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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Nanogirl News</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>October 31, 2005</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carbon nanoparticles stimulate blood clotting,
researchers report. Both nanotubes and airborne particles cause platelets to
clump together. Carbon nanoparticles – both those unleashed in the air by engine
exhaust and the engineered structures thought to have great potential in medical
applications – promote blood-clotting, scientists report in an upcoming edition
of the British Journal of Pharmacology. Researchers from The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston and Ohio University examined the impact of
various forms of carbon nanoparticles in a laboratory experiment on human
platelets – blood’s principal clotting element – and in a model of carotid
artery thrombosis, or blockage, using anesthetized rats. (Innovations Report
10.24.05)<BR><A
href="http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-50706.html">http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-50706.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines Now Freely
Available Online. The most comprehensive review of the field of Kinematic
Self-Replicating Machines (KSRM), the title of a book co-authored by Robert A.
Freitas Jr. (<A href="http://www.rfreitas.com">http://www.rfreitas.com</A>) and
Ralph C. Merkle (<A href="http://www.merkle.com">http://www.merkle.com</A>), was
published in hardback in late 2004. The book is still available in print
(<A
href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570596905">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570596905</A>),
but KSRM is now freely accessible online at <A
href="http://www.MolecularAssembler.com/KSRM.htm">http://www.MolecularAssembler.com/KSRM.htm</A>.
With 200 + illustrations and 3200 + literature references, KSRM describes all
proposed and experimentally realized self-replicating systems that were publicly
known as of 2004, ranging from nanoscale to macroscale systems. The book
extensively describes the historical development of the field. It presents
for the first time a detailed 137-dimensional map of the entire kinematic
replicator design space to assist future engineering efforts. KSRM has
been<BR>cited in two articles appearing in Nature this year (Zykov et al, Nature
435, 163 (12 May 2005) and Griffith et al, Nature 437, 636 (29 September 2005)
and appears well on its way to becoming the classic reference in this
field.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scientists build world's first single-molecule car.
Rice University Scientists have done it. After BMW announced the possibility of
producing a car that would utilize nanotechnology practically for all functions,
Rice University scientists developed the world’s first single-molecule car- the
car that was driven on a gold microscopic highway. It a small coupe that is
devoid of any plush seating or conventional steering system. But it is a real
solution for the grid locked cities. With a wheelbase of less than 5 nm, parking
it is a cakewalk. (Physorg 10.20.05) <A
href="http://www.physorg.com/news7438.html">http://www.physorg.com/news7438.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard Errett Smalley, a gifted chemist who shared
a Nobel Prize for the discovery of buckyballs, helped pioneer the field of
nanotechnology and became Houston's most notable scientist, died Friday
afternoon after a six-year struggle with cancer. He was 62. Smalley possessed
prodigious talent both within the lab, where he cobbled individual atoms
together like tinker toys, and outside academia after he won science's greatest
prize. In the decade since he became a Nobel laureate, Smalley pushed Rice
University and Houston to the forefront of nanotechnology research.
(HoustonChronicle 10.29.05)<BR><A
href="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3424406">http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3424406</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Engineers Build DNA 'Nanotowers' With Enzyme Tools.
Duke engineers have added a new construction tool to their bio-nanofabrication
toolbox. Using an enzyme called TdTase, engineers can vertically extend short
DNA chains attached to nanometer-sized gold plates. This advance adds new
capability to the field of bio-nanomanufacturing. "The process works like
stacking Legos to make a tower and is an important step toward creating
functional nanostructures out of biological materials," said Ashutosh Chilkoti,
associate professor of biomedical engineering at Duke's Pratt School of
Engineering. (ScienceDaily 10.14.05) <A
href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051013085140.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051013085140.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Foresight Awards Nanotech Prizes. The Foresight
Nanotech Institute, a think tank and public interest organization focused on
nanotechnology, awarded prizes to leaders in research, communication, government
and study in the field of nanotechnology at the 13th Foresight Conference.
(SmallTimes 10.27.05)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?section_id=39&document_id=10230">http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?section_id=39&document_id=10230</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Modifications render carbon nanotubes nontoxic.
