NNI News Update

August 05, 2008



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Argonne scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion -- Azonano

Shape of nano particles adds edge to cancer therapy -- SINDH TODAY

Testing Device Generates Great Interest in Nanofiber Industry -- Azonano

The new chemistry of printed electronics -- Printed Electronics World

Naval Research Laboratory -- NanoScienceWorks

EPA nanosafety scheme fails to attract industry -- Chemistry World

Intriguing structures of gold nanoparticles, innovations report --

Pressure-Sensing Contact Lenses -- MIT Technology Review

Team led by MIT, Caltech wins $20 million grant -- MIT News

Questioning nanosilver\'s germ-killing abilities -- LA Times

Nanosilver products raise concerns of safety, effectiveness -- LA Times

Speaking of Science: Nanodevices could have big future in power generation -- GJ Sentinel

Nanotechnology tagging system could help solve gun crime -- Small Times

Green nanotechnology: Tiny particles could soon be fueling \'clean -- CBC.ca

Tough plastic -- The Engineer

Bye cotton! Scientists make new material for garments -- Commodity Online

Golden nanostructures -- Scientist Live

Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated -- Photonics Online

Midatech Announces Priority Nanoparticle Patent Granted by US -- Pharmalive

Scientists produce best hologram yet -- Sify

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare? -- Reuters

Nanotechnology basics: How does a carbon nanotube grow? -- Nanowerk

Nanoparticles + light = dead tumor cells -- TechJournal South

Scientists demonstrate potential of graphene films as next-generation transistors -- Physorg

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron -- Physorg

Fly provides biotemplate for compound lens -- Nanotechweb

Bold cancer therapy begins crucial trials In human test world may soon know if the hype about nanoshells was deserved -- Houston Chronicle

WVU Enters the Nano Age -- WVU

Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy -- Science Magazine

Functionalizing hydrogen-bonded surface networks with self-assembled monolayers -- Nature Magazine

Nanotechnology At NASA Could Play Medical Role On Earth -- U.S. Medicine

Researchers Invent Reusable Nanopatterning Process -- DailyTech

Bacteria in Sewage Sludge Prevent Certain Nanoparticles Clumping -- Nanotechnology and Development News

New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries -- Nanowerk

EPA set to study nanotech safety: chemical companies send in data -- Scientific American

Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy -- Science Magazine

Local Officials in US Move Toward Monitoring Nanotechnologies -- Science Daily

A New (Good) Look for Electric Cars -- TIME

Lasers need lenses no more -- EETimes.com

Lithium-Ion Batteries for Less.Researchers show a low-cost route to making materials for advanced batteries in electric cars and hybrids -- MIT Technology Review

Nano-inks could advance printed electronics -- EETimes.com

Zapping Microbes With Lasers And Enzymes -- NBC 11.com

Killing Cancer Cells - Selectively - With Carbon Nanotubes -- HealthNewsDigest.com

Learned this week -- Vancouver Sun

Nanowire lawns make for sheets of image sensors -- New Scientist

Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to water -- ZDNet

Report urges Cambridge not to enact nanoparticle regulations -- Boston Globe

Nanotechnology: Really, really small stuff that\'s really big -- CBC.ca

Purdue research team leads nanomaterials conference in India on ... -- Nanotechwire.com

Asia\'s fastest supercomputer \'Eka\' now even faster -- Webnewswire.com

DuPont Shares Science with ‘The World of the Tiny’ in Mexico -- Nanotechnology and Development News

Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale -- Eurekalert

Tiny tool a witness to cosmic spectacle? -- Philadelphia Inquirer

Region must stay unified on nanotech -- Utica Observer Dispatch

Nanoparticles in sewage could escape into the environment -- Nanowerk

Allahabad institute to conduct study on missile materials -- Expressindia.com

Cool! Nanoparticle research points to energy savings -- Eurekelert

Green tea catechins go nano: study -- NutraIngredients.com

Microexplosions Result in Nanodiamonds -- Russia IC.Com

Argonne scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion -- Azonano

Shape of nano particles adds edge to cancer therapy -- SINDH TODAY

Testing Device Generates Great Interest in Nanofiber Industry -- Azonano

It\'s a small, small world -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

