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New Nanotechnology Television Series Does 'Sweat the Small Stuff'
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Colin Finan of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, +1-202-691-4321, colin.finan@wilsoncenter.org WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies PEN and National Science Foundation NSF will host the premiere event for the television series Nanotechnology: Power of Small on Wednesday, April 2, from 6:15-...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation, Semiconductors, TV
Research articles 2008-03-31
New Nanotechnology Television Series Does 'Sweat the Small Stuff'
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Colin Finan, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, +1- 202- 691-4321, colin.finan@wilsoncenter.org Washington, DC Premiere Event Features U.S. Senator Ron Wyden WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies PEN and National Science Foundation NSF will host the Washington, DC, premiere event for the television...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation, Semiconductors
Research articles 2008-03-10
Nanotechnologys Future Depends on who the Public Trusts
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Colin Finan, +1-202-691-4321, colin.finan@wilsoncenter.org; or Sharon McCarter, +1-202-691-4016, sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org, both of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Experts Values, Not Just Their Expertise, Likely to Determine Their Influence on Public Views of Nanotechnology WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When the public considers competing arguments about a...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Yale University
Research articles 2008-02-04
Inexpensive "Nanoglue" Can Bond Nearly Anything Together.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 2007-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Inexpensive "Nanoglue" Can Bond Nearly Anything TogetherC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16052007 Troy, N.Y. -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don't normally stick together. The team's...
Tags: bond, FINANCE, Institute, Investment, nanometer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, team
Research articles 2007-05-17
Nanotechnology Oversight Requires Thinking Outside the Box
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORSContact: Sharon McCarter of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, +1-202-691-4016, sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With hundreds of nanotechnology-enabled products already on the market and many more in the commercial pipeline, a new report by a former senior Environmental Protection Agency EPA official urges policymakers...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-03-13
Study at Yale finds emotions and values shape how people think of nanotechnology.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 March 2007-YALE UNIVERSITY: Study at Yale finds emotions and values shape how people think of nanotechnologyC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07032007 New Haven, Conn. - The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, in collaboration with the Project on Emerging...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Yale University
Research articles 2007-03-08
US experts call for tighter controls on nanotechology
WASHINGTON AFP — Nanotechnologies pose real threats to health and the environment and need prompt testing and oversight, but government and industry are moving slowly on the issue, scientists and environmentalists said. Speaking after the US Environmental Protection Agency took its first step to regulate a nanomaterial -- near atomic-sized...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, environment, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2006-11-29
Nano-Seeds Shown to Grow Pure Materialss
HOUSTON, Texas ENS — --> Rice University chemists today revealed the first method for cutting carbon nanotubes into "seeds" and using those seeds to sprout new nanotubes. They hope that seeded growth may one day produce the large quantities of pure nanotubes needed for innovative materials applications. First discovered just...
Tags: nanometer, Nanotechnology, nanotube, Rice University
Research articles 2006-11-17
Towson physicist taps undergrads for cutting-edge nanotech work
A physics professor needs to know more than just his Newton and Einstein these days. David M. Schaefer realizes he's got to be up on Freud as well. Over the years, Schaefer, who has a doctorate in physics, has added a bit of psychology to his repertoire while...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, professor, Semiconductors, Towson University
Research articles 2006-06-23
Taiwan's ProMOS to build memory chip plant for 2.5 billion US dollars
TAIPEI AFP — Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies Inc is scheduled to start building a new 12-inch-wafer fabrication plant at an estimated cost of up to 2.5 billion US dollars, company chairman Chen Min-liang was cited by the Commercial Times as saying. Construction of the new 12-inch-wafer plant in the central...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, chip, HARDWARE, Nanometer, NETWORKING, Semiconductors, Taiwan
Research articles 2006-05-16
Nanotubes Act as 'Thermal Velcro' to Reduce Computer-Chip Heating.
Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 2 AScribe Newswire -- Engineers have created carpets made of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where computer chips connect to cooling devices called heat sinks, promising to...
Tags: chip, nanometer, Nanotechnology, nanotube, Purdue University, Velcro
Research articles 2006-05-02
$5 Million Awarded to Study Health, Environmental Effects of Nanotech
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> Nanotechnology has the potential to transform environmental cleanup, treat serious illnesses, and improve computer technology. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA acknowleges that potential risks could result from human, animal, or environmental exposure to nanoproducts - engineered nanoscale materials, nanostructured materials, or nanotechnology-based...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, researcher, Semiconductors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2006-03-17
Researchers, Business Leaders to Explore Impact of Nanotechnology on Paper, Composites, Lumber Industries.
Byline: USDA Forest Service - Forest Products Laboratory MADISON, Wis., Feb. 14 AScribe Newswire -- Recognizing that nanotechnology -- the science of understanding and controlling extremely small pieces of matter that have unique and novel properties -- could revolutionize forest products industries worldwide, the...
Tags: conference, HARDWARE, leader, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2006-02-14
Purdue Center Working to Speed Research in Nanoelectronics.
Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 10 AScribe Newswire -- The National Science Foundation and a consortium of companies seeking to accelerate nanoelectronics research announced they are providing $2 million to five university centers, including one based at Purdue University's Discovery Park....
Tags: computer, HARDWARE, nanometer, National Science Foundation, PRODUCTIVITY, Purdue University, Semiconductors, team
Research articles 2006-01-10
EPA Outlines Nanotechnology Risks, Benefits in Draft White Paper
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA has issued a Draft Nanotechnology White Paper, defining the document as a road map that identifies critical questions of risk that must be addressed in order for the United States to reap the potential environmental and economic benefits of...
Tags: benefit, HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2005-12-09
$6.5M Nanomedicine Center includes Yale engineer David A. LaVan.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 October 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: $6.5M Nanomedicine Center includes Yale engineer David A. LaVanC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17102005 New Haven, Conn. - A Yale scientist is among the recipients of a special $6.5 million center grant from the National Eye Institute...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, nanometer, SOFTWARE, Yale University
Research articles 2005-10-17
Purdue to dedicate Birck Center.(Business)
Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer A $58.3 million research center named after Tellabs Inc. Chairman and founder Michael Birck and his wife Katherine will be dedicated today at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The Birck Nanotechnology Center, part...
Tags: HARDWARE, nanometer, Nanotechnology, Purdue University, Semiconductors
Research articles 2005-10-08
Taiwan's TSMC completes prototype runs using 65 nanometer technology
TAIPEI AFP — The world's leading contract microchip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC, said it has completed prototype runs for its customers drawing on 65-nanometer nm technology. "The launch of arguably the foundry industry's first production prototype runs at the 65 nanometer node realizes our commitment to making...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, HARDWARE, Nanometer, NETWORKING, Semiconductors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Research articles 2005-10-05
Nanobacteria in Clouds May Spread Diseases Around the World
CARDIFF, UK ENS — --> The scientist who discovered that dust in interstellar space and in comets is largely organic, now says that nanobacteria in clouds are responsible for spreading illnesses such as kidney stones, heart disease, and HIV around the world. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe of Cardiff University says...
Tags: bacteria, Cardiff University, Dr., nanometer, scientist
Research articles 2005-04-11
New cancer therapy reduces painful side-effects
SINGAPORE AFP — Singaporean researchers have discovered a new way to combat cancer that delivers drugs with microscopic precision and minimises painful side-effects, a scientific institute revealed. Scientists from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have created "smart" polymer nanoparticles that deliver anti-cancer drugs directly to diseased tissues, according...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, nanometer, nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, polymer, scientist, therapy
Research articles 2005-03-21
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