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#61 Matthias

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Posted 07 July 2006 - 02:55 PM

The Nanogirl News
October 31, 2005

Carbon nanoparticles stimulate blood clotting, researchers report. Both nanotubes and airborne particles cause platelets to clump together. Carbon nanoparticles - both those unleashed in the air by engine exhaust and the engineered structures thought to have great potential in medical applications - promote blood-clotting, scientists report in an upcoming edition of the British Journal of Pharmacology. Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Ohio University examined the impact of various forms of carbon nanoparticles in a laboratory experiment on human platelets - blood's principal clotting element - and in a model of carotid artery thrombosis, or blockage, using anesthetized rats. (Innovations Report 10.24.05)
http://www.innovatio...port-50706.html

Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines Now Freely Available Online. The most comprehensive review of the field of Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines (KSRM), the title of a book co-authored by Robert A. Freitas Jr. (http://www.rfreitas.com) and Ralph C. Merkle (http://www.merkle.com), was published in hardback in late 2004. The book is still available in print (http://www.amazon.co...ASIN/1570596905), but KSRM is now freely accessible online at http://www.Molecular...er.com/KSRM.htm. With 200 + illustrations and 3200 + literature references, KSRM describes all proposed and experimentally realized self-replicating systems that were publicly known as of 2004, ranging from nanoscale to macroscale systems. The book extensively describes the historical development of the field. It presents for the first time a detailed 137-dimensional map of the entire kinematic replicator design space to assist future engineering efforts. KSRM has been
cited in two articles appearing in Nature this year (Zykov et al, Nature 435, 163 (12 May 2005) and Griffith et al, Nature 437, 636 (29 September 2005) and appears well on its way to becoming the classic reference in this field.

Scientists build world's first single-molecule car. Rice University Scientists have done it. After BMW announced the possibility of producing a car that would utilize nanotechnology practically for all functions, Rice University scientists developed the world's first single-molecule car- the car that was driven on a gold microscopic highway. It a small coupe that is devoid of any plush seating or conventional steering system. But it is a real solution for the grid locked cities. With a wheelbase of less than 5 nm, parking it is a cakewalk. (Physorg 10.20.05) http://www.physorg.com/news7438.html

Richard Errett Smalley, a gifted chemist who shared a Nobel Prize for the discovery of buckyballs, helped pioneer the field of nanotechnology and became Houston's most notable scientist, died Friday afternoon after a six-year struggle with cancer. He was 62. Smalley possessed prodigious talent both within the lab, where he cobbled individual atoms together like tinker toys, and outside academia after he won science's greatest prize. In the decade since he became a Nobel laureate, Smalley pushed Rice University and Houston to the forefront of nanotechnology research. (HoustonChronicle 10.29.05)
http://www.chron.com...l/front/3424406

Engineers Build DNA 'Nanotowers' With Enzyme Tools. Duke engineers have added a new construction tool to their bio-nanofabrication toolbox. Using an enzyme called TdTase, engineers can vertically extend short DNA chains attached to nanometer-sized gold plates. This advance adds new capability to the field of bio-nanomanufacturing. "The process works like stacking Legos to make a tower and is an important step toward creating functional nanostructures out of biological materials," said Ashutosh Chilkoti, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. (ScienceDaily 10.14.05) http://www.scienceda...51013085140.htm

Foresight Awards Nanotech Prizes. The Foresight Nanotech Institute, a think tank and public interest organization focused on nanotechnology, awarded prizes to leaders in research, communication, government and study in the field of nanotechnology at the 13th Foresight Conference. (SmallTimes 10.27.05)
http://www.smalltime...cument_id=10230

Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic. Rice team mitigates toxicity of tiny cylinders with chemical changes. In follow-on work to last year's groundbreaking toxicological study on water-soluble buckyballs, researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) find that water-soluble carbon nanotubes are significantly less toxic to begin with. Moreover, the research finds that nanotubes, like buckyballs, can be rendered nontoxic with minor chemical modifications. The findings come from the first toxicological studies of water-soluble carbon nanotubes. The study, which is available online, will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Toxicology Letters. The research is a continuation of CBEN's pioneering efforts to both identify and mitigate potential nanotechnology risks. (EurekAlert 10.26.05)
http://www.eurekaler...u-mrc102605.php

