Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

A decade ago, nanoscience shifted into overdrive. Government funding levels were beginning to rise, and the U.S. was setting up its National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Nanomaterials were gaining ground, and venture capitalists were backing dozens of start-up manufacturing companies. The National Science Foundation predicted then that sales of nanotech-related products would reach $1 trillion by 2015 and calculated that it ... Read More »

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have constructed molecular `knots — with dimensions of around two nanometers (2 x 10-9 nm) — around 30,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Most molecules are held together by chemical bonds between atoms — ‘nano-knots’ are instead mechanically bonded by interpenetrating loops. Liverpool scientists have managed to create nanoscale knots ... Read More »

Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in showing how it is possible to greatly expand the memory capacity of future computers through the use of memory units based on silica nanoparticles combined with protein molecules obtained from the poplar tree. In doing so, they say, they have developed an alternative avenue to miniaturize memory elements while increasing ... Read More »

Particular GmbH, a new German nanotechnology company, is the first company to commercialize a novel process for the production of highly pure nanoparticles. The developments werde made at Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V. (LZH) and took five years. Niko Bärsch, CEO of Particular, explains that their nanoparticles make it easier to take advantage of nanotechnology for many products, especially in the field ... Read More »

New Report Says Current Food Supply Must Drastically Increase in the Coming Decades Newswise — The world’s food system provides food for nearly seven billion people each day. But according to a new report from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), more advances are critical for an adequate food supply, which must nearly double during the next several decades, for ... Read More »

A few weeks ago, I set Friends of the Earth a challenge—What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? The challenge came out of an article from FoE on nanomaterials and sunscreens, which I subsequently critiqued on 2020 Science. Georgia Miller and Ian Illuminto from FoE kindly responded ... Read More »

The power to control living things and objects from a distance is a popular supernatural talent in science fiction and fantasy: Witches fling spells at foes and X-Men send chairs and tables flying with telekinesis, for example. But when it comes to remotely controlling biological organisms, science has a few tricks up its sleeve, too—although there’s nothing metaphysical about them. ... Read More »