CNM HIGHLIGHTS
Events
December, 2007
Happy Holidays!
January 9 & 10 , 2007
CINT 6th User Workshop - Alburquerque, NM
The DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies invites you to attend its 6th User Workshop on January 9-10, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM.
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News
December, 2007
Photo Gallery Updated - Now with pictures of 5th TRC Site Visit
November 15 & 16, 2007
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Thursday - Friday, November 15th and 16th , 2007
NASA TRC Site Visit
UPR - Rio Piedras
Members
| Dr. Michael Meador |
Chief, Polymers Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Ms. Michelle Manzo |
Chief, Electrochemistry Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Dr. Phil Abel * |
Chief, Tribology and Surface Science Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center |
| Dr. A. Neal Watkins |
Advanced Sensing and Optical Measurments Branch, NASA Langley Research Center |
| Dr. Félix A. Miranda** |
Chief, Antenna, Microwave and Optical Systems Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center |
* Point of Contact of the Nanotechnology Initiative at GRC
** Chair, Technical Review Committee (TRC)
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March 15th and 16th, 2007
External Advisory Committee Site Visit
UPR - Rio Piedras Campus
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December 14
and 15th, 2006
TRC-NASA Site Visit
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Agenda
In Summer, 2006, the CNM held its third
NanoSummer Camp at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
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Interesting Articles Taken from The Nanogirl News
November 11, 2006
'Nanorust' Cleans Arsenic From Drinking Water. The discovery
of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading
scientists at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology
(CBEN) to develop a revolutionary, low-cost technology for cleaning arsenic
from drinking water. The technology holds promise for millions of people in
India, Bangladesh and other developing countries where thousands of cases of
arsenic poisoning each year are linked to poisoned wells. The new technique
is described in the Nov. 10 issue of Science magazine. (Playfuls 11.11.06)
http://www.playfuls
.com/news_ 002874_Nanorust_ Cleans_Arsenic_ From_Drinking_ Water.html
Legos give kids a leg up on nanotechnology. The U.S. Patent Office might want
to hear about this: John Hurd and a team of researchers have built a "nanoprobe"
he says can clean clogged arteries. "The nanoprobe swims through the arteries
and pushes out all the cholesterol and fat," explained the 9-year-old inventor.
There is a caveat. The machine is only in the minds of the pint-sized designers
who have spent eight weeks studying nanotechnology - the science of making super-small
machines - while crafting robots out of Legos. The Crestwood Elementary School
fourth-grader is among more than 200 students from Madison, Milwaukee and elsewhere
in Wisconsin participating in this year's FIRST Lego League Badgerland Regional
Competition, which starts today at Madison's Memorial High School.(Wisconsin State
Journal 11.11.06)
http://www.madison.
com/wsj/home/ local/index. php?ntid= 107020&ntpid=3
Bridging neurons and electronics with carbon nanotubes. New implantable biomedical
devices that can act as artificial nerve cells, control severe pain, or allow
otherwise paralyzed muscles to be moved might one day be possible thanks to developments
in materials science. Writing today in Advanced Materials, Nicholas Kotov of the
University of Michigan and colleagues describe how they have used hollow, submicroscopic
strands of carbon, carbon nanotubes, to connect an integrated circuit to nerve
cells. The new technology offers the possibility of building an interface between
biology and electronics. (PhysOrg Nov. 06)
http://www.physorg.com/news82116028.html
New biomedical device uses nanotechnology to monitor hip implant healing, may
reduce wait times. It is so small, you can barely see it, but a microsensor created
by University of Alberta engineers may soon make a huge difference in the lives
of people recovering from hip replacement surgery. The U of A research team has
invented a self-powered wireless microsensor for monitoring the bone healing process
after surgery -- it is so tiny it can fit onto the tip of a pen. (EurekAlert 10.17.06)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uoa-nbd101706.php
Now, a ?DNA machine? that can sound a virus alert. Researchers have made a 'DNA machine' from a single molecule that detects a virus by reading its genome, and then produces an alarm signal, in the form of a visible glow. Itamar Willner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his co-workers say that their DNA device can provide a readout within an hour and a half, whereas existing methods for identifying viruses or bacteria from their DNA generally require many complicated chemical steps. (Nature 11.10.06)
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061106/full/061106-19.html
A nanoplasmonic molecular ruler for measuring nuclease activity and DNA footprinting. Researchers have a new tool for studying interactions between proteins and nucleic acids: a nanoscale optical ruler than can detect small changes in the size of a given piece of DNA. This work is reported in the inaugural issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. (News-medical. net 10.16.06)
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20495
A nanoplasmonic molecular ruler for measuring nuclease activity and DNA footprinting. Researchers have a new tool for studying interactions between proteins and nucleic acids: a nanoscale optical ruler than can detect small changes in the size of a given piece of DNA. This work is reported in the inaugural issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. (News-medical. net 10.16.06)
http://www.scienced aily.com/releases/2006/11/061108154306.htm
Bio-nanotechnology to kill cancer cells. The University of Surrey has been awarded
a grant of £420,000 to utilize nanotechnology to develop cancer treatments.
The grant is part of an international project: “Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes
for Biomedical Applications (CARBIO)” supported by the European Union under
the Marie Curie scheme. (Nanotechnology 11.6.06)
http://www.nanotechnology.com/news/?id=9329