Nanotechnology was once the stuff of sci-fi stories and nothing more. Fast-forwarding to 2012 though? Nanotechnology is very real and researchers across the globe are attempting to find new ways to utilize it to its fullest potential.
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Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving and sustainable solutions announced today that they have recently completed initial installations of the Companys Nansulate thermal insulation and protective coatings with several major U.S. manufacturers in the paper and textile industries for insulation, surface protection and personnel protection.
Saving energy is now becoming a more immediate priority for U.S. manufacturers, stated Francesca Crolley, V.P. Business Development for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. While many of our previous larger projects have been overseas due to the culture of sustainability and regulatory mandates for energy savings, we are now seeing a significant increase in the focus on sustainability by U.S. companies and these initial projects are expected to expand into company wide initiatives in the very near future. Companies we have been working with in the U.S., including the most recent installations in textile facilities and a paper mill are now at a point where these types of energy saving projects are moving forward.
Crolley continues, For over eight years, Nansulate has provided significant energy savings and protective benefits for a number of industries, including global textile manufacturer Coats plc, who projected saving more than 10% in energy costs and 2% in carbon emissions throughout their plants in addition to lowering the dye house internal temperatures for improved worker safety. Henateks, a textile manufacturer for major sports apparel companies, charted an average of 20% reduction of energy consumption and reduced their liquid natural gas consumption in the first two years by over 1 million cubic meters per year. Nansulate coatings have also provided solutions at paper mills in countries such as India, and were a topic of a presentation at last years PaperTech Expo. Our coatings for building insulation are also just as popular for energy savings, reducing the internal temperature of a critical data center for Mexicos Social Security and Health Administration (IMSS) by 27% to reduce heat related server shut down, and being implemented as a sustainable building solution in the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.
Our experience is that energy saving projects are now more important than ever for US companies, concluded Ms. Crolley, and our patented coatings offer them the ability to implement a project at an affordable cost with short payback period, typically 6-18 months. We expect to see many more projects in the future with U.S. based manufacturers, in addition to being busier than ever with overseas projects as the world continues to seek innovative paths to sustainability.
About Nansulate
Nansulate is the Company's patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.inanotk.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: http://www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Nansulate.
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Industrial Nanotech Inc. is a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Green Building Council. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for sustainable nanotechnology which are sold worldwide.
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SKOKIE, IL--(Marketwire -05/21/12)- NanoProfessor, a division of NanoInk, Inc. focused on nanotechnology education, announced today that it has partnered with Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, Fla. in the naming of the NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab within the newly opened Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Indian River State College will be the first college in the Southeastern U.S. to offer students access to the instrumentation and curriculum provided by the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program.
"We are committed to offering Indian River State College students an education that prepares them for hi-tech jobs in the fields of nanotechnology, alternative energy, photonics, nanomaterials, electronics, and more," said Dr. Edwin Massey, President of IRSC. "In accordance with that commitment, we have partnered with NanoProfessor in the NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab. Within this lab, IRSC students will have access to state-of-the-art instruments and an advanced curriculum that has traditionally only been available to graduate students at research universities."
"We are pleased to be associated with the wonderful work being done at Indian River State College through our partnership in naming the NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab," said Dean Hart, Chief Commercial Officer of NanoInk. "The Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an incredible example of the commitment IRSC has made in preparing a hi-tech workforce for Florida's Research Coast. Companies will no doubt take notice that IRSC is providing the type of talented human capital needed to grow successful hi-tech businesses in Florida."
The NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program provides IRSC students with access to instrumentation, curriculum, and hands-on labs to expand their knowledge, skills, and real-world experience needed to work in the growing nanotechnology industry. In conducting lab experiments, students learn the fundamentals for building custom-engineered nanoscale structures while working with state-of-the-art equipment including NanoInk's NLP 2000 Desktop NanoFabrication System, an atomic force microscope, a nanoparticle characterization instrument, an advanced fluorescence microscope, and various chemical and biological materials used today within current and emerging nanotechnology applications.