The new chemistry of printed electronics -- Printed Electronics World

Naval Research Laboratory -- NanoScienceWorks

EPA nanosafety scheme fails to attract industry -- Chemistry World

Intriguing structures of gold nanoparticles, innovations report --

Pressure-Sensing Contact Lenses -- MIT Technology Review

Team led by MIT, Caltech wins $20 million grant -- MIT News

Remarks of Barack Obama in Lansing Michigan -- Talking Points Memo

Questioning nanosilver\'s germ-killing abilities -- LA Times

Nanosilver products raise concerns of safety, effectiveness -- LA Times

Speaking of Science: Nanodevices could have big future in power generation -- GJ Sentinel

EDF Chastises EPA for Poor Stewardship of Nanotechnology -- EP Magazine

Nanotechnology tagging system could help solve gun crime -- Small Times

Green nanotechnology: Tiny particles could soon be fueling \'clean -- CBC.ca

Tough plastic -- The Engineer

Bye cotton! Scientists make new material for garments -- Commodity Online

Golden nanostructures -- Scientist Live

Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated -- Photonics Online

Midatech Announces Priority Nanoparticle Patent Granted by US -- Pharmalive

Scientists produce best hologram yet -- Sify

 

 

Week of July 28, 2008

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare? -- Reuters

Nanotechnology basics: How does a carbon nanotube grow? -- Nanowerk

Nanoparticles + light = dead tumor cells -- TechJournal South

Scientists demonstrate potential of graphene films as next-generation transistors -- Physorg

Scientists carve functional nanoribbons using super-heated, nano-sized particles of iron -- Physorg

Fly provides biotemplate for compound lens -- Nanotechweb

Bold cancer therapy begins crucial trials In human test -- Houston Chronicle

WVU Enters the Nano Age -- WVU

Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy -- Science Magazine

Functionalizing hydrogen-bonded surface networks with self-assembled monolayers -- Nature Magazine

Nanotechnology At NASA Could Play Medical Role On Earth -- U.S. Medicine

Researchers Invent Reusable Nanopatterning Process -- DailyTech

Bacteria in Sewage Sludge Prevent Certain Nanoparticles Clumping -- Nanotechnology and Development News

New disease-fighting nanoparticles look like miniature pastries -- Nanowerk

EPA set to study nanotech safety: chemical companies send in data -- Scientific American

Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy -- Science Magazine

Local Officials in US Move Toward Monitoring Nanotechnologies -- Science Daily

A New (Good) Look for Electric Cars -- TIME

Lasers need lenses no more -- EETimes.com

Lithium-Ion Batteries for Less.Researchers show a low-cost route to making materials for advanced batteries in electric cars and hybrids -- MIT Technology Review

Nano-inks could advance printed electronics -- EETimes.com

Zapping Microbes With Lasers And Enzymes -- NBC 11.com

Big Increase in Chillers\' Efficiency Seen from Nano Additives -- Occupational Health Safety

Killing Cancer Cells - Selectively - With Carbon Nanotubes -- HealthNewsDigest.com

Learned this week -- Vancouver Sun

Nanowire lawns make for sheets of image sensors -- New Scientist

New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into Electricity -- Science Daily

Harnessing Nanotechnology to Build Exotic Materials -- DailyTech

Nanotubes threaten to replace the mass spectrometer -- LabTechnologist.com

Senate Commerce Committee Announces July 31 Markup Agenda -- Commerce.Senate.gov

NanoMedicine Summit Returns to Cleveland, September 25-26 -- Forbes

Cool! Nanoparticle research points to energy savings -- Nanotechweb

Global nanotechnology mission -- Albany Times Union

Nanotech Advocates Push More Oversight & Funding -- Investors.com

Coaxing molecules into new sensors -- ScienceAlert

A new UK research centre for studying nanotoxicology -- Environmental Expert

Carbon Nanotubes with Nanoscopic Paraffin Coating Form Self -- Azonano

New UC San Diego Exhibition Envisages Future of Nanoparticles and ... -- Media Newswire

Safety of nanotechnology products is no small concern -- MarketWatch

Nanotechnology to provide cheap solar energy -- University of Southampton

Don’t Push the Panic Button if you work around Carbon Nanotubes ... -- Asbestos.com

New system may ‘sneak’ drugs, diagnostics into brain -- University at Buffalo Reporter

Pearly whites -- Chemistry World

Actuator design offers nanoimprint upgrade -- Nanotechweb

Uncovering the hidden nanoworld -- RSC Chemistry World

Bill would create nanotech clearinghouse -- FCW.com

Cool! Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings -- NIST

New Nano-Device Detects Light from Big Bang -- POPSCI

Magnets Capture Cancer Cells. Nanoparticles pluck cancer cells from the bellies of mice -- MIT Technology Review

