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Researchers close in on single-atom switch Researchers close in on single-atom switch: EETimes - Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research is close to developing the first single-electron tunneling transistor capable of operating at room temperature. (Articles) http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010306S0061 Non-Metallic Room Temperature Magnet Non-Metallic Room Temperature Magnet: New Scientist - Russian physicist Tatiana Makarova heated and compressed buckyballs to create an at-room-temperature magnetic sheet. (Articles) http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991443 Topix.net: Nanotech Topix.net: Nanotech: News about nanotechnology, collected from various sources on the web. (Articles) http://rss.topix.net/rss/tech/nanotech.xml Nano Technology: No, its not all hype Nano Technology: No, its not all hype: BusinessWeek Online - excellent article on which companies are doing what in nanotechnology research and applications. (Articles) http://www.businessweek.com/bw50/content/mar2002/a3776078.htm University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley: The Zettl Research Group create tiny frictionless bearings and springs out of nested multi-walled carbon nanotubes. (Articles) http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/07/27_nano.html World's Smallest Nanotubes World's Smallest Nanotubes: Scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have succeeded in fabricating the smallest single-walled carbon nanotube in the world, with a diameter of only 0.4 nanometers. (Standard nanotubes are 1.3 nm). (Articles) http://www.ust.hk/%7Ewebopa/s1102b.html The New Nanofrontier The New Nanofrontier: Scientific American - Nano-copter, Nano-arm, Nano-hand, and Nano-box (Articles) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000C7091-590A-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21 Is the future nano? Is the future nano?: Chembytes e-zine - Overview of nanotechnology: yesterday and today. (Articles) http://www.chemsoc.org/chembytes/ezine/2000/rouvray_dec00.htm Single Molecule Organic Transistors Single Molecule Organic Transistors: Scientists from Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have created organic transistors with a single-molecule channel length. (Articles) http://www.semiconductorfabtech.com/site-waferprocessing/news/2001/10/18.02.shtml A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell: Respirocytes A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell: Respirocytes: First nanorobot device design paper ever published in a peer-reviewed, mainstream medical journal. (Articles) http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Respirocytes.html Carbon Nanotube Integrated Circuit Carbon Nanotube Integrated Circuit: Physics News - current densities hundreds of times greater than that of common metals; also: heat conductivity almost as high as that of diamond; superconductivity in nanotube ropes; nanotube/buckyball peapods; nanotubes as atomic force microscope probes. (Articles) http://newton.ex.ac.uk/aip/physnews.531.html Space Elevators Get A Lift Space Elevators Get A Lift: Space Daily - using nanotubes to construct the cable for a space elevator (Articles) http://www.spacedaily.com/news/future-01f.html Moletronics: Future Electronics Moletronics: Future Electronics: Surveys recent works within the field. (Articles) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X1J-45RDX7M-27&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-CV-MsSAYWW-UUA-AUCUWCBVAC-CECVUEEVE-CV-U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=02%2F01%2F2002&_rdoc=27&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%237244%2320 First Chemical Reaction performed via STM First Chemical Reaction performed via STM: Major Milestone: scientists at the University of Berlin use a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to manipulate single molecules to perform a complete chemical reaction. (Articles) http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2000/split/pnu503-2.htm Silicon Buckyballs Silicon Buckyballs: Scientific American - replacing carbon atoms with silicon atoms in buckyball like structures (Articles) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000C971F-DD98-1C5A-B882809EC588ED9F Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) face the future Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) face the future: PhysicsWeb - A host of novel applications and new physics could be unleashed as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) shrink towards the nanoscale (significant useful technical detail) (Articles) http://physicsweb.org/article/world/14/2/8 Feynman - There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom Feynman - There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: a transcript of the classic talk given by Richard Feynman at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at Caltech. (Articles) http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html Inorganic Nanotubes Inorganic Nanotubes: About.com - The arrangement of atoms into cylindrical nanocrystals is a stable phase for numerous elements. The inert nature of boron nitride and tungsten disulfide nanotubes makes them particularly durable molecular components for