At the dedication of the NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab, Dean Hart presented Dr. Edwin Massey a unique, framed image of the smallest IRSC logo in existence. Consisting of 6,500 20-nanometer dots, the actual logo was printed with NanoInk's proprietary Dip Pen Nanolithography and only measures 10 x 10 microns. The framed image of the micron-sized IRSC logo will hang in the NanoProfessor Advanced Materials Lab and includes a plaque stating that approximately 17,000 copies of the actual printed IRSC logo could be placed on the head of a pin, helping students and visitors to the lab better understand the incredibly small size of nanotechnology.
The Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the IRSC Main Campus in Fort Pierce is a multi-purpose, energy-efficient building containing technologically advanced laboratories designed to develop the skills necessary for hi-tech employment or entrepreneurship. The 65,000-square-foot building was constructed to Silver LEED standards of environmental design with recycled materials.
Indian River State College has earned a statewide and national reputation for excellence, with over 150 programs leading to Bachelor's Degrees, Associate Degrees, Technical Certificates, and Applied Technology Diplomas. More information is available at: http://www.irsc.edu/default.aspx.
About the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program The NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program aims to advance undergraduate nanotechnology education and address the growing need for a skilled, nano-savvy workforce. The NanoProfessor Program, including instruments, an expert-driven curriculum, and student/teacher support materials, is available for high schools, community colleges, technical institutes, and universities worldwide. More information is available at http://www.NanoProfessor.net or (847)679-NANO (6266). You can also like NanoProfessor on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NanoProfessor1 and follow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nanoprofessor1.
NanoInk, NanoProfessor, Dip Pen Nanolithography, DPN, and the NanoProfessor logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NanoInk, Inc.
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Washington, May 23 (ANI): Scientists have described a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination.
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NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery: Global Market for Nanocrystals
Nanocrystals will account for 60% of a $136 billion nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery market by 2021. We forecast the total market size in 2021 to be US$136 billion, with a 60/40 split between nanocrystals and nanocarriers respectively.
Since we now understand that most (if not all) biological processes occur at the nanoscale, the application of life science principles studying the causes of biological phenomena at the molecular level means that medical and biomedical research is increasingly using a bottom-up (rather than the top-down) approach.
One of the biggest challenges researchers face when developing a new drug is how to maximise its solubility in the body. Poor solubility in water correlates with poor bioavailability, which in turn leads to poor delivery. Nanocrystals are ground in special mills producing nano-sized drugs, which are applicable intravenously as nanosuspensions. This procedure enhances the surface/volume-ratio and thus the solubility and bioavailability of most insoluble pharmaceuticals.
The low bioavailability resulting from traditional oral and intravenous drug delivery methods and the market forces at work in the pharmaceutical industry where patents expire after a relatively short period of time unless a novel form of drug delivery is developed that will extend the patent are two major forces that will fuel the growth of the nano tech enabled drug delivery market.
The healthcare market is changing. We are seeing a paradigm shift away from blockbusters and a 'one-size fits all' approach to a more personalised medicine based on an individual's unique genome and immune response. The more scientists learn about the molecular causes for disease the more targeted and effective nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery therapies will become.
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Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving and sustainable solutions announced today that they have received an order of 2,150 gallons of the Companys patented Nansulate Translucent PT insulation and corrosion control coating from Montaco, the industrial contractor awarded the bid to apply Nansulate on fuel oil tanks at the Matosinhos refinery in Portugal owned by Galp Energia. This total price of the order is $163,298 and is the third order in the past 19 months for projects at the refinery covering both fuel oil storage tanks and an oil pipeline for insulation and corrosion prevention.
Galp Energia continues to upgrade their Portugal refineries on an ongoing basis and we look forward continuing to supply them with Nansulate Translucent PT, stated Francesca Crolley, V.P. of Business Development for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. The fuel oil storage tank project, which began with large applications of Nansulate last year, was paused during the winter season and is continuing now that the warmer weather has returned. Nansulate industrial coatings provide a superior solution for insulation of pipes, tanks and other equipment due to their excellent thermal performance as well as combination of other qualities such as corrosion prevention, moisture resistance, and ability to stand up to the harshest of environments.
Galp Energia SGPS SA, Portugals biggest oil company, has activities that span from exploration and production of oil and natural gas to refining and marketing oil products, natural gas marketing and sales and power generation. Galp Energia processes crude oil in its refineries at Sines and Matosinhos. These refineries have currently a total refining capacity of 330,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Their activities are expanding strongly worldwide and are predominantly located in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Angola, Venezuela, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, Gambia,East Timor, Uruguay and Equatorial Guinea
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Nansulate is the Company's patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.inanotk.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: http://www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Nansulate.
