Technology Update
Argentina and the European Union have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to strengthen competitiveness and innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the health sector, electronics, metalworking, and agrifood, with the incorporation of nanotechnology in the development of products, processes or services.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States, have designed a new type of delivery system that allows nanoparticles to target tumors more effectively.
Researchers from the University of Leipzig and the Max-Planck-Institute in Halle are using atomically controlled pulsed laser deposition to tailor the exchange bias in ferromagnetic superlattices.
Manipulation of single atoms and molecules provides great potential for assembling functional molecular structures on surfaces and for gaining fundamental insight into the mechanisms governing adsorbate-substrate interactions. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/46279
Plasmon-based devices have been used effectively in sensing applications, primarily due to their ability to concentrate light in small spatial regions and their high sensitivity to changes in the background environment.
Memory technologies continue to obtain favourable projections from the Semiconductor Roadmap under aggressive feature scaling.
The first ever 3D “plasmon ruler” has been unveiled by researchers in the US, Germany and France.
Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to make efficient solar cells from solution.
Nanotechnology can aid the development of retinal prostheses, allowing patients who have gone blind to recover a better form of vision than is available with today’s prostheses.
Quantum dots – semiconductor crystals a few nanometers across – may be the answer to improving modern display screens.
A chemist at the University of Houston, United States, has developed materials for detecting and repelling E. coli. One material is graphene, which is proving to be an effective antimicrobial.
In this IEEE Spectrum Nanotechnology blog piece, Dexter Johnson laments that the European Union is once again employing another public outreach program on nanotechnology.
A panel at a recent TechConnect World conference on clean tech and nanotechnology agreed that water purification and treatment techniques continue to attract bright ideas, but getting beyond a nifty prototype is a challenge researchers and entrepreneurs must all face.
Azim Premji, the richest man in India and founder of Wipro, an information technology giant, has announced plans to produce at US$32 computer designed to bring iPad-style technology to the country’s masses.
Researchers at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, are using nano-additives to create lighter components for the automotive and aerospace industries in an effort to improve energy efficiency, minimize carbon dioxide emissions and preserve the environment.
Nanotechnology is finding a growing number of applications in the construction industry, according to this article, from helping to build structures that last for centuries to making sure they look as clean as the day they were built.
The University of Texas School of Public Health, United States, is offering an eight-hour course, “Introduction to Nanomaterials and Occupational Safety”, on July 19, 2011.
I.B.M. researchers have designed high-speed circuits, known as broadband frequency mixers, from graphene. This type of transistor is widely used in all kinds of communications products.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last week released draft guidance designed to provide regulated industries with greater certainty about the use of nanotechnology,
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States, have developed a nanoparticle-based sensor that changes color from yellow to red as the concentration of bacteria in water increases.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it plans to obtain information on nanoscale materials in pesticide products.