Nanotechnology seeks to detect food contaminants. Using microchips to detect and remove contaminants such as E. coli, anthrax or botulism from food may sound like Star Wars technology to some, but Larry Branen believes it's possible. The challenge is that researching and developing the necessary technology requires working with materials smaller than a hair. Such research even has its own name: nanotechnology. "At such small levels, there are changes in the properties of materials and how they interact. Scientifically, we must approach them in new ways," said Branen, associate director of the University of Idaho's Research Institute here. (Capital Press 10.21.05) http://www.capitalpr...0611&TM=30977.9

Future nanotech tools made from clay. NaturalNano says that by filling Halloysite tubes with copper and then mixing the tubes into a polymer, a manufacturer could make an electrically conductive plastic. If filled with fungicides, the Halloysite particles--which consist of aluminum, oxygen, silicon and hydrogen--could be swirled into paint to make it more resistant to mildew and mold. Time-released coatings could also be added to make all-day deodorant. The tubes could even have agricultural uses. (Cnet 10.26.05) http://news.com.com/..._3-5914034.html

Solar cell solution: nanotechnology. One-hundred times smaller than bacteria, more efficient than plastic film, nanotubes prove promising at harvesting sun's power. If the nation decided to blanket its rooftops in solar cells - generating as much as 75 percent of all electricity produced today - it would be costly beyond belief and probably impossible: There isn't enough silicon. Scientists for 20 years have searched for an answer in very thin, plastic films, something that could be rolled out nationwide for a few cents per square foot. But they haven't proved very efficient at harvesting the power of the sun and tend to break down in air and sunlight.
(Inside Bay Area 10.21.05) http://www.insidebay...news/ci_3138128

$35 Million in Awards to 12 Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced funding for a major component of its $144.3 million, five-year initiative for nanotechnology in cancer research. Awards totaling $35 million over five years, with $7 million total in the first year, will establish 12 Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships. (Azonano 10.18.05) http://www.azonano.c...asp?newsID=1548

Physicists have observed the Jahn-Teller effect in a molecule for the first time. The effect was seen in carbon-60 molecules doped with potassium. The results could shed more light on the fundamental properties of molecular nanostructures (Science 310 468)."The Jahn-Teller effect has long been known to play an important role in the relationship between the structure of molecules and their energy levels, but this is the first time anyone has directly imaged it at the single-molecule level," says Mike Crommie of the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, leader of the team that saw the effect. (nanotechweb 10.24.05) http://nanotechweb.o...4/10/15?alert=1

Nanotechnology targets new food packaging products. Exciting new nanotechnology products for food packaging are in the development pipeline or, as in the case of anti-microbial films, have already entered the market, according to a report published this month by an EU-funded research team. "While far reaching visions such as nanotech food synthesizers or pathogen killing nanobots are not expected to become reality within the next decades, nanotechnology related R&D for food processing, food engineering and food packaging is in the innovation pipeline of the food industry today," the team said. (Foodnavigator 10.12.05)
http://www.foodnavig...and-development

Center on Nanotechnology and Society Created at IIT. A nearly $500,000 Congressional earmark is helping fund the creation of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Housed in IIT's Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Center will examine legal, social and ethical implications of nanotechnology. (nanotechwire 10.13.05)
http://nanotechwire....ws.asp?nid=2440

Ford, Boeing and Northwestern Form Nanotechnology Alliance. Ford Motor Co., The Boeing Co. and Northwestern University have big plans to work together to make the future very small. The two companies and the university are in final negotiations to form a new alliance to research commercial applications of nanotechnology, the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nm and at the molecular level. Ford and Boeing will each provide financial support for three years, and Northwestern's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science will provide administration of the alliance and office space for a full-time Ford employee who will serve as the industrial alliance coordinator. (Photonics 10.1205) http://www.photonics...cle.asp?id=5862

Engineers at Purdue University have shown how researchers might better use tiny hollow fibers called "multi-walled carbon nanotubes" to more precisely measure structures and devices for electronics and other applications. Findings will appear in the November issue of the journal Nanotechnology. Researchers attach the tubes to the ends of imaging instruments called atomic force microscopes. Because the tubes are long and slender, their shape is ideal for the emerging field of "nanometrology," which is precisely measuring structures on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter. (Physorg 10.12.05) http://www.physorg.com/news7175.html