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Industrial Nanotech Inc. is a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Green Building Council. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for sustainable nanotechnology which are sold worldwide.
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Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Professor Justin Cooper-White has spent a week sharing ideas with US defence force researchers in Washington DC.
Prof Cooper-White represented the Australian National Fabrication Facility Queensland node (ANFF-Q) as director and was among more than 30 leading Australian researchers at the week-long review program.
The program aimed to identify areas of collaboration in micro- and nanofabrication, with researchers sharing ideas in high-temperature and lightweight materials, smart sensing, nanoelectronics and data management.
The meeting was very well organised, Prof Cooper-White said.
I was impressed by the attendance of very high-profile personnel from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, exemplifying the commitment of the significant research powerhouses in the US to forging new ties with leading Australian researchers and institutions.
I was buoyed by the significant activity under way in these laboratories in biosensors and diagnostics, organic electronics and photonics, nanoelectronics, robotics, biofuel cells and regenerative medicine areas that are highly aligned with research at AIBN and ANFF-Q.
It was an open forum for exchange of ideas and discussions on research challenges and opportunities for co-operation and exchange of researchers between Australia and the US.
Prof Cooper-White said ANFF infrastructure put Australian researchers in a good position to underpin collaborations in micro- and nanofabrication.
Australia's ambassador to the US, Kim Beazley, welcomed the Australian researchers ahead of the meetings, saying international collaboration was important for Australian scientists.
We have some unique capabilities and some of the smartest people in the world, Mr Beazley said. But the truth is that no country not even one the size of the US can be self-sufficient in science in the 21st century.
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For most manufacturers, cracks are usually something to be avoided and the semiconductor industry is no exception. But now physicists in South Korea have shown how initiating and then controlling the spread of nanometre-sized cracks can be used to create pre-designed patterns in a silicon wafer. They say that their approach offers a potentially faster and cheaper alternative to conventional lithography for the fabrication of integrated circuits.
Cracks can form when two materials with mismatching crystalline structures are placed on top of one another. Stress builds up at the interface between the materials, deforming the crystal structures and creating a crack that spreads throughout both materials if the deformity builds up enough potential energy to break atomic or molecular bonds. This can happen when a thin layer of silicon nitride is deposited on a silicon substrate, with cracks spreading uncontrollably through one or both of the layers.
Koo Hyun Nam of the Ewha Womans University in Seoul and colleagues have controlled the formation of such cracks to create elaborate patterns within a silicon substrate. To do this they etched tiny structures at particular positions and with specific orientations within 0.5mm-thick silicon wafers. The idea was that these "micro-notches" would concentrate the stress resulting from the deposition of a thin film of silicon nitride on the substrate. They also carved out step-like structures within the substrate to halt the spread of cracks or to isolate certain regions of the wafer from cracks.
Using chemical vapour deposition to lay down the silicon nitride, Nam and co-workers found that the cracks formed and propagated spontaneously. They were able to make the cracks either straight or wavy by changing the orientation of the crystal planes in the wafers as well as adjusting other parameters such as the temperature and pressure of the vapour. By laying down a film of silicon dioxide between the substrate and the silicon nitride they were able to generate a third shape "stitch-like" cracks, which are straight cracks with short, parallel, angled branches.
The width of the cracks varied between about 10120nm, with the wavelike variety generally wider than the straight cracks. In addition, the researchers found that they could change the direction of a crack, causing it to "refract" much like a light wave passing into and then out of a block of glass, by separating only a part of the wafer and the silicon nitride with the silicon-dioxide film. Where there was no silicon dioxide, the crack penetrated more deeply into the silicon substrate and aligned itself more closely with the substrate's atomic planes, whereas this alignment was weaker where there was silicon dioxide, causing the crack to change direction in this region.
Writing in Nature, Nam's team says that this method of controlled cracking could offer a faster and cheaper alternative to conventional lithography for microchip fabrication. In an accompanying article, Antonio Pons of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, agrees. He says that lithography, which allows patterns to be etched in silicon using a mask created via beams of light, electrons or ions, is often complex, expensive and time-consuming.
