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This week we get two very different perspectives on the state of nanotechnology and its development. On the one hand, we have the somewhat jaundiced view frim the UK-based New Scientist, which confesses to a fair amount of skepticism to just the mere idea of nanotechnology but wonders why the UK has seemingly dropped off the nanotech map. On the ... Read More »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

Nanofibers are still finding their place in medicine. But Miles Wright readily counts the areas where his company’s technology could improve healthcare. Surgery. Wound care. Regenerative medicine. And that’s just the start. Raleigh, North Carolina startup Xanofi has not developed nanofibers for any of these applications. Wright, Xanofi’s CEO, has no plans to. What the company has developed is a ... Read More »

Nanotechnology promises great advances for a host of industries, but concerns about health and safety threaten commercialization efforts. By Frank Andorka For 26 years — ever since the discovery of the buckyball in 1985 — nanotechnology has promised industry opportunities to improve products. Nanotechnology can make products lighter, stronger or more efficient, yet the technology revolution predicted by some proponents ... Read More »