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• Nanotechnology "nanofactories" may not be far away

  Gazette.net reports that nanotechnology is bringing dramatic advances: Imagine not having to go to the doctor when you are sick. No medicine, no popping pills. Instead, tiny cell-like machines in your body would already be at work manufacturing medicine and Read more
  Posted Friday, April 06, 2007 6:01 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Memetics

• Visionary Congressional report on nanotechnology

  Nanowerk brings our attention to a new report by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress titled Nanotechnology: The Future is Coming Sooner Than You Think (pdf), apparently authored by Senior Economist Joseph V. Kennedy and sponsored by Rep. Jim Read more
  Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:28 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Nanotechnology Politics, Opinion, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotech reports & publications, Molecular manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine

• Controlling nanotechnology scissors for medical uses

  For many years we’ve been asked, “How will molecular machines be controlled inside the body?” In a nanotechnology advance that is getting wide attention, University of Tokyo researchers have found a way to build molecular-scale scissors — Read more
  Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:54 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Asia Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine, Women in nanotechnology

• Nature’s nanotechnology motors to inspire future machines

  Work at Purdue and The Catholic University of America has clarified how a natural nanotechnology motor works to “pump” DNA into the head of a virus. From Small Times: The virus consists of a head and tail portion. The DNA-packaging motor is located Read more
  Posted Monday, March 26, 2007 7:54 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine

• Nanotechnology health uses to grow hugely

  Small Times reports that nanotechnology medical applications are expected to climb immensely: U.S. demand for nanotechnology medical products will increase over 17 percent per year to $53 billion in 2011, says The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry Read more
  Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:08 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Opinion, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotech reports & publications, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine

• Molecular machine work wins $25,000

  A Yale researcher has won the $25,000 Wiley Prize in the Biomedical Sciences for his discovery of natural molecular machine that guides some proteins to fold properly in the warm, crowded environment inside cells: They learned that a large double donut-shaped Read more
  Posted Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:18 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine

• Medical nanotechnology game now in Beta

  A medically-oriented nanotechnology game is now available in Beta form, presumably for the PC. NanoMission is aimed at 12-to-18-year-olds: Our aim is to inspire some of the brightest teenagers about the world of nanotechnology, potentially opening their eyes Read more
  Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:03 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, NanoEducation, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine

• Knighthood for molecular nanotechnology researcher

  David Leigh, Richard Jones, and other alert readers report that Fraser Stoddart has been knighted for “services to chemistry and molecular nanotechnology.” From the UCLA press release: UCLA professor Fraser Stoddart, director of the California Read more
  Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:34 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine, Foresight Kudos

• Nanotechnology: eleven 50-year outlooks

  The Institute for the Future, in a UK-funded study published on the Stanford website, presents eleven outlooks for nanotechnology over the next 50 years: • Better drug delivery through nanotechnology • Carbon nanotubes and lighter vehicles • The coming nanoshell Read more
  Posted Friday, December 29, 2006 4:19 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Nanoscale Bulk Technologies, Opinion, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotech reports & publications, Molecular manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Warfare, Security, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine, Nanosurveillance, Openness/Privacy, Reviews, Military nanotechnology

• Most longed-for nanotechnology: nanomedicine

  As a veteran nanowatcher, I can testify that what most people want most from nanotechnology is dramatic medical advances, such as the cancer treatments now showing so much promise. Science magazine periodically includes a “product” section reviewing Read more
  Posted Friday, December 15, 2006 4:51 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Future Medicine, Nanomedicine