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Nanotechnology & Homeland Security: Leveraging New Technology to Counter New Threats
White Papers On December 15, 2003, NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), in collaboration with the offices of three distinguished Congressional representatives and a variety of municipal governments and relevant organizations, sponsored the second of what NASA ARC...
[January 16, 2005, 2:00]
Nanotechnology: The Coming Revolution in Manufacturing
White Papers Most scientists agree we will approach these limits but differ about how best to proceed, on what nanotechnology will look like, and on how long it will take to develop. This process of creating a greater shared understanding both of the goals of...
[June 4, 2009, 1:21]
Nanotechnology to change our lives
News Nanotechnology could provide computer chips thousands of times quicker than today's fastest processors according to researchers at Molecular Electronics, a US firm dedicated to researching and developing atom-sized computer components.
[August 25, 2000, 13:52]
Nanotechnology takes up golfing challenge
News Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure diseases, ameliorate the energy crisis and reduce golf scores. The ball, which is expected to hit stores in the spring of 2005 and cost $7 to $8 apiece, is one of a slew of nanotechnology products...
[November 22, 2004, 8:15]
UK loses its nanotechnology lead
News The UK government has failed to allocate enough funding to nanotechnology, and the funding that has been allocated has not be fairly distributed, according to a report on the subject from the government's own advisory board.
[March 30, 2007, 14:25]
Molecular Nanotechnology
White Papers Molecular nanotechnology is predicted to be the most powerful technology yet developed by mankind. There is no question that we will see major steps toward the goal of creating molecular nanotechnology in the next ten years.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Nanotechnology and Medicine
White Papers Nanotechnology, "the manufacturing technology of the 21st century," should let us economically build a broad range of complex molecular machines (including, not incidentally, molecular computers). Disease and ill health are caused largely by...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
HP uses nanotechnology for new circuit
News Researchers at HP Labs announced on Monday that they have created a new kind of extremely minute circuit for computer chips using nanotechnology, the science of building devices out of parts measuring 100 nanometres or less.
[September 10, 2002, 6:27]
Nanotechnology - small wonder it's coming
Blog As for other aspects: when you've seen nano-sized helices busy propelling themselves through a liquid like so many bacteria, heard researchers talking about the practical challenges of energy harvesting (you can't store power in things that small...
[June 25, 2008, 1:27]
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]
Nanotechnology opens new chapter in digital paper story
News Researchers in South Australia are using nanotechnology to develop substances they hope will one day result in digital paper. The research is being carried out at the Ian Wark Research Institute, the Australia Research Council's Special Research...
[June 30, 2003, 13:12]
US plans huge spend on nanotechnology
News The Nanotechnology Research and Development Act budgets $2.36bn (£1.48bn) over three years, an average of $787m annually, for nanotechnology research and grants to universities and private corporations.
[May 8, 2003, 9:28]
Nanotechnology a year away
News Nanotechnology could provide computer chips thousands of times quicker than today's fastest processors according to researchers at Molecular Electronics, a US firm dedicated to researching and developing atom sized computer components.
[August 25, 2000, 9:49]
Nokia and Cambridge team up on nanotechnology
News According to Tuesday's announcement, Nokia Research Centre (NRC) will set up a "research facility" at the university, where work will primarily focus on nanotechnology. Nanotechnology long ago left science-fiction movies for the laboratory and...
[March 7, 2007, 14:53]
Molecular Building Blocks and Development Strategies for Molecular Nanotechnology
White Papers The manufacture of molecular machines using positional assembly requires two things: positional devices to do the assembly, and parts to assemble. Molecular building blocks, made from tens to tens of thousands of atoms, provide a rich set of...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Biotechnology as a Route to Nanotechnology
White Papers It is common in manufacturing to hold, position, and assemble parts in a fashion that is not today possible at the molecular scale, yet the basic principles of positional assembly are just as applicable whether the parts are meters or nanometers...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Theoretical Studies of a Hydrogen Abstraction Tool for Nanotechnology
White Papers Processes that use mechanical positioning of reactive species to control chemical reactions by either providing activation energy or selecting between alternative pathways will allow us to construct a wide range of complex molecular structures.
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
NASA and Self-Replicating Systems: Implications for Nanotechnology
White Papers The concepts involved in analyzing self-replicating systems--including closure, parts counts, parts manufacturing, parts assembly, system complexity, and the like--are also quite similar. The general approach of using a computer (whether nano or...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Computational Nanotechnology
White Papers The software required to design and model complex molecular machines is either already available, or can be readily developed over the next few years. Many of the modeling issues can be dealt with by existing commercially available computational...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
Nanoparticle research blows open new possibilities
News Nanotechnology specialist QuantumSphere has developed technology that eventually could help heat homes -- or blow them up. Within the next 10 years, it's possible that semiconductor manufacturers may draw on nanotechnology techniques to produce...
[October 22, 2004, 12:15]
