Sharing Nanotechnology Knowledge

• Nano Becomes Focus of Multi-Year, Multi-Million Chip Research Projects
  In August, members of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), along with Intel, AMD, Freescale, TI, IBM and Micron Technology formally launched the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a multi-year, multi-million-dollar program which will look for nano-scale technologies that could be used to continue to push forward the power of computer chips. Nano World News spoke with Dr. Hans Coufal, IBM, on the formation of the NRI. NWN-NSTI Interview with Dr. Hans Coufal, IBM
• GE Global Research Has Developed Optimal Carbon Nanotube, Paving the Way for New Research in Several Industries
  NWN-NSTI Interview Brief with Dr. Margaret Blohm, GE
• CNT Displays Are Progressing to Greatly Enhance Consumer Products
• Samsung Announces It Has Developed World’s First 16Gb NAND Memory Chip
• India Plans for Fabrication Facility Within the Next 12 Months
• Resolution Enhancement in Nanoimprinting by Surface Energy Engineering, Hewlett-Packard Labs
  

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  New tools to detect cancer cell death inside the body would give doctors an early indication if cancer therapy is working. Special collaborative feature with National Cancer Institute
• P&G’s Nano-Research Forms Basis of “Artificial Skin Layer” for Premature Babies
  A bio-based, self-assembling nanoparticle, which only a few years ago was being explored by Procter & Gamble Co. for use in over-the-counter cosmetics now holds a future – creating new skin treatments for premature infants. NWN-NSTI Interview with Dr. Patrick Spicer, Proctor & Gamble
• U.S. Government Carefully Evaluating Inhaled Insulin Product For Diabetics. Companies Are Competing to Deliver Next Generation Insulin Doses.
• U.K. Company P2i Will Unveil Super Repellent Nano Coatings This November
• Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles: A Versatile Platform for Developing Tumor Targeted Cancer Therapies, CytImmune Sciences, Inc.
  

• Bacteria Could Be the Solution To Clean Drinking Water
• University of Buffalo Develops Rapid-Solution Synthesis Methods For Quantum Dots
• In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Nanotechnology Provides Innovative Solution to Environmental Clean-Up
• Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company Granted U.S. Patent For Transgenic Bt in Plants
• Polymeric Nanocomposites Enabled by Controlled Architecture Materials, 3M Corporate Research Process

• European Project Creates More Affordable Imprint Lithography Machine
• New Device Can Now Detect Particles Below 1nm
• While Affymetrix Enjoys Lead in DNA Mircroarray Sector, Competitors Vie For This Top Position
• A Powerful New Technology That Can Be Used To Map Nanometer-Scale Molecular Binding Sites On A Variety Of Surfaces, Molecular Imaging Corp.