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The Nanogirl News
February 3, 2005



President's advisers to consider export controls on nanotech. A panel that 
advises President Bush on export issues will explore whether nanotechnology 
needs regulating. The committee, which will be assembled early this year, is 
expected to review other nations' nanotechnology capabilities, their 
competitiveness and nanotechnology's impact on national security. Lawyers who 
specialize in export law recommend nanotechnology companies follow developments 
to ensure they comply if regulations eventually are put in place. The scope 
could range from restrictions on international trade to rules on staffing 
foreign nationals. (Smalltimes 2/3/05)
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=8727


St. Louis, MO, January 17, 2005 - Elsevier, the world-leading scientific and 
medical publisher, announces plans to launch the world's first peer-reviewed 
journal devoted to nanomedicine - the emerging science of using molecular 
machines to treat human disease. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and 
Medicine, the official publication of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, will
be published quarterly, with the first issue to appear in March 2005. 
(Elsevier)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/703416/description


Friction at the nano-scale. Nanomachines will depend on our knowledge of 
friction, heat transfer and energy dissipation at the atomic level for their 
very survival. In the scramble to revolutionize the world with nanotechnology we
must not ignore friction. Nano-scale devices based on moving molecular 
components have the potential to radically alter technologies such as energy 
storage, drug delivery, computing, communications and chemical manufacture. But 
getting these devices from the laboratory to the marketplace is far from 
guaranteed. (Physicsweb Feb. 05)
http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/18/2/9


Nano's road to the future. 5-year-old National Nanotechnology Initiative keeps 
U.S. efforts on course...for now. In January 2000, much of the public got its 
first taste of nanotechnology from President Clinton...By internal and external 
accounts, the initiative has been successful, albeit a work in progress. It is 
at or ahead of some goals. For instance, recent lab advances suggest that the 
ability to not only detect but also treat certain types of cancer in their first
year of occurrence is well before the original 20-year timeframe. Globally, the
NNI has inspired or at least encouraged 40 similar programs. Most importantly, 
it has fostered true collaboration among the 22 participating government 
agencies, something historically turf-conscious career civil servants say is a 
major achievement. But challenges loom. Washington has entered a time of 
budgetary belt-tightening, just as the government's nano leaders say more money 
is needed to move basic research into application development. Experts say those
efforts require a stronger link between government and industry,...(Smalltimes 
Jan. 05)
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=8710

More about the NNI at Smalltimes here: 
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=8711


Nanotechnology and the FDA. The US Food and Drug Administration regulates a wide
range of products, including foods, cosmetics, drugs, devices, and veterinary 
products, some of which may utilize nanotechnology or contain nanomaterials. The
FDA defines "nanotechnology" as research and technology or development of 
products regulated by FDA that involve all of the following...
http://www.fda.gov/nanotechnology/


Scientists Find Evidence Of Electrical Charging Of Nanocatalysts. Researchers at
the Georgia Institute of Technology and Technical University Munch have 
discovered evidence of a phenomenon that may lead to drastically lowering the 
cost of manufacturing of materials from plastics to fertilizers. Studying 
nano-sized clusters of gold on a magnesium oxide surface, scientists found 
direct evidence for electrical charging of a nano-sized catalyst. This is an 
important factor in increasing the rate of chemical reactions. The research will
appear in the 21 January, 2005, issue of the journal Science, published by the 
AAAS, the science society, the world's largest general scientific organization. 
(Sciencedaily 2/2/05)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050123221728.htm


Filling A Fullerene. Japanese group uses organic synthesis to make milligrams of
H2-filled C60. Using organic synthesis as a scalpel and stitches, Japanese 
researchers have performed "molecular surgery" on a buckyball. A group at Kyoto 
University creates an opening in the molecule, inserts H2 into the cavity, and 
then, in just four steps, closes up the C60 framework to construct the 
endohedral fullerene  [Science, 307, 238 (2005)]. (C&E 1/17/05) 
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i03/8303notw6.html


