The good folks at the IEEE who produced the TryEngineering.org site for students and people looking for new careers have deployed a new site for those who might be interested in nanotechology. As you might have guess the site is Try Nano.org.
nanowerk has a database of nanotechnology degree programs around the world (258 at present count). It's not clear how complete the list is since I know that Cornell, MIT, and Stanford for example all offer nano related courses but are not on the nanowerk list. Looks likes some investigation is need to find out if in fact they do not offer degree programs in nanotechnology.
I just had his mind blown. Scientist at Stanford and Purdue Universities have discovered that the radioactive decay rate has a period that is associated with the rotation rate of the Sun! Well, the core of the sun which rotates slower at 33 days verse the surface at 28 days. Is it neutrinos or some other particle? I can't wait to find out more. Best cliff hanger ever. More details can be found in the paper Evidence for Solar Influences on Nuclear Decay Rates by Ephraim Fischbach et. al.
arXiv.org is a wonderful resource for nanotechnology and physics papers. The site is run by the Cornell University Library with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The site has been a very useful and helpful resource in my study of nanotechnology and device physics. Keep up the great work!
The NanoEd Resource Portal has an number of free courses, lectures, and seminars online. The material on the site dates from 2006 to 2009. Many of the course link to the NanoHub, but the site still looks like a good resource for any student of nanotechnology.
Chemical and Engineering new has an interesting article on Filling Nanotech Jobs and the Initiatives to educate and employ workers try to find a footing as nanotechnology evolves by Ann M. Thaye. Thaye describes how the estimates for nanotech jobs and jobs growth were made along with the efforts to educate a workforce in nanotechnology.
Looking for a book? All you need is the ISBN number and Wiki book sources search tool. I was looking for a reference that would provide the work function of various metals and other materials. The wiki page on work function suggested "The Physics and Chemistry of Materials" by Joel I Gersten and Frederick W Smith so the ISBN is part of the link shown above as an example use of the search tool. Now to see if the book contains the information of interest....
The 2008 ECE 495N: Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics lecture has been updated with a new set of course notes from the 2009 edition of the course. These notes are machine generated and look fabulous.