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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>The Nanogirl
News</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><EM>June 16, 2005</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scientists unveil 'clay' robots that will shape our
world. TINY robots that can turn into any shape - from a replica human to a
banana to a mobile phone - are being developed by scientists in the United
States. The new science of claytronics, which will use nanotechnology to create
tiny robots called catoms, should enable three-dimensional copies of people to
be "faxed" around the world for virtual meetings. A doctor could also consult
with a patient over the phone, even taking their pulse by holding the wrist of
the claytronic replica, reports New Scientist. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Scotsman 6/9/05) <A
href="http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=632012005">http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=632012005</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nano World: Nano for stem-cell research.
Cutting-edge nanotechnology is beginning to help advance the equally pioneering
field of stem-cell research, with devices that can precisely control stem cells
and provide self-assembling biodegradable scaffolds and magnetic tracking
systems, experts told UPI's Nano World. "Nanotechnology might show people once
and for all that you really can help regenerate organs with stem-cell biology
and help people walk again, help people after heart attacks, help people after
stroke," said John Kessler, a neurologist at Northwestern University in
Evanston, Ill. (World Peace Herald 6/13/05) <A
href="http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050613-112055-9237r">http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050613-112055-9237r</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scientists Fret over nanotech breakthrough. A
breakthrough in nanotechnology has enabled doctors accurately to measure the
levels of crucial chemicals in living brain cells in real time and at the level
of a single cell. Scientists at Stanford University and the Carnegie
Institution's Department of Plant Biology claim to be the first successfully to
apply genetic nanotechnology using molecular sensors to view changes in brain
chemical levels. (Computing 5/31/05) <A
href="http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2137318/scientists-fret-nanotech-breakthrough">http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2137318/scientists-fret-nanotech-breakthrough</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quantum dots prove to be a faster, more sensitive
method for detecting respiratory viral infections. In what may be one of the
first medical uses of nanotechnology, a chemist and a doctor who specializes in
infectious childhood diseases have joined forces to create an early detection
method for a respiratory virus that is the most common cause of hospitalization
among children under five. (Exploration 6/9/05) <A
href="http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/news_quantum.htm">http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/news_quantum.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>UCI scientists use nanotechnology to create world’s
fastest method for transmitting information in cell phones and computers. UC
Irvine scientists in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have demonstrated
for the first time that carbon nanotubes can route electrical signals on a chip
faster than traditional copper or aluminum wires, at speeds of up to 10 GHz. The
breakthrough could lead to faster and more efficient computers, and improved
wireless network and cellular phone systems, adding to the growing enthusiasm
about nanotechnology’s revolutionary potential. (UCI 6/9/05) <A
href="http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1337">http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1337</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MIT's Nanoprinter Could Mass-produce Nano-devices.
Just as the printing press revolutionized the creation of reading matter, a
"nano-printing" technique developed at MIT could enable the mass production of
nano-devices currently built one at a time. The most immediate candidate for
this innovation is the DNA microarray, a nano-device used to diagnose and
understand genetic illnesses such as Alzheimer's, viral illnesses such as AIDS,
and certain types of cancer. The ability to mass produce these complex devices
would make DNA analysis as common and inexpensive as blood testing, and thus
greatly accelerate efforts to discover the origins of disease. (Sciencedaily
6/9/05)<BR><A
href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/06/050608054226.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/06/050608054226.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanoparticles transport cancer-killing drug into
tumor cells to increase efficacy, lower drug toxicity in mice. U-M scientists
use folic acid as bait to get methotrexate inside tumor cells. University of
Michigan scientists have created the nanotechnology equivalent of a Trojan horse
to smuggle a powerful chemotherapeutic drug inside tumor cells – increasing the
drug's cancer-killing activity and reducing its toxic side effects...“This is
the first study to demonstrate a nanoparticle-targeted drug actually leaving the
bloodstream, being concentrated in cancer cells, and having a biological effect
on the animal's tumor,” says James R. Baker Jr., M.D., the Ruth Dow Doan
Professor of Biologic Nanotechnology at the University of Michigan, who directed
the study. (UMHS 6/15/05) <A
href="http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2005/nanoparticles.htm">http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2005/nanoparticles.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Commissioner responds to children's nano questions.
EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik answered questions from
children on nanotechnology when he visited the nanoTruck in Brussels on 15 June.
A German initiative, the nanoTruck is a mobile science theme park exhibiting
some of the latest science and technology at the nano dimension in a variety of
disciplines. Inside the truck are magnetic fluids, measuring instruments that
make atoms visible, and scratch-proof coatings for cars. The organizers
encourage visitors try out the exhibits themselves, making it an ideal place to
introduce the younger generation to the wonders of nanoscience and
nanotechnology. <BR>(Cordis 6/16/05) <A
href="http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:23992">http://dbs.cordis.lu/cgi-bin/srchidadb?CALLER=NHP_EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:23992</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good news about saliva or "spit". Dr. Wong, who
also leads UCLA's Dental Research Institute, described the latest in saliva
diagnostic research to attendees at the American Dental Association's National
Media Conference, held here today. "We have developed highly specific,
nanotechnology-based biosensors (ultra tiny machines that read the simplest cell
structure), which will permit the detection of disease-bearing biomarkers in
saliva," said Dr. Wong. Scientists have long recognized that saliva contains the
full complement of proteins, hormones, antibodies and other molecular substances
frequently measured in standard blood tests to monitor health and disease, he
explained. (myDNA 6/9/05) <A
href="http://www.mydna.com/resources/news/200506/news_20050609_spit.html">http://www.mydna.com/resources/news/200506/news_20050609_spit.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NCL to go into labs with ‘Golden Triangle’ for
cancer trials. EIGHT months after raising hopes with their cutting edge ‘Golden
Triangle’ technology for fighting cancer sans chemotherapy, nanoscientists at
the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) are gearing up for the technology’s first
in-vitro tests. Murali Sastry, head, Nanoscience Group at NCL, said the in-vitro
(laboratory) tests would be conducted on cancerous cells in a month’s time at
the Tata’s Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer
(ACTREC) in Navi Mumbai...The trials are being conducted to establish the
toxicity of the gold nano-particles. ‘‘While gold is inherently non-toxic, we
have to see exactly where the nano-sized triangles go when introduced into the
cancerous area. We have kept a two-year window to see if we can get into
clinical trials on humans.’’ </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Allheadline News 5/31/05) <A
href="http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131718">http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131718</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>World’s most precise “hard x-ray” nanoprobe
activated. Marking a major step forward in using x-rays to study extremely small
structures and phenomena, the world’s first “hard x-ray” nanoprobe beamline was
activated on March 15, 2005. The unique nanoprobe is one of the featured
instruments at the new Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), a U.S. Department
of Energy user research facility located at Argonne National Laboratory, about
25 miles west of Chicago. CNM researchers expect to soon be using the x-ray
nanoprobe to study individual atoms, molecules, and the unique physical
interactions that occur at the nanoscale, where features are measured in
nanometers, or billionths of a meter (a nanometer is 70,000 times smaller than
the width of a human hair). (Nanoapex 5/30/05)<BR><A
href="http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5650">http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5650</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thin films of silicon nanoparticles roll into
flexible nanotubes. By depositing nanoparticles onto a charged surface,
researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have crafted
nanotubes from silicon that are flexible and nearly as soft as rubber.
