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Nanotechnology: Small wonders
The US National Nanotechnology Initiative has spent billions of dollars on submicroscopic science in its first 10 years. Corie Lok finds out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:20:57 -0700

Washington Metro Region Nanotechnology Partnership Forum at NIST
Co-sponsored nanotechnology forum will take place September 13, 2010 on NIST's Gaithersburg, MD campus. In addition to meeting researchers from diverse firms looking for potential partners in nanotechnology, attendees can learn about unique resources available in Washington metro region and go to various presentations and poster sessions on topics such as biomedical nanotechnology applications ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:56:47 -0700

Nanotechnology's Shift from R&D to Commercialization Urged
Through the concurrence of a number of events, I am now wondering if we are not seeing a minor shift developing in the way that nanotechnology development is being approached that may in fact lead to a more fundamental one.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:07:03 -0700

Nanotechnology Yields Breakthrough In Cancer Research
Researchers clear hurdle on path toward gene-therapy treatment for diseaseOne of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, are invisible to standard optical microscopes and difficult to capture in their native form with other imaging techniques. A ...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:37 -0700

Nanotechnology Helping to Save Energy – Hong Kong at IFA 2010
FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hong Kong is one of the world’s most important marketplaces for electronics. At IFA, from September 3rd to 8th, 55 companies from the metropolis will attend the trade fair to present their latest developments (2009: 50). Thirty-five of them (2009: 24) will be exhibiting at the country pavilion of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) (Hall 26c ...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:14:08 -0700