Pons told physicsworld.com that the advantage of the new approach is that the time needed to form the pattern "is simply the time taken for the crack to propagate", estimating that it should take only a few hours altogether to prepare the substrate, deposit the film and create the pattern, compared with the "days or weeks" needed using standard lithography. He admits, however, that he does not know how long it would take to make the micro-notches and other features. He also says it remains unclear how closely the cracks can be positioned to one another, something, he points out, "that is crucial when making small structures".
But Pons believes that the new technique should also find applications beyond the semiconductor industry. One possibility, he says, is making microfluidic devices. These are networks of tiny channels within which fluids, containing molecules such as DNA, can be manipulated for study. He also wonders whether it might prove useful at larger scales, perhaps allowing buildings in earthquake zones to fracture more safely. "The answer to that is not necessarily yes," he says. "Scale is very important, and we would be going from atomic-level interactions to the size of a house. But maybe this work will inspire people in other fields."
Zhenan Bao, a chemist at Stanford University in the US, says that the strength of the latest work is in showing the formation of controlled cracking, pointing out that other groups have previously used cracks to create nanoscale patterns, but that they were not able to carefully control where the cracks formed. Bao cautions, however, that such controlled cracking would only be possible with certain combinations of materials, which may mean the technique has more limited appeal than standard lithography. "It would be nice to see a demonstration of this method for device application," she adds.
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Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving and sustainable solutions announced today that the Company is opening a Corporate Sales Office in India with the next 4-6 weeks. Industrial Nanotech, Inc. has seen significantly increased demand in India for their Nansulate energy saving and protective coatings from OEM manufacturers as well as end manufacturing users to reduce energy costs. The company plans to establish an office first in Southern India, in or near Bangalore, with expansion to Northern India and Western India in the near future.
India has become an increasingly important country as their manufacturing sectors and economy as a whole continue to have a healthy growth rate, stated Francesca Crolley, VP of Business Development for Industrial Nanotech, Inc. We began a strategy this year focused on boosting our marketing and brand presence in India as an energy saving solution and it has returned significant results. These include multiple inquiries from manufacturers that want to use Nansulate coatings for insulation of their equipment for energy savings and surface temperature reduction, as well as a meeting with a leading OEM manufacturer of process cooling systems with 14 locations throughout India, and an international client base, that is interested in incorporating our technology into the process cooling systems they manufacture and sell. We have seen our marketing, which was focused on commercial and industrial, bring in sales and inquiries from multiple markets and at such a response level that it was obvious to us that setting up an Industrial Nanotech, Inc. office in India, staffed by a sales and technical support team which we hire and train, was the logical next step. The availability of a well educated workforce with an excellent work ethic presents a tremendous opportunity for the Company and will allow us to both accommodate factory visit requests from around the country with our own technical teams, as we do in the US, and the ability to more rapidly service and grow this vital market.
India's economic growth is expected to remain robust in 2012 and 2013, despite likely headwind of double-dip recessions in Europe and the US, according to a United Nations' annual economic report - World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012. The Indian economy is expected to grow between 7.7 per cent and 7.9 per cent this year, as per the report. India is the second most preferred destination for foreign investors, according to the report 'Doing Business in India' by Ernst & Young. The report explores India's key sectors, investment climate, funding scenario, laws and regulations, to aid companies that are doing, or plan to do business in India.
About Nansulate
Nansulate is the Company's patented product line of award winning, specialty coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention, resistance to mold growth, fire resistance, chemical resistance and lead encapsulation in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate Product Line includes industrial, residential, agricultural and solar thermal insulation coatings. Additional information about the Company and its products can be found at their websites, (www.inanotk.com) and (www.nansulate.com). Blog: http://www.nansulate.com/nanoblog, Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NanoPioneer, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Nansulate.
About Industrial Nanotech Inc.
Industrial Nanotech Inc. is a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Green Building Council. The Company develops and commercializes new and innovative applications for sustainable nanotechnology which are sold worldwide.
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A nanotechnology system that will allow sailors on Navy submarines to breathe easy has won Pacific Northwest National Laboratory a national award.
The 2012 Federal Laboratory Consortium Interagency Partnership Award was given to the Department of Energy national lab in Richland.