"Lieber Appointed Coeditor Of Nano Letters," Chemical & Engineering News, 31 
January 2005. (PDF) 
http://cmliris.harvard.edu/news/2005/HMag_JanFeb05_50-59.pdf


Materials potpourri. Meeting spotlights latest advances in sensors, 
biomaterials, nanostructures, and art conservation. Although most Bostonians 
returning to work after the Thanksgiving holiday weren't aware of it, Boston 
Mayor Thomas M. Menino proclaimed Monday, Nov. 29, 2004--the first day of the 
Materials Research Society's annual fall meeting--to be the first-ever Materials
Science Day in Boston. As Menino noted in a proclamation marking the occasion, 
MRS "has met in Boston every fall for 27 years and draws more than 5,000 
international attendees and exhibitors." This year's MRS conferees braved the 
cold weather to absorb more than 2,500 talks and nearly 1,700 poster 
presentations. With five full days of symposia to occupy them, many attendees 
saw little need to desert the warmth of the Hynes Convention Center and its 
adjoining hotel and shopping mall complex, unless it was to attend the "Strange 
Matter" exhibit (C&EN, Jan. 12, 2004, page 40) held in conjunction with the 
meeting at the Boston Museum of Science. (C&E news 2/3/05) 
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/nanofocus/top/83/8301materials.html


Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Announces Availability of Double-Wall Carbon 
Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) announced today that it has 
expanded its pilot plant capability to provide double-wall carbon nanotubes to 
the market. Double-wall carbon nanotubes behave similarly to single-wall carbon 
nanotubes but have unique property characteristics for some applications. The 
technology to produce double-wall carbon nanotubes is part of the intellectual 
property developed by Dr. Richard Smalley and licensed exclusively to CNI by 
Rice University in 2001. "Even though single-wall carbon nanotubes have become 
somewhat of a gold standard product, the properties of double-wall carbon 
nanotubes can make them very interesting for certain applications," said Rick 
Smalley, chairman of CNI and University Professor at Rice University. 
(Business Wire 2/1/05)


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050201005081&newsLang=en


Edventure Museum exhibit explores nano-technology. A new exhibit at Edventure 
Children's Museum is letting kids explore a world too small to see. "It's a Nano
World" teaches kids about a nanometer, which is one billionth of a meter, 
smaller than one strand of hair. With the exhibit, children are able to measure 
themselves in nanometers, see things up close and personal, sort cells and play 
inside a drop of blood. 
(WIStv 2/1/05) http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2888593&nav=0RaPVs1t


Paint Based on Quantum Dots has Potential to Assist Antiterrorism and Cancer 
Detection. Night vision technology could become extremely precise thanks to an 
inexpensive water-based material capable of boosting particles of light in the 
infrared spectrum, say University of Toronto researchers. The material has the 
potential to enhance infrared images tenfold by coating lenses with a film a 
10th of a millimetre thick and powering the material with a laser. (Azonano 
2/1/05) http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=491


Nanotech takes aim at transistors. US scientists have made nano-scale devices 
they claim could one day replace current transistor technology. The tiny 
devices, "crossbar latches", are made up of a combination of crossed-over 
platinum wires with steric acid molecules set at their junctions. The Hewlett 
Packard researchers said they could potentially do a better job than present 
transistors, dramatically improving the performance of computers. The HP team 
reports its findings in the Journal of Applied Physics. (BBC 2/1/05) 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4226305.stm


