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Two companies to locate to SUNYIT, up to 185 jobs possible By WKTV News MARCY, N.Y. – Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Utica Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi announced Thursday that Phoenix, Arizona-based Valutek, an industry-leading manufacturer of cleanroom supplies, will relocate its corporate headquarters and operations to the SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome (SUNYIT) campus, creating 25 jobs as part ... Read More »

The Nano-Carbon Materials Team at the AIST Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials (Japan)   The Nano-Carbon Materials Team at the AIST Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials is a young and motivated team led by Dr. Kenji Hata and established as one of the world leaders in the hot field of carbon nanotube synthesis and applications. Their general scope ... Read More »

Inexpensive and lasting anti-microbial products, nanotechnology creates synthetic, chemical-free, antibacterial surfaces According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. Lab coats, scrub suits, uniforms, gowns, gloves and linens are known to harbor microbes that cause patient infections. Consumers’ concern about harmful microbes has spurred the market for ... Read More »

How the “Hairy Ball Theorem” Could Transform Nanotechnology This strangely-named theorem has a rarefied theoretical background, arising from a perfectly round ball covered with perfectly fine hair. Despite that, it has real-world applications, including the ability to build gold nanowires — and finding the one spot on earth where there is no wind. Top image: BryceGuy72 on Deviant Art. The ... Read More »

Malaysia aspires to be in the top 10 of nanotechnology nations that will create new sources of economic growth for future generations. But there are dangers that could have serious repercussions in how we work and live. ON SEPT 23, I was invited to attend a workshop on the National Nanotech­nology Strategy in Kuala Lumpur. The title piqued my interest ... Read More »

  Static Circuitry Northwestern researchers are developing circuit technology that can rewire itself on demand. johnmuk via Flickr Northwestern University researchers–the same ones that brought us self-erasing documents a couple of years ago–are envisioning a day when computers and other gadgets can rewire themselves automatically to better suit the user’s needs at a given moment. As a step in that ... Read More »

The existing regulation of nanotechnology is only effective in so far as it hinders the progress of nanotechnology into society, argues Pythagoras Petratos. The existing fragmented regulation leads to significant delays, during which time nanotechnology companies can be forced out of business. Presenting highlights from his working paper, ‘Killing it softly – regulation and nanotechnology,’ Petratos was speaking at a ... Read More »