NanoBlog

The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) posts podcasts of select articles in each issue. The podcasts tend to be interviews with the featured article.

Did you miss the 10th Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Boston in September? I did, but now you can download nearly all of the 10th Annual NanoBusiness Conference Presentations from its website. The presentations contain a lot of information on nanomanufacturing as this was the theme of the conference.

The 3rd International Congress Nanotechnology in Medicine & Biology is being held in Krems/Austria on March 1-2, 2012. The theme of the conference is that Nanotechnology Enables Personalized Medicine. Topics include:

• New Frontiers in Medicine & Biology
• Cancer
• Magnetic Nanotherapy, Receptor based Targeting
• Nanostructured Materials for Regenerative Medicine
• Dentistry, Cardiovascular Science, Neurology, Orthopedics
• Diagnostics & Therapy
• Molecular Imaging, Nano-MRI, Nano-Sensing, Drug Delivery
• Multidisciplinary Nano-Technologies
• NanoBio-Photonics, NanoBio-Electronics, Nano-Toxicology
• Panel Discussion
  • How to bridge the Gap between Engineers, Clinical Scientists and Doctors
  • Commercialisation of NanoMedicine Products / Processes

Semiwiki.com has posted some of the slide presentations of the October and December 2011 3D IC Working Group Presentations from companies like Applied Materials, JEDEC, and IBM. The presentations describe 3D nanostructured devices like FINFETs plus work on stacking die and interconnecting them together.

MaterialsToday.com is hosting the The Frontiers of Microscopy webinar on March 21, 2012 from 11am - 7pm (GMT). The webinar is free and open access, but registration is required. The conference topics describe microscopy methods for imaging materials at the nano or atomic scales.

PBS News hour did a short story on regenerative medicine a few days ago with Miles O'Brien reporting. Tissue engineers have been able to grow tissues using stem cells from the patient and an extra cellular matrix from pig balders. The resulting replacement tissue is genetically identical to the patient so there is a very low chance of rejection. Researchers have grown muscle tissue and transplanted it with great success, and are working to replace whole organs and nerves to repair spinal cord injuries.

Someone sent me a link to the
Nanotechnology Law Report web site. The site is produced by a law firm and post articles on the intersection for nanotechnology and law. There are many interesting articles on nanotechnology and risk, toxicology, safety, and environmental health.

InterNano is a nanomanufacturing resource web site set up by the National Nanomanutacturing Network to promote the commercialization of nanotechnology. The web site post useful information like:

• Nanomanufacturing centers and user facilities
• Nano events, workshops, and conferences
• Nanomanufacturing library
• Process database
• EHS protocols
• Nanomaterials properties database

Wikigenes is a wiki tool designed to promote open collaboration in synthetic biology. Wikigenes keeps information on each entry so that all information can be attributed and tacked by author. This allows information to be validated within a tool that allows anyone to change edit the information. The tool was started by started by Marianna Limas and Gerd Moe-Behrens, and supported by MIT and others. For more information about wikiegene, check out the Nature Genetics article A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters by Robert Hoffmann.

Nature Nanotechnology turns 5 this year and has posted a highlights issue focusing on key subjects like:

• DNA nanotechnology
• Graphene
• Nanopores
• DNA Nanotoxicology,
• Public perceptions of nanotechnology

There are a few very good articles that are open access for those without a subscription. Check them out while you can.