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NanoSensors Enters Into License Agreement With Pohang University of Science and Technology (Popularity:  )
http://www.nanosensorsinc.net
NanoSensors, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NNSR.OB), a nanotechnology development company that develops instruments and sensors to detect explosives, chemical and biological agents announced today that it has entered into a technology license agreement with Pohang University of Science and Technology, located in Korea, for exclusive rights to Korean patent-pending methods to increase the sensitivity of sensor devices utilizing carbon nanotubes as well as a planned patent application for fabricating single ...
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Nanosys Licenses Nanowire Technology to QuantuMDx Group for Next Generation Diagnostic and Sequencing Technologies (Popularity: )
http://www.nanosysinc.com
Nanosys Inc. and QuantuMDx Group (QMDx) today announced that QMDx has signed a non-exclusive license agreement with Nanosys for several patents and patent applications related to the use of nanowires for biosensors.The core intellectual property involves the use of nanowire-based field effect transistors (FETs) as biosensors, which were derived from the work of Dr. Charles Lieber, a professor of chemistry at Harvard, a pioneer in nanotechnology, and one of the ...
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Nanotech Could Make Solar Energy as Easy and Cheap as Growing Grass (Popularity: )
http://penmedia.org
Scientists are working to produce cheap, sustainable solar energy by imitating nature. Nanotechnology researchers like California Institute of Technology professor Nate Lewis are exploring nanoscale materials that mimic the architecture of grass and photosynthesis to capture and store the sun's energy. A new podcast looks at how Dr. Lewis and his CalTech research team are trying to imbed tiny nanoparticles into simple, inexpensive everyday products like house paint and roof ...
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Nanotech Safety High on Congress' Priority List (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill for the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials. Nanotechnology is an emerging technology that promises to usher in the next Industrial Revolution and is the focus of an annual $1.5 billion federal research investment.The new bill (H.R. 554) ...
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Nanotechnology Key to China's Future Economic Success (Popularity: )
http://www.wilsoncenter.org
"China is betting that their growing investment in nanoscience will help them capture a large share of what shortly will become a $3 trillion global market in nanotech manufactured goods, and that breakthroughs in nanotechnology research and commercialization will confer economic superpower status on the country that attains first mover advantage in this cutting-edge technology," stated Richard P. Appelbaum, professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. "The Chinese ...
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Nanotechnology Regulators Make News (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
U.S. newspaper and wire service coverage of questions about nanotechnology risks rose dramatically last year, according to findings of a new study presented at a Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies event. The number of U.S. risk-focused stories rose 58 percent--from 36 in 2005 to 57 in 2006. More important is the fact that the study, conducted by Professor Sharon M. Friedman of Lehigh University, showed that issues about government regulation increasingly ...
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Nanotechnology's Future Depends on who the Public Trusts (Popularity: )
http://www.nanotechproject.org
When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology's potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nanotechnology, a key study has found. The study results appear in a report issued today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN). The study was based on experiments ...
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Nanotechnology, Medicine and Bioethics (Popularity: )
http://www.bioethics.gov
One of today's hottest areas of scientific research is nanomedicine. Scientists currently are working to create novel nanostructures that can serve as new kinds of drugs for treating cancer, Parkinson's, and cardiovascular disease. They also are seeking ways to engineer nanomaterials for use as artificial tissues that could replace diseased kidneys and livers, and even repair nerve damage. In addition, although the research is still exploratory, scientists are beginning to ...
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National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest Nanopower Op Amp (Popularity: )
http://www.national.com
A new nanopower operational amplifier (op amp) from National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) provides the industry's lowest power consumption at 552 nanowatts (nW), with guaranteed operation down to 1.6V. The PowerWise(R) LPV521 extends battery life in portable equipment and low power applications including wireless remote sensors, power-line monitoring, and micropower oxygen and gas sensors.The LPV521 features a supply voltage range from 1.6V to 5.5V with a maximum supply current of ...
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NaturalNano Appoints John R. Hickman to Scientific Advisory Board (Popularity: )
http://www.naturalnano.com
NaturalNano Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NNAN, FWB: N3N), a company whose primary business is discovering, refining, and marketing naturally occurring nanomaterials, announced today the appointment of John R. Hickman, an innovator and expert in the plastics industry, to its scientific advisory board. Mr. Hickman is the founder and president of Ohio-based Plastech Consulting, Inc. "NaturalNano's technology has substantial potential across a spectrum of applications within the plastics and polymers industry," ...
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