nanomaterials for quantum computers.
Advanced nanofactories in twenty years?
An article in The Guardian quotes Christine Peterson and Robert Freitas on the vision of molecular manufacturing. Freitas is quoted as expecting that the development of nanofactories could be done in 20 years for "on the order of" one billion dollars.
First Master's of Science in Nanomedicine degree program in US announced
The first Master's of Science in Nanomedicine degree program in US is announced. As an example of the rapidly developing potential of nanomedicine, a novel type of nanoparticle succeeded in two different mouse models in destroying a type of brain cancer that had previously been completely resistant to all treatment attempts.
Artificial molecular motor controls molecular transformation
A four-step unidirectional molecular motor driven by light and temperature changes catalyzes different chemical reactions at different steps of its rotary cycle.
Arrays of artificial molecular machines could lead to atomically precise nano...
A tutorial review available after free registration presents a theory-based exploration of the difficulty in moving from simple molecular switches to arrays of artificial molecular machines capable to doing substantial, useful external work.

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