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Month: September 2005

$42 million for active nanostructures and nanosystems

Foresight Participating Member Mark Sims of Nanorex brings our attention to this NSF solicitation on Active Nanostuctures and Nanosystems, with proposals due November 29, so get going on this now (emphasis added): “Examples of active nanostructures are nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), nanomachines, self-healing materials, nanobiodevices, transistors, amplifiers, targeted drugs and chemicals, actuators, molecular machines, light-driven molecular… Continue reading $42 million for active nanostructures and nanosystems

Early signs of cancer found by nanowires

From Medical News Today, a report on work by Foresight Feynman Prize winner Charles Lieber of Harvard: “Harvard University researchers have found that molecular markers indicating the presence of cancer in the body are readily detected in blood scanned by special arrays of silicon nanowires — even when these cancer markers constitute only one hundred-billionth… Continue reading Early signs of cancer found by nanowires

Smalltimes interview on new Foresight initiatives

The leading small tech industry publication Smalltimes interviews Foresight president Scott Mize on new directions at our organization. An excerpt: “The other thing that I think is a significant cornerstone of our new direction is the Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems. This is our effort to connect the dots between the near term and longer… Continue reading Smalltimes interview on new Foresight initiatives

Must-see gallery of nanomachine simulations

[Welcome Instapundit readers — subscribe at “Free Registration” in the right-hand column to get nanotech email news deliveries. –CP] From Mark Sims of Nanorex we heard about these seven nanomachine simulations, all on one web page and operating successfully despite the jiggling of thermal noise. The eighth graphic is a cutaway showing the internals of… Continue reading Must-see gallery of nanomachine simulations

Innovest launches index to track responsible nanotech companies

As reported on the Investment & Pensions Europe website, Innovest has launched a new Nanotechnology Index that addresses risk and risk perception: “The index is designed to identify companies that are contributing to a better understanding of the risks, but committed to delivering benefits from nanotechnology in medicine, clean water and energy, says Innovest… “Innovest… Continue reading Innovest launches index to track responsible nanotech companies

Enjoy nanotech research lectures from comfort of home

Thanks to the Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas, you can enjoy 12 nanotech research lectures from the comfort of your personal computer (unless you use the Safari browser, but never mind). These were recorded at their July conference at the Texas Medical Center. See the abstracts and agenda, and then check out the list of presentations… Continue reading Enjoy nanotech research lectures from comfort of home

Foresight Student Awardee named Top 35 Innovator by Tech Review

In only six years, Harvard/MIT’s Anita Goel has gone from winning the 1999 Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award for her work in nanotech, to founding Nanobiosym and being named one of world’s top 35 Young Scientific Innovators by MIT’s Technology Review Magazine. Can we pick ’em or what? Come to this year’s Feynman Prize Banquet… Continue reading Foresight Student Awardee named Top 35 Innovator by Tech Review

New Journal of Nanobiotechnology

The fast ramp-up of work in nanobio has led to the formation of another journal: the new Journal of Nanobiotechnology: “Potential topics include molecular bioprobes, nanoparticles and nanobiosystems, nanobiomaterials, biomolecular assemblies and supra-biomolecules, nanobiosensors and nanobiochips, BioNEMS and nano-biofluidics, nanobiophotonics, single-molecule detection and manipulation and molecular motors.” Says Editor-in-Chief Tuan Vo-Dinh of Oak Ridge National… Continue reading New Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Bell Labs president projects long-term nanotech

From JoongAng Daily in Korea: “In the next five to 10 years, mobile phone users will be able to detect changes in the facial expressions and even in the smell of the person they are talking to, according to Jeong Kim, president of Bell Labs, the research arm of the U.S. firm Lucent Technololgies. “As… Continue reading Bell Labs president projects long-term nanotech

Nanotech: US ambition, UK pessimism

Richard Jones asks: “Why does the molecular manufacturing community seem to have many fewer members in the UK than it does in the USA? I don’t think it’s fair to say that the dramatic vision of molecular manufacturing is pursued in a contextual vacuum – I think there is quite a well-developed world view that… Continue reading Nanotech: US ambition, UK pessimism

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