Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬¬¬–Gold nanoparticles, tiny pieces of gold so small that they can’t be seen by the naked eye, are used in electronics, healthcare products and as pharmaceuticals to fight cancer. Despite their positive uses, the process to make the nanoparticles requires dangerous and extremely toxic chemicals. While the nanotechnology industry is expected to produce large quantities of nanoparticles in ... Read More »

Ineke Malsch is director of Malsch TechnoValuation, a consultant specialising in technology and society. A recent debate, led by Dr Bärbel Dorbeck-Jung at the University of Twente discussed responsibility and other ethical and societal aspects of civilian (nano)technology development with military applications. Awareness of peace and security aspects of nanotechnology among students should be raised in education of engineers. Major ... Read More »

Nanotechnology investor Nanostart (OTCQX: NASRY) said Monday that its portfolio company ItN Nanovation (ISIN DE000A0JL461) has been awarded a major follow-on contract in Saudi Arabia for its water filtration systems, worth almost US$1.1 million. ItN Nanovation, which was founded in 2000, develops ceramic products, such as filtration systems and coatings, for large industrial customers. The filtration products can be used ... Read More »

San Dimas, CA (November 29, 2010)– CRAIC Technologies, the worlds leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR micro-analysis solutions, is proud to introduce the 308 PV™ microscope colorimeter.  Designed to be added to an open photoport of a microscope or probe station, the 308 PV™ is a spectrophotometer that can non-destructively analyze the color of many types of microscopic samples.    Featuring CRAIC Technologies ... Read More »

RIYADH: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) on Monday announced plans to launch five new open access science and technology journals in the Kingdom. KACST President Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel revealed this while inaugurating the Saudi International Nanotechnology Conference 2010 here. The five journals will be in the areas of water technology, oil and gas technology, petrochemicals technology, biotechnology and ... Read More »

A RESEARCH group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new measurement tool for nanotechnology. The NIST team developed a chemical analysis technique which uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal in order to test the purity of a few micrograms of material. This allows testing of samples close to a thousand ... Read More »

Nanotechnology should not suffer the same fate as GM — potential health and environmental hazards should be monitored and regulated early on. If a new and potentially hazardous field of technological innovation is to flourish in a social environment,  two factors are essential, even if the hazards are still relatively speculative. The first is a clear demonstration of its value ... Read More »