Rice team mitigates toxicity of tiny cylinders with chemical changes. In
follow-on work to last year's groundbreaking toxicological study on
water-soluble buckyballs, researchers at Rice University's Center for Biological
and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) find that water-soluble carbon nanotubes
are significantly less toxic to begin with. Moreover, the research finds that
nanotubes, like buckyballs, can be rendered nontoxic with minor chemical
modifications. The findings come from the first toxicological studies of
water-soluble carbon nanotubes. The study, which is available online, will be
published in an upcoming issue of the journal Toxicology Letters. The research
is a continuation of CBEN's pioneering efforts to both identify and mitigate
potential nanotechnology risks. (EurekAlert 10.26.05)<BR><A
href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-10/ru-mrc102605.php">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-10/ru-mrc102605.php</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanotechnology seeks to detect food contaminants.
Using microchips to detect and remove contaminants such as E. coli, anthrax or
botulism from food may sound like Star Wars technology to some, but Larry Branen
believes it’s possible. The challenge is that researching and developing the
necessary technology requires working with materials smaller than a hair. Such
research even has its own name: nanotechnology. “At such small levels, there are
changes in the properties of materials and how they interact. Scientifically, we
must approach them in new ways,” said Branen, associate director of the
University of Idaho’s Research Institute here. (Capital Press 10.21.05) <A
href="http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=617&ArticleID=20611&TM=30977.9">http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=617&ArticleID=20611&TM=30977.9</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Future nanotech tools made from
clay. NaturalNano says that by filling Halloysite tubes with copper and
then mixing the tubes into a polymer, a manufacturer could make an electrically
conductive plastic. If filled with fungicides, the Halloysite particles--which
consist of aluminum, oxygen, silicon and hydrogen--could be swirled into paint
to make it more resistant to mildew and mold. Time-released coatings could also
be added to make all-day deodorant. The tubes could even have agricultural uses.
(Cnet 10.26.05) <A
href="http://news.com.com/Future+nanotech+tools+made+from+clay/2100-11390_3-5914034.html">http://news.com.com/Future+nanotech+tools+made+from+clay/2100-11390_3-5914034.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Solar cell solution: nanotechnology. One-hundred
times smaller than bacteria, more efficient than plastic film, nanotubes prove
promising at harvesting sun's power. If the nation decided to blanket its
rooftops in solar cells — generating as much as 75 percent of all electricity
produced today — it would be costly beyond belief and probably impossible: There
isn't enough silicon. Scientists for 20 years have searched for an answer in
very thin, plastic films, something that could be rolled out nationwide for a
few cents per square foot. But they haven't proved very efficient at harvesting
the power of the sun and tend to break down in air and sunlight. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Inside Bay Area 10.21.05) <A
href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_3138128">http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_3138128</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$35 Million in Awards to 12 Cancer Nanotechnology
Platform Partnerships. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced funding for a major component of its
$144.3 million, five-year initiative for nanotechnology in cancer research.
Awards totaling $35 million over five years, with $7 million total in the first
year, will establish 12 Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnerships. (Azonano
10.18.05) <A
href="http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=1548">http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=1548</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Physicists have observed the Jahn-Teller effect in
a molecule for the first time. The effect was seen in carbon-60 molecules doped
with potassium. The results could shed more light on the fundamental properties
of molecular nanostructures (Science 310 468)."The Jahn-Teller effect has long
been known to play an important role in the relationship between the structure
of molecules and their energy levels, but this is the first time anyone has
directly imaged it at the single-molecule level," says Mike Crommie of the
University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
leader of the team that saw the effect. (nanotechweb 10.24.05) <A
href="http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/4/10/15?alert=1">http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/4/10/15?alert=1</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanotechnology targets new food packaging products.
