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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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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Happy Hallows Eve.</font></div>
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