Nanotechnology Emergence Generates High Expectations, Expert Says. Independent oversight of research needed to address any health hazards. The following article appears in the October 2005 issue of the State Department's electronic journal Economic Perspectives. It is based on an op-ed article published on the Pennsylvania State University Internet site but has been revised and updated by the author for this publication. The complete issue, titled The Promise of Biotechnology, can be viewed on the USINFO Web site. (begin byliner) Wither Nanotechnology? By Akhlesh Lakhtakia Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania State University. Think small, dream big" is a typical slogan about the promise of nanotechnology within the scientific research community. Once relegated to pure fiction, nanotechnology is becoming increasingly linked with advances in biotechnology and information technology. With annual expenditure for nanotechnology research in the United States estimated to be in excess of $2.6 billion in 2004, the word "nano" is even finding its way into popular culture, from daily horoscopes to newspaper cartoons. (USINFO.STATE.GOV 10.27.05)
http://usinfo.state..../wf-latest.html

Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials inspired by nature. Mimicking nature, a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can find and correct defects in self-assembled nanomaterials. The new proofreading and error-removal process is based on catalytic DNA and represents a paradigm shift in nanoscale science and engineering.
(nanotechwire 10.18.05) http://nanotechwire....ws.asp?nid=2461

Nanomanufacturing: First Systematic Study Of Cadmium Selenide Nanostructure Growth Yields Production 'Road Map'. Researchers have taken an important step toward high-volume production of new nanometer-scale structures with the first systematic study of growth conditions that affect production of one-dimensional nanostructures from the optoelectronic material cadmium selenide (CdSe). Using the results from more than 150 different experiments in which temperature and pressure conditions were systematically varied, nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology created a "road map" to guide future nanomanufacturing using the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) technique. (ScienceDaily 10.30.05) http://www.scienceda...51028140332.htm

Nano skyscrapers may precede space elevator. Liftport, a space-infrastucture company, has been among those who support construction of a space elevator, a long thin cable made of carbon nanotubes anchored to a platform or ship at sea and extending out into space. Held in place by the earth's rotation, the space elevator, with the help of robots, would ferry materials to outer space.
(ZDnet 10.26.05) http://news.zdnet.co...22-5914208.html

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Nanogirl News
February 27, 2006

Methodist Neurosurgeon Makes Quantum Leap on Nano-Level. A neurosurgeon at the Methodist Neurological Institute (NI) is the first to use an enzyme-driven technique to label nanotubes with quantum dots, giving scientists a better way to see single-walled carbon nanotubes...Dr. David Baskin, neurosurgeon at the Methodist NI, and his colleagues published these research findings in the March 2006 issue of BioTechniques. (Physorg 2.22.06) http://www.physorg.com/news11092.html

Molecules get More Classical at High Pressures. A new study of molecules being squeezed in a diamond anvil cell shows that as the pressure goes up, the force between atoms in a two-atom molecule behaves more and more like the classic Hooke's law, according to which the force between two objects connected by an elastic spring is proportional to the contraction or extension of the spring.
(Physics news update 2.21.06) http://www.aip.org/p...plit/766-3.html

Nanostructures in 3D. Max Planck researchers from Düsseldorf unveil the first three-dimensional electron microscope for examining nanomaterials structure. It is the world's first electron microscope for simultaneously and automatically investigating in three-dimensions the phase content, crystallographic texture, and crystal interfaces of materials - co-designed and put into service at the Department of Microstructure Physics and Metal Forming at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Düsseldorf, Germany. The device contains a high-resolution scanning electron microscope and an -ion-beam microscope. (Max Planck 2.22.06)
http://www.mpg.de/en...2221/index.html

Nanotechnology Leaders to Converge in Washington, D.C., This Week for NanoBusiness Alliance Public Policy Tour; Two-Day Tour Includes Press Conferences, Meetings With Members of the House and Senate. The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world's leading nanotechnology trade association, today announced that it is gathering over forty nanotechnology luminaries in Washington, D.C., this week for two days of meetings with dozens of top government officials. Delegates include CEOs, scientists, chief technologists, financial professionals and consultants from the foremost companies leading the nanotechnology revolution. (Business Wire 2.15.06)
http://home.business...914&newsLang=en