Researchers created a system that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air within a submarine to improve air quality, while providing a more environmentally friendly removal process.
The technology -- self assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports or SAMMS -- can be used to replace a system relied on for more than half a century by the U.S. Navy and many other countries.
The current system is a bulky, heavy, corrosive and malodorous liquid process that produces a significant amount of organic solvent waste, according to PNNL.
"This is a new application of a technology that was previously developed by PNNL to remove heavy metal contamination from ground and surface waters found at many DOE waste sites," PNNL material scientist Glen Fryxell, one of the key inventors of the SAMMS technology, said in a statement.
The SAMMS materials can absorb large quantities of liquid and airborne contaminants without creating secondary waste and can be disposed of as nonhazardous waste.
The SAMMS technology is based on a new class of hybrid nanoporous materials that can rapidly capture contaminants such as carbon dioxide, mercury or arsenic directly from the atmosphere or liquid environments.
For air rejuvenation systems, SAMMS can provide a controlled release of the carbon dioxide using a gentle application of heat or vacuum, according to PNNL.
"The technology could open doors to other large-scale or small-scale air quality treatments," Fryxell said.
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NEW YORK, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Nanotechnology Market Forecast to 2014
In the coming years, nanotechnology is set to play a pivotal role in various industry segments. The evolving technology has already influenced a large number of industrial segments, and the economic activity generated from it has been high in magnitude and wide in scope. The nanotechnology-based products, which have had a huge impact on almost each industrial sector, are now entering the consumer market in a big way. As per the findings of our latest report, increased applications of the technology in sectors like electronics, cosmetics, and defense, would propel the growth of the global nanotechnology market, which is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of about 19% during 2011-2014.
According to "Nanotechnology Market Forecast to 2014", electronic companies are finding new ways of incorporating nanotechnology into consumer products like music systems and mobile phones in order to improve their processing capabilities. Similarly, the technology could help improve cosmetics by changing their physical properties. We also observed that the use of nanotechnology in defense technologies provides enhanced performance at lower cost. Besides, the budding technology has revolutionalized dental care as it decreases the healing time and improves the Osseo-integration during dental implant. Our report discusses in detail these application areas and the key market trends.
Though nanomaterials would continue to dominate the nanotechnology market in the coming years, nano devices, comprising nanolithographic tools for manufacturing the next generation semi-conductors, are estimated to grow at a much faster rate than nanomaterials in near future. The crucial country-level analysis, included in the comprehensive research, identified that the US is the world's most prominent nanotechnology market and will continue to enjoy the biggest pie of the global industry in the years to come, despite developing economies like China, Korea, India, and Brazil investing huge sums in the nanotechnology R&D. Our report elaborates the application areas and regulatory environment relating to nanotechnology in these countries, along with the patent analysis.
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Category: Science & Technology Posted: May 11, 2012 09:40AM Author: Guest_Jim_*
Whoever first had the idea for the lithography system used to produce modern integrated circuits, probably did not think their invention would be used to clean a person's blood. As reported by the American Institute of Physics, researchers at MIT and the National University of Singapore have created a device that cleans infections from the blood. The key was using margination, a natural phenomenon that separates parts of the blood.
As your blood flows through your blood vessels, white blood cells and bacteria move towards the wall of the vessel, while the red blood cells flow through the middle. The researchers decided to try making a device that replicates this effect. By etching microfluidic channels just 20 micrometers (millionths of a meter: m) by 20 m into a polymer chip, the researchers successfully removed at least 80% of the E. coli bacteria, yeast, and other inflammatory components from a blood sample.
Potentially this technology could be used to treat sepsis, a dangerous and systemic inflammatory response to blood infections. First small-scale in vivo animal tests have to be successful, but this is definitely a promising and interesting way to clean ones blood.
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on the use of nanotechnology in food and food contact substances represents only marginal progress towards regulation of the technology, a petition group has claimed.
In response to the FDA guidance, the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Friends of the Earth (FoE), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (LATP) and the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) have called for the introduction of further regulations to cover the food sectors use of the technology.
The FDA document pinpointed factors that should be considered when trying to determine whether changes in manufacturing process, such as the intentional reduction in particle size to the nanoscale, can affect the safety of food.