NEMS. (Articles) http://nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa082000a.htm NEC: Press Release NEC: Press Release: Ultra Precise Nanometer-scale 3D Production Technology used to make world's smallest wineglass (Articles) http://www.nec.co.jp/english/today/newsrel/0012/0701.html Nanotubes gain larger kin Nanotubes gain larger kin: Technology Research News - ory. Researchers at Drexel University have discovered giant nanotubes in the pores of glassy carbon, an industrial material. These graphite polyhedral crystals range up to several orders of magnitude larger than their nanometer- (Articles) http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/101800/Graphite_Polyhedrals_101800.htm Search Google News Search Google News: Latest nanotechnology news items from around the globe. (Articles) http://news.google.com/news?&q=nanotechnology Size Matters: Smaller is Better Size Matters: Smaller is Better: Cornell Magazine OnLine - The Nanobiotechnology Center at Cornell University, and what their interdisciplinary group is up to. (Articles) http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/Jan2001/SizeMatters.html Tighten your nano belt! Tighten your nano belt!: Why Files - Nanobelts join nanotubes in the world of nanotechnology. (Articles) http://whyfiles.org/shorties/074nanobelts/index.html The Once and Future Nanomachine The Once and Future Nanomachine: Scientific American - The Case Against Assemblers (Articles) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001D63A-2F47-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21 San Jose Mercury News San Jose Mercury News: Nanotechnology from science fiction to fact (Articles) http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg101599.htm Hewlett-Packard Labs Worldwide - News Hewlett-Packard Labs Worldwide - News: HP Labs scientists have created the first molecular-based logic gate. (Articles) http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/molecules_that_compute.html Nanotubes Fall into Line Nanotubes Fall into Line: Technology Review - IBM researchers develop a technique for growing nanocrystals which yield perfectly aligned, dense groves of single-wall nanotubes, and controls exactly where the crystals are deposited. (Articles) http://www.techreview.com/web/mason/mason052401.asp The Problem of Nonsense in Nanotechnology The Problem of Nonsense in Nanotechnology: MNT, being a new, highly interdisciplinary field with revolutionary implications, is bound to attract more than its fair share of bogosity. Short paper by K Eric Drexler. (Articles) http://discuss.foresight.org/~pcm/nano/rutgers/bogosity Small world Small world: It's a small, small, small, small world by Ralph C. Merkle. This is an extended web version of the article published in the Feb/Mar 1997 issue of MIT Technology Review. This version has greater technical detail and embedded links (Articles) http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/MITtecRvwSmlWrld/article.html Designer Molecules: It's Time to Think Small Designer Molecules: It's Time to Think Small: Far Eastern Economic Review - Nanotechnology has long had the potential to revolutionize a host of industries. Now it's on the threshold of having real-world applications. (Articles) http://www.feer.com/cgi-bin/HSE/HSE.cgi?url=http://www.feer.com/articles/2001/0101_18/p034innov.html;geturl;terms=Nanotechnology Scientists Produce Long, Hair-Like Nanotubes Scientists Produce Long, Hair-Like Nanotubes: Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and collaborators at Tsinghua University in Beijing have created a simplified method for making long, continuous, hair-like strands of carbon nanotubes that are as much as eight inches in length. (Articles) http://www.rpi.edu/web/News/press_releases/2002/ajayan2.html Introducing Molecular Electronics Introducing Molecular Electronics: Introduces the basic concepts, looks at the promise that this new technology holds, and describes the fundamental questions on how to achieve the proper results. (Articles) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6X1J-45RDX7M-26&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-CV-MsSAYWW-UUA-AUCUWCBVAC-CECVUEEVE-CV-U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=02%2F01%2F2002&_rdoc=26&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%237244%2320 Buckyball-filled Nanotubes Buckyball-filled Nanotubes: Scientific American - metal atoms inside buckyballs inside nanotubes (Articles) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0006A9C6-89F6-1C6A-84A9809EC588EF21 Intel builds world's smallest transistors Intel builds world's smallest transistors: Transistors three atoms thick could boost chip speeds sixfold in five years. (Articles) http://www.it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20001211/A271-2000Dec11.html Honey, I shrunk the scientist Honey, I shrunk the scientist: MSNBC: Technology on the Frontier - Virtual reality technology enables microscopic probing (Articles) http://www.msnbc.com/news/514233.asp Carbon Nanotube Transistors Carbon Nanotube Transistors: IBM News - IBM scientists have developed a breakthrough transistor technology by building the world's first array of transistors out of carbon nanotubes using a new technique called "constructive destruction". (Articles) http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/04/27.phtml