Nano World: Gold nano vs. Alzheimer's. Gold particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide together with extremely weak microwaves can dissolve the abnormal protein clumps linked with Alzheimer's disease and potentially those linked with other degenerative illnesses as well, experts told UPI's Nano World. (Physorg 1.20.06) http://www.physorg.com/news10099.html

Cell-Based Nano Machine Breaks Nano-Record. Researchers have known for some time that a long, fibrous coil grown by a single-cell protozoan is, gram for gram, more powerful than a car engine. Now, researchers at Whitehead Institute-together with colleagues at MIT, Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, and University of Illinois, Chicago-have found that this coil is far stronger than previously thought. In addition, the researchers have discovered clues into the mechanism behind this microscopic powerhouse. (newswise 12.5.05) http://www.newswise....516578/?sc=rssn

Navy, UH team up to detect biological agents, land mines. NSF grant establishes nanomagnetics research program in collaboration with Naval Research Labs. Detecting biological agents, developing land mine discovery techniques and improving computer memory durability are among the projects in which some University of Houston engineering students will be involved through the National Science Foundation-Navy Civilian Service Fellowship Program. (Eurekalert 2.14.06)
http://www.eurekaler...h-nut021406.php

Atom Hauler: Molecular rig snags multi-atom loads. A molecule with a knack for picking up and delivering atoms may prove a useful tool for atomic-scale construction. Scientists in France and Germany who created and tested the molecule say that it and similar custom-made structures might aid tasks such as building molecular-scale circuitry, depositing arrays of atom clusters with special optical or magnetic properties, and cleaning up debris on nanoconstruction sites.
(Science News 11.26.05) http://www.sciencene...051126/fob2.asp

Brookhaven Scientists Study Liquid "Nanodrops". Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that drops of liquid with thicknesses of just a few billionths of a meter, or nanometers, are shaped differently than macroscopic liquid drops. Their results, published in the February 9, 2006, online edition of Physical Review Letters, help elucidate the behavior of nanoscale amounts of liquid and, as a result, may help advance several developing nanotechnologies. (Brookhaven 2.17.06) http://www.bnl.gov/b....asp?prID=06-16

Cornell scientists build 'nano-keys' to bind cell receptors and trigger allergic reactions. Cornell University researchers have fabricated a set of "nano-keys" on the same scale as molecules to interact with receptors on cell membranes and trigger larger-scale responses within cells, such as the release of histamines in an allergic response. How cell membranes control cellular function has long been studied but with few results. However, nanotechnology now gives researchers new tools to better understand the role of cell membranes in activating responses within cells. (Cornell 2.16.06) http://www.news.corn...anokeys.kr.html

Water Wire. It flows in rivulets, puddles in depressions, falls from the sky; you can even buy it at Costco--three-dimensional, "bulk" water is everywhere. Now, in the 28 October PRL, researchers report a new configuration of a nearly one-dimensional column of water. Although similar forms of water are common in biology, they are rarely seen in the lab, so this liquid "nanowire" may soon reveal important properties of water at the molecular scale. (Physical Review Focus 11.11.05) http://focus.aps.org/story/v16/st15

Nanotechnology used to combat freezing feet. Attention Canadians. If you just trudged in from a blizzard, you may want to take a look at ToastyFeet. The company sells shoe insoles that can keep feet warm despite snow and ice. You can stand on a block of dry ice, chilling at minus 106 Fahrenheit, and your feet will still be 72 degrees. (CNET 2.15.06) http://news.com.com/..._3-6040195.html

Add Some Atoms, Squeeze Some Buckyballs, Flip a Switch. The First Direct Observation of the Jahn-Teller Distortion in Single Molecules. "Degeneracy" is one of those words that mean something quite different when used by a preacher, a chess player, an astrophysicist, or a mathematician.* To chemists and physicists, degeneracy describes a state in which an electron could potentially occupy either of two orbital paths around a molecule, both of which have the same energy level. (Berkeley Lab 11.29.05)
http://www.lbl.gov/S...buckyballs.html