Exciting new nanotechnology products for food packaging are in the development
pipeline or, as in the case of anti-microbial films, have already entered the
market, according to a report published this month by an EU-funded research
team. "While far reaching visions such as nanotech food synthesizers or pathogen
killing nanobots are not expected to become reality within the next decades,
nanotechnology related R&D for food processing, food engineering and food
packaging is in the innovation pipeline of the food industry today," the team
said. (Foodnavigator 10.12.05) <BR><A
href="http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=63147-nanotechnology-food-packaging-research-and-development">http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=63147-nanotechnology-food-packaging-research-and-development</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Center on Nanotechnology and Society Created at
IIT. A nearly $500,000 Congressional earmark is helping fund the creation of the
Center on Nanotechnology and Society at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Housed in IIT’s Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Center will examine legal,
social and ethical implications of nanotechnology. (nanotechwire 10.13.05)<BR><A
href="http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2440">http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2440</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ford, Boeing and Northwestern Form Nanotechnology
Alliance. Ford Motor Co., The Boeing Co. and Northwestern University have big
plans to work together to make the future very small. The two companies and the
university are in final negotiations to form a new alliance to research
commercial applications of nanotechnology, the branch of engineering that deals
with things smaller than 100 nm and at the molecular level. Ford and Boeing will
each provide financial support for three years, and Northwestern’s Robert R.
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science will provide administration
of the alliance and office space for a full-time Ford employee who will serve as
the industrial alliance coordinator. (Photonics 10.1205) <A
href="http://www.photonics.com/todaysheadlines/XQ/ASP/navclick.true/QX/article.asp?id=5862">http://www.photonics.com/todaysheadlines/XQ/ASP/navclick.true/QX/article.asp?id=5862</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Engineers at Purdue University have shown how
researchers might better use tiny hollow fibers called "multi-walled carbon
nanotubes" to more precisely measure structures and devices for electronics and
other applications. Findings will appear in the November issue of the journal
Nanotechnology. Researchers attach the tubes to the ends of imaging instruments
called atomic force microscopes. Because the tubes are long and slender, their
shape is ideal for the emerging field of "nanometrology," which is precisely
measuring structures on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of a meter.
(Physorg 10.12.05) <A
href="http://www.physorg.com/news7175.html">http://www.physorg.com/news7175.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanotechnology Emergence Generates High
Expectations, Expert Says. Independent oversight of research needed to address
any health hazards. The following article appears in the October 2005 issue of
the State Department's electronic journal Economic Perspectives. It is based on
an op-ed article published on the Pennsylvania State University Internet site
but has been revised and updated by the author for this publication. The
complete issue, titled The Promise of Biotechnology, can be viewed on the USINFO
Web site. (begin byliner) Wither Nanotechnology? By Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Pennsylvania
State University. Think small, dream big” is a typical slogan about the promise
of nanotechnology within the scientific research community. Once relegated to
pure fiction, nanotechnology is becoming increasingly linked with advances in
biotechnology and information technology. With annual expenditure for
nanotechnology research in the United States estimated to be in excess of $2.6
billion in 2004, the word “nano” is even finding its way into popular culture,
from daily horoscopes to newspaper cartoons. (USINFO.STATE.GOV 10.27.05)<BR><A
href="http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051027140334SAikceinawz0.3895227&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html">http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=October&x=20051027140334SAikceinawz0.3895227&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials
inspired by nature. Mimicking nature, a procedure developed by researchers at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can find and correct defects in
self-assembled nanomaterials. The new proofreading and error-removal process is
based on catalytic DNA and represents a paradigm shift in nanoscale science and
engineering. <BR>(nanotechwire 10.18.05) <A
href="http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2461">http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2461</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nanomanufacturing: First Systematic Study Of
Cadmium Selenide Nanostructure Growth Yields Production 'Road Map'. Researchers
have taken an important step toward high-volume production of new
nanometer-scale structures with the first systematic study of growth conditions
that affect production of one-dimensional nanostructures from the optoelectronic
material cadmium selenide (CdSe). Using the results from more than 150 different
experiments in which temperature and pressure conditions were systematically
varied, nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology
created a “road map” to guide future nanomanufacturing using the
vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) technique. (ScienceDaily 10.30.05) <A
href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051028140332.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051028140332.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nano skyscrapers may precede space elevator.
Liftport, a space-infrastucture company, has been among those who support
construction of a space elevator, a long thin cable made of carbon nanotubes
anchored to a platform or ship at sea and extending out into space. Held in
place by the earth's rotation, the space elevator, with the help of robots,
would ferry materials to outer space. <BR>(ZDnet 10.26.05) <A
href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596_22-5914208.html">http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9596_22-5914208.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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