1st 'Nano-Biotechnology' collaborative multimedia

Nanopolis writes "The "Exploring Nano-Biotechnology" multimedia encyclopedia, the 4th tome of the Nanopolis e-collaborative series will be worldwide available in March 2006. Containing extremely intuitive multimedia explanations of the concepts, improved analytic techniques, deeper understanding of diseases, deciphering of cellular mechanisms, novel drug development techniques, summary charts show the major players associated with each concept along with the references necessary for further insight. These topics along with other 4000 computer generated films and e-courses from the previous volumes on Synchrotron, Neutrons and Nanotechnology will be accesible through the Nanopolis e-learning platform giving European, American and Asian academic environments access to the largest multimedia educational source on nanoscale science and engineering. Hundreds of world-wide actors contribute to its finalizing through the e-collaborative Nanopolis platform at http://www.nanopolis.net"

Shape-Shifting Robot Pyramid for Nanotech Swarms

Roland Piquepaille writes "NASA is testing a shape-shifting robot called "TETwalker" for tetrahedral walker, because it looks like a flexible pyramid. It has been tested in the lab and at the McMurdo station in Antarctica to test it under conditions more like those on Mars. Now, it is on the way to be — really — miniaturized by using micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems. These robots will eventually join together to form "autonomous nanotechnology swarms" (ANTS). When it's done, in about thirty years, these nanotech swarms will "alter their shape to flow over rocky terrain or to create useful structures like communications antennae and solar sails." So in 2034, nanotechnology will land on Mars. Read more for other details and references about the TETwalker and the ANTS project."

Nano-Hive Nanospace Simulator 1.1.0 Released

bhelfrich writes "Nano-Hive version 1.1.0 for win32-x86 is now available for download. *nix distros will be made available in the coming weeks.

This release adds support for running multiple, multi-threaded simulations simultaneously, each able to access multiple Physical Interaction plugins.

We've also added new plugins.

Also included in this release is an alpha version of the HiveKeeper Graphical User Interface for Nano-Hive (http://www.nano-hive.org/hivekeeper/). The capabilities of the alpha version includes visualization of the molecular structures even while the simulation is running.

Visit http://www.nano-hive.org/ to learn more. Nano-Hive's open source development and distributions are hosted at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nano-hive/"

Editors comment — but when will the software be available for non-windows systems? "*nix" distros in coming weeks sounds rather vague.

Molecular Manufacturing: Step by Step

Mike Treder writes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
Chris Phoenix, Director of Research 1-305-387-5583)[email protected]
Mike Treder, Executive Director (1-718-398-7272) [email protected]

March 31, 2005

Molecular Manufacturing: Step by Step

Advanced nanotechnology — molecular manufacturing — will bring benefits and risks, both on an unprecedented scale. A new paper published by the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology suggests that development of molecular manufacturing can be an incremental process from today's capabilities, and may not be as distant as many believe.

"Molecular manufacturing has always had great promise, but as a single challenge, it has seemed intimidating. Breaking the problem down into stages shows that it can be achieved step by step," says Chris Phoenix, CRN?s Director of Research and author of the paper, "Developing Molecular Manufacturing."

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Nanohype

Keven Kelleher from TheStreet.com has a good piece here discussing nanohype. Tim Harper had an interesting comment regarding whether people "know the difference between a macrophage and a macromolecule?" Neither of these is strictly about nanotechnology but his question and the answers it might prompt would be illuminating.

Readers might offer better questions to determine "Is or is not someone nanoliterate?"

Nano-Probes Stay Inside a Cell's Nucleus for Days

Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) have developed fluorescent and stable nano-probes which can stay inside a cell's nucleus for hours or even days. According to this LBL news release, this will help biologists to better understand nuclear processes that evolve slowly, such as DNA replication, genomic alterations, and cell cycle control. This research was partially based on previous investigations about quantum dots. Now, the researchers want to tailor their quantum dots, which emit different colors depending on their sizes, to check specific chemical reactions inside nuclei, such as how proteins help repair DNA after irradiation. Read more for other details and references and to see how a nano-sized probe is entering a cell's nucleus."

Be involved with CryoVenture 2006

Jonathan Despres writes "Hi, People interested to give a talk to CryoVenture 2006 shold contact me, I`m very interested to listen to you, we need people giving opinions about cryonics to investors. Feel free to visit our new web site at: www.nanoaging.com/cryoventure –Jon Cryonics: The Next Personal Revolution"

Nanotechnology projections

The Prime Minister's council working party predicts (registration required) that in 10 years, nanotechnology could have as much impact as the discovery of electricity or the development of the computer microchip.

Nanotechnology article in University of Wisconsin-

Keith Gillette writes "Nanotechnology research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides the subject for the cover story of the Spring 2005 edition of On Wisconsin , the UW-Madison alumni magazine. From the examples used, the article appears to use the term nanotechnology in its popular sense, drawing no distinction with molecular nanotechnology."

AZoNano Online Journal

The AZoNano Online Journal of Nanotechnology

The Online Journal of Nanotechnology is based on a free access publishing model, coupled with what is believed to be a unique development in the field of scientific publishing — the distribution of journal revenue between the authors, peer reviewers and site operators.

The revenue received from the journal related advertising and sponsorship will be distributed according to the following general criteria: – Authors receive a revenue share of 50%, – Peer reviewers receive a revenue share of 20%, – The site administrators receive a revenue share of 30%, – This revenue share will apply throughout the online published life of the individual article or paper.

The Online Journal of Nanotechnology will publish high quality articles and papers on all aspects of nanotechnology and related scientific, social and ethical issues. All the contributions will be reviewed by a world class panel of founding editors who are experts in a wide spectrum of nanotechnology science.

Journal papers will benefit from being hosted on the AZoNano.com website and database platform as they will take advantage of existing search tools and be available to a monthly audience of over 130,000 visitor sessions. The unique AZoNano search tools also make it very easy for site visitors to locate nanotech information that relates directly to their research areas, applications and industrial sectors.

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