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Author: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/

Source: 2013 Austin American-Statesman, Texas.Distributed by MCT Information Services.

Interest: Texas might have the nation's best business climate, but it struggles to get it share of federal funding for innovation from small businesses. Over 30 years, Texas is only seventh in attracting awards from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) program.

Link: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/6/11/texas_aims_to_increase_share_of.htm

Author: David Ferguson

Source: www.rawstory.com

Interest: Raw Story reported Tuesday on a new technique pioneered by researchers at Florida International University for treating HIV by acting directly on the brain, delivering medicine across the blood-brain barrier through the use of nanoparticles. Wednesday, we spoke to Florida International University researcher Sakhrat Khizroev about the breakthrough and its potential for treatment of other brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and brain cancers.

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/08/nanotech-researcher-everything-is-possible-in-new-brain-treatments/

Author: www.nanotech-now.com

Source: www.nanotech-now.com

Interest: Speaking at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, A. Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D., expressed concern that the cuts come when nanotechnology is poised to deliver on those promises. He told the meeting, which continues through Thursday, that ill-conceived cuts could set back America's progress in nanotechnology by decades.

Link: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=47231

Author: www.domain-b.com

Source: www.domain-b.com

Interest: Researchers from Georgia Tech and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta have developed a technique that assists in identifying tumours from normal brain tissue during surgery by staining tumour cells blue. The technique could be critically important for hospitals lacking sophisticated equipment in preserving the maximum amount of normal tissue and brain function during surgery.

Link: http://www.domain-b.com/technology/biotech_pharma/20130330_identifying.html

Author: Pam Allen

Source: www.bizjournals.com

Interest: Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, the $14 billion mega-research complex created in 2001 by Alain Kaloyeros, could separate from the State University at Albany, The Associated Press is reporting.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2013/03/13/a-65th-suny-campus-spun-out-of.html

Author: www.sacbee.com

Source: www.sacbee.com

Interest: MERCED -- A collaboration between a dean and a professor as well as a grant from the National Science Foundation have made UC Merced part of a national nanotechnology-biology hub. It's a move that expands knowledge and opportunities for students in Merced.

Link: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/12/5258212/uc-merced-joins-nanotechnology.html

Author: Joseph Spector

Source: www.democratandchronicle.com

Interest: ALBANY — A central New York company is moving its facility to the burgeoning high-tech center in Canandaigua, part of a soon-to-be-announced expansion of nanotechnology manufacturing in the city of Rochester. Dynamax, an image-sensory developer based in Homer, Cortland County, will install more than $3 million in equipment and move its 100 high-tech jobs to the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center in Canandaigua, Ontario County.

Link: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130311/NEWS01/303110057/

Author: Ken Silverstein

Source: www.forbes.com

Interest: Science and technology are at the heart of expanding the universe of clean energy options and increasing the efficiency of transmission and generation. One word says it all: Nanotechnology, which is a fancy process that could positively affect both industry and the environment.

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/03/05/nanotechnology-expanding-clean-energy-and-easing-fuel-shortages/

Author: NanoTech Entertainment

Source: NanoTech Entertainment

Interest: SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NANOTECH ENTERTAINMENT (OTCPINK: NTEK) today announced that the 2013 Annual Shareholders meeting will take place at 12:00 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday June 15, 2013 at Casino M8trix located at 1887 Matrix Blvd, San Jose, CA, 95110.

Link: http://www.providencejournal.com/business/press-releases/20130306-nanotech-entertainment-ntek-announces-2013-annual-shareholders-meeting.ece

Author: Bruce Dorminey

Source: www.forbes.com

Interest: The term “nanotechnology” has been bandied about so much over the last few decades that even the researcher who popularized the term is the first to point out that it’s lost its original meaning. Nanotech, or the manipulation of matter on atomic and molecular scales, is currently used to describe micro-scale technology in everything from space technology to biotech.

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/02/26/nanotechnologys-civilization-changing-revolutionary-next-phase/

Author: Scott E. Rickert

Source: www.industryweek.com

Interest: Something new happened in January that got me thinking about something old. The new? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a new fact sheet, titled Working Safety with Nanomaterials. The old? Nanomaterials. How old? People have been safely putting them to work for millennia -- and nature's been at it since the beginning of time.

