Foresight Nanotech Institute Weekly News Digest: September 18, 2008
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Top Nano News of the Week
A nanotech approach that makes use of artificial protein-like molecules called "single-component block copolypeptides" produces stable double emulsion nanoparticles. Because these nanoparticles can simultaneously deliver water-soluble and water-insoluble drugs, they might offer an advantage in killing cancer cells that develop resistance to one drug…
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Foresight Event – Vision Weekend
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Conference – The Singularity Summit 2008
Conference – NanoManufacturing Conference & Exhibits 2009
Nanotech Events
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Nanotech contributions to the development of medical science now include devices that can decipher the chemical communications among individual cells. A new microfluidic device called a multi-trap nanophysiometer promises to be particularly useful in elucidating the communications among individual cells of the immune system, and perhaps eventually revealing what goes wrong during the immune system's response to cancer or AIDS…
Foresight Nanotech Institute is partnering with the Singularity Institute and other organizations for The Singularity Summit 2008, to be held October 25, Montgomery Theater, San Jose, CA…
Some nanotech gold particles very effectively catalyze the oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide—useful for protecting firefighters and fuel cells from carbon monoxide poisoning. A very powerful electron microscope capable of resolving single gold atoms has revealed why some gold nanoparticles work and some don't—only bilayer clusters of 8-12 gold atoms work…
Nanostructures called artificial atoms, which are usually semiconductor quantum dots a few nanometers in diameter, constitute an important approach to quantum computing. However, characterizing the energy levels of artificial atoms is difficult. A new method called amplitude spectroscopy may facilitate a nanotech pathway to quantum computing by making it easier to characterize the energy levels of artificial atoms…
—Nanodot posts by James Lewis
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The Singularity Summit
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Opportunity, Risk, Leadership
October 25,
2008
Montgomery Theater, San Jose, CA
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April 1-2, 2009
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Nanotech Events
National Nano Engineering Conference 2008
America's premier nano engineering conference
November 12-13, 2008
The Colonnade Hotel, Boston, MA
The National Nano Engineering Conference 2008 (NNEC) is the premier event focused on current and future developments in engineering innovations at the nanoscale, as well as the commercialization of nanotechnology.
Presentations on new technologies and their commercial applications in the following disciplines:
- Advanced Materials
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