Once finalised, Draft Guidance for Industry: Assessment the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, Including Food Ingredients that are Colour Additives will represent the FDAs current thinking on the topic.
The Center for Food Safety (CFS), which campaigns against harmful food production technology, has urged the FDA to issue more than just voluntary guidance on the issue.
Marginal progress
The campaigners, which are all currently working on nanotechnology oversight, have called on the FDA to further the so-far marginal progress toward regulation of products made with this new technology.
The draft guidance followed a lawsuit filed in December 2011 by the group, regarding the FDAs failure to respond to their 2006 petition. The FDA responded to the groups lawsuit in April 2012.
In its formal response to the groups lawsuit, FDA acknowledged that there are differences between nanomaterials and their bulk counterparts, and the nanomaterials have potential new risks and may require new testing, said the groups statement.
However, the agency declined to enact mandatory regulations at this time.
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In his visit to Albany Tuesday, President Barack Obama highlighted the nanotechnology initiatives in Upstate New York as the foundation for a new era in American manufacturing.
He spoke at the Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, which is partnering with SUNYIT in Marcy to make New York a center for computer technology businesses and research.
The reason I came here today is because this school and this community represent the future of our economy, Obama said. Right now, some of the most advanced manufacturing work in America is being done right here in Upstate New York. Cutting-edge businesses from all over the world are deciding to build here and hire here.
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SUNYIT President Wolf Yeigh, who attended the event, said Obama had hit it right on.
He said bring these outsourced jobs back to America, and it is happening right there in Albany, Yeigh said. He mentioned that semiconductors are the next wave of American greatness. The Mohawk Valley is poised to be on that wave.
Albany's nanotechnology sector was jump-started in the mid-1990s, as state dollars were poured into the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. It has been growing ever since.
SUNYIT was brought into the mix in 2009, when state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and other state officials announced $45 million to create a Computer Chip Commercialization Center and Center for Advanced technology.
Then, in September of 2011, $4.4 billion in government and private sector investments in nanotechnology statewide were announced. SUNYIT also is set to gain from that windfall.
All told, more than 900 jobs, many of them well paid, are expected to land in the Mohawk Valley, officials have said.
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Mississauga nanotechnology developer and manufacturer Integran Technologies Inc. has received a repayable loan of nearly $400,000 from the federal government for a new development project. The company is developing nano-structured aerospace and defence products. The money will be used to create "next-generation metal alloys that are more robust and free from toxic beryllium copper," which will help expand the company's product line and its customer base. Industry Minister Christian Paradis said the money will come from the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative, which supports industrial research and development projects in the aerospace, defence, space and security industries. "By investing in innovative firms like Integran, our government is ensuring that Canada's aerospace and defence industry remains a global leader and continues to be a major contributor to our economy," said Paradis. "This support will allow Integran to realize new market opportunities in an emerging market segment." As part of the initiative, Integran will work with graduate-level engineering students from the University of Toronto. "Since being founded over 12 years ago, Integran has been committed to developing environmentally benign alternatives to toxic materials and processes," said company president and chief executive officer Gino Palumbo. "Integran is confident that through this program, our core patented nanotechnology can be optimized and demonstrated to be a viable, cost-effective alternative to the alloying of copper with toxic beryllium - a strengthening process that remains in widespread use for various industrial, aerospace and defence applications." cclay@mississauga.net
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Glenforest Secondary School teacher George Douzenis was recognized this morning by City Council for his work promoting cycling in Mississauga.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ths3db/nanotechnology_for) has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery: Global Market for Nanocrystals" report to their offering.
Nanocrystals will account for 60% of a $136 billion nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery market by 2021. We forecast the total market size in 2021 to be US$136 billion, with a 60/40 split between nanocrystals and nanocarriers respectively.
Since we now understand that most (if not all) biological processes occur at the nanoscale, the application of life science principles - studying the causes of biological phenomena at the molecular level - means that medical and biomedical research is increasingly using a bottom-up (rather than the top-down) approach.
The healthcare market is changing. The author is seeing a paradigm shift away from blockbusters and a one-size fits all' approach to a more personalised medicine based on an individual's unique genome and immune response. The more scientists learn about the molecular causes for disease the more targeted and effective nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery therapies will become.