DNA-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes Could Target Specific DNA Sequences. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who recently reported that DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes could serve as sensors in living cells now say the tiny tubes can be used to target specific DNA sequences. Potential applications for the new sensors range from rapid detection of hazardous biological agents to simpler and more efficient forensic identification. (azonano 2.23.06) http://www.azonano.c...asp?newsID=1881

Could Nanoparticles be Designed to Become Potent Antioxidants? Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Columbia University now shows that nanoparticles composed of cerium oxide or yttrium oxide protect nerve cells from oxidative stress and that the neuroprotection is independent of particle size. As one of the researchers, Professor Dave R. Schubert, head of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at Salk, told Nanowerk: "While there has been a great deal of interest in using nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles, there has been much less interest in exploring the alternative that they can be engineered to have direct beneficial biological effects."
(Newswire 2.27.06) http://www.newswiret....com/news/3882/

Nano World: New aimed nanoparticles. A new method to develop collections of nanoparticles that each seek out different cell types could help scientists to better spot tumors before they grow or to deliver medicines to precise targets, experts told UPI's Nano World. Interventional radiologist Ralph Weissleder at Harvard Medical School and his colleagues are developing nanoparticles that can emit either magnetic or optical signals. The hope is to coat these nanoparticles with compounds that help guide their way toward specific cells. Such coated nanoparticles could then single out tumor cells to help physicians detect where they are in the body, even if they are few in number and otherwise unnoticeable. (UPI 12.6.05) http://www.upi.com/H...30-032202-4485r

Gold Nanoparticle-Virus Networks Work as Intracellular Sensors and Targeting Agents. Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that they have created a way for viral and gold particles to "directly assemble" and potentially seek out and treat disease where it resides in the body. Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, demonstrates how to use biologically compatible materials to fabricate a "nanoshuttle" that can be harnessed to viral particles to precisely home to disease wherever it hides. (nanotechwire 2.12.06) http://nanotechwire....ws.asp?nid=2912

Emmy Nominee Reggie Wells Endorses Eternalis Anti-Aging Advanced Skin Care System by Beyond Skin Science; Reggie Wells, Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup on the Oprah Winfrey Show...These treatments utilize the latest scientific breakthrough, Nanotechnology, which allows for the delivery of active ingredients that nourish and heal the skin in smaller components, move faster and penetrate deeper into the skin. This results in the ingredients working at a higher level of potency, effectively balancing and re-hydrating the skin, increasing collagen production, and leaving the skin younger looking, healthier and more radiant.
(Business Wire 2.27.06)
http://home.business...342&newsLang=en

Nano-Armor: Protecting the Soldiers of Tomorrow. An Israeli company has recently tested one of the most shock-resistant materials known to man. Five times stronger than steel and at least twice as strong as any impact-resistant material currently in use as protective gear, the new nano-based material is on its way to becoming the armor of the future. (Physorg 12.10.05) http://www.physorg.com/news8947.html

Computer Simulation Shows Buckyballs Deform DNA. Soccer-ball-shaped "buckyballs" are the most famous players on the nanoscale field, presenting tantalizing prospects of revolutionizing medicine and the computer industry. Since their discovery in 1985, engineers and scientists have been exploring the properties of these molecules for a wide range of applications and innovations. But could these microscopic spheres represent a potential environmental hazard? A new study published in December 2005 in Biophysical Journal raises a red flag regarding the safety of buckyballs when dissolved in water. It reports the results of a detailed computer simulation that finds buckyballs bind to the spirals in DNA molecules in an aqueous environment, causing the DNA to deform, potentially interfering with its biological functions and possibly causing long-term negative side effects in people and other living organisms. (Medical News Today 12.8.05) http://www.medicalne...hp?newsid=34665

Kids learn nanotechnology at Nanoworld. Elementary school children across the United States have been learning about incomprehensibly tiny things in an exhibition created by Cornell University. The children make the discoveries while walking through and playing with very large and colorful things in the traveling science museum exhibition created by the Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center. (Upi 2.20.06)
http://www.upi.com/N...20-061417-4185r