Link: http://www.industryweek.com/emerging-technologies/nanotechnologys-4500-year-health-record

Author: Lisa Shuchman

Source: www.law.com

Interest: he United States continues to lead the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants, and is poised to see a period of exponential growth in the field in the next few years, according to "Intellectual Property in the Next Technology Revolution: How Does the United States Stack Up?", a study by the law firm McDermott Will & Emery.

Link: http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202588923477&US_Leads_in_Nanotechnology_Patents_East_Asia_Making_Gains&slreturn=20130121091631

Author: Bruce Dorminey

Source: www.forbes.com

Interest: For anyone who’s ever wondered about the far future of musical instruments, perhaps part of the answer lies in an old episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” It’s the one in which Captain Jean-Luc Picard kindles a romance over a duet between a “Ressikan” flute and a 24th century “portable” piano.

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/02/19/nanotech-and-laptop-orchestras-of-the-future/

Author: www.newyork.cbslocal.com

Source: www.newyork.cbslocal.com

Interest: ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced a privately-supported $15 million fund to support the involvement of women and minorities businesses in the burgeoning nanotechnology industry. The fund is part of the Global 450 Wafer Consortium, which is headed at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany. It will support education and training programs to encourage opportunities for women and minorities in computer chip technology in New York State.

Link: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/17/cuomo-new-fund-will-provide-opportunties-for-women-minorities-in-nanotech/

Author: Stephanie Robusto

Source: http://www.wmbfnews.com

Interest: The city is taking the first steps towards an economic development project that will bring high-end tech jobs to the area. The Hartsville Community Development Foundation is spearheading a project called a Technology Incubator, and it does just that: growing technology-based businesses which will increase jobs and the quality of life in Hartsville.The city will be partnering with Clemson University. Clemson will provide services and support to build technology companies.

Link: http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/20697843/hartsville-approves-plans-for-technology-incubator

Author: Michael Berger

Source: Nanowerk

Interest: NASA and nanotechnology (Nanowerk Spotlight) A new report, which reviews the history of nanotechnology R&D at NASA over the past 15 years, shows that NASA is the only U.S. federal agency to scale back investment in this area ("NASA's Relationship with Nanotechnology: Past, Present and Future Challenges"; pdf).

Link: http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=27065.php

Author: JEFF FALK

Source: RICE UNIVERSITY NEWS & MEDIA RICE UNIVERSITY NEWS & MEDIA

Interest: The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes — especially in nanotechnology — a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Link: http://news.rice.edu/2012/10/18/nasa-must-reinvest-in-nanotechnology-research-according-to-new-rice-university-paper-2/

Author: Joe Baur

Source: hi-velocity

Interest: In the same week Kent State University was awarded $3 million for their nanoscale engineering project, Ohio State also received $3 million in the first Ohio Third Frontier Innovation Platform program. The university’s “Next Generation Multi-Modal Molecular Imaging Technology Platform” project aims to advance, develop and validate new imaging modality [a technique used to create images of the human body]

Link: http://hivelocitymedia.com/innovationnews/imagingtechnologyplatform080912.aspx

Author: Clemson University Newsroom

Source: Clemson University Newsroom

Interest: A new company emerging from Clemson University research aims to commercialize innovative genetic sensing technology, according to the university Research Foundation. Tiger Bioanalytics, led by Guigen Zhang of Clemson University, is developing a cost-effective way to more accurately conduct gene sequencing. The goal is to sequence a whole genome using DNA from a single cell in a short period of time with high accuracy at a low cost.

Link: http://www.clemson.edu/media-relations/article.php?article_id=4344

Author: Cory Nealon

Source: UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO News Center

Interest: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Phil Tucciarone knew as a high school student that he wanted to study nanotechnology; it was just a matter of where. The Ivy League was an option, but so was the University at Buffalo, where he enrolled in 2010. The decision paid off. Already a published scientist, the rising junior is managing a university-funded research project that focuses on -- you guessed it -- nanotechnology.

Link: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/13512