"Resembling miniature scrolls, the nanotubes could prove useful as catalysts,
guided laser cavities and nanorobots," said Sahraoui Chaieb, a professor of
mechanical and industrial engineering at Illinois and a researcher at the
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. (Eurekalert
6/14/05)<BR><A
href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/uoia-tfo061405.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/uoia-tfo061405.php</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>China tops the world in nano-papers. News from the
2005 China International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (China Nano
2005) held on June 9 says that by December 2004 China has had more than 800
companies engaged in trade in nano-technology and about a hundred
nano-technology research institutes. More than ten projects such as for making
Li cells, solar cells, textiles and environment-friendly interior paints have
been commercialized. (People's Daily Online 6/10/05)<BR><A
href="http://english.people.com.cn/200506/10/eng20050610_189642.html">http://english.people.com.cn/200506/10/eng20050610_189642.html</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanotechnology's Environmental, Health, and Safety
Risks Can Be Addressed Responsibly Today. Stakeholders ranging from corporations
to start-ups to protest groups are concerned about the environmental, health,
and safety (EHS) risks of nanoparticles -- the prospect that tiny, engineered
particles of matter might harm workers, consumers or the environment. While such
EHS risks do exist, they can be appropriately addressed today using
well-established risk management techniques, according to a new report from Lux
Research entitled "A Prudent Approach to Nanotech Environmental, Health, and
Safety Risks." (Yahoo 6/15/05) <A
href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050615/nyw071.html?.v=11">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050615/nyw071.html?.v=11</A><BR> <BR>When
Nanopants Attack. On a chilly Chicago afternoon in early May, environmental
activists sauntered into the Eddie Bauer store on Michigan Avenue, headed to the
broad storefront windows opening out on the Magnificent Mile. Activists hoped to
lay bare growing allegations of the toxic dangers of nanotechnology. The
demonstrators bore the message in slogans painted on their bodies, proclaiming
"Eddie Bauer hazard" and "Expose the truth about nanotech," among other things,
in light of the clothing company's embrace of nanotech in its recent line of
stain-resistant "nanopants." (Wired 6/16/05) <A
href="http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67626,00.html?tw=wn_12techhead">http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,67626,00.html?tw=wn_12techhead</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brush up on your nanotechnology. The world's
smallest brushes, with bristles more than a thousand times finer than a human
hair, have been created by researchers in the US. The brushes can be used for
sweeping up nano-dust, painting microstructures and even cleaning up pollutants
in water. The bristles' secret is carbon nanotubes, tiny straw-like molecules
just 30 billionths of a metre across. They are incredibly tough and yet flexible
enough that they will yield when pushed from the side. The researchers behind
the brushes were led from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Their work is reported in the journal Nature Materials. (BBC 6/12/05) <BR><A
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4085214.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4085214.stm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Emerging Sectors' maps new type of summer camp.
What will your kids tell classmates they did this summer? Attend soccer camp?
Swim at the pool? Study nanotechnology? Instructors at Oakland Schools hope the
response will be the latter as the school system is modeling much of its summer
enrichment programs after the county's Emerging Sectors initiative. The
curriculum received praise from government officials and industry leaders, who
say getting technology training into youngsters' hands is essential in creating
tomorrow's high-skilled workforce. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(mlive 6/16/05) <A
href="http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/stories/index.ssf?/mbusinessreview/oak/stories/20050616_emerging.html">http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/stories/index.ssf?/mbusinessreview/oak/stories/20050616_emerging.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does 10% = Halfway? To "maximize the potential and
minimize the risks" of nanotechnology, DuPont CEO Chad Holliday and
Environmental Defense (ED) President Fred Krupp are calling for "increased risk
research, improved regulatory oversight, proactive corporate management
standards, and broad stakeholder engagement." Given potential liability and
market risks, industry, universities, government and public interest groups
should collaborate to determine what testing is necessary for new nanoproducts.
Businesses then should conduct the needed testing before new products enter
commercial use. . . A collaborative effort could set interim standards for
nanotechnology around the world while regulations are under development. (CRN
blog 6/15/05) <A
href="http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/2005/06/does_10_halfway.html">http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/2005/06/does_10_halfway.html</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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