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Month: March 2006

MIT: Nanotech repairs brain damage in hamsters

From Live Science, a summary of a recent paper in PNAS: “Scientists partially restored the vision in blinded hamsters by plugging gaps in their injured brains with a synthetic substance that allowed brain cells to reconnect with one another, a new study reports. “If it can be applied to humans, the microscopic material could one… Continue reading MIT: Nanotech repairs brain damage in hamsters

Malaysia to split nanotech IP three ways

In the U.S., patent rights from federally-funded grants to university researchers generally go to the universities. Sometimes, the research professors benefit personally, depending on the school. This situation results from the Bahy-Dole Act of 1980. Most observers regard this act as an improvement over what came before, but it’s not clear that it is the… Continue reading Malaysia to split nanotech IP three ways

Biowarfare & Bioterror: lessons for nanotech

Foresight director Glenn Reynolds writes at TCS Daily about a major piece now running at Technology Review on biowarfare and bioterror. Basically it sounds as though we have gotten ourselves into a situation where biotech can now be used pretty easily by terrorists, exotic bioweapons (perhaps targeted on ethnic groups) are within the reach of… Continue reading Biowarfare & Bioterror: lessons for nanotech

Nanorace gains another entrant: Saudi Arabia

From Arab News, comments by Prince Turki ibn Saud, vice president of the research institutes at the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): ” ‘We have government approval for a 20-year strategic development plan,’ he said. ‘The Kingdom is keen to develop nanotechnology, which holds immense potential in the future. The KACST… Continue reading Nanorace gains another entrant: Saudi Arabia

Nanotech consumer products inventory launched

The Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has launched a product database currently listing over 200 consumer products identified by their manufacturers as using nanotechnnology. A 10-page initial analysis is available (1.1 MB pdf). David Forman commented in Small Times Direct, the email service from Small Times magazine: “On the safety front, note that the… Continue reading Nanotech consumer products inventory launched

Biologist expresses concerns about nanobiotech

Biologist Alan Goldstein has a long essay titled I, Nanobot at Salon.com which expresses concern regarding potential dangers of nanobiotechnology, specifically, the creation of non-biological life forms. Most of the stated concerns are abstract, e.g.: “Chemical intelligence can manifest as the ability to catalyze a single chemical reaction. It is a dangerous, and possibly terminal,… Continue reading Biologist expresses concerns about nanobiotech

Nanotechnologist price reaches $4.5 million

OK, not many nanotechnologists have reached this level. But there appears to be one who is being fought over by the US and UK. An excerpt: “The University of Washington is lobbying state lawmakers for $4.5 million to help recruit a star scientist to head up UW’s nanotechnology program. “The scientist, Gabriel Aeppli, directs the… Continue reading Nanotechnologist price reaches $4.5 million

Nano Today goes independent

Congratulations to editor Cordelia Sealy and her team over at Nano Today, which has just launched as an independent publication, no longer a supplement to Materials Today. The first stand-alone issue has meaty review articles, research news, some business news, and a surprising amount of policy commentary, including an opinion piece (PDF) by David Berube… Continue reading Nano Today goes independent

Nanotech may pull oil from tar sands

On Friday I was at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s Economic Summit (some videos available), where among other things I learned that the oil sands of Canada are, unfortunately, more accurately thought of as “tar sands”. But Chevron has announced a $60 million deal to develop these sands. The Motley Fool’s Jack Uldrich… Continue reading Nanotech may pull oil from tar sands

UK/Japan researchers on path to artificial molecular machines

From Nanotechwire.com: “An Oxford University physicist sees the future of nanotechnology in the workings of one of Nature’s tiniest motors, that which allows some bacteria to swim by rotating slender filaments known as flagella. ” ‘The bacterial flagellar motor is an example of finished bio-nanotechnology, and understanding how it works and assembles is one of… Continue reading UK/Japan researchers on path to artificial molecular machines

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