Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

The federal government has adopted 12 January 2011 a new action plan for nanotechnology in 2015 (Aktionsplan Nanotechnologien 2015). The directives contained in it, but that are specified budgets associated with them, serve as a general framework to ensure development and use of sustainable and secure economic potential of nanotechnology undeniable. This action plan is a governmental response to the ... Read More »

New research could pave the way for hydrogen to be used as a pollution-free alternative to conventional fuels. Scientists at Glasgow University are using nanotechnology to find a way of storing the element in a solid state. The gas could then be burned to release energy, or combined with oxygen in a fuel cell to produce electricity. In both cases, ... Read More »

The proportion of high tech products in the global market is increasing e.g. Telecom – US $ 1662 billion, Electronics – US$ 1200 billion, IT – US$ 1073 billion, Biotech – US$ 73 billion and Nanotech US$ 147 billion per year in the period between 2005 to 2007. Making ICT the core of the Knowledge Hub is a good step. ... Read More »

Nanotechnology, a topic many adults never heard of, drew 150 excited Oakland youngsters to the City Council chambers on Saturday, Jan. 22. The leader of the Youth Violence Community Task Force, Kweli Tutashinda, organized the event.  He, like many other task force leaders have declared their intention to continue with implementation of the recommendations, utilizing the sense of participation and ... Read More »

Earlier this week in the President’s State of the Union Address, a 16-year-old girl by the name Amy Chyao accompanied the First Lady at her seat. No doubt Ms. Chyao’s presence was a bit of stage craft to underscore the future of America’s ingenuity and innovation because Ms. Chyao, who is still a high school junior, managed to synthesize a ... Read More »

A revolutionary new way of storing hydrogen could lead to the gas being used as a pollution-free alternative to conventional transport fuels, scientists have said. Researchers from Glasgow University are using nanotechnology to find a way of storing hydrogen in a solid state. The gas can be burnt to release energy, or combined with oxygen in a fuel cell to ... Read More »

AMMAN – Discussions are underway between the government and IBMIBM to establish a nanotechnology centre for providing innovative solutions in the field of water and energy, according to a senior official. A strategic agreement will be signed soon between the two sides to start preparing for the centre, according to Minister of Information and Communications Technology Marwan Juma, who noted ... Read More »