Army to invest in cyberuniform centre
News The new institute will be "an important step for the nanotechnology research community", said Philip Kuekes, a computer architect in quantum science research who specialises in nanotechnology at HP Labs.
[June 26, 2001, 12:11]
IBM, ETH Zurich to build joint nanotech research lab
News IBM Research and Swiss university ETH Zurich have announced the Nanoscale Exploratory Technology Laboratory, a joint $90m (£46m) investment dedicated to nanotechnology research. Entire countries are investing to compete in nanotechnology, said John...
[June 25, 2008, 10:45]
Billions poured into nanotech
News Spending on research and development in nanotechnology is expected to surpass $3bn (£1.79bn) in 2003, as nations and companies compete for leadership in the growing field, according to an investment firm report.
[June 26, 2003, 7:33]
The Big Blue balancing act
News He also has to strike the right balance between fundamental research in fields like nanotechnology and the needs of IBM's product groups, which count on inventions to get an edge over competitors. Horn spoke to ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com...
[March 6, 2006, 13:30]
Seagate invests in nanotech
News As Seagate Technology continues to spend more on research and development than any of its competitors, this new investment project will consolidate the position of Londonderry as a global nanotechnology centre," said Iain Miller, director of...
[December 14, 2005, 16:25]
France talks up its tech prospects
News In the tech market, the government intends to invest more in nanotechnology, biotech automotive, and aeronautics. There is the sense that we are old fashioned, unproductive, too obsessed with the quality of life," said Clara Gaymard, president of...
[May 25, 2005, 9:25]
Venture capitalists pour money into nanotech
News In the United States, Europe and Japan, governments have footed most of the bill for nanotechnology research thus far. Packard, who gave a keynote speech at the Nanotech 2004 show on Tuesday, said in an interview that his company plans to plough...
[March 10, 2004, 8:30]
UK's hottest tech prospect revealed
News Executive Search Firm of the Year Award went to Renoir Partners, and Deal of the Year Award went to nanotechnology pioneer Oxonica, which last year won £4m in first-round funding. They have to have return on investment in the medium term.
[March 4, 2003, 9:07]
Government unveils £100m tech investment plan
News The eight areas of the technology that the government will be sharing the £100m between will be the development of new materials bound for tough environments; 'direct writing', where materials can be put directly onto complex structures...
[March 16, 2005, 8:40]
EC plans more funding for tech research
News The European Commission wants Europe to double its investment in technology research and development, targeting particular areas such as nanotechnology, web services and what it calls "the Future Internet".
[March 13, 2009, 15:33]
IBM thinks big about nanotechnology
News IBM has created a small group within its semiconductor division to work with a select few nanotechnology start-ups on manufacturing issues and in exploring trends, another incremental step toward molecular computing.
[May 16, 2002, 10:07]
Tech investment: The Dutch approach
News Formerly the chairman of Internet telephony company Net2Phone, Sobel said the Netherlands is focusing investment capital and resources on three areas: embedded systems, nanotechnology and broadband. Ambassador Clifford Sobel speaks with ZDNet's Dan...
[January 19, 2004, 10:00]
Magnetised protein globules talk in binary code
News His company is a start-up that has received a rare venture investment from Microsoft. While similar to CDs and DVDs, Ovonic media can store more data, according to advocates, because the tools for writing and reading the data -- in this case...
[July 26, 2004, 10:45]
Report predicts 'wired brains'
News To push this sort of research in the right directions, Canton hopes political leaders will make converging technologies a national initiative, just as Washington did with nanotechnology research two and a half years ago.
[August 6, 2002, 10:42]
Intel unveils new chip manufacturing technology
News Chips made on the 90-nanometre process, Intel's first products of the nanotechnology era, will also feature new insulating techniques, smaller internal components and other advances. Technically, these chips can be classified as nanotechnology...
[August 13, 2002, 7:39]
