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Daily Archives: July 10, 2011

US: Product Development Leader – Nanotechnology

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Oregon could be a green chemistry leader

Oregon could be a leader in green chemistry, which involves developing safer industrial chemicals, a new paper from Portland State University concludes. However, a “fragmented and uncoordinated approach” is holding the state back.   The University of Oregon’s Green Chemistry program and the Oregon Nanotechnology and Microtechnologies Institute, a collaboration of Oregon universities, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and industry, are ... Read More »

Nanotechnology – has the UK dropped the nano-ball?

I must confess to being rather saddened this morning to read Roger Highfield’s New Scientist blog on the state of nanotechnology in the UK.  Hot on the heels of reports that the company Nanoco is threatening to leave Britain for more fertile grounds, it left me wondering what has happened to the promise of ten years ago, when the UK ... Read More »

An evolution machine to accelerate nanotechnology development?

Proposals for assembling molecular machine systems from parts based on biopolymers usually take the approach of computationally designing proteins, RNA, or DNA molecules to serve as devices or as components of supramolecular systems. An alternative approach that has also been pursued is directed evolution in the laboratory (for example, this post from April, 2011 “Much faster directed evolution of proteins ... Read More »

Iran to Display Nano Achievements

Iran to Display Nano Achievements in Energy Saving, Urban Management Exhibit TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) affiliated to the presidential office is due to attend the third international exhibition on energy saving and urban electronic management to be held in Tehran from July 14 to 16 in a bid to display a number of achievements in area ... Read More »

Nanoscientists build antenna for light

University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from light. Their findings are reported in a forthcoming issue of Nature Nanotechnology, which will be released on July 10, 2011. The U of T researchers, led by Professors Shana Kelley and Ted ... Read More »