Controlling guests in nanocapsules. "A detailed understanding of the interplay 
and relative orientations of the constituent guest molecules has, until now, 
been restricted to a few instances of limited complexity," note chemistry 
professor Jerry L. Atwood and coworkers at the University of Missouri, Columbia,
in a recent paper [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43,5263 (2004)]. The paper describes 
two important advances relating to nanocapsules with interior volumes in the 
1,200?1,500-?3 range, according to Atwood. "First, we show that it is possible 
to order the guests on the interior of our large free-standing capsules," he 
says. "Second, and most remarkably, we show that these large capsules 
communicate with each other, at least in the solid state and probably in 
solution, by the formation of intercapsule hydrogen bonds. This communication in
turn leads to a completely different ordering of the guests within the 
capsules." (C&Enews 2/3/05)
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/nanofocus/top/83/8301capsules.html


Test could detect Alzheimer's earlier. A highly sensitive new test could lead to
a different way to diagnose people with Alzheimer's disease, possibly helping 
find the illness in its early stages when there might be time for 
treatment...Test measures proteins in spinal fluid

Many companies have experimental therapies, he said, "But those therapeutics 
aren't very good if you can't definitively diagnose and follow a disease," 
explained Mirkin, a lead researcher - along with William L. Klein - on a team 
that developed the new test, which can detect small amounts of proteins in 
spinal fluid. The team's findings are reported in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings
of the National Academy of Science. (MSNBC 2/1/05) 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6890966


Nanotubes Crank Out Hydrogen. Pure hydrogen fuel is non-polluting. Current 
methods of extracting hydrogen, however, use energy derived from sources that 
pollute. Finding ways to use the sun's energy to split water to extract hydrogen
would make for a truly clean energy source. Several research efforts are using 
materials engineered at the molecular scale to tap the sun as an energy source 
to extract hydrogen from water. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University 
have constructed a material made from titanium dioxide nanotubes that is 97 
percent efficient at harvesting the ultraviolet portion of the sun's light and 
6.8 percent efficient at extracting hydrogen from water. (Fuel Cell Today 
1/27/05)


http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5504,00.html


Nanotechnology Detects Human DNA Mutations. Researchers at Nanosphere, Inc. have
reported unprecedented benefits in the company's technology for the medical 
analysis of human DNA. Nanosphere's nanoparticle-based technology allows for 
rapid, highly-sensitive and specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) 
genotyping, which is the direct detection of a particular gene and the extent to
which it is normal or mutated. (Azonano 1/26/05) 
http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=481


NanoClarity, The New Nanotechnology E-Newsletter, Enrolls Over 1,000 Subscribers
in 6 Months. Alan Shalleck, President of NanoClarity LLC of Jersey City, NJ, 
today announced the initial success of his new Newsletter and Commentary, 
NanoClarity, with the general and investing public, reaching a first milestone 
of over 1,000 subscribers. Distributed over the Internet at www.nanoclarity.com,
NanoClarity clarifies, in understandable language, nanotechnology's current 
state, meaning and worth. Mr. Shalleck said, " I was so horrified by the 
"emperor's new clothes" dot.com bubble of the late 90s, that I committed my 
wisdom and acumen to protecting potential nanotech investors from similar 
pitfalls in the even bigger boom coming in nanotechnology. My commitment is 
NanoClarity." (eMediaWire 2/3/05) 
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/2/emw204169.htm


Anadis and Starpharma to Work Together on Respiratory Protection & Biodefense 
Applications. Anadis Ltd (ASX:ANX) and Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, 
USOTC:SPHRY) announced today that they have established a partnership to 
investigate applications of their combined technologies to respiratory 
protection and biodefense. This research involves the use of polyclonal 
antibodies, harvested from bovine colostrum and combined with Starpharma's 
nano-scale dendrimer molecules to provide immediate short term respiratory 
protection from airborne biological agents such as Anthrax and Plague. 
(PharmaLive 2/1/05) 
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=208834&categoryid=21


'04 Nano funding report: less money but record number of rounds. The amount of 
money invested by venture capitalists in U.S. companies commercializing 
nanotechnology fell a precipitous 35 percent last year. However, the number of 
companies receiving funding increased 32 percent, to the highest level Small 
Times has tracked in data going back to 1995. (Smalltimes 2/2/05)
http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=8744



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