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Five Priorities for Nanotechnology Initiative The second triennial review by the National Research Council of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) identifies five cross-cutting, high-priority areas for focus and improvement for NNI going forward: improve information gathering and communication at the project level; develop and implement interagency plans for focused areas; rework the NNI website to better serve the diversity of ... Read More »

Nanotechnology researchers finally succeed in controlling chirality in carbon nanotubes (Nanowerk News) An ultimate goal in the field of carbon nanotube research is to synthesise single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with controlled chiralities. Twenty years after the discovery of SWNTs, scientists from Aalto University in Finland, A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute RAS in Russia and the Center for Electron Nanoscopy of ... Read More »

Nano Labs Appoints Mr. Mark Sternberg to the Board of Advisors Nano Labs Appoints Mr. Mark Sternberg to the Board of Advisors DETROIT, April 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nano Labs Corp. (OTCQB:CTLE), a nanotechnology research and development company focused on creating a portfolio of advanced products in the consumer, energy, materials and healthcare industries, is pleased to announce today ... Read More »

UF researchers develop ‘nanotrain’ for targeted cancer drug transport GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have developed a “DNA nanotrain” that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain’s ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs to precisely targeted cancers and other medical maladies without leaving behind toxic ... Read More »

Nanomagnetics: Materials, Devices and Markets NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanomagnetics: Materials, Devices and Markets http://www.reportlinker.com/p01169892/Nanomagnetics-Materials-Devices-and-Markets.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Nanotechnology STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES In 2007, the Nobel Prize Committee stated that, “Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) can be considered one of the first real applications of the promising field ... Read More »

Manufacturing standards, clear policy on health risks seen as elements missing in pursuit of applications An experiment underway in the X-ray photo electron spectroscope at the Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint Slightly more than a decade after India officially embarked on a concerted Rs.1,000 crore effort to accelerate nanoscience and build an ... Read More »

BUSINESS: Two Tuscaloosa businesses make finals Two Tuscaloosa companies are among the five finalists in the Alabama Launchpad competition, which promotes high-growth, innovative startup companies from across the state. The Tuscaloosa companies, both affiliated with University of Alabama researchers, are MagnnPro, a company that uses nanotechnology to create a new MRI contrast agent that is safer and more effective than ... Read More »