Luna Awarded NIH Grant to Apply Nanotechnology to Allergy Treatment -- Small Times

Nanotech: A regulatory blueprint for the next administration -- First Science

Nano-Sized Jaws Perform Like Proteins -- Berkeley Lab

Nanoparticles: Into the New Frontier -- Review of Ophthalmology

Nano-modified Food: How Much Are Consumers Willing To Accept The Associated Risks? -- Science Daily

Using nanotechnology to create high-performance materials -- I Micron News

Enough Atoms for a Cannonball? Or Just a Small Splash? -- New York Times

Nanotechnology Growth Highest in Manufacturing -- IndustryWeek

Russia to offer nanotechnology for blood plasma cleaning -- RIA Novosti

Overhyped Technology Starts to Reach Potential: Nanotech to Impact -- Business Wire

Weighing molecules with nanotubes -- Chemistry World

"Nanosculpture" Could Enable New Types Of Heat Pumps And Energy -- Photonics Online

Nanoparticles offer ovarian cancer treatment approach -- FierceBioResearcher

Heat May Harbour Testicular -- Oneindia

Nanotechnology can be beneficial, but dangerous -- GS Sentinel

EC wants public discussion on nanotechnology -- Small Times

Meet tomorrow's mobile phones -- Computer World

Nanomaterials can move up the food chain -- Environmental Expert

Carbon nanotubes as molecular scales -- Ars Technica

Nanoparticle Research in Review of Ophthalmology -- Nanotechwire.com

Russia & US unite over nanotechnology -- RussiaToday

Electrochemistry facilitates nanoparticle production -- Nanowerk

Invisible Carpet Idea Close to Actual Invisibility -- Discovery News

Nanoparticle research in Review of Ophthalmology -- Nanowerk

Researchers Peer Into Gold Nanoclusters -- Daily Tech

X-ray vision -- Science News

Trade union body calls for improved nano safety -- CosmeticsDesign.com

Sorting carbon nanotubes for different nanotechnology applications -- Foresight

Nanotechnology to provide cheap solar energy -- Innovations Report

Senators propose government-funded nanotechnology X-Prizes -- Ars Technica

Groups Encourage Nanomaterial Stewardship -- Chemical & Engineering News

Karnataka to pitch Bangalore as nanotechnology hub -- Economic Times

Treating Eye Diseases using Nanotechnology -- AZoNano.com

Scientists Discovering Springfield a Home for Nanotechnology -- Ozarks First (MO)

A novel structure for carbon nanotube reinforced alumina composites -- Nanowerk

Patent Review: Nanotechnology in Optics -- SPIE Newsroom

Nanotech to replace shock treatment -- Hindu

Nano-Sized Electronic Circuit Promises Bright View Of Early -- RF Globalnet

Producing Hydrogen Using Water -- Solar Energy and Nanotube Diodes Azonano

Electro Energy Supplying NiMH Pack to Methanol Fuel Cell Bus Project -- Green Car Congress

nGimat Awarded US Department of Energy Phase I to Develop Electrode Nanomaterials for Lithium Ion Batteries -- nGimat

Whether nanotechnology is an environmental friend or foe remains -- Plenty Magazine

Contributing toward finding a cure -- Nassau Herald

Study Shows Increased Education on Nanotech, Human Enhancement Increases Public Concerns -- NC State

Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to water -- ZDNet

Report urges Cambridge not to enact nanoparticle regulations -- Boston Globe

Nanotechnology: Really, really small stuff that's really big -- CBC.ca

Purdue research team leads nanomaterials conference in India on -- Nanotechwire.com

Asia's fastest supercomputer 'Eka' now even faster -- Webnewswire.com

DuPont Shares Science with ‘The World of the Tiny’ in Mexico -- Nanotechnology and Development News

Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale -- Eurekalert

Tiny tool a witness to cosmic spectacle? -- Philadelphia Inquirer

Region must stay unified on nanotech -- Utica Observer Dispatch

Nanoparticles in sewage could escape into the environment -- Nanowerk

Allahabad institute to conduct study on missile materials -- Expressindia.com

Cool! Nanoparticle research points to energy savings -- Eurekelert

Green tea catechins go nano: study -- NutraIngredients.com

Microexplosions Result in Nanodiamonds -- Russia IC.Com