http://bigblog.com/nanotech.html The latest in Nanotech http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-degree-first-nano-college-/2008/05/17/3451250.htm (Times Union (Albany, NY) (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) May 17--ALBANY -- Officials at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering will award what they say is the world's first degree in nanoeconomics Saturday. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29350 Shareholders of Harris & Harris Group, Inc., may be interested to know that we have posted our letter to shareholders for the first quarter of 2008 on our website. It may be accessed directly on our website at www.tinytechvc.com/newsite/PDFs/q12008.pdf. http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=35693948 In a schematic of NIST's length separation technique for carbon nanotubes (l.), the nanotubes start at the bottom of a dense fluid. When spun in a centrifuge, the nanotubes begin... http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=5743.php (Nanowerk News) Nanotechnology, particularly as it merges with biotechnology, is likely the next hot industry in Texas, which remains economically strong despite a broad national slowdown, Secretary of State Phil Wilson said this week as he completed a trade trip to the Big Apple. http://www.pcw.co.uk/business-green/analysis/2216803/why-sweat-small-stuff After two decades of development countless nanotechnologies are fast approaching commercial viability and they have the potential to redefine the clean tech sector http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29338 Nick Sheppard, a spokesman at the Technology Strategy Board, told PRW.com that advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and nanotechnology are among the priority areas for the board. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29313 An EU project to establish a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies is seeking to address the lack of objective and independent information on nanotech for policymakers, industry and investors. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29309 The Alberta government announced today it will spend $30 million to help more students pursue nanotechnology. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29307 Made of pure silver, these particles measure about 10 nm in diameter. We manufacture them in a proprietary solution and then treat the devices we coat in the same solution. SilvaGard-treated surfaces can provide for a programmable duration of antimicrobial efficacy lasting days, weeks or months. Our patent-pending process basically grows nanotech particles on the surface of medical devices. SilvaGard particles tightly adhere to these surfaces, requiring no intermediate binder layer. Nor do these particles change the mechanical or physical properties of the device to which they are applied. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/business-green/analysis/2216803/why-sweat-small-stuff After two decades of development countless nanotechnologies are fast approaching commercial viability and they have the potential to redefine the clean tech sector http://www.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=306643421 AeA and the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering of the University at Albany Announce CIRCA '08 Conference Speakers http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/venture/story/2897401/ Selah Technologies, a developer of nanotechnology, has closed on $1.5 million in a Series A round of financing. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29346 Wake Forest teams dominate at annual Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network business plan competition http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29343 Thin elastic membranes supported on a much softer elastic solid or a fluid deviate from their flat geometries upon compression. We demonstrate that periodic wrinkling is only one possible solution for such strained membranes. Folds, which involve highly localized curvature, appear whenever the membrane is compressed beyond a third of its initial wrinkle wavelength. Eventually the surface transforms into a symmetry-broken state with flat regions of membrane coexisting with locally folded points, reminiscent of a crumpled, unsupported membrane. We provide general scaling laws for the wrinkled and folded states and proved the transition with numerical and experimental supported membranes. Our work provides insight into the interfacial stability of such diverse systems as biological membranes such as lung surfactant and nanoparticle thin film http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29340 DNA-based materials possess unique electromagnetic and optical properties and may lead to improved performance for organic-based devices. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=29335 Finite-element analysis has allowed researchers in Singapore to make good time with their experiments on clockwork PCR (polymerase chain reaction) for carrying out biomedical research. Their lab-in-a-drop device using components adapted from a standard computer CD-ROM drive, potentially making it commercially viable even for cash-strapped laboratories in the developing world. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/nios-scn051608.php In a schematic of NIST's length separation technique for carbon nanotubes (l.), the nanotubes start at the bottom of a dense fluid. When spun in a centrifuge, the nanotubes begin... http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/05/12/daily97.html?surround=lfn Latest News Special Reports Business Advice News From Other Cities Advertise Online Most Viewed Stories Most Emailed Stories http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/16/3d.magnetic.storage/ A new discovery could dramatically improve the capacity of magnetic hard drives, according to a new discovery made by a Rennselaer Polytechnic doctoral graduate. Paul Morrow has developed a new, nanotechnology-based magnetic storage technique that alternates magnetic and non-magnetic layers and uses a non-magnetic microscope to read the data at the nanoscale level. The advancement would both allow hard drives to read a three-dimensional grid of data but would also permit more information to be packed into a given space. http://www.pcimag.com/CDA/Articles/Blog/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000326063 The American Coatings Show and Conference premieres in Charlotte, NC, with the Trade Show taking place from June 3-5 and the Conference from June 2-4, 2008. The new American trade show for the coatings industry, which is hosted by NPCA and Vincentz Network, and organized by NrnbergMesse North America, will emulate its successful model, the European Coatings Show. http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/analysis/2216803/why-sweat-small-stuff After two decades of development countless nanotechnologies are fast approaching commercial viability and they have the potential to redefine the clean tech sector http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=5740.php Nano-Proprietary, Inc. and NanoReady Ltd. Announce Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Metallic Nanoparticles http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=5741.php (Nanowerk News) The U.S. Air Force is calling for white papers on how it might conduct successful offensives against cyberspace adversaries. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=5731.php (Nanowerk News) NT-MDT, a world-known manufacturer of AFM and SPM microscopes, and Nano & Giga Solutions, a networking research and consulting company in Arizona, have signed an agreement for a joint development of an informal educational web portal ASDN.NET (Atomic Scale Design Network) in atomic scale science fundamentals for nanotechnology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=5733.php Nano-Proprietary, Inc. and NanoReady Ltd. Announce Strategic Alliance to Commercialize Metallic Nanoparticles