Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure

Martin Courtney, Computing, Monday 16 August 2010 at 16:21:00 Martin Courtney looks at the different approaches scientists are taking to harness the power of nanotechnology Nothing is ever simple in IT, and nanotechnology is no different. For a start, the term nanotechnology can mean different things to different people. For purists, it refers to a microscopic structure equal to or ... Read More »

Here’s an interesting take on green data centers: servers that use thermoelectrics to turn their own waste heat into power. Applied Methodologies Inc. has been working on the concept since 2007, and recently told Data Center Knowledge that it’s seeking funding — and an eventual partnership with a major server manufacturer — to bring its prototype Thermoelectric Generation System design ... Read More »

The application of nanobiotechnology has far ranging uses within a number of sectors of the life sciences industry, including drug discovery, formulation, clinical assessment, drug delivery and monitoring. A benchmark report on nanotechnology produced in 2002 by CMP Cientifica claimed that nanotechnology will have “a major impact on the medical and pharmaceuticals industry” and since then a number of companies ... Read More »

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a method to predict how nanoparticles interact with human body. Their work could have implications for improved human and environmental safety in the handling of nanomaterials, as well as applications for drug delivery. “We wanted to find a good, biologically relevant way to determine how nanomaterials react with cells,” Nature quoted Dr. ... Read More »

Taking full advantage of quantum mechanics would allow future computers to solve problems that would take longer than the lifetime of the universe on a normal computer. This potential motivates the field of ‘quantum computing’, where scientists and engineers are searching for the platform which silicon provides for the microelectronics and conventional computing of today. A UK-USA team of scientists ... Read More »

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in collaboration with IBM and New York State, has created one of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputing centers, and a top 25 supercomputing center of any kind in the world. The Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI), based on the Rensselaer campus and at its Rensselaer Technology Park in Troy, N.Y., is designed both to help ... Read More »

Everyday surfaces such as windows and roof tiles could be used to generate energy after a team of scientists this week revealed plans to commercialise a spray-on solar cell that could be used on buildings and aircraft. Norwegian company EnSol and a team of scientists at the University of Leicester yesterday announced that they have successfully tested a new thin-film ... Read More »