Nanocrystals will outperform nanocarriers by 20%
Nanocrystal-based drugs showed the highest market growth in the last decade compared to other nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery systems studied, according to Cientifica Ltd.'s latest research. This is largely due to the shorter development times and smaller investment needed to create nanocrystals. The report presents a detailed discussion of recent developments (2000-2010) in nanocrystal therapies and future opportunities (2011-2021).
The low bioavailability resulting from traditional oral (both tablet and liquid) drug delivery methods and the market forces at work in the pharmaceutical industry - where patents expire after a relatively short period of time unless a novel form of drug delivery is developed that will extend the patent - are two major forces that will fuel the growth of the nanotech enabled drug delivery market, said Harper.
The National Science Foundation has forecast the global nanotech-enabled market will reach US$1 trillion by 2015, while the National Nanotechnology Initiative predicts it will reach US$3 trillion by 2020. Drug nanocrystals would therefore account for approximately 2.5% of the total global nanotechnology market in 2015 and 3.5% in 2021.
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Pakistan's spike in nanotech research publications has been hit by funds crunch.
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[KARACHI] Nanotechnology research in Pakistan, which had shown a trend of higher publication numbers over the last decade, has suffered from the countrys present financial crisis, a study said.
In 2008 the government did not extend the term of the National Commission for Nanoscience and Technology, initially set up in 2003 for three years and later extended for two more years.
The study, published online on 29 March in Scientometrics, said research publications in the field had grown from seven in 2000 to an impressive 542 papers in 2011, registering a 29 per cent annual growth rate.
This is higher than the average annual growth rate of 23 per cent registered globally, said Rizwan Sarwar Bajwa, research associate at the Preston Institute of Nanoscience and Technology in Islamabad who, together with his colleague Khwaja Yaldram, had carried out the study.
Much of the contribution came from 13 universities while only two state-owned research and development institutions in the country participated in nanoscience and nanotechnology research.
The study attributed the spurt in research and publications to heavy government spending on manpower training and procuring the latest equipment for laboratories working in the field.
"Unfortunately, the present financial crunch faced by the country could have a negative impact on the progress achieved so far," the study concluded.
"The publication shows that despite availability of funding, the research and development institutes contributed very little in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology," Bajwa, lead author of the study, told SciDev.Net.
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President Barack Obama at the White House May 3, 2012. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool
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ALBANY, N.Y., May 4 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama will discuss an emerging U.S. innovation economy at a nanotechnology development and education center, the White House said late Friday.
Obama is to travel Tuesday to a $14 billion, 800,000-square-foot NanoTech Complex at the State University of New York's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering on the campus of the University at Albany, the White House said in a statement, changing earlier plans.
Obama was to have gone to a nearly completed $4.6 billion GlobalFoundries Inc. computer chip plant about 20 miles from Albany, but switched "due to logistical reasons," the White House statement said Friday.
The college is closer to Albany International Airport than the chip-making plant and has better parking and a larger space for public events, said GlobalFoundries, which met with a White House advance team the past two days.
GlobalFoundries, which is test-manufacturing computer chips and expects to be fully operational this summer, is also still considered an active construction site, said the Milpitas, Calif., company.
"It's a massive undertaking and they want to have the right accommodations," company spokesman Travis Bullard told The (Saratoga Springs) Saratogian.
Representatives of GlobalFoundries -- formerly part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-largest producer of computer chips -- "will join the president at CNSE," the White House statement said.
About 50 of GlobalFoundries' 1,300 local employees work at CNSE in research roles, Bullard told the newspaper.
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Local officials along with some 100 area educators and members of the public attended a nanotechnology forum at SUNYIT Thursday afternoon. The forum addressed aspects of nanotechnology for the business community as well as educators who teach anything from kindergarten to college classes. These forms are very vital for our work force and our educators, said Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D - Utica. We want to make sure, that going forward; we have a work force that is well trained and ready to meet these job demands. SUNYIT President Bjong Wolf Yeigh asked those who attended the forum to try to formulate a plan as to how the Mohawk Valley can embrace nanofever. Build it and the people will come, said Bill Gaetano, of Gaetano Construction in Utica, referring to the planned Marcy NanoCenter. Its a great opportunity for our students.
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