Military Nanotech Spending Proves Difficult to Tap. Abstract: U.S. Department of Defense has funded $195 million in small business nanotech grants since 2002, but only 6% made it past a first phase. - With threats to the U.S. increasingly coming from terrorist organizations, rogue nations, and insurgencies, the military is driving a major effort to improve its capabilities - making it one of the best prospective buyers for applications of nanotechnology. But companies large and small that supply these nanotech solutions are failing to exploit the military market effectively because of mismatched development strategies, according to a new report from Lux Research entitled "Setting Supplier Strategies for Military Nanotech Applications." (Nanotechnology Now 2.27.06)
http://www.nanotech-...?story_id=13969


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Posted 08 July 2006 - 05:45 AM

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 06:54 PM

For those that don't know, Gina the true author of these digests, has been going through a personal ordeal. Let me just say that if you read these words my heart goes out to you.

However for that reason there have been a dearth of digests to post for much of the last year and I just want to say how much we all appreciate your efforts and diligence Gina even in these times. May you and your loved ones be well.

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Carbon nanotubes offer 'green' technology for perchlorate removal. Researchers
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, environmentally friendly process for treating water contaminated by perchlorate,
a toxic chemical that has been found in drinking water in 35 states.
(Physorg 7.25.06) http://www.physorg.c...ws73064933.html

Living with Nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are stronger than steel and 50,000 times
finer than human hair. Unfortunately they kill cells, which discourages
researchers who'd like to use them to diagnose and treat disease. Now scientists
have created a mimic of natural mucin that can make carbon nanotubes safe for
living things. (Berkeley Lab 7.26.06)
http://www.lbl.gov/S...006/Jul/01.html

Nano World: Nanofibers for heart cells. The heart function of rats following
heart attacks can be improved using heart cells wrapped in organic fibers only
nanometers or billionths of a meter long that are impregnated with growth
hormones, experts tell UPI's Nano World. (Physorg 5.12.06)
http://www.physorg.c...ws66654477.html

Nanotechnology being used to improve biocompatibility of human prosthetics and
implants. As populations of the world age the current trend is that people are
not slowing down in their later years. The desire for increased activity among
the elderly also means increased demands on medical researchers to come up with
better ways to keep them active. (A2Z 8.2.06)
http://www.azom.com/...asp?newsID=6210

Gold nanoparticles could improve antisense cancer drugs. In the fight against
cancer, antisense drugs, which prevent genes from producing harmful proteins
such as those that cause cancer, have the promise to be more effective than
conventional drugs, but the pace of development of these new drugs has been
slow. Using gold nanoparticles combined with DNA, scientists at Northwestern
University now have demonstrated a new method for developing antisense drugs
that outperform conventional antisense agents. The findings will be published
May 19 in the journal Science. (EurekAlert 5.18.06)
http://www.eurekaler...u-gnc051606.php

CMU professor says nanotechnology study may lead to tinier computers. Ever had
the urge to slip your 500-gigabyte desktop computer into your back pocket?
Koblar Alan Jackson is making no promises, but the Central Michigan University
professor's research in nanophotonics may help lay the groundwork for future
generations of computer downsizing. Think technology that one day could make the
iPod's microcircuits resemble the oversize vacuum tubes in your grandfather's
TV. (CMU 8.2.06)
http://www.news.cmic...dex.asp?id=1448

World's tiniest test tubes get teensiest corks. Now all they need is a really,
really small corkscrew. Like Lilliputian chemists, scientists have found a way
to "cork" infinitesimally small nano test tubes. The goal is a better way to
deliver drugs, for example, for cancer treatment. Scientists want to fill the
teeny tubes with drugs and inject them into the body, where they will seek
diseased or cancerous cells, uncork and spill their therapeutic contents in the
right place.
(nanotechwire 5.10.06) http://www.nanotechw...ws.asp?nid=3291

Sandia work launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of
nanostructures. Implications for sensors, tuberculosis modeling, cell
preparation, surgical implant safety. Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays
of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures. The sample
devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia
National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico, NASA and US Air Force)
to test whether nanostructures whose formations were directed by yeast and other
single cells can create more secure homes for their occupants-even in the vacuum
and radiation of outer space-than those created by more standard chemical
procedures. (Brightsurf 7.24.06)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/2...space_shu\
ttle_shows_live_cells_influence_growth_of_nanostructures.html

Vertically Oriented Nanoelectronics. Engineers at Purdue University have
developed a technique to grow individual carbon nanotubes vertically on top of a
silicon wafer, a step toward making advanced electronics, wireless devices and
sensors using nanotubes by stacking circuits and components in layers. The
technique might help develop a method for creating "vertically oriented"
nanoelectronic devices, the electronic equivalent of a skyscraper, said Timothy
S. Fisher, an associate professor of mechanical engineering who is leading the
work with Timothy D. Sands, the Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering.
(Technologynewsdaily Aug. 06)
http://www.technolog...y.com/node/3959

Blood-compatible nanoscale materials possible using heparin. Researchers from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are
blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have
potential for use as medical devices and in medical treatments such as kidney
dialysis. (Rensselaer 5.4.06)
http://news.rpi.edu/...tappvar=page(1)

Reflections of an Atom. Physicists have developed lenses and prisms to
manipulate beams of atoms and molecules as though they were beams of light. Now,
in the 21 July PRL, a team reports on their design and testing of an atomic
mirror. Before reflection, the system must put the atoms into a highly excited
state. Almost any atom or molecule can be excited into one of these states, so
the mirror along with other components could lead to new experiments on the wave
nature of atoms, as well as improved devices like gyroscopes or atomic clocks,
researchers say. (PRL 8.1.06) http://focus.aps.org/story/v18/st3

Rice scientists attach motor to single-molecule car. In follow-on work to last
year's groundbreaking invention of the world's first single-molecule car,
chemists at Rice University have produced the first motorized version of their
tiny nanocar. The research is published in the April 13 issue of the journal
Organic Letters. (EurekAlert 4.12.06)
http://www.eurekaler...u-rsa041206.php

Nanodogs could sniff out explosives in terror battle. Welsh scientists have
developed a sensor they call a nanodog which is capable of 'sniffing' out
microscopic low levels of explosives. It is hoped the technology will be used in
the fight against terrorism, with airports and governments already showing an
interest. The nanodog was developed by a team from the University of Wales,
Bangor's school of chemistry, led by Professor Maher Kalaji. (Small Times
7.28.06)
http://www.smalltime...cument_id=11931

Nanogenerators Convert Mechanical Energy To Electricity For Self-powered
Devices. Researchers have developed a new technique for powering nanometer-scale
devices without the need for bulky energy sources such as batteries. By
converting mechanical energy from body movement, muscle stretching or water flow
into electricity, these "nanogenerators" could make possible a new class of
self-powered implantable medical devices, sensors and portable electronics.
(ScienceDaily 4.16.06)
http://www.scienceda...60414011916.htm

Carbon nanotubes enter Tour de France. If Floyd Landis wins the three-week Tour
de France, it will be a victory for nanotechnology too. Landis, the leader of
the Phonak team and one of the pre-race favorites, rides a bike that's been
enhanced with carbon nanotubes. Although nanotubes have previously been
sprinkled into cranks and other components to reduce weight and provide
additional strength, the bikes ridden by the Phonak team have nanotubes swirled
into the frame--a first, according to their Swiss manufacturer, BMC. (Cnet
7.7.06)
http://news.com.com/Carbon+nanotubes+enter...6091347.h\
tml

Nanotube membranes offer possibility of cheaper desalination. A nanotube
membrane on a silicon chip the size of a quarter may offer a cheaper way to
remove salt from water. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
have created a membrane made of carbon nanotubes and silicon that may offer,
among many possible applications, a less expensive desalinization. The
nanotubes, special molecules made of carbon atoms in a unique arrangement, are
hollow and more than 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. Billions of these
tubes act as the pores in the membrane. (LLNL 5.18.06)
http://www.llnl.gov/...R-06-05-06.html

World's Smallest Bit of Nylon. A US scientist has made the world's smallest
fragment of nylon and hopes to make more by harnessing the self-assembling
properties of DNA, ABC wrote. Professor Nadrian Seeman of New York University
says the long-term plan is to make ultra strong nylon. "The same properties of
DNA that make it such a wonderful genetic material can be utilized in other
ways," says Seeman, a pioneer of what is called structural DNA nanotechnology.
(Irandaily 8.2.06) http://www.iran-dail...nce.htm#s163947

Just one nanosecond: Clocking events at the nanoscale. As scientists and
engineers build devices at smaller and smaller scales, grasping the dynamics of
how materials behave when they are subjected to electrical signals, sound and
other manipulations has proven to be beyond the reach of standard scientific
techniques. But now a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has
found a way to time such effects at the nanometer scale, in essence clocking the
movements of atoms as they are manipulated using electric fields. (U of
Wisconsin - Madison 5.18.06) http://www.news.wisc.edu/12614.html

Scientists Image 'Magnetic Semiconductors' On The Nanoscale. In a
first-of-its-kind achievement, scientists at the University of Iowa, the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University have
directly imaged the magnetic interactions between two magnetic atoms less than
one nanometer apart (one billionth of a meter) and embedded in a semiconductor
chip. (Science Daily 7.26.06)
http://www.scienceda...60726180353.htm

Add Nanotubes and Stir-With the Right Force. Polymer scientists at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology have some stirring results to share with
researchers and companies developing new, advanced composite materials with
carbon nanotubes-mix carefully. In a paper for Physical Review Letters,* they
explain how the amount of force applied while mixing carbon nanotube suspensions
influences the way the tiny cylinders ultimately disperse and orient themselves.
(nanotechwire.com 7.23.06) http://www.nanotechw...ws.asp?nid=3524

Nano Probe May Open New Window Into Cell Behavior. Georgia Tech invention
captures cell properties and biochemical signals in action. Georgia Tech
researchers have created a nanoscale probe, the Scanning Mass Spectrometry (SMS)
probe, that can capture both the biochemical makeup and topography of complex
biological objects in their normal environment - opening the door for discovery
of new biomarkers and improved gene studies, leading to better disease diagnosis
and drug design on the cellular level. The research was presented in the July
issue of IEE Electronics Letters. (GIT 7.24.06)
http://www.gatech.ed...ase.php?id=1056

Nano World: Nano helps keep cells alive. Encasing living cells in networks of
silica and fatty layers only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size could
help keep them alive longer for use in novel chemical factories or sensors,
experts tell UPI's Nano World. Scientists are tinkering with integrating cells
into devices. However, the usual method of doing so involves encapsulating them
in silica gel, but when these dry out, stresses are generated that kill cells.
Materials scientist Jeff Brinker at Sandia National Laboratory and the
University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and colleagues instead used live cells
to direct the formation of scaffolds that would help keep them alive. (UPI
7.26.06) http://www.upi.com/H...21-090232-7030r

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) today
unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall,
light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are
asymmetric specks of matter whose striking optical properties can be harnessed
for molecular imaging, medical diagnostics, chemical sensing and more. Nanoeggs
are described in the July 18 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences.
(Rice 7.20.06) http://www.media.ric...DE=VIEW&ID=8658

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#65 Shannon Vyff

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Posted 11 January 2009 - 01:28 AM

Nanogirl has started a store at Zazzle with her beautiful, smart and sassy transhumanist art ;) check out the wide range of products--I particularly love the "The Future Is Ours" shirt: http://www.zazzle.co...irl/gifts?ps=60

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 08:06 AM

Nanogirl has started a store at Zazzle with her beautiful, smart and sassy transhumanist art :) check out the wide range of products--I particularly love the "The Future Is Ours" shirt: http://www.zazzle.co...irl/gifts?ps=60


Dynamic images are more beautiful.

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 07:21 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8p7VfgRjY


Nanogirl has released a graphic novel that will be great for families or anyone who'd love an artistic and educational representation of a transhumanist type future lying around on their coffee table ;). Above is the trailer she created, the actual graphic novel has a lot more detail-but you can see from the video that her art skills are excellent. Here is a link to the site she made for it-it has links to purchase the book on Amazon or Barnes&Noble: http://www.nanogirl.com/author.html
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Posted 23 June 2010 - 05:09 PM

Looks kind of corny to me, but hey it is a graphic novel. More power to her.

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Posted 24 June 2010 - 10:23 AM

It would be great for families I'm sure, plus a pretty piece to have laying around to attract the attention of guests, who could easily flip through it-and then a nice discussion can ensue on futurist topics :)




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