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• Meet the Nubot: DNA nanotechnology robots

  Aharia Nair brings to our attention the new term Nubot, for Nucleic Acid Robots. Wikipedia explains: Nubot is an abbreviation for “Nucleic Acid Robots.” Nubots are synthetic robotics devices at the nanoscale. Representative nubots include the several Read more
  Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 12:11 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Research, Open Source, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Robotics, Computational nanotechnology

• Meet the Nubot: DNA nanotechnology robots

  Aharia Nair brings to our attention the new term Nubot, for Nucleic Acid Robots. Wikipedia explains: Nubot is an abbreviation for “Nucleic Acid Robots.” Nubots are synthetic robotics devices at the nanoscale. Representative nubots include the several Read more
  Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 12:11 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 1 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Research, Open Source, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Robotics, Computational nanotechnology

• Nanotechnology Roadmap launch: Productive Nanosystems Conference, Oct 9-10

  Foresight, Battelle, and Working Group members have been working away on our Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems since late 2005. Now the Society of Manufacturing Engineers is pitching in on co-sponsoring the launch conference. Below is the press Read more
  Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 5:33 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Nanotechnology Roadmaps, Press Releases, Molecular Nanotechnology, Nanotech reports & publications, Productive Nanosystems, Molecular manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Computational nanotechnology

• Nanotechnology podcast: Nanocars and Nanofactories

  Karen Schmidt, whose writing has been featured here recently, brings our attention to nanotechnology podcasts, posted at NISEnet and the Exploratorium, as well as on ITunes. One example: Vroom! Nanocars and Nanofactories In this edition of SmallTalk, we hear Read more
  Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:31 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano

• Nanotechnology machines may benefit from arcane bond

  Oregon State researchers led by Pui Shing Ho, professor and chair of the OSU Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have “re-discovered” and are now exploring the uses of the halogen bond for nanotechnology. From the PNAS abstract: The halogen Read more
  Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 6:26 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Research, Environment, Health, and Safety, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano

• Massive nanotechnology review resolves hard/soft dispute

  Here on Nanodot we mentioned earlier a nanotechnology survey article titled Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines by Euan Kay, David Leigh, and Francesco Zerbetto. I have a paper copy now and have to admit that it is indeed worth $25, but that Read more
  Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:06 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotech reports & publications, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, European Nanotechnology

• 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 video: Forcing reactions mechanically

  Foresight members have long been interested in physical/mechanical control of the positions and reactivity of molecules, as a pathway to advanced molecular nanotechnology and atomically-precise contruction of large products. This connection is described on Read more
  Posted Friday, March 23, 2007 6:09 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano

• Nanotechnology @ home: Design your own molecular machines

  Tom Moore has set up the Machine Phase blog to chronicle his nanotechnology adventures designing molecular machines using the NanoEngineer-1 software from Nanorex. Read the whole thing starting on March 3 in the archives. Some of the images are still shots; Read more
  Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:34 PM from Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Molecular Nanotechnology, Artificial Molecular Machines, Nanotechnology, Nanotech, Nano, Computational nanotechnology