Scientists Build the First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller than a Pinhead(1) IBM LOGO IBM Corporation logo. (PRNewsFoto/IBM Corporation) ARMONK, NY UNITED STATES YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Research scientists announced that they have achieved a milestone in creating a building block for the future of wireless devices. In a paper published yesterday ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Gillette Etches World's Smallest Ads on Man's Shaven Whiskers
Some people use a pen or pencil to write ads. Others use an electron microscope. To emphasize the precision of its blades, Gillette and French ad agency CLM BBDO, with help from scientists at the University of Nottingham who are not currently curing cancer, used nanotechnology to etch the world’s smallest ads on the whiskers of a man’s shaven beard. ... Read More »
A nanotechnology regulation hat trick from the US federal government
It must be Nanotechnology Regulation week in Washington DC. Yesterday, two federal agencies and the White House released documents that grapple with the effective regulation of products that depend on engineered nanomaterials. In a joint memorandum, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the United States Trade Representative laid out ... Read More »
$50K grant will fund Austin College nanotechnology research
SHERMAN, TX – Austin College was recently awarded a fifty-thousand dollar grant for their science department and they’re using it to do some cutting edge research. “Nano technology has the possibility of revolutionizing who we are and what we do,” said Dr. Stephanie Gould, assistant chemistry professor. Gould was awarded a $50,000 grant from the American Chemical Society to research ... Read More »
Responsible Realization of Nanotechnology's Full Potential
The ability to image, measure, model, and manipulate matter on the nanoscale—on the order of a billionth of a meter—is leading to new materials, technologies, and applications across many fields including medicine, information technology, aerospace, energy, and transportation. Advances in nanotechnology are already driving economic growth and addressing a broad range of national challenges. The realization of nanotechnology’s full potential ... Read More »
Shrink Nanotechnologies Closes Transaction
Shrink Nanotechnologies Closes Transaction to Sell BlackBox Semiconductor Inc. and Its IP for Leading Semiconductor Technologies (Nanowerk News) Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. and BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. announced the execution of the share exchange whereby 100% of the equity interests of BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. (the Nevada company) were sold to BlackBox Semiconductor, Inc. (the publicly traded Delaware company). Additionally, a cash payment ... Read More »
June 6 -8 -tappi-international-conference-on-nanotechnology-for-renewable-materials
Running from June 6 to June 8, 2011 at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington Virginia, the 2011 TAPPI Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials will focus on the theme of Nanotechnology for a Sustainable Future. Speakers will give presentations on subjects including : -Importance of Nanotechnology/Nanomaterials to the Forest Products Industry of the 21st Century - Nanocellulose research